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Re: 1936 Austin 7 tourer

My memory! Before I wrote the above diatribe, I thought I may have written it here before, but couldn't find it. I now find I wrote the details as recently as Dec. 2015, so my apologies for the repetition. (Luckily I wrote much the same thing each time!). The only trivial thing I can now add for the pundits is the designation for Ruby-type chassis-only sent to Oz was SKD. Cheers, Bill

Location: Euroa, Australia

Re: 1936 Austin 7 tourer

Its great to have some light shed on plates etc since i had no idea what was what. Also great to see another car with AS plate ad car pictures.
So we have a Holden bodied Austin which plate id is correct to say !!
Reading how was sport n roadstar from forum i did read something when i was going mad googling things referring to sport and roadster builds by Holden. I think sport was a w seater and roadstar being 4 seater. So would it be called an Austin roadstar or Austin tourer or Austin roadster Tourer. ???
Much appreciative on everyones feedback makes me feel very welcome and excited aswell.
Looking at car was so amazed to see the little glass window pressed into back roof , i guess as the side window plastic use to be hard see through. This glass is broken but was thinking due to front window being cracked i might be able to cut the rear window glass from front window. Not at that stage as yet. Lol
In my investigations with car, the Red body paintwork, has been brushed on over original paint. The wheel guards are black underneath the red paint. Ive also find a green colour under red paint to in areas. Im wondering if i can remove red paint on body and somehow reveal paint colour underneath it.
The seats also have been re upholstered with a reddish brown material and where this has torn reveals original green upholstry.
The edging on seat matches the door trim edging which door trims are reddish brown.
Im wondering if these have been changed to match the re trimming of seats. Ill take some detailed pics to show everyone.
Its like pealing away layers of time and history.

Location: Australia

Re: 1936 Austin 7 tourer

Mal
... I think sport was a 2 seater and roadstar being 4 seater. So would it be called an Austin roadster or Austin tourer or Austin roadster Tourer. ???
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This is from an Australian Big Seven brochure, but it would suggest that your car is a Tourer rather than a Roadster (note the greater slope of the tail on the Roadster, which presumably reduces the seating to a 2+2):



The brochure makes no mention of the coachbuilder.

Re: 1936 Austin 7 tourer

Tony,
I have been snoopy on the vic clubs site already. Lol

Location: Australia