Scott,

Not doubting that but a 'cut in stone' record might be incorrect- race reports and sometimes doctored photographs are possibly unreliable- I am trying to indicate that categorical statements don't make it true either way.
What is done is done. We can and should be aware of the stories if a car comes available - as they do from time to time- witness the twin cam.

Regular hashing over here doesn't seem to resolve much.

Tony.

Location: Melbourne.

Ruairidh - Your photos of the '24 are interesting and support comments I made a week or so back (perhaps on another subject), but one question - was the Body number just obscured or perhaps never stamped? Usually if an early Seven was sent out to another bodymaker, there was no number beside the B. We are more aware of this in our Country as so many cars were sent out for the bodies to be made and fitted here. Admit purely academic, as you no longer have the car. Cheers, Bill in Oz

Location: Melbourne, Australia

TonyPress

During the most interesting discussion about various early Austin Sevens it was stated -

"History is a factual subject and cannot / should not be allowed to be altered."

My late wife's forte was genealogy - family history, which relies on written records which must be cross checked wherever possible- for instance a recent note from the Registrar of Births Deaths and Marriages gave the following advice.
'A grave headstone gave the persons age at death as 54 years. The BDM record record showed 75 years and 40 years married, information given by the eldest son of the person. Further investigation indicated the person was married for 36 years and age at marriage was 35 making him around 71 at death.'

Sorry to be long winded but I think it is important to be very careful when stating categorically a 'known historical fact from written records'

Now I know this doesn't apply to Austin 7's so I will away home

Tony

Location: Shropshire

You could be on to something there Bill, it never had a body in my ownership.

It currently sports a rather nice Scoop Scuttle AB body and is complete, very nice to!

Did coach built all have the "Property of AMC" or similar on a plate riveted to chassis?

hi R,i now it`s sad having to sell such an early piece of kit.
but if you still had it,it would be in the shed looking a little sad.
the car looked very happy at guildtown last summer.if not beeming.even in the torencial rain.
so there is a bright side.
tony

Tony B - the reason it sat in Ruairidh's shed for some time was mostly my fault. I took ages to get around to making a new AB body for R, then when finished it sat on a pallet on my back lawn awaiting a crate to be built around it for shipping. Within a few days a storm came up (I look out over the Bay), blew down two and a half large trees and flattened the body and another part-built one next to it. I think it was about then that Ruairidh decided to sell the rolling mechanicals. Of no help to R, but the only good thing that perhaps came out of it is I've repaired some of the salvageable panels (most weren't) and used them in changing my '27 lightweight special into a (very rough) '23 special. It has more small pieces welded together than a 50s Ferrari, but hopefully this won't increase the weight too much! All this explanation in case you were having a dig at R over apparent inaction on his part. Cheers, Bill in Oz

Location: Melbourne, Australia

hi bill,dont worry wasn`t havent a dig.
quite the oposite.
i`m in the same place with some of my own builds.
i have a half built single seater,and an ulster in bits.
with wanting to move house there is the option do i sell and put the money into the new house or do i let the builds take 10 years or more.
there is also tracys chummy wich is being done this year.
so i totaly understand were R is coming from when an extension calls.
its not cheap building 7s now.

Recent car advert.

'Matching numbers car restored in recent years.
Phoenix crankshaft'

Does that mean the new crankshaft has been stamped

Tony.

Location: Melbourne.