This is my father's entry in the log book of his first car, BME 180, a 1929 Saloon.



As you can see this Thursday will be the 50th anniversary of him purchasing it and in celebration he is traveling north to the secret bunker we store it in for the day. He hopes to head off in it with my mother and recreate these photos taken very early into his ownership of the car:



Update to follow...

Who is the young man with hair leaning on the car?

Location: United Kingdom

My mother!

Oh I do so wish that the forum had a "LIKE" button.

Ian Mc.

Location: Shropshire

These atmospheric pictures really capture the spirit of Austin Seven motoring in the 60s! Happy Anniversary!
Regards,
Ashley

Location: Bracing East Lincs

Location: Devon

Very few of his own Stuart, almost all were my mother's, she is still furious!

Great photos!

If the loch is anywhere near Inverness or Nairn tell them to call in for a cuppa.

Location: Inverness

We will Peter

Location: Devon

very true Stuart

this is mine, never managed to get it, the man who did may as well have left it where it was for all he's done with it.



Father never stops going on about this, I'll let the VSCC boys work out what it is. The engine is a red herring. The body was there too, inside a shed and with photography not possible.

hi R,

hope they enjoy it.

i was up there 2 weeks ago. and out of season from the holiday makers it is very scenic. especially with the autumn leaves.

hopefully the little 7 wont bother all the new speed cameras.

were the cameras the big money making idea of alex sammond?

tony

Location: back in the warm

Happy anniversary Ian. I hope you have fun celebrating it.

All the best,
Colin

Location: Towcester

Ian, I hope the anniversary is going well.
In the 60s I drove many miles round The Highlands in a 1930 fabric saloon, many happy memories. I now have a 1929 fabric and I hope it may meet your top-hat at Blair Atholl tomorrow, though the weather forecast is dire!
Just off to check out my windscreen wiper and sort out a spare to take with me.
Jim

Location: Melrose, Scottish Borders

Well they have just headed off for the day in "Beemee" with granddaughters in the back.

Mike Costigan, Ian recalls swapping with you the small (early) headlamps that are shown fitted to the car above with the correct R47s it has now. Do you remember this?

My car had the R47s when I bought it in 2008. Maybe Mike did the swap with the previous owner Mark Thompson who lives in Royston.

Location: Melrose, Scottish Borders

Location: United Kingdom

Thank you all for your kind thoughts.
We have returned unscathed from a grand day out in the North Cairngorms.
Our technical assistat tellls me that photographic evidence will appear in due course.

Location: Bristol

Ian, happy aniversary,(we, too, are 1964) loved the original pics of you both and your RK. Looking forward to the aniversary pictures when your technical assistant gets round to it!

Bryan.

Location: Staffordshire

Happy Aniversary Ian, Jen and your ace RK. It must be getting on for 30 years since i followed it in my Ulster inthick snow through south Wales to one of your Brecon runs. Though Simon Blakeney-Edwards and his squeeze box were in the RK. This has prompted me to ask Mum when she got her Chummy. Scary things anniversaries! All the best, Winston

Oh, and Hedd: your dad has every right to go on and on about that one! W

Hi Ruairidh

Intrigued by the photos. Under the subject of long drives in Sevens I recently posted part of an article written for the local VAR mag. The full article was prompted by a series of photos as those of your parents. The Scottish scenery is remarkably like parts of the South Island NZ, complete with post and wire fence, although the background mountains somewhat attenuated. The following is the intro to the original article and may interest some.

I can't get no satisfaction (anymore)

Some time ago a stack of VAR magazines from the 1990s came my way, and have provided interesting reading (albeit sad, with so many personalities now passed on). I was intrigued by the assortment of 1940s/50s photos of well used early Sevens parked solitary on the overgrown edge of various narrow metal country roads in distant backblocks. The drivers obviously felt sufficiently proud of the achievement in driving there that they considered the event justified a photograph on the box Brownie. In many cases the girlfriend or wife, notably slender by current norms and thus better suited to a Seven, poses with the car. Our family album also includes several such shots, commencing 1940 (prior me).

...and there was an ending waffling on about about the relative tedium of exploring in a modern.

Bob Culver

Location: Auckland

Here are the photos from the 50th Anniversary Run (and the original run for comparison)...

Great pictures Mr and Mrs Dunford - thank you for shareing. Both of you, and BM, look amazing after your half century together! Congratulations and here's to the next fifty!

Bryan.

Location: Staffordshire

What grand old and new memories - wonderful.

Tony.

Location: Malvern, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Looks like a good time being had by one and all. Mrs D hasn't changed a bit!

Location: Devon

Location: Herefordshire, with an E not a T