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Stuart Davis AO - Devon Cornwall & Somerset

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1930 was a lie.  As was BMW.  It seemed recently made.  It was in with the motorbikes and cyclecars.

 

It only has one pedal.  The brake is the lever on the side.  It has what I think was a lawnmower engine.

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Beautiful Austin 7 specials at Curborough today....

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Another Austin 7 special with that perfect "lived a life" patina.... a real piece of mobile art! I could have taken photos of it for hours 😂

 

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5 hours ago, dvd8n said:

IMG_20240811_114531_HDR.thumb.jpg.61481289925249ceefbf82aedd2d1245.jpgAt the Biggar Albion Foundation annual classic vehicle rally.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just driven past on way home from Kielder. Cracking day for it

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25 minutes ago, Craigieboy said:

 

Just driven past on way home from Kielder. Cracking day for it

 

It was.  My nose is sunburned now though.

 

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3 hours ago, Rob Hunter - Club Secretary said:

Another Austin 7 special with that perfect "lived a life" patina.... a real piece of mobile art! I could have taken photos of it for hours 😂

 

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Fantastic pictures Rob and very well taken, but I'm a little concerned about your rubber fetish...

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15 minutes ago, Craigieboy said:

 

Fantastic pictures Rob and very well taken, but I'm a little concerned about your rubber fetish...

 

The rubber fetish is kept strictly to the weekends 😂

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16 hours ago, Rob Hunter - Club Secretary said:

Another Austin 7 special with that perfect "lived a life" patina.... a real piece of mobile art! I could have taken photos of it for hours 😂

 

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Actually think these pictures are beyond professional, should be in a magazine or even a book!

 

There goes my chances of a 2025 calendar entry 😭

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18 minutes ago, Craigieboy said:

 

Actually think these pictures are beyond professional, should be in a magazine or even a book!

 

There goes my chances of a 2025 calendar entry 😭

 

I can assure you I'm no professional!

 

All these are just from the trusty mobile, the camera quality and standard editing software on a normal phone is amazing these days 👍

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17 hours ago, Rob Hunter - Club Secretary said:

Another Austin 7 special with that perfect "lived a life" patina.... a real piece of mobile art! I could have taken photos of it for hours 😂

 

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Saw that Shelley special at Loton Park a couple of weeks ago. It looks like a barn find !! It’s got a transverse engine and it’s supercharged. 
Goes quite well too !!! 

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Saw this FW at Mallory Park at the weekend.

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Interesting carbon spoiler on the lip of the rear tub:

 

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Looks similar to those available, for BMW's, anybody got any clues please?

 

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9 minutes ago, Alan Cutler (Adge) - Dorset AO said:

Interesting carbon spoiler on the lip of the rear tub:

 

 

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Looks similar to those available, for BMW's, anybody got any clues please?

 

 

What’s interesting to me is the new Westfield logo being used, which makes it fairly recent.

 

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55 minutes ago, Alan Cutler (Adge) - Dorset AO said:

Saw this FW at Mallory Park at the weekend.

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Interesting carbon spoiler on the lip of the rear tub:

 

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Looks similar to those available, for BMW's, anybody got any clues please?

 

 

It's actually owned by a friend of mine.

 

Allan has taken over 2 years (with huge help from local member Ben Hudson) to convert the car.....

 

The car started life as a 1990's CVH engined (on carbs) SEIW car that had red bodywork and swept wings.

 

It now has full FW bodywork, homemade 50mm wider rear arches, Prodev 2.3 forged and ported Duratec on huge ITB's, custom Lotus Exige instruments, new loom with Emerald K6 engine ECU, rear drums converted to discs, upgraded to alloy hubs, big brake kit on the front, lightweight flywheel, competition paddle clutch etc etc etc.

 

A few other local members have also helped Ben and Allan in the background too. I've helped a little too, mainly as a "phone a friend" occasionally and been an extra pair of hands when getting the engine fitted.

 

A real labour of love, it's a stunning motor that was only finished a few weeks ago.

 

Hopefully Allan will be joining the club soon and we will get more photos of the car 👍

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1 hour ago, Rob Hunter - Club Secretary said:

Hopefully Allan will be joining the club soon and we will get more photos of the car 👍


I hope so, be good if he was prepared to give some tips on where he sourced that spoiler.

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