22-10-2018, 08:40 AM
(21-10-2018, 06:56 PM)PhilM Wrote: ... as far as I was aware the car had been put away 19 years ago in a more or less running state. the more I look the less likely that seems...
That's one of the beauties of the Austin Seven - it will keep going, and still give good service, long after another car has expired by the roadside. I recall a friend's experience back in the 1960s with an Austin Ruby, which he had bought as temporary transport whilst he overhauled his daily-use Frazer Nash. Once the 'Nash was restored to its daily use status, Derek decided to give the Ruby a quick overhaul - he was amazed to discover over a dozen faults, each of which would have stopped the 'Nash dead in its tracks, but the Ruby was still apparently running perfectly.