26-08-2019, 06:37 PM
A little info and a dumb question.
I've always had odd vehicles. At 16, in Vancouver (the end of the world) I fell in with Austin/Morris Marinas (had 4 and tuning bits). I fell in love with motorbikes at 19 and used Honda 400's with sidecars to drag chest freezers as sales vehicles (had 6). I ran a demolition crew from a large sidecar and athsmatic old honda. I presently use a Honda CD250 u and sidecar to transport windup gramophones to gigs. I'm used to grease, cold fingers, busted knuckles, unavailable bits, making do, for bikes, cars, gramophones, 19thC stereo photography gear and a dozen other hobbies (?).
Does anyone use an Austin 7 van for daily short haul business (florist?). I can't think of a better vehicle for exposure, and of the right period. And simple. My old man in Vancouver has two Ruby's in an underground parking lot (in terrible condition, about the same as our relationship).
Can you give concrete answers based on what you have experienced or seen work? If this is foolhardy, can you recommend a better, later machine?
Justin
I've always had odd vehicles. At 16, in Vancouver (the end of the world) I fell in with Austin/Morris Marinas (had 4 and tuning bits). I fell in love with motorbikes at 19 and used Honda 400's with sidecars to drag chest freezers as sales vehicles (had 6). I ran a demolition crew from a large sidecar and athsmatic old honda. I presently use a Honda CD250 u and sidecar to transport windup gramophones to gigs. I'm used to grease, cold fingers, busted knuckles, unavailable bits, making do, for bikes, cars, gramophones, 19thC stereo photography gear and a dozen other hobbies (?).
Does anyone use an Austin 7 van for daily short haul business (florist?). I can't think of a better vehicle for exposure, and of the right period. And simple. My old man in Vancouver has two Ruby's in an underground parking lot (in terrible condition, about the same as our relationship).
Can you give concrete answers based on what you have experienced or seen work? If this is foolhardy, can you recommend a better, later machine?
Justin