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[austinseven]

hello everyone just thought i'd say a few words, have a austin seven 1960 850 which has been in my family since new! my uncle had it new, then passed it to my other uncle who painted it beige! its a 70's thing, then it was passed to my dad who painted it green with a white roof, green is easy to come by when your employed by the forestry commision haha, he also done some mods straight through pipe, rear washer wiper, but then it was laid up for a while 30yrs! and my dad collected anything he could, cooper s steels,hopefully a cooper engine just waiting to find out, 3 branch manifold etc, sadly he passed away 8 yrs ago and it has been handed to me, the shell is now completely stripped all subframes good, welded up boot floor, and a small amount of welding on the floor will post pic's soon.

[bcjames]

Sounds really great! It's really good that you're keeping it going. I'll be the first to ask; pics!!

[MaxAndPaddy]

I'l be second!!....Welcome to TMF

[austinseven]

thanks to all, i think the only reason its still here is cause my uncle filled every nook and crannie with road tar! having great fun digging it out

[mk1leg]

Hi..and welcome to TMF and enjoy your mk1 project.......BUT we need pics lots of pics.................

[Tanya]

thanks to all, i think the only reason its still here is cause my uncle filled every nook and crannie with road tar! having great fun digging it out

We have a 1960 Austin Seven too, ours is in Speedwell Blue. She is completely standard (although she has been restored) and only survived as one of her owners who had her for 27 years lived opposite a bitumen factory and regularly coated her in the stuff. It did a good job and I don’t think she would still be with us if it wasn’t for the bitumen!

[austinseven]

thanks to all, i think the only reason its still here is cause my uncle filled every nook and crannie with road tar! having great fun digging it out

We have a 1960 Austin Seven too, ours is in Speedwell Blue. She is completely standard (although she has been restored) and only survived as one of her owners who had her for 27 years lived opposite a bitumen factory and regularly coated her in the stuff. It did a good job and I don’t think she would still be with us if it wasn’t for the bitumen!

ditto i think thats what saved mine, must have added at least 50kg to the original weight

[austinseven]

can someone tell me how to add photos, i can repair a car but work a computer no chance!

[maggies_minder]

great story, id try to explain uploading the pics but fear i'd only make it worse.

[austinseven]

heres some pic's http://s1176.photobu...s/x333/daimo68/

[maggies_minder]

heres some pic's http://s1176.photobu...s/x333/daimo68/

once on photobucket just click on the IMG code (it will automatically get copied), then paste it into you reply.
job done.

[austinseven]

 mini 016.jpg   1.36MB   12 downloads  mini 001.jpg   1.26MB   9 downloads  mini 003.jpg   1.68MB   10 downloads  mini 004.jpg   1.49MB   8 downloads  mini 005.jpg   1.28MB   6 downloads  mini 006.jpg   1.42MB   5 downloads  mini 007.jpg   1.12MB   4 downloads

Edited by austinseven, 09 September 2011 - 09:02 PM.

[maggies_minder]

how many times did you copy that pic?
you have to click on one IMG code paste it, then click on the next IMG code and paste it.

1 pic at a time.

[sonikk4]

That will be a nice project, welcome to TMF.

[austinseven]

i did but then it just showed the engine loads, just done it another way