1931 Austin 7 fabric body - the posh peoples car
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- Опубліковано 22 кві 2024
- The Austin 7 wasnt just Britain's first home grown people's car, it was the template for modern motoring around the world, setting standards we still use 100 years later. It was an affordable car for the masses, but the lucky ones could stretch to the posher coach built fabric bodied saloon, and this 1931 Seven is one of the survivors.
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My first car at 17 was a ' 38 7 Ruby ,Matt, which I rebuilt from 2 cars whilst at school as a project and always loved these quirky cars.A few years ago , the opportunity arose to buy ' 28 Fabric Top Hat saloon, a charming tiny car that made people smile wherever it went .However, in a different world , it was a challenge to cope with arrogant and impatient drivers surrounding you , together with non-coupled brakes, the partnership was short lived and almost felt guilty giving up on her .However , she was replaced with a ' 61 Austin Seven Mini which was an excellent compromise !.
Noise reducing headphones would be handy in that. Always impressed with your ‘feel’ for old cars Matt, mechanical sympathy. Many UA-camrs just don’t get it. 👍
Hear hear
My dad took me out in a Austin seven back in the 70s and remember him saying how cars had moved on with his new mk3 cortina 😂😂😂😂
I'd love this as a daily commute as I would be beaming a huge smile every mile, but I guess brakes wouldbe helpful....
Excellent and a great video. You got the frantic and panic driving done pretty well here. Imagine driving something like that over say Shap on a rainy night.
I love classic cars, from the engineering that went into the design to via supply chain to building them in an era where computers never existed and even telephone lines were limited. The 7 is a true British classic in so many different guises. The foibles gave them character. Thanks for sharing.
Matt was doing 70mph as I watched this at 2x speed! 😁👍
Fantastic little machine! Thanks for the introduction!
My Dad related a story that as a child in Lincolnshire they had to traverse a rare hill.
in their Austin 7. His Mum was a nervous driver and going down the hill he told his Mum that Dad always put it in neutral going down here and that it made the car go much better. His mother ‘stuck to the helm’ but it was a bit scary. He said he got a good boxing around the ears for that. 😄
It must have run away pretty fast and been scary to stop in neutral!
The term crash box most accurately applies to gearboxes that actually move the gears in and out of mesh. The A7 gearbox is constant mesh gearbox, with the ratios being selected with dog clutches. Add some automatic means of matching the speed before the dog clutch engages and you have a synchronised gearbox.
Fantastic! You must have had SO much fun, driving this!
That's why I love this channel: the diversity in cars! Thanks Matt for all the great content you make. 👍 Just noticed I'm supporting the channel for 4 years now, time flies.
Thanks for being there for so long!
Austin 7's were fitted with self starters from 1924 onwards. Only the first 1923 models required to be started on the handle. The handles were retained just as a useful feature right up to the last Ruby models in 1938. In 1922 when the model was introduced, 19" wheels were normal for the day. These cars are easy to drive if one knows how to drive a car and the brakes are adequate if in proper condition and properly adjusted.
Herbert Austin designed the Austin 7 as an alternative to the motorcycles and sidecars of the day and the dimensions of the first 7's were roughly of the same width and length of a combo. Post 1931 models were larger and full 4 seaters. It must be remembered that before WW2 people were rather smaller than those of today.
Austin kept removable crank starters into the 70s. What was almost my first car was an Austin A60 Cambridge that had a starting crank in the boot. The front number plate was mounted below the bumper to allow access to the hole through the bumper.
@@michaeltutty1540I can believe it! A Citroen GSA I had from 1983 I think, had one too- in the spare wheel under the bonnet!
It does have a starter,it starts first time on the handle,so I don't bother with it! Also the brakes lock all four if you push them hard!
Such a cute side profile. That gearbox took some thinking. Great video
What a lovely little car. It just needs a tea shelf and an auto box.
one of those things....
Excellent, a proper involving driving experience providing thrills at sensibly low speeds!
Great little review Matt, really loving the pre war cars on the channel recently.
I bet that little austin was quite happy on those flat fenland roads!
Very well done, Matt. Beautiful car indeed. Some day I hope you get a chance to go out and talk about one of the Swallow Sidecar Austin 7 models. After all, Swallow Side car (SS) company still produces car, but under the more modern name of Jaguar.
Lovely Car.
Brave man you’re Matt! Driving with no brakes! But what a lovely nice little car! 👍🏻👍🏻🆙
There are brakes, just not good ones...
That what I said ; no brakes ! 😂😂😂
The people in the 1930s were smaller and these are such a sweet little car the car responsible for getting the UK driving cars
has 2 more gauges than a Model T! Unless one got the optional speedo... Neat car... Love the "Sidecar Triple Duty" tires/tyres....
Friendly hint, a thumb saver, never hook your thumb around the handle, keep it on the same side of the crank as the fingers. If it kicks backwards, could lose or break that thumb.
Hint taken from the wonderful book "Those Damn Model T's" from the 1920's....
Good advice about the starting handle. My Dad said the same thing so it's definitely true.
To be fair. The sevens engine is so small compared to the T the kickback will not hurt you.
I have an Austin Eight and cranked that a few times. Easy start on the crank.
I am a bit more wary when cranking the Landrover.
Suffered a flat battery in the Landrover at the supermarket. I wound it over a couple of times with the crank to get the fuel through. A young boy was curious and I told him I was winding the spring to make it go. He seemed sceptical but his eyes when it started and I drove off was priceless.
They sure had it rough in those days lol. No seriously, it was basic family transport and I expect people were proud to own one. Thanks Matt...
Excellent and it sounds great.
Yes you can manage without indicators thought brakes can be quite helpful but I suppose in the 1930s traffic and traffic lights and pedestrian crossings weren't such a problem.
Love the pre war car content, good review.
Lovely, lovely, lovely Austin 7. Mind bending gearbox though.
At 07:41 we have a shot very much like so many others of cars of the '30s, '40s and '50s that all make me shake my head and wonder: when people then saw how far down the engine actually sat in the frame between the towering cowl and radiator to either end (with the almost vertical radiator hose!), didn't anyone think, "Wait, hang on a minute...." ?
I think you need a flap exhaust system to get some sound out of it... OMG, I love it.
The luxury option included 1980s office carpet.
In America we call those "golf carts". (J/K)
Chinese boxes as they were known were often common on some commercial vehicles upto the late 70's. Often a variation with two or more gears adjacent each other. Operators of mixed fleets often had notices on the dashboard warning drivers lest they forgot.
nice one Matt
Oh yes, oh yes!
I don't have any first-hand experience, but I do remember being told to never, ever, crank-start a car with your thumb across the handle. Always just cradle the handle in your hand, so should it get jerked out of your hand, it will not break any of your bones. Does that not apply to the Austin 7?
Matt, that cylindrical thing near the base of the gear lever looks suspiciously like a starter motor, and the black button on the floor looks just like the starter button in early minis.
doesnt mean it works!
It does work, however,it starts first time on the handle Everytime and saves the battery!
My Grandmother had a Ruby. I think I remember a story where it had more "power" going backwards than forwards, so sometimes where you found a steep hill a bit of a challenge, you'd be better off reversing up it zig zag style.
Of course, Issigonis began his motoring career racing Austin 7's.
Not uncommon on prewar cars, they were lower geared in reverse so people did back up steep hills!
@@furiousdriving That was it! 👍
What a pretty little, tiny, miniature car 😁( I ran out of words) oh DINKY 😂, no wonder people in 1920s & 30s were often deaf and didn’t talk much even when at home because they enjoyed the peace & quiet after a journey to the shops 😁.
Great work as always Matt. I do wonder how a Sevens engine would be hooked up to some sort of SPi.
Nice new logo!
Thanks!
Take that for a weekend vacation 😂
Parked next to a steel bodied Seven of similar vintage at the weekend. It was tiny.
Its almost shocking how small they are!
@@furiousdriving Still remember me, my elder sister, Mum, Dad and Nan all squashed into Dad's pre war Ruby about 1954 and heading to Bognor for a day at the sea. She was still sporting some of the damage from the garage collapsing on it when the house was bombed. He part exchanged her for a lowlight MM a few months later.
@@tonys1636 : OK, who was sitting on whose lap?
@@timonsolus I was in the front, sis, Mum, Nan and her Welsh Collie in the back as Mum was a smoker which Dad and I hated. Opening the windscreen slightly kept the smoke out of the front. The MM seemed like a limo after and sis was away at school from that September, I followed two years later but at a younger age
@@tonys1636 : Well, fitting 3 people on that rear seat must have been VERY cosy!
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Is that a new logo on your channel?
a little update, and there are stickers now too!
Oh the gearbox whine! Lincolnshire is about the only place it's probably safe to drive one of these. Do you have to advance/retard the ignition manually on these or does it have centrifugal / vacuum ignition control?
I'm glad people preserve these but I would not want to drive one!
They are fine on quiet roads, not ideal for the motorway
SO this ancient Austin has a working ammeter then? 😄
Well Matt. It's official. Yeeve finally lost the plot. My dear old da took me for a run in one of these waaay back in the day. Scared the absolute smelly stuff out of me. Xply Tyres ,sod all suspension, no starter motor with a starting handle as standard. Happy days.
Because of modern cars nowadays some drivers act like sterling moss going far too fast. Driving this shed would slow them down 😅😅
I love this type of old stuff. Think modern day motoring journos should all be forced to drive one so they shut up moaning wen a modern car doesn’t have a cup holder and realise how precious and cocooned modern cars treat u
That's so cool poor little engine 😂
Yipee I'm here again, think of the money you'll save on car wax.
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If the brakes are that bad, they are not properly set up or maintained. The gearbox is knackered too. My Chummy drove much better.
Jeez what a noise - short distances only + ear plugs
Just think how many car builders started by making the Austin 7 ,Jag, bmw, Honda,, Datsun, and even jeep which was Austin of America the original jeep was based on the American Austin 7. And Austin 7 of America was the noddy car. Not bad for a little car
Yup, and set the standard for the 3 pedal lay out
and Jensen, Lotus, Cooper, Elva, the list goes on and on.
Sorry, some parts of this video are almost painful to listen. Nice car though.
thats what its like in pre war cars
Stop shouting 😂
WHAT???
@@furiousdriving 😁