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Bicester Heritage, Buckingham Road, BicesterOxfordshire OX26 5HA
Sunday 24th June 2018
- 1928 AUSTIN SEVEN CHUMMY
- Colour: Yellow
- Registration Number: BF 8557
- Chassis No: 66399
- Engine size: 747 cc
- Engine No.: M28010
- Estimate: £12,000 - £14,000
By 1920 the Austin Motor Company was heading for trouble, its range of high quality but staid and expensive cars were no longer in tune with the market.
Designed as a ‘big car in miniature’, the new Austin 7, launched in 1923, offered excellent performance, reliability and big car comfort at a price that the working man could afford. It genuinely was ‘motoring for the millions’. Drive one today and you will receive more waves and smiles per mile than in any other car.
For many, the pre-1931 models represent the pinnacle of ‘cuteness’, retaining the short radiator surround and dainty wings lost on the later models. They were also lighter, the taller 4.9:1 back axle ratio ensuring that a well driven early model performs better than the later, heavier cars, maintaining a genuine 45-50mph on the open road.
Cheap to run, easy to tune and simple to work on, they offer what may be considered the ultimate Vintage experience, with many owners of far more exotic machinery vowing that their humble Austin would be the last car in their stable they would ever part with!
The four-seater was known as the 'Chummy', a reference to the proximity of the rear passengers to those in the front! This 1928 Chummy was originally exported to New Zealand, arriving back in the UK several years ago. It was acquired by the vendor last year as his first Austin 7 and has been such a success that he is now upgrading to a sportier Ulster model hence its inclusion in the sale.
In essentially sound and running order when acquired, it has had a thorough going over to ensure reliability and ease of use. It has had five new Longstone 3.50x19 triple-stud tyres and new tubes. The ML magneto has been rebuilt and a battery isolator fitted.
Blue Diamond services, better known of their Riley restorations and parts have also given the car the once-over, including new wheel bearings, wheel studs and brake shoes – invoices on file totalling £2,000.
Complete with original ‘Bacon Slicer’ starter, and less original but effective SU carburettor, this lovely example has a hood and side-screens and is ready to enjoy immediately
Designed as a ‘big car in miniature’, the new Austin 7, launched in 1923, offered excellent performance, reliability and big car comfort at a price that the working man could afford. It genuinely was ‘motoring for the millions’. Drive one today and you will receive more waves and smiles per mile than in any other car.
For many, the pre-1931 models represent the pinnacle of ‘cuteness’, retaining the short radiator surround and dainty wings lost on the later models. They were also lighter, the taller 4.9:1 back axle ratio ensuring that a well driven early model performs better than the later, heavier cars, maintaining a genuine 45-50mph on the open road.
Cheap to run, easy to tune and simple to work on, they offer what may be considered the ultimate Vintage experience, with many owners of far more exotic machinery vowing that their humble Austin would be the last car in their stable they would ever part with!
The four-seater was known as the 'Chummy', a reference to the proximity of the rear passengers to those in the front! This 1928 Chummy was originally exported to New Zealand, arriving back in the UK several years ago. It was acquired by the vendor last year as his first Austin 7 and has been such a success that he is now upgrading to a sportier Ulster model hence its inclusion in the sale.
In essentially sound and running order when acquired, it has had a thorough going over to ensure reliability and ease of use. It has had five new Longstone 3.50x19 triple-stud tyres and new tubes. The ML magneto has been rebuilt and a battery isolator fitted.
Blue Diamond services, better known of their Riley restorations and parts have also given the car the once-over, including new wheel bearings, wheel studs and brake shoes – invoices on file totalling £2,000.
Complete with original ‘Bacon Slicer’ starter, and less original but effective SU carburettor, this lovely example has a hood and side-screens and is ready to enjoy immediately
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