The Austin 7 Register of Qld. Inc was set up by several young enthusiasts 50 years ago in to promote, preserve and assist in the restoration of a wonderful, small car that is so much a part of our motoring history. Many Austin 7s have been saved from destruction by these enthusiasts, many of whom are still active members of the club. The Austin 7 Club NSW Inc has been active since and aims to bring together people with the common interest of restoring, preserving and driving Austin Sevens.
Austin 7 Club WA, after an advertisement appeared in the paper, 21 like-minded people who had an interest in Austin Seven motorcars met on the 6th August The Works Austin 7 Racing Car owned by Ian Moore from the UK This is one of the original Austin Works racing cars from , the fact that it has survived after a long history of 20 years of continued racing, neglect and eventual successful resurrection is remarkable.
The photo below shows the car is still involved in Historic Racing. After racing at Brooklands and Donington between and , the Cars were dispersed. The above photoshows the car being raced at Brooklands, this picture shows the car refuelling at the International mile race, held on the 22nd September I first came to the National Rally in Australia in , then followed by , during these years I became friends with John and Dorothy Bowring, Graeme Steinfort, and Grant Cowie and his family.
Pictures and story provided by Ian Moore, additional photos also provided kindly by Grant Cowie. This car was owned by one family for 38 years in England. It them passed theru the hand of sveral hopefull restorers until it was restored in It was his first car. As a little boy, I loved going on club outings and test drives with Dad and my family. The car fell into disrepair while I was off working in North Qld and lay idle for 14 years. New and preowned Austin 7 books available.
Please check availability with me prior to ordering. For over 50 years I have had an interest in the Austin 7 having owned the same chummy since In particular my interest has extended into literature, posters, tools and accessories and I have been fortunate to acquire a vast personal library of Austin Seven books and brochures. During a decision was taken to share my collection with other like minded Austin 7 folk as the hobby had extended into Austin 7 Parts, tools and accessories such as steering wheel covers, tyres, tool kits etc, etc.
Welcome to the Austin Seven Centre. It was the first time in more than 25 years of knowing Tony that this snippet was unlocked well to me anyway. Unfortunately the spare Blown crankcase in the foreground was not part of the deal.
Note the four bolts on the side face of the crankcase are there to mount the Cozette supercharger. Sydney Austin 7 enthusiast Col Masterton is holding the very early rare cast inlet manifold. This differed from later Ulster inlet manifolds as it was designed for the long studs that were used at the time. Second photo shows the special inlet manifold and the Cozette carburettor and supercharger fitted to my Ulster. The crankcase is now used in the Waite Replica built by Graeme Steinfort.
This car also has the four speed gearbox from the original car. He approached the owner in the hope that I may be able to buy it for my unblown Ulster that I had purchased in pieces and shipped home in It was all stops out to locate a suitable crankcase from my UK contacts so that I could complete the deal. When the crankcase arrived from England and on my next racing weekend to Sydney, can't remember Amaroo or Oran Park I arranged with Colin to complete the swap.
That Saturday morning under a house not sure where in Sydney I saw the Ulster crankcase for the first time. Imagine my surprise and the look on my face and trying to stay calm when I realised it was a complete engine including the cast alloy inlet manifold and the timing chest at the front of the crankcase. Even the steel gear that drives the supercharger was a special Works part that had one less tooth than the standard part in order to increase the supercharger revs.
Not just a crankcase that was to be the swap. Racing the Austin in Sydney that weekend became less important. I already had achieved the win of a lifetime. It was back in Melbourne and sharing photos with my UK Austin 7 friends that I was to appreciate the history of the engine.
I have no idea of what or where the other supercharged crankcase went. It would be best to note that in exchange for legal advise Graeme became the owner of the eight stud Waite crankcase. The two 6 Cozette superchargers were not suitable for an Austin 7 and again ended up with Graeme Steinfort to be used in the Lombard Vauxhall project. Keen observers will note the 1. Special long valve springs and the Pilgrim pump that mounts on the rear of the supercharger to oil the blower.
It is linked to the throttle so that the oil flow increases when the throttle is opened. This is what it was like at the start of Vintage and Historic racing in the sixties. No roll bars and short sleeved shirts and we are still here today". Posted 23 May - Tony sent this through yesterday and it comes from the Boxing Day Phillip Island programme.
That means it was taken at the Oct 57 PI meeting. Not quite your typical Austin Seven engine conversion. This is one of three photos Tony sent through of this conversion he acquired one Easter in the early 70's from South Australian Doug Trengrove. However he enlisted the wisdom of John Medley in recent days for a lead on where it may have originated from originally.
Bill Conoulty in NSW was the response. Then in the March meeting there's a listing for A Emerson in the Conoulty So exactly where the cylinder head slots in to any of this would be good to help solve. To confirm the exact year I will have to do some more searching. For a start it was when I owned my Blue Monaro. Because of its weight I towed it to Adelaide and he towed my Austin behind his Peugeot.
Realising that I was not going to do anything with the unfinished head I sold it to another A7 Club member, Ken Logan. It is now on display in the Austin 7 Clubrooms. Posted 24 May - Thank you Stuart. Now a matter of establishing which issue Wheels magazine ran the feature on Bill. That should be straightforward, Stephen. If you click on the last link on the page I directed you to the answer will be before you, complete with a transcript of the article. Rather than trying to add the article here, this is another way it can be viewed online in original format.
The Wheels archive - refer December issue page then continued on p Ray, I have to admit Doug's surname spelling would at any time have caught me out. Posted 25 May - Posted 27 May - Max now remembers Don coming to his house when he lived in Blackburn to draw the Austin.
It was the only occasion when they met. Don Reid supplied several drawings for the book and was a friend of the author, Geoff Burford. Just to bring them all together, this is a re-post of the 2 Derek Jolly Austin Seven photos posted in the 'Early Lotus Sales outlets in Australia' thread a month ago.. The other photo shows it later form when the earlier body was removed and it was then a sprint chassis and to save weight the radiator was mounted above the gearbox.
Also two piece alloy head and hydraulic brakes are now fitted. I ended up owning the very close ratio gearbox from the Jolly Austin and it is still in my first racing car which is now owned by Peter Mathews. When Peter Hollinger built our special four speeds in a three speed gearbox for the Raid cars we used the same ratios. All very interesting stuff to me but I doubt to anyone else. Another re-posting to bring them together.
The other photo, Templestowe May is significant because it shows the same radiator has now been moved the correct spot in front of the motor and the hoop frame is in place in preparation for skinning the bodywork. Surely the story of the Ken McKinney raid on the one-time-only hillclimb at Frankston is on this forum somewhere? And what of the ? And so he entered to win the cc class.
But on learning that the supercharged Austin 7 Clarrie May? Jack McCutcheon? Truly, I'd have to look up the names of the players, it might have even been Dickason in the supercharged A7 lightweight the car. It finished up as a chassis and running gear, with an alloy seat out of a Tiger Moth as all that stood between the world and Ken as he drove it. They forgot, however, to pick up the magneto that Joseph Lucas had agreed to lend them for the weekend, and while the supercharged car was faster only just!
Anyway, the point is that this was a one-off hillclimb at Frankston. I don't know who the outright contenders were, nor do I think the yo McKinney would. Is that the event on 20th August in John's list? I'm sure it was Cyril Dickason who was Ken's mechanic.
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