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Fantastic video Richard. What a pleasure to see Ron explain all the workings of the car. What a true gent who has a passion for his little Austin’s. Thanks for sharing the video.
Nice of Ron to be so kind to Harry. And you hit the sweet spot for me, I like the farming and adding old cars in, great. Plus all the local history of the car, I am guessing Pullen is related to Farmer P.
Wow that brought back memories. My Dad's first car in 1953 was an Austin 7 Saloon in Black. I was 5 at the time. I think it was a 1937 and I still remember the registration number. I've two distinct memories of that car... First, the drivers seat cushion was like an inflatable pillow, you literally blew it up with a stirrup tyre pump. It was a series of tubes, zigzag fashion and contantly needed puctures repairing, Dad was putting patches on patches every weekend. Second was when he got stuck in soft sand on the beach at Southport. He eventually got it out by taking the spark plugs out, putting it in gear and winding it out using the starting handle. We had that car for 5 years and I've got good memories of the days out to the seaside and the inevitable breakdowns, which were always fixed at the side of the road. You never went anywhere without a toolbag. Going through Blackpool Illuminations was a 7 mile crawling traffic jam, every other car (including Dad's) constantly overheating. They would let me get out and walk ahead with hundreds of other kids. They would eventually catch up for me to get into the back seat again. The opening front screen was hillarious, I remember one time we were stuck in a jam and he opened the screen to get some fresh air and, the tax disc holder dropped off and rolled down the road, followed by Dad trying to catch it. I think it was that car that the Semaphore Indicators were in the Door Pillars. The solenoids would frequently stick and would be unstuck with a firm thump on the door pillar inside to make them work again for a few days. Memories of happy times.... Thank you.
Cracking cars, love the way both fit in the garage and they take up less than half the space, one modern chelsea waggon would have filled that. Fantastic condition, lovely chap to spend so much time explaining everything., looks far younger than he is.
I believe "any colour you want as long as it is black" applied to the Model T and the model A could be had in various colours CHEERS from westcoast Canada!
One of the most important models in motering history. The first true car for the masses. The first with a standard control layout. It was the Austin 7 that was responsible for exploring much of the world.
The bit about any colour as long as it is black is because black paint dried quicker than any other colour so the cars could be produced quicker. I do like an Austin Seven 'Chummy' Tourer. I see the Magmo speedometer is identical to that fitted to my 1932 Morris Minor Two-seater.
My first car was a Y type Ford 1936-38, Brought it for £7 and sold it for £10 In 1960 when I was 19 years old, I learned to in it, It was great fun, I am a year younger than Ron. Really enjoyed your video many thanks.
This is great , You have the funniest vidios , and informative . Tell Harry hi and Thankyou for sharing his interest in so many things . I am a women and appreciate your friend history on cars and women's relation ship to them . Fun thanks 😊 In Utah USA .
I sure would like to have one but afraid of taking a hit in one of them now a days 😳 we have these, a few in the states still. My folks had a morris minor back in the late 60s . and that was a very small car back then.
