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[Rick]

Hi all,

I'm on the lookout for b/w period photos of Austin 7s to include in a new screensaver, does anyone have any they'd be willing to scan and email over? I'm only on the lookout for in-period photos, rather than recent colour pics, and images that actually belong to the sender, as opposed to saved off the web from somewhere like flickr etc.

Thanks all, Rick
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[Greeney in France]

I haven't got a picture of my own as they are rare here but did you know that the French car called Rosengart was also an Austin 7 made under licence


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[Rick]

yup and what was the German-built one called - Dixi?

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[Keith D]

I do not have an original 1920/1930's photo of an Austin Seven. However, the importance of the Austin Seven worldwide cannot be overstated.

As Greeney has commented, in France the Rosengart built the Seven under licence until as late as 1952/53.
In Germany, Dixi bult the Austin Seven under licence until the company was bought out by BMW. Hence, the first BMW car was an Austin Seven.
In Britain, Swallow Sidecars bought running A7 chassis' from Austin and built their own bodies to sell as their first cars. This company ended up as Jaguar.

Both Lotus and Lola started life with Austin Sevens.

Nissan in Japan built cars that were recognisable copies of the Austin Seven.

American Austin built Austin Sevens under licence with "mirror image" engines. (Totally restyled bodies however - very much like tiny Chevrolets of the day!) They were not very succesful. However the company went on to become Bantam. Their cars were Austin Seven engined, but had "Walt Disney" bodies and did not sell terribly well. However, this was the company that designed and built the prototypes of the extremely successful wartime vehicle known as the JEEP. (Ford and Willys got the contract to construct most of them because the Bantam facilities were far too small!!)

Sir Frank Whittle of jet engine fame, used a secondhand, rebuilt Austin Seven engine as a starter for his first successful jet engine.

Keith D