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Hello Alan HN 8549. Mulliner body. HN belong to a friend of my Roy Ferret. It had been a wedding car and was white when Roy bought the car,in the 1970s from a dealer in Sheffield, where Roy and myself lived, Roy was brilliant engineer and sold HN when he bought a very earl 12/4 Clifton that needed a...

From the Archive Photographs donated via the VAR website. A very interesting 20/4 with small and large scuttle ventilators, twin spare wheels and a very large Klaxon on the running board. Also a 1927 narrow track Windsor with a lamp or badge bar attached. The photographs were take in the 1920s. Judg...

Two photographs of my 1927 narrow track Clifton. In a wood near Swindon. and then many years later, restored. Poor old MR was used, without tyres around fields and woods, a bit like banger racing, until rescued. The results of the restoration you can see. Its hard work but when you get there its ver...

Sorry. This was on a heavy 12/4.
Mike

I used a compression tap blanking plug and that worked. Its still in place and not leaking, although I did make sure a fibre washer was in place also.
Mike

Several members were not happy with the Wollaton event, expressing their opinions to the VAR and to Chris Garner PWA7C. Chris got it in the neck regarding the lack of organisation, the marshalling being one of the big bones of contention. I think perhaps PWA7C members have forgotten that Chris was h...

David
The Wollaton photographs came up very quickly and look good.
Pity about the two old farts with the cup, do we know who they are? We should be told!!

Mike

Austin salesmen on a test drive with a potential buyer, were told, " Do not change gear if you can avoid it". With such a heavy flywheel (56lb) on the 12/4 you can easily get round a corner in top and pick up the speed gently and then pull away. A friend who had his first 12/4 trip in my c...

Regarding Mike Wheadon, and others suggesting that we need to add to the site, Members cars for sale and Members Restoration projects. It is intended to add these two categories in the near future. We are intending to carry out some major alterations to the site, this will be the most appropriate ti...

Thank you John.

Austin Memories is an excellent site.

Mike