I'm going to have to follow this. As a Brit car lover, I have a
fascination with the American Austin made in Butler, PA. which was the
Americanized verson of the Austin Seven.
Despite my love for this tiny car, I can't imagine traveling distances
in a one powered by it's stock engine: 45 cubic inch, 15hp.
jay fishbein
wallingford, ct
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'that's a big word for a girl of nine'." Emo Phillips
Peter C. wrote:
> Pilfered from the Old Cars eNews letter.....
> Peter C
>
> Austin Sevens Head for 'Mother Road'
>
> CHICAGO - Six Austin Sevens have been shipped from Great Britain to
> the United States so that their owners can drive them across Route 66.
> The drivers will commence their journey on Sept. 3 from Chicago, and
> hope to arrive in Los Angeles on Sept. 24. The Austin Seven owners are
> members of the 750 Motor Club, an organization founded in 1939 for
> such cars.
>
> The cars and their drivers have already traveled extensively in Europe
> in their Sevens, and four of them have already completed a 3,500-mile
> journey from Buenos Aires, across the Andes, to Santiago, Chile, and
> back in February 2005. The cars date from 1929 to 1938. Jack
> Rittenhouse completed the journey in a Bantam in 1946 and wrote about
> it in his book, A Guide Book to Highway 66, which was another
> inspiration for this recent tour, 60 years later.
>
> Further details on the journey are available from Ken Cooke at
> <mailto:ken.cooke@ntlworld.com>ken.cooke@ntlworld.com, or Vince Leek
> at
>
><mailto:leek@austin7engineering.freeserve.co.uk>leek@austin7engineering.freeserve.co.uk.
>
> Information regarding the American Austin Bantam Club can be obtained
> from M. Sanson, 724 Maple Drive, Kirkville, NY 13082 or
> <mailto:marilyn.aabc@yahoo.com>marilyn.aabc@yahoo.com.
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