WTD: Austin 7 project/rolling chassis

I'm afraid budget small + Austin seven does not really work nowadays. A tip however, don't even think about ebay, Austin seven things sell for silly amounts and can be got much cheaper from pretty well anywhere else, although you probably already know that.
This is coming up for auction on Saturday and would probably be the cheapest way of doing things in the long run.
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I would say that the estimate is about right, the car has some quite special bits on it like the bowed front axle with uprated brakes and various tuning bits. The radiator and shell alone are probably worth a few hundred.
I think you're right though about competition as its probably based on a ruby.

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I wanted to build an Austin Seven special so started collecting parts starting with a bare chassis (without V5 )
Worked out a lot dearer than you'd expect.
In the end it would have been cheaper to buy a tatty complete vehicle so I gave up and decided next time to look at something from 1950's like Rover 100, Austin A40, Ford Pop etc as a basis.

Paul H

Also, I started a project with just a chassis and no V5, its now worth far more than I have put into it.