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1930 Austin Seven Swallow

Sale price: £17,500.00 make an offer

Car location: Weybridge, United Kingdom

Sale type: Fixed price listing

Technical specifications, photos and description:

Year:
1930
Mileage:
3,370
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1930 Austin Seven Swallow for sale

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For sale by auction on Saturday 30 August 2014 with Historics at Brooklands. Brooklands Motor Racing Circuit. Weybridge. Surrey. Call 01753 639170
In 1922. Williams Lyons and Williams Walmsley began production
of their stylish sidecars in the workshops of their Swallow Motor
Company. At the same time. Sir Herbert Austin launched the cheap
and simple 'Seven' model to compete with the light cycle cars of
the period. An Association was formed between Austin and the
Swallow Sidecar Company and. although somewhat at arms' length. br/>each firm benefitted from the association with the Swallow
coachwork giving the Seven a fashionable air that wasn't available
in house at Austin. The first hand formed aluminium over wood
Swallow Roadster bodies appeared on the Austin Seven chassis in
1927 with the two door saloon following in 1928. The Swallow was
known for its distinctive lines. colour schemes and bold. barrel
like grill shell. It's estimated that Swallow produced
approximately 1700 saloon bodies.

With very few Austin Seven Swallow saloons remaining now. we are
pleased to be able to offer one of these attractive and distinctive
saloons today. Coming out of a collection. this Swallow is
largely original; the interior displays its factory headlining. br/>that has worn very well. the original seats are in good order (the
front seat squab. although un-matching. fits in well) and an
attractively finished dashboard and instrument set. Mechanically. br/>the engine was rebuilt in 2000 with new cylinder sleeves. valves
and big ends; the result is that this Swallow runs very well.
Structurally. the Swallow appears to be excellent and a look
underneath shows an exceptionally clean chassis. The coachwork is
finished in the combination of navy blue over light blue. Some of
the paintwork appears cracked (no doubt due to a previous repaint
some years ago) but does not detract from the overall attractive
look of the car. We are informed by the vendor that the original
Swallow mascot is available with the car and that the Swallow will
arrive at the sale with this. a current UK V5 registration document
and fresh MoT test certificate.

With Austin Seven Swallows becoming increasingly hard to find
within the market. this must represent an ideal opportunity to
acquire a rare an interesting example of the 'Seven' marque.

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