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a 92 year old Austin 7 Chummy or 'pram hood' still on the road in south London. Equipped with an eye watering 700cc engine thumping out 7hp. Some bicycles these days have fatter tyres than this, and look at that massive steering wheel!
Is this Forest Hill by any chance? Remember regularly seeing a blue Austin 7 up there. I assume it got towed up as I'm not confident in its ability to get up those hills!
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That pic was taken in the lowlands of Stockwell, but could very well be the same car.
It almost looks light enough that you could push it up the hill on your own if it was wheezing too much to make it under its own steam. I'd love to see a real world test in some UK rain of how water tight the roof is when its up.
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A couple of old English convertibles, a 92 year old Austin 7 Chummy or 'pram hood' still on the road in south London. Equipped with an eye watering 700cc engine thumping out 7hp. Some bicycles these days have fatter tyres than this, and look at that massive steering wheel!
I can't help but imagine the mangled metal, broken glass, splintered bone and teeth of the poor Austin driver if that ever crashed into this
And saw this 1970 Dodge GT today that instantly conjured up an image of a movie baddie, but not sure if its more likely a car driven by the cops in TV and film, maybe @Aroogah has more of an idea.