They did, respectively, 79.01, 77.82, 75.49, 77.25 and 75.09 m.p.h., and B.A.R.C. Each car was sold with a Brooklands certificate proving a speed of 80 miles 0 chains (128.75 km) per hour. That England’s winning car was quite special was seen in 1926, when he offered it for sale as a used car at £350, or £85 more than the price of a To list all the achievements of these Brooklands Super Sports-model Austin 7s is not possible but they were still performing well at the Track in 1927, with the Ulster on its way and all manner of proprietary-bodied sports Austins to challenge them.

½-mile in 34 sec. He applied his skills to building and racing Austin 7's with lightweight aerodynamic bodies which proved highly successful at Brooklands and other circuits during the 1920's. .Road-test reports on the Brooklands Austin were few and far between but this journal managed to drive one early in 1925, taking it up some very slippery trials hills. Starting grid for 1929 JCC High Speed Trials at Brooklands England, with Tussaud in the passenger’s seat, won, at 61.61 m.p.h., Hendy, passengered by Mellish, was second and non-stop, at 61.15 m.p.h., and Depper was third, at 60.29 m.p.h., the blown engine probably causing him the clutch trouble which had held him back. A four-speed gearbox was introduced in 1932 and in 1933 Herbert Austin's son-in-law, Arthur Waite, soon began to achieve remarkable sporting successes beginning at So two new sports models were offered in January 1924, the Sports and the Brooklands Super-sports. A notable 1927 victory was that achieved by Dingle (who lived at “The Ingle”, in Weybridge) when he won the Surbiton M.G. Gordon England developed and built a small racing car based on Austin Seven Parts which he successfully raced at Brooklands in the JCC 200 Mile Race of October that year. At the 1927 Selangor hill-climb in Malay one of these cars collected nine 1st, six 2nd and three 3rd places, and another, assuming this car to have been a Brooklands-model, 1st place in the A.D.A.C. Whether this lubrication system was England’s idea or whether he had copied that which Austin introduced rather hastily for their own racing Sevens alter bearing failure in the Boulogne races September 1923, although previously they had substituted drilled crankshafts for jet-feed, I am not prepared to say. 1928 Austin Seven Gordon England Cup Estimate: £18,000-22,000 Highly competitive G/E cup; high spec engine with phoenix crank; £1700 ..

He had as chief opposition the French Salmsons with twin-overhead-camshaft engines of some 350-c.c. His next venture was racing motorcars, ABC's at first and later Austin Sevens. with various racing bodies with some success at Brooklands.Undaunted, England put a two-seater racing body on his record-breaking Seven and entered it for the 1,100-c.c. The early cars used The 3-speed and reverse gearbox was integral with the engine, and had a variety of ratios depending on application. See more. Having had a look online, I can only find reference to an RAF Great Dunmow, so perhaps it … That these 747-c.c. The price was £265, excluding mudguards, hood and screen. In 1923 E.C. Perhaps the fuller calendar of today leaves you little time…I have owned a 1935 "Chain Gang" Frazer Nash now for about eighteen months and during this time have reached the only logical conclusion—that there never was such an exciting…Ersatz Character I must confess I am confused. was justified.These Gordon England special Austin 7s were a great success, and he joined Bugatti and anticipated Amilcar in providing cars ready for racing. This compared to £175 for Austin’s own sports model, fully equipped and finished in stove-enamelled King-fisher blue. Austin 7 'Chummy' Bodies to suit a 6' 3" Austin 7 chassis from 1922 through to 1931. race in Bavaria. Waite and Lou Kings (chief tester) then experienced a run of failure brought about by inadequate engine lubrication for racing conditions. Early cars did not have any shock absorbers. the Crown Prince of Roumania. To make these George England (Moto… This speed was in stripped condition. Late in 1926 D. Wadia won the Mehta Championship Cup, and covered a s.s. ½-mile in 40 sec., and a i.s. Naturally the Austins were in racing trim, but they had Brooklands exhaust systems instead of the Standard straight-through pipe and small fish-tail. The only modifications mode as time went on were varnishing of the aluminium body panelling, the substitution of a single 30-mm. Herbert Austin's son-in-law, Arthur Waite, soon began to achieve remarkable sporting successes beginning at Brooklands in March 1923 and the next month at Monza. Five were entered, Samuelson in his yellow car, Boulding in an aluminium one with red radiator and wheels, Spencer’s green version, Gordon Hendy’s orange and black Austin, and Lt. Grey, R.N., in an aluminium model. A keen private-owner, Dudley Beck, who bought his Super Sports model in March 1924, spoke of 30-32, 58-62 and 80-83 m.p.h. Oct 1926 Factory Saloon (metal) 1926-30 Chummy’s.