Hello everyone. This is the story so far with my first pre-war car.
How did I come across it?
A friend from Bangalore shared the info early in September 2023, saying that there was this Austin 7 for sale. There were a few basic photos which showed a bit of the car and a phone number accompanied the photos.
Long story short, it turned out that this Austin was a 10 minute drive from my home and I went and checked it out. I had desired an earlier, short chassis, small door Austin for a while, and as it turned out, it was one such example. Not the earlier Chummy, which would also have been nice, but a slightly later tourer.
After brief negotiations, and taking advantage of the fact that it was my birthday, I clinched the deal on 10th September, 2023. A couple of days later, the Austin,…