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1935 Austin Seven 'Nippy' Evocation A 'labour of love' built using a genuine Austin body

United Kingdom • 24 Jul 2024

Vehicle Details

AI Listing Summary

This is a 1935 Austin Seven 'Nippy' Evocation, a meticulously built replica using a genuine Austin body. It features a tuned engine, four-speed gearbox, and many new or refurbished parts, costing the vendor over £21,000. While not an original 'Nippy', it's a high-quality recreation with significant investment in parts and labor.

Condition

7

This is an 'Evocation' (replica) built using a genuine Austin body but not an original 'Nippy'. While described as 'nicely detailed' and 'painstakingly assembled', it's a recreation, not a historically original vehicle. This impacts its condition assessment, as it blends new construction with vintage parts.

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Transmission:

Manual

Chassis No:

T76465

Odometer:

[Odometer Reading]

Reg Number:

CKW 900

RHD/LHD:

RHD

Brainchild of Herbert Austin and Stanley Edge, the Austin Seven looked almost impossibly small when launched in 1922.

Based around an 'A-frame' chassis equipped with all-round leaf-sprung suspension, four-wheel drum brakes and a spiral bevel back axle, it was powered by a sewing machine-esque 747cc sidevalve four-cylinder engine allied to three-speed (later four-speed) manual transmission.

An evolution of the Type EB ‘65’ which itself had been inspired by the legendary Type EA Sports ‘Ulster’, the Type AEB ‘Nippy’ arrived during 1934.

Visually near identical to its immediate predecessor with the same low-slung stance and distinctive rounded tail, the newcomer was predominantly bodied in steel over an ash frame (though, early cars utilised the same aluminium panelling as the Type EB ‘65’).

Powered by a tuned engine allied to four-speed manual transmission and benefiting from a lowered centre of gravity, the Type AEB ‘Nippy’ proved an amusingly brisk and chuckable sports car.

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