1934 Austin 7 Box SaloonReg.

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KSL 567Chassis no.

187745Engine no.

M214483By 1934, Austin’s Seven was 11 years old.

Eleven years was a long time given the rate of development in automotive design since the early 1920s, but various improvements and updates carried out by Austin ensured that the Seven remained as capable and popular as ever.

By 1934, not only was the little car blessed with a 4-speed gearbox – introduced in 1932, it now had synchromesh on all ratios apart from the bottom two, meaning it was easier to drive than ever before.

Saloons were now available with steel bodies, these being cheaper to produce than fabric or aluminium ones, and the lengthened and widened wheelbase introduced in late 1931 meant that the post-vintage Seven was a viable 4-person vehicle, as many thousands of families discovered in the 1930s and beyond.This 1934 Seven has been restored at some point in the past but is now showing some patina; running and driving, the interior remains in good c...