trereife summer fayre

In the days when you had to crank the engine to start. This one has been adapted to have indicators. This wouldn t have been the case when this car was originally built. Only the later cars had stick indicators that would pop out of the door strut like a mini arm and it would be orange in colour with a light bulb to illuminate the arm. A foot pedal next to the clutch was used to switch from full beam to dip. These often failed when they got wet resulting in the lights going out when you changed from full be

THE RED CAR IS A 1930 AUSTIN SEVEN AND WAS BOUGHT FOR MY 70TH BIRTHDAY BY MY WIFE IT STILL VERY RELIBLE AND WAS THE BEST AUSTIN AT THE MOUNTHEDGCOME RALY IN 2002