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Andy's Austin Seven Page - books
Coleman's drive; John Coleman, Faber & Faber, 1962
The story of John's drive the length of South America in an Austin Seven
Seven Years with Samantha; Clive Ball, Patrick Stevens Ltd 1974 ISBN 0 85059 168 6
The story of Clives journey around the world.
The Austin Seven; R.J. Wyatt, David & Charles 1968 ISBN 0 7153 5766 2
Lots of information about the history of the Austin Seven, different models, racing successes etc.
The Austin Seven, A pictorial tribute; R. J. Wyatt, Motor Racing Publications, 1975 ISBN 0 900549 26 2
More history of the Austin Seven with lots of pictures
The book of the Austin Seven & Eight; Staton Abbey, Pitman's motorists library 1935 - 1959
Small pocket sized book concerning routine maintenance. It suffers from trying to cover all models.
The Austin Seven Book; R. J. Nicholson 1927 - 1933
Another small pocket sized book concerning routine maintenance.
The Austin Seven Companion; Seven-Fifty Motor Club Publications 1975 ISBN 0 90054926 2
Masses of technical information taken from 40 years of the 750 motor club bulletin.
Austin Seven specials; L.M. (Bill) Williams, G. T. Foulis 1958 reprinted 1975
Esentially a special builders' guide from the 1950s - lots of useful information.
Austin Seven Cars 1930 - 1935; Brooklands Books
Austin Sevens in the thirties; Brooklands Books
Austin Seven briefing; Practical Classics
Compendium of articles on buying, rebuilding & using a box saloon
Austin Seven 1922 - 1982
Articles, road tests & reports reprinted from magazines of the period
The Austin Seven source book; Bryan Purves, Haynes Publishing
Group Yeovil Somerset 1989 ISBN 0-85429-557-7
544 pages of information
A guide to building reproduction Ulsters; Chris Gould, 8 Georgia Avenue, Worthing, West Sussex, BN14 8AZ tel 01903 233253
One hundred and twenty pages including drawings and photographs. Lots of practical information.
The Motor for the Millions;
Reprint of the 1923 Austin brochure
Austin Seven competition cars 1922 - 1982; Martin Eyre 750 Motor Club Publications 1982 ISBN 09508121 02
Details of 17 Austin Seven sports models
The Austin Seven Manual; Doug Woodrow, Mercury publication service 1987 ISBN 1 869843 01 0 (see address below)
The nearest thing I have seen to a modern workshop manual.
Motoring specials; Ian Dussek, Shire series
Vintage Motor Cars; Bill Boddy, Shire series
Ruby; Colin Thompson, Julia Mcrae Books 1994 ISBN 1-85681-089-5
A children's book with lovely illustrations. There are
clues in the book as to the real registration number of the car and
the first person to solve the puzzle won a real Ruby saloon.
Austin from the inside; Freddie Henry, Seven Fifty Motor Club Publications
The recollections of Freddie Henry on the Austin Motor Company. Freddie's
personal view of working with Herbert Austin with fascinating insights
into the early days of the Austin Motor Company and its varied
products. Sixty pages with over thirty photographs and diagrams.
Original Austin Seven; Rinsey Mills, Bay View Books 1996 ISBN 1 870979 68 0
128 pages of colour photos and text with heaps
of info needed by the restorer.
Building and racing my 750; P.J. Stephens, G.T. Foulis 1953 - 61
An account of how one Austin Seven special was built and raced. As far as I know, the first of the Austin Seven builder's guides. 111 pages plus photographs. Foreward by Holland Birkett. Many thanks to Douglas Ormrod of Auckland NZ for making me aware of this book. Apparently Patrick Stephens is still in touch with some members of the 750 Motor Club and maintains an interest in Austin Seven affairs.
The Austin Seven builder's manual; John Haynes 1954
In the form of a pamphlet
How to build Austin specials; John Haynes, Haynes publishing co. 1960
Building a 750 cc special; John Haynes, Haynes publishing co. 1960
The Austin Seven; Anita Jackson , Stanley Thornes 1992 ISBN 0748710426
A book for older children with a reading age of seven to nine years. Twenty eight pages long, the story describes someone confined to a wheelchair after an accident in a haunted Austin Seven.
The Austin Seven; Jonathan Wood , Shire Publications Ltd 1999 ISBN 0747804168
A small book (32 pages) which covers the history of the Austin Seven in the same style as the R J Wyatt book and includes some of the same pictures. Some of the material is derived from an interview by the author with Austin draughtsman Stanley Edge.
Austin Seven; Chris Harvey Oxford Illustrated Press (Haynes Publishing) first published 1985, reprinted 1997. ISBN 0 946609 04 7
Describes in 222 pages the various Austin seven models, some overlap with the R. J. Wyatt book but lots of new material
The Motor Sport book of the Austin Seven; W (Bill) Boddy (Founder member of the 750 Motor Club and former editor of Motor Sport magazine) Grenville 1972
Special Builders Guide, 750 Motor Club 1960
Articles from the club magazine, the 750 bulletin. Superceded by the Austin seven companion.
Round the world in a Baby Austin, Hector Macquarrie, Hodder and Stoughton 1933
Queries of the month edited by Peter Woodend, Colwyn publishing Aylsbury and Auckland 1989
Technical queries and answers from 'The Austin Magazine and Advocate' from 1932 - 46. Available from Peter Woodend, New Zealand and sometimes from the Seven Workshop (UK) - see my parts page.
The Austin Seven by D. B. Tubbs, Profile publications
Ten pages describing the history of the Austin Seven, with many photographs.
Austin Seven compiled by R. M. Clarke, Brooklands book distribution Ltd ISBN 0946 489 130
100 pages of magazine articles from 1923 - 1982, considerable overlap with Austin Seven Cars 1930 - 1935 and Austin seven in the thirties.
There are also original Austin Handbooks & parts lists, some of which
have been re-printed. Mercury publications stock some of these. These are useful as they apply to the actual
model & do not try to cover every car from 1922 to 1939.
Many of these books are available from the 750 Motor Club
Some of these books are out of print but can be found at Autojumbles.
You could also try the following suppliers of old books:
Vintage Motorshop 749 Bradford Road, Batley,
West Yorkshire, WF17 8HZ tel. 01924 470773 open Thurs - Sat 11am-5pm.
Falconwood Transport and Military bookshop, 5 Falconwood Parade, The Green, Welling, Kent. (020) 8303 8291 (voice & fax) Open Thurs, Fri & Sat
Pooks motoring and motor cycle books, Fowke Street, Rothly, Leicestershire 0116 2376222
Motorail Books, Transport and military books 241 Holdenhurst Road, Bournemouth, Dorset 01202 396469
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