Original Austin Seven

When asked if he would like to write this book, Rinsey Mills cast his mind back to the time when he paid a local garage £1 for the pitiful remains of an Austin Seven. This car's main attribute was a sound body, but there was little else in its favor as the engine, gearbox, radiator, lamps and instruments were missing. He embarked on a rebuild, and remembers the difficulty he had in finding information to help track down the correct parts. Among the ghastly errors perpetrated, through lack of knowledge, was a retrim in an incorrect brown color. To the present owner of YN 215 he offers his apologies, unless someone has since put things right. He hopes the information about correct specifications in Original Austin Seven may help others to avoid the mistakes he made. Also the author of Original AC Ace & Cobra, an early title in this series, he lives in The West Country with his partner and daughter. A keen photographer as well as a writer, he took photographs for this book using a Rolleiflex SL200OF 35mm camera and Fuji 100 film.