Richard Edmonds Auctions
Lot 524
1924 Austin 7 Scoop Scuttle Pramhood Chummy – same family ownership since 1966Reg. no. DD 4046Chassis no. A13044Engine no. M3087Austin’s ‘full-sized car in miniature’, the Seven of 1923, helped save the company from dire financial problems, and taught other British car manufacturers a valuable lesson – that a car does not have to sacrifice its ‘car-ness’ when it becomes small, and that a small car can indeed be just that, and doesn’t have to be a strange contraption with more in common with motorcycles. Thus, it both ushered in a new wave of small cars from other manufacturers and spelled the end of the cyclecar. It wasn’t just in Britain where the Seven was influential; it was built under licence in Germany, France, Japan and the United States as well, the design proving sound enough to satisfy customers in all of those diverse markets. The Seven came in many different forms over its long production life, but perhaps the best-known and purest remains the basic four-seater tourer, the Chummy.In 1966 DD 4046 was discovered in Cricklade, near Swindon, by well-known Austin 7 enthusiast Fred Eley, where it had been dry stored for 28 years. According to a newspaper cutting in the history file, Fred secured the car from the farmer owner, he then stripped the car down, cleaned and restored the paintwork where necessary, but Fred declared at the time that the car was in such good condition, with just 32,000 miles on the odometer, that it didn’t take very long to make it roadworthy, with everything still in very original condition. Fred then exhibited DD 4046 at many rallies, winning numerous awards, and he even toured Holland in it, in 1970. At the 1982 Austin Diamond Jubilee DD 4046 was the fifth oldest Austin 7 present (programme in the file). After Fred died in 1997 ‘Bluebell’, as she was affectionately known, was placed on loan to the Atwell Wilson Motor Museum, in the same town where Fred resided, and she has been there on display until now. We understand that the engine was last started in 2003, so full recommissioning will be required prior to use. DD 4046 is offered with a display board of various trophies won, some award certificates, old photographs, postcards, newspaper cuttings, a V5 and a full Austin 7 tool kit also on a display board.
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