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26 January 2012. Following early morning phone calls both Eric and Anne Bourne with Brian and Deirdre Haywood decided to brave the uncertain weather and drive their Austin Sevens to Syd- ney for the Australia Day NRMA Motorfest. Luckily we only had a couple of heavy showers during the day and the sun came out in the afternoon. There were less cars on display this year due to the wet weather but the crowd in Macquarie Street and the interest in our Baby Austins was probably as good as previous years. Indeed we heard that one group had been directed by friends outside St. Mary’s Cathedral to “go up Continued on page 6 26 January 2012. Several mem- bers celebrated Australia Day at Flagstaff Hill Park (Wollongong) with folk from the Austin Motor Vehicle Club. Although our east coast, including Sydney, experi- enced torrential rain and wide- spread flooding the day before; in true Aussie style the sun came out and we all experienced a hot, humid and very enjoyable day. There was something for every- one from a classic car display with seven Austin Sevens and seven various other Austins, to a thong-throwing competition on the beach, amusement rides, bands and entertainment; and stalls and more stalls. They say over 50,000 people were there! Continued on page 6

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Magazine of the Austin 7 Club NSW Inc

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26 January 2012. Following

early morning phone calls both

Eric and Anne Bourne with Brian

and Deirdre Haywood decided to

brave the uncertain weather and

drive their Austin Sevens to Syd-ney for the Australia Day NRMA

Motorfest. Luckily we only had a

couple of heavy showers during

the day and the sun came out in

the afternoon.

There were less cars on display

this year due to the wet weather

but the crowd in Macquarie

Street and the interest in our

Baby Austins was probably as

good as previous years. Indeed

we heard that one group had

been directed by friends outside

St. Mary’s Cathedral to “go up

Continued on page 6

26 January 2012. Several mem-

bers celebrated Australia Day at

Flagstaff Hill Park (Wollongong)

with folk from the Austin Motor

Vehicle Club. Although our east

coast, including Sydney, experi-enced torrential rain and wide-

spread flooding the day before; in

true Aussie style the sun came

out and we all experienced a hot,

humid and very enjoyable day.

There was something for every-

one from a classic car display

with seven Austin Sevens and

seven various other Austins, to a

thong-throwing competition on

the beach, amusement rides,

bands and entertainment; and

stalls and more stalls. They say

over 50,000 people were there!

Continued on page 6

Page 2

Committee

The deadline for all contributions to Baby Torque is the 2nd last Friday of

each month. Contributions should be sent to The Editor, Baby Torque,

10 Lorraine Street, North Strathfield NSW 2137.

Magazine Deadline

Club Meetings

The Austin 7 Club NSW Inc meets on the 2nd Wednesday of each month

at 8:00pm in the NRMA Training Rooms, NRMA Building, George Street,

North Strathfield. Parking is available in the NRMA car park opposite the

building.

Executive Name Home Phone Mobile Phone

President Warren Gracie (02) 9569 2108 0417 417 826

Vice President Paul Pui (02) 9958 1791 0413 621 078

Secretary /

Public Officer Maureen Boatwright (02) 9822 8609 0413 017 263

Treasurer Helen Lewis (02) 9709 2344 0407 108 196

Office Bearers Name Home Phone Mobile Phone

Events Team Maureen Boatwright (02) 9822 8609 0413 017 263

Spare Parts Mervyn Boatwright (02) 9822 8609 0412 940 001

Club Examiners Warren Gracie

Mervyn Boatwright

(02) 9569 2108

(02) 9822 8609

0417 417 826

0412 940 001

Membership Faye Yarroll (02) 9706 8007 0412 830 041

Editor /

Webmaster Robert Yarroll (02) 9706 8007 -

As a courtesy, please do not contact Committee Members after 9:00pm.

Banking Details

Austin 7 Club NSW Inc

Spare Parts Austin 7 Club NSW Inc

Bank Laboratories Credit Union Bendigo Bank

BSB 802-841 633-000

Account 100008499 128875804

Page 3

The Kodak Company has recently filed for protection from bankrupt-

cy. Even though they invented digital photography they mistakenly

believed the technology would never succeed. It seems a similar sce-nario was played out in 1922 when it was forecast that Herbert Aus-

tin’s baby Austin 7 would not be successful! I guess everyone is capa-

ble of making statements that don’t come true.

On another matter, Club members will have received notice of a Spe-

cial General Meeting to be held immediately after our February Gen-

eral Meeting to hear an appeal by a Member under the provisions of our Club Constitution.

This will be the first such action taken by the Committee this century

or any other time that anyone can recall. It will be a test of our Clubs

new Constitution that came into effect just last year.

I hope everyone enjoyed their Australia Day celebration whether it

was at our Flagstaff Hill Park Club Run, the NRMA Motorfest or just

relaxing with family or friends.

Happy Sevening …

Warren Gracie

Presidents Report

We have a new account number at Laboratories Credit Union.

Please use 100008499 for all transactions (see page 2).

Tony & Sue Paull

Singleton NSW

Page 4

12 February 2012 … Breakfast Run - Hawkesbury River Marina Brooklyn

Departing NRMA car-park North Strathfield at 7:40am. Our Destination is the

Hawkesbury River Marina, Dangar Road (Lot 501 McKell Park), Brooklyn.

Please contact the Events Team on 9822 8609 if you are interested in attend-

ing.

As usual, the Club’s Sausage Sizzle

was a great success, and I can’t

think of a better way to start off an Austin 7 New Year. There was plen-

ty of time for chatting, eating and

laughter; and even time for a game

of catching. The only problem was

the wild wind blowing away the heat

from our BBQ’s while we were try-ing to cook. Somebody came up

with an ingenious idea of placing

containers around the hotplate to

keep the heat in; and it actually

worked.

Our Clubs first outing for 2012 was

a Breakfast Run to the Scarborough

Hotel, and as usual lately, we en-

countered rain. The staff at the ho-tel had reserved a room for our

group so everything went well. We

saw twenty-one people on the day

in six A7’s and five moderns; that’s

not bad for a very wet morning. In

attendance was Paul & Amy Pui, Mark & Joanne Wellington, Robert

& Faye Yarroll, Paul, Sandra, Jessi-

Events Report

ca, Katie & Jackie Boatwright, War-

ren Gracie, Eric Steinhaus & Cissy,

Ken Rolley, George & Sue McGill, Bob & Judith Riches and Mervyn &

Maureen Boatwright.

There is still three Club Events yet

to be organised for 2012. Club members are invited to contact me

on 9822 8609 if you would like to

suggest a location or organise a Run

yourself.

Hopefully Australia Day will be

great weather wise and the Events

Team wishes everyone a wonderful

day full of fun. Our Club is expect-

ing about twenty-eight people to participate in festivities.

I hope everyone has a great Austral-

ia Day and I look forward to seeing

many of you at Flagstaff Hill Park in Wollongong.

Happy Austin 7 touring …

Maureen Boatwright

Coming Events

Coming Events

4 February 2012 ... Leura’s Automobile Picnic in the Mall

A great display of cars from the 1920’s. This event is part of a month long

Festival of 1920’s nostalgia throughout the Blue Mountains. Please contact the Events Team on 9822 8609 if you are interested in attending.

6 May 2012 ... Wings Over Illawarra 2012

Cars will NOT be admitted to this event without an official sticker. Please

contact the Events Team on 9822 8609 if you are interested in attending.

Page 5

19 February 2012 … Twilight Run - Mystery Destination - North

Departing NRMA car-park North Strathfield at 3:00pm. BYO meal or buy at a

shop near our destination.

4 March 2012 … Breakfast Run - South - New Venue

Departing NRMA car-park North Strathfield at 7:30am or Heathcote Railway

car-park at 8:15am. Please contact the Events Team on 9822 8609 if you are

interested in attending and advise your starting place.

23-25 March 2012 ... Sydney Vintage Car Restoration - Crookwell

This will be a long-weekend based in Goulburn. Ten rooms have been secured

at our motel and all these rooms have now been allocated.

15 April 2012 … April Run - Destination TBA

29 April 2012 … Breakfast Run - North

23-24 June 2012 ... Weekend away at Mt.Victoria Our Club will be staying at a very nice Guesthouse at Mt Victoria. So far eleven

en-suite rooms have been booked - the remaining rooms do not have en-suites.

On Sunday we will be joining the Vauxhall Club and other clubs for lunch at

the Guesthouse and also enjoying Kitty & the Bagman at the Mt.Victoria pic-

ture show. Please contact the Events Team on 9822 8609 if you are interested

in attending.

1 - 5 October 2012

90th Anniversary National Austin 7 Hub Rally - Tanunda, S.A.

Make sure you have booked your Barossa Valley accommodation as there is

immense interest in this Rally. Remember, there’s only 10 months to go and more than 140 Austin 7’s will be attending. The renowned Bay to Birdwood

Run is for vehicles manufactured before 1956 and will be held the day before

the Rally starts (Sunday 30 September 2012). Please contact the Events Team

on 9822 8609 if you require an Expression of Interest form or further infor-

mation. Those staying at the Barossa Motor Lodge will need to leave for the

Bay to Birdwood at about 5:30am on the Sunday.

Invitations Accepted

Page 6

The 2012 Hospital Bed Race saw sev-

eral five-member teams run as fast as

possible for 100 metres along Marine

Parade while pushing a patient in a

hospital bed. Wow … and they did it

in just 11.5 seconds ... that’s proba-bly quicker than an Austin Seven

could cover the distance! The gold trophy was won by the Thomas &

Coffey team and the event raised

much needed funds for new medical

equipment at Wollongong Hospital.

Today the AMVC welcomed a new

member and car to the celebrations

and we welcomed Eric Steinhaus to

his second Club event in his 1935 A7.

Merv & Maureen Boatwright, Paul

Boatwright, Warren Gracie, Eric

Steinhaus, Paul & Amy Pui, Mark

Wellington, Ken Rolley and Robert &

Faye Yarroll attended from our Club.

We had some unexpected excitement

on our homeward journey when we

encountered a very thick fog and visi-

bility dropped to less than a car

length … you could barely see your

own hand in front of your face. This

tested the skills of our drivers and wasn’t what we wanted when driving

our Austin Sevens!

and see the two baby Austin Sevens

outside the Mitchell Library”!

The day went very quickly with lots of

interest in our cars. However, we did

have time for coffee at the NRMA in the Mint; and a walk through Hyde

Park and the rest of the display.

The Haywood’s were pleasantly sur-

prised to find another Annie. It was a

1928 Buick Tourer but very worthy as

a step-sister.

It was a very enjoyable way to cele-

brate Australia Day.

Written by Brian Haywood

Continued from front page Continued from front page

Page 7

15 January 2012. Today we headed south to Scarborough for our first Break-

fast Run for 2012. Two A7’s and a modern departed North Strathfield to meet another five A7’s, a Mini and three more moderns at Heathcote. Everyone wel-comed Eric Steinhaus and Cissy to their first Club outing in their eye-catching Silver and Black 1935 A7 Sports Tourer. We then enjoyed a brisk drive to the Scarborough Hotel in what could only be described as

great weather for ducks but terrible weather for touring in an Austin 7. Naturally, all this driving made us seriously hungry; so we satisfied our

starved bellies with a huge breakfast. Of course, not all the meals were huge ... some were enormous! Alt-hough todays weather started out overcast and raining, it did improve for our return journey. It’s always a pleasure to drive our baby Austin’s in the Illa-

warra Region and today’s run didn’t disappoint anyone.

11 January 2012. Twenty-five people attended our Pre-Meeting Sausage Sizzle at Bicentennial Park on what should have been a pleasant summer evening … but instead we experienced strong gusty winds that occasionally reached gale-force. Members had to keep a firm grip on their sausages and salad to prevent their dinner from being blown off their plates. But all this commotion just added to the fun and created quite a few interesting hairstyles. A game of T-ball kept the kiddies active (both young and young at heart) while others enjoyed a good chat and a few laughs. After we filled our tummies with tasty tucker it was time to depart for our January meeting at

North Strathfield. A big thank you goes to Maureen and her merry band of helpers.

Eric and Cissy

Helen and Jessica

Page 8

Jim and Merilyn Dunn’s blue 1937 Austin 7 Special was featured as November 2011’s Car of the Month. Well, now we have the latest addition to their car family … a bright yellow 1928 Austin 7 Chummy.

Jim and Merilyn have been married for 17 years. During this time restoration work and tinkering around with cars and spare parts has been a favourite hob-

by for Jim; so it wasn’t unusual for him to buy yet another car. Jim purchased the bright yellow 1928 Austin Chummy in February 2011 after hearing about it from a fellow car-club member.

The little Austin had been owned by Ed Yabsley of Kempsey; and was looking a bit dusty and tired after being stored in a shed since 1993.

As the present custodian of the bright yellow Austin 7 Chummy it was appro-priate to give the little car a thorough health check. The motor seemed to be in good condition and all that was replaced was two valves. Overall ... the car was mechanically sound and in good working order.

As we all know, an Austin 7’s brakes can sometimes be unwilling to stop the car when required to do so … and this can destroy an otherwise enjoyable touring experience. Jim has now got new cast iron rear brakes drums, and has replaced the rear brake cams and bushes and added new cables. Well done Jim!

Car of the Month ... Jim & Merilyn Dunn’s Chummy

Jim and Merilyn

Page 9

Information Sheet

If you would like to see your Austin 7 featured in this magazine please

complete and return the “Car of the Month - Information Sheet” available

from the Editor.

Much to Merilyn’s relief, the Chummy now has brakes that can stop the car when required. What next you might ask? Well, after about six month of fid-dling and tinkering Jim was ready to register the Chummy. Off to the RTA he goes and promptly returns with a set of sparkling new Historic number-plates.

This was just a week before the Dunn’s first big adventure in their new Austin. Jim and Merilyn live near Maitland NSW, and have to travel quite a distance to reach Sydney to attend our Club events and displays. It was an overcast Sun-day morning when Jim loaded the little yellow car onto his trailer for its trip to the big smoke … Sydney. This was the cars first display and it proudly lined up against 13 other little Austins at the 47th Annual Shannon’s Eastern Creek Classic. It was great to see Jim and Merilyn on the day; and we all had a good chat and catch-up. Jim and Merilyn are looking forward to doing more rallies with us in the future.

Editors’ Note: Jim and Merilyn ... this is your second story in our Baby Torque magazine. Have you got any more Austin 7’s you can tell us about?

… and their bright yellow 1928 Austin 7 Chummy

Page 10

A modest account of a won-derful journey, Miss de Haviland is the first woman to accomplish a world-tour in a midget car, and her narrative will be found extremely inter-esting.

What gave me the idea? I hardly know. It just occurred to me at breakfast one Octo-ber morning in 1928. Why, I said to myself, shouldn’t I go round the world in my little car?

The notion was probably due to a combination of emotions – distaste at the prospect of the approaching winter, and the wanderlust that periodical-ly seizes me. At all events, I acted upon my brain-wave before it had time to cool, and October 20th saw me driving down to Southampton in my “Baby” Austin car en route for New York and the real start of the long journey which was to take me across the American continent to Los Angeles and San Francisco, and thence to the South Sea Islands, New

Zealand, Australia, Ceylon, India and Europe.

The A.A. had mapped out a route for me, and I may say at once that I do not know what I should have done at times without their valuable guid-ance.

There were two of us to begin with, for I had with me Miss Eley, who I hoped might be able to accompany me for the whole trip.

New York required little com-ment, save that at first I found the necessity of having to drive on the “wrong” side of the road from the British point of view, a little trying, alt-hough one soon got used to it. Early on Sunday morning, November 4th, I drove the tiny car out of the great city on the commencement of my long trek.

I say early advisedly, for news of our effort had got about and I learned that a regular army of “movie” camera-men intended to film our departure. Neither my companion nor myself, however, felt any incli-nation to face this ordeal, so we breakfasted at seven and stole away while the coast was clear.

There are two ways of cross-ing the Hudson River, one by

the Weehawken Ferry, and the other through the Holland Tunnel. Not wishing to have the bother of getting the car aboard the ferry, I chose the tunnel, where the police kept traffic moving at thirty to thirty-five miles an hour in order to prevent congestion. Through-out America, in fact, I found the words “speed limit” were almost unknown; if a limit did exist it was generally in the neighbourhood of forty miles an hour!

One of the first things that struck me on emerging into the open country was that from the motorist’s point of view America approaches the ideal. Good garages and ex-cellent inns abound, not to mention tourist’s camps. Moreover, quite small villages have good accommodation, provide really nice coffee, and almost invariably boast a room or rooms where one may dance to the strains of an electrically driven gramo-phone, the records of which are changed by mechanical means.

One of the first inns we sam-pled was near Baltimore. “Tumble Inn” was its engaging name. We couldn’t resist it, and had no reason to regret our choice.

Two days after leaving New

Round the World in a “Baby” Car by Gladys de Haviland

Part 1

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... to be continued ...

York we were among the mountains of Maryland – the Alleghenies – two of which, South Mountain and Fairview Mountain, we had to climb. Our “Baby” took them gallant-ly, and was quite cool on reaching the top. The tiny car had hitherto been looked up-on as rather a joke, but she now began to change ribaldry into respect.

The Americans have a genius for “catchy” notice boards, and we now found ourselves advised to: “Change your oil for the big mountains ahead,” while at the beginning of each descent one read something like this: “Second gear; only use brakes to snub speed.”

THE “SHADES OF DEATH”

We were now in the land of romance, and we were told that one stretch of road, over-shadowed by pines, is known as “The Shades of death.” Many hold-ups occurred here in the old stage-coach days, and there are legends of dark and terrible deeds. Nowa-days, however, the highway-men are no more, “flivvers” flit swiftly by all day long, and the penetrating odour of gasoline mingles with the scent of the whispering pines.

“Dixie Tavern” was the name of one of our stopping-places in this region, and like most of the American hostelries it was scrupulously clean and up-to-date, with a good bathroom and electric light. This abso-lute cleanliness is typical of the American country inns,

even the humbler ones. At “Dixie Tavern” there was a cage of silver foxes just out-side our bedroom window, and we were told that in this part of the country the ani-mals were bred for their pelts.

The garage here was run by a genial coloured gentleman. He wore a small bowler hat and an orange-coloured sweater, and looked exactly as if he had stepped out of a musical comedy. He was in-tensely interested in the Aus-tin, which he called “My cute chicken!”

Travelling through Ohio the weather turned bitterly cold, and after one long run of a hundred and sixty miles we were glad to find sanctuary at Greenfield farm, where the farmer and his wife received us with true American hospi-tality. I remember I ate a simply enormous supper that evening – bacon, sweet pota-toes, baked apples, and cof-fee – but the more we ate the more our hosts pressed food upon us.

All along the roadside that day I had noticed little white crosses, and on asking the farmer what they were he told me that they had been erect-ed in memory of people who had been killed in motor acci-dents, and as a warning to others!

As I had counted no fewer than eight of them in a stretch of three miles mishaps ap-peared to have been fairly numerous, in spite of the per-

fectly straight road, and I can only conclude that they were caused by skids. Oil seeping up beneath the surface from subterranean springs makes the roads in this neighbour-hood terribly treacherous; and warning signs are placed at the spots where it oozes up particularly badly.

I have already mentioned tourists’ camps. Ever since leaving New York these had interested me, and finally I made up my mind, in spite of the lateness of the season, that we must try one. They have the most enticing names – “Moonlight Cabin,” “U Smile Cabin,” and so forth.

The place we selected was Log Cabin Camp, consisting of two rows of cabins about twelve feet apart. Each shack is roughly built of pine logs and contains a bed, two chairs, a small table, and a stove. From one’s bedroom door one looked out across vast stretches of the wildest country.

A camp restaurant supplied everyone with food. We had ours sent down to our cabin, and did not tumble into bed until midnight – and then it was not to sleep. All night long mice frolicked and squeaked about the floor, entering, I suppose, though the chinks in the pine logs. In the morning we found that one unfortunate had drowned himself in the tin basin on the floor which formed our bath.

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These minutes of the Austin 7 Club NSW Inc are to be confirmed at the next General Meeting

Minutes of the January 2012 General Meeting

Held on 11 January 2012 at NRMA Training Centre, George Street, North Strathfield. The meeting was opened at 8:12pm by Warren Gracie who wel-comed all members to the meeting.

Minutes taker: Maureen Boatwright

Attendees: 26.

Apologies: Joanne Wellington, Brian & Deirdre Haywood, Don Scanes.

Moved: Mark Wellington Seconded: Carolyn Thompson

Minutes of previous meeting read and accepted:

Moved: Bob Riches Seconded: Paul Pui

Business arising from minutes:

Maureen Boatwright contacted TCIS regarding Insurance Policy and Club is providing necessary copies to members.

Correspondence:

Inwards: 16 memberships, The De-

pender, Broken Spoke (Veteran & Vin-tage Car Club Goulburn), Kidney Kar Rally 14-24 August, 2012 W.A.-Bendigo, letter from C. Stockley asking why membership renewal fees increased and why bank balances are not included in Baby Torque. Outwards: Letter to K. Harte explaining Committees decision in his absence, letter to C. Stockley ex-plaining that the Club no longer in-cludes financial figures in our Baby Torque magazine since it is published worldwide via our website. Thank you letters to Graphic Awards & Twin Creek Golf Club, letter regarding Australia

Post Stamps for A7’s 90th Anniversary.

Moved: Ken Rolley Seconded: Robert Yarroll

Treasurers Report: Helen Lewis read the Financial Report.

Moved: Helen Quartly Seconded: Mark Wellington

Spare Parts Report: Mervyn Boatwright read the Spare Parts Report.

Moved: Mark Wellington Seconded: Paul Pui

Editor: Robert Yarroll explained new movie on Club website that has nothing to do with A7’s, check website for our new sponsor etc.

Membership Officer: Faye Yarroll thanked members for being prompt in paying Membership Fees, approximately 60 paid already. Inside magazine cover- note bank account details for Club have changed. Our printer has changed pa-per type causing creasing, cost of post-age $1.20 or 60c. Judy Ellis sent letter regarding the passing of Russell Ellis.

Welfare: Barbara Scanes is recovering from eye surgery.

Public Officer/Secretary: Year-end reports from AGM lodged with Fair Trading at a cost of $49.

Events Team: Final bookings for

Crookwell and Mt.Victoria now to be made.

Moved: Bob Riches Seconded: Mark Wellington

General Business: Question arose re-garding NRMA Insurance renewal stat-ing two runs per month allowed, mem-bers to report back on this at next meet-ing.

The meeting closed at 8.53pm

Door Prize - Won by Ken Rolley Raffle - Won by Helen Quartly

Where Is This Car Now ? 3

photographed at the art gallery of new south wales on sunday 29 april 1937 (NSW 164-340)

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Recent Happy Snaps

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All Spare Parts correspondence should be addressed to:

Mr Mervyn Boatwright, P.O. Box 366, Casula Mall. NSW 2170

Telephone: (02) 9822 8609 Email: [email protected]

Spare Parts will NOT be brought to meetings unless requested before-

hand due to the vast number of parts in stock nowadays. Please contact

Merv by the Thursday evening prior to the meeting with details of the

parts you need. All Members choosing to pay by cheque for parts should read the instructions at the bottom of their invoice. Please make all

cheques for Spare Parts payable to Austin 7 Club NSW Inc Spare Parts.

Front Brake Cables 1923-1927

Chummy Door Handle (outer) 1925-1931

$70 each $51 each

Page 15

If bad weather conditions are looming, please contact Maureen Boat-

wright on Saturday evenings or from 6:30am on the Sunday of the run

(H) 02 9822 8609 (M) 0413 017 263 or Warren Gracie (H) 02 9569 2108

(M) 0417 417 826.

And please remember to always carry the

following documents in your Austin 7:

Comprehensive Insurance Policy

Clubs’ Certificate of Currency

Baby Torque Magazine

Bad Weather

8 February 2012 Faye & Robert Yarroll

14 March 2012 Maureen & Merv Boatwright

11 April 2012 Helen Lewis & Carolyn Thompson

9 May 2012 Amy & Paul Pui

13 June 2012 Ken Rolley

11 July 2012 Bob & Judith Riches

Don’t forget the Austin 7 Club NSW “Point Score”

program. Our aim is to see as many people as possi-

ble attending events and meetings (including month-ly general meetings). Participation in an event or out-

ing from the starting point to the finish will score

you 2 points, while attending a general meeting will

score you 1 point. These points are awarded whether

you attend in your Austin 7 or modern car. The per-

son with the highest points tally will receive a trophy

at our Christmas Luncheon / Presentation Day. So

come along and get involved.

Point Score Trophy

Supper Roster

The Austin 7 Club NSW Inc has

been active for 29 years and

aims to bring together people

with the common interest of re-

storing, preserving and driving

Austin Sevens. We are an infor-

mal family club that regularly

takes our "Babies" to the road

for some fun social touring.

Spare parts are available to

Club Members through the Club

Spares Division and our tech-

nical people will give advice,

where possible, in regard to the

restoration of these cars.

Postal Address:

P.O. Box 6009 North Ryde NSW 2113

Email:

[email protected]

Website:

www.austin7clubnsw.org.au

Austin 7 Club NSW Inc

ments of your vehicle. If you

wish to attend invitational

events outside Club runs, you

MUST contact a

Committee Member

to log the trip, oth-

erwise your regis-

tration and insur-

ance is NOT valid.

You should carry a

copy of the Clubs’

Certificate of Insur-

ance (Public Liabil-

ity) in your Austin

7 at all times together with

the most recent copy of this

Baby Torque magazine.

Any Member using a vehicle on

RTA Historic Conditional Regis-

tration Scheme (HCRS) and at-

tending a Secondary

Club Run or any event

listed under Invita-

tions Accepted or Oth-

er Events of Interest

MUST contact a Com-

mittee Member to ad-

vise your vehicles

movements PRIOR to

attending the event.

The committee of the

nominated primary club on your

conditional registration must be

aware, and approve of, all move-

"Dedicated to the preservation and

enjoyment of all types of

Austin Sevens"

RTA Conditional Registration

Member of The Council of Motor Clubs, Inc