Introducing my Austin Super

[coopertim]

I wish i'd have known about that one Steve..... It looks alot healthier than AKY did!!

Tim.

[steve1071]

Yep, it was bad, but not AKY bad!

[814CWE]

[quote="steve1071"]One day hopefully, though the only thing stopping it folding in half was the pallet it came on![/quote
was this the 61 super off ebay about 4 yrs ago??

[steve1071]

Yes, dragged it out of a barn in Lincs

[814CWE]

ah,,,
shame it donated some original super parts to fix up a 61 997 cooper.

wonder what happened to rest of car?
i was told it was broke up..unless you know different?

hope sombody will be doing it up..somewhere

[814CWE]

talking of supers...
nice red 62 super in nov 2011 edition of mini cooper register mag...

[jslane]

My super will be on the road in the next couple of weeks, the excitment is mounting!!!

[36inter]

That car should be fine for the road if its pre 61, it won't need an MOT soon.......

Pete

[jslane]

Shame its a 62...

[814CWE]

thort it was pre 60 to be mot exempt?


should be in line with tax exemption or not at all
just causes conflict and more log book fraudulence on ebay,,lol

[jslane]

Seats have been recovered and new carpet going in.

[wolseley 1000]

interesting how you have managed to get a litte piece of carpet over the accelerator pedalry

[jslane]

Thats been tucked away since the photo was taken.

[Pete]

Lovely car.

(BTW, You may have already rectified this but it's worth mentioning that your door cards are upside down)

[bpirie1000]

lovely job..

a credit to your perceverance.

[jslane]

Yea the garage are re-doing this. Its been a real pain to fit the 'Newton Commercial' interior I thought it would just fit first time but its been a nightmare!

[814CWE]

gawd,,hope you have better luck than me keeping my powder blue carpets clean.

looks well nice

although a lot of publications show powder blue carpets to be fitted to surf blue cars ,,ive only ever seen grey on original supers with powder blue/grey trim

shame newton cant help with the seat covers fitted to my red super

they wont do my shade of tartan red vinyl (there is two) and the correct grain ,and im not doin a full retrim-my covers are just starting to harden and shrink a bit,and as mine are the very last fitment without brocade (last handful of uk morris cars),its gonna be soo hard to replicate..
ill have to stick with old car patina

im thinkin of puttin front cooper s recliners in powder/silver brocade in the other car with powder blue trim

a super modified style?
am i doing wrong?

[814CWE]

Yea the garage are re-doing this. Its been a real pain to fit the 'Newton Commercial' interior I thought it would just fit first time but its been a nightmare!

welcome to the joys of "newton"
im lucky,mine still sports original trim,apart from dash liners,which were beyond repair and a newton carpet.(this aint too hot either tho better than most)

was your old trim nackered?

[jslane]

I think cooper s recliners would be a great addition, Ive always fancied fitting some of those.

When I got the car it did have the original carpets which under the years of grime were powder blue.

The original interior is shot to bits, although Im keeping it in the hope I win the lottery and can get it restored.

I will be so glad once the car is finished, dont think I will be in any hurry to restore another one thats for sure.

As for keeping the carpets clean, its a clean shoe only car lol

[jslane]

Its only taken me 15 years to get it to this point been many highs but many lows over the years. But having said that I do love this little car....