The origins of the collection were a series of drawings given to the Association by Stanley Edge, the young man picked out of the Longbridge drawing office by Herbert Austin to aid him in the original design of the Austin 7. As you will see, we still have some of those original drawings done by Stan at the time with annotations by Herbert Austin. The collection has grown over the years and, although far from a complete collection of drawings that relate to the car, they give remarkable insight into the detailed design of some of the components. As well as Stan’s original drawings, we have drawings of the Jameison Twin Cam engine, reputed to have been drawn by Jameison himself.
As published as I write this, some of the images come from an earlier time where reproduction techniques were not quite as sophisticated as those we have access to now. Over the coming weeks and months, those images that are not to the standard we would like will be re-imaged and the originals replaced.
HB 23.8.2020
where to remove metal to balance; poor
Date:
?????
Assembly DRG: XL335; Arrangement of 7HP Steering Column & Steering Side Tube; paper
Date:
1937
Assembly NO XL430; 7HP Front Axle Arrangement; = TD25; tracing
Date:
1937
paper; Assembly Drg: XL4IS; Layout of brake control. (late ARR type); HP chassis. 1938-39 season; paper; = TD20
Date:
1938
3xnames (V…, Jack…, Jules…?);XL565 Front Axle; The Austin Motor Co.; Section nos: XL28, XL75
Date:
1922
Assembly DRG X2335(?); 1937; Tracing; Arrangement of 7HP steering column & steering side tube 3/5/37 ; 2*paper, tracing
Date:
1937
tracing paper (damaged) & paper; further detail obscured
Date:
1931
3 bearing engine; details obscured; section through late Jewel engine; tracing & paper
Date:
1937
Assembly DRG XL4n9?; Tracing; 7HP rear axle; Semi Girling 1937 r.axle
Date:
1937
Side elevation/section plan; Drawn 17.7.28 Headlamp position scratched from scuttle and placed between wings. Near to Wyatt Pictorial 20 or Motor for the Million 28.
Date:
1928
Side elevation/section plan; Drawn 27.3.29 Checked 28.3.29 Passed 29.3.29 Scratched position of licence holder, larger body than Type AD (Wyatt Pictorial 28) 6 A _
Date:
1929
Side elevation/section plan; Drawn 17.8.34 Checked 11.7.35; Sloping radiator, skewed passenger seat
Date:
1934?
side elevation/section plan; Drawn 16.11.29 . Similar to Wyatt Pictorial 24 (but with no turn ups to running boards)
Date:
1929
7HP Sports General body view. Drawing 1/6th full size. Drawing 7HP EA Plan and elevation Donated by Graham Ockleston, through the kind offices of Ian Williams in NZ
Date:
1929
Side elevation/section plan; Type EB Nippy; Drawn 24.8.33 Checked 21.12.33 Passed 22.12.33 Wyatt Pictorial pg 57
Date:
1933
paper; scale ⅛ full size; HP Sports two seater (75MPH); TYPE EK; = TD17/TD186
Date:
1933
Contract No: R1223/22S6 (10/9/34), Contract No: 25494; Side elevation/section plan; Drawn 29.11.32 Checked 23.12.32 Originally the standard production two seater, re—issued 10.9.34 as the Military Tourer, India Store Dept. Wyatt Pictorial 32,39
Date:
1932
Contract No: T1395/219S (10/9/35), Contract No: T2306/4I72; Side elevation/section plan; India Office 10.9.35 A further version of the Two Seater/Military Tourer, reissued this time without trafficators; passengers door pillar handle, and a mounting for a Short Lee Enfield Rifle on the propshaft tunnel.
Date:
1937+
7HP Two Seater Car (Type PD); India Store Department; 9K 9336; Traced 27.4.37 Drawn 27.4.37 Checked 18.3.38 Passed 18.3.38; Yet another of the Two Seater/Military Tourer, now without rifle and doors, but with tail adapted for medical panniers and spare petrol can, 5.25 x 16 tyres and 'still' tube radiator.
Date:
1937+
Assembly drg; Side elevation/section plan; Drawn 7.2.28 Headlamps shown on wings, sidelamps on scuttle. V I Similar to Wyatt Pictorial 28 (but with reversed lamps)
Date:
1928
Side elevation/section plan; Drawn 22.11.29 Checked 26.11.29 Passed 26.11.29 Actually produced from September 1928 (Motor for the Million 35)
Date:
1929
side elevation/section plan; Drawn 13.2.30 Checked 13.2.30 Passed 26.11.29 Unlouvred long bonnet, optional roof vent. Similar to Wyatt Pictorial 31.
Date:
1930?
Side elevation/section plan; Drawn 3.11.32 Checked 23.12.32 Passenger seat shown skewed in. Wyatt Pictorial 31.
Date:
1933
Copy of Austin script drawing dated 1919 - photocopy only, no original
Date:
1919
Austin Seven 7 HP 4 Speed Gearbox Synchro 3rd & 4th; Copyright: A Tennyson 1978; scale 1/1; 3 copies(2*paper, film)
Date:
1973
AUSTIN Seven 7 HP Rear Axle Assembly - Carden block U/Joint; copyright A Tennyson 1978; ?1931 short D-type axlesectioned drawing; 3 copies (2*paper, film); scale 1/1
Date:
1974
7HP Sports Assembly Drawing 1/6th full size. Drawing F70S. Plan and elevation. Donated by Graham Ockleston, through the kind offices of Ian Williams in NZ
Date:
1930
Side Elevation/Plan, Rolling Chassis; 1/6 scale; Drawn 3.7.33 Checked 14.7.33 Passed 14.7.33 Nippy bent front axle shown, reverse camber springs, dropped radius arms, long rear shock links, 4 spoke steering wheel, flat gear lever.
Date:
1933
7HP CHASSIS Standard & 2 seater, 1930; Drng No 715?; tracing & paper; stamped 'Malcolm Oliver'
Date:
1930
RN/RP chassis?; Frame Assembly Drawing; stamped Malcolm Oliver; paper
Date:
?????
v poor; Early 1931 Chassis; dupls(tracing & paper)
Date:
1931
paer;good; original in folder; Automotive Engineering Co Ltd, BHB Self-adjusting Piston, 104 The Green, Twickenham, Middx; Piston; Ref, Austin 7HP; No E5181; Patent No 200718 of 1923 (British)
Date:
1932
truncated edge;paper; good; original in folder; Automotive Engineering (A Subsidiary of Sheepbridge Eng Ltd) 104 The Green, Twickenham; BHB Piston;; 'Impacted Extruded Pressing Drg of Piston'; ref TD162
Date:
1956
Automotive Engineering Co Ltd, BHB Self-adjusting Piston, 104 The Green, Twickenham, Middx; Piston; Ref, Austin 7HP; No E1040?; Patent No 200718 of 1923 (British); supersedes No 1040 of 9/12/30; truncated edge; good; original in folder; see TD162
Date:
1932/1935
truncatd edge; only in folder (2 copies); Automotive Engineering Co Ltd, BHB Self-adjusting Piston, 104 The Green, Twickenham, Middx; =TD165?; overwritten 'Master Copy' 2*folder
Date:
1932
Automotive Engineering Co Ltd, BHB Self-adjusting Piston, 104 The Green, Twickenham, Middx; Piston; Ref, Austin 7HP; No E525?; Patent No 200718 of 1923 (British) also 393597,393584; P100I25; truncated edge; good; original in folder
Date:
1934
2*paper; original in folder; Automotive Engineering Co Ltd, BHB Self-adjusting Piston, 104 The Green, Twickenham, Middx; Piston; Ref, Austin 7HP; No E52??; Patent No 200718 of 1923 (British); Castg 578; dupl; = TD165; truncated edge
Date:
1932
Automotive Engineering Co Ltd, BHB Self-adjusting Piston, 104 The Green, Twickenham, Middx; Piston; Ref, Austin 7HP; supersedes SA11 dated 4/11/43; scan has lost edge detail edges; reasonable; original in folder; see TD162
Date:
1952
truncated edge; paper; good; original in folder; Automotive Engineering BHB Self-adjusting Piston, 104 The Green, Twickenham; Ref. Austin 7HP; Pressing supplied by HAD; Particulars taken from BHB No SA11; ref TD162
Date:
1955
AUSTIN 7 HP ENGINE GA ; scale 1/1; 3rd angle projection; 1 5/16 " dia 2 bearing standard/Issue: Copyright A Tennyson 1978;
Date:
1974
based on chassis no 187084 PGB 1970 (amended 1982)
Date:
1970
Side, front and top elevations. Badly torn original now conserved and encapsulated
Date:
1922
Side elevation. Damaged original now corserved and encapsulated
Date:
1922
Side elevation/section plan; paper
Date:
1922
Side elevation. Badly torn original now conserved and encapsulated
Date:
1922
Side elevation. Marked Modifications for 2 1/2" longer body.
badly torn original; Note: Comments by Austin to increase brakes from 5½" to 6" and lengthen the taper.
Date:
1922
Front elevation. Marked XE 1821 750cc OHV Racing Engine
Date:
1935?
where to remove metal to balance; poor
Date:
?????
Assembly DRG: XL335; Arrangement of 7HP Steering Column & Steering Side Tube; paper
Date:
1937
Assembly NO XL430; 7HP Front Axle Arrangement; = TD25; tracing
Date:
1937
paper; Assembly Drg: XL4IS; Layout of brake control. (late ARR type); HP chassis. 1938-39 season; paper; = TD20
Date:
1938
3xnames (V…, Jack…, Jules…?);XL565 Front Axle; The Austin Motor Co.; Section nos: XL28, XL75
Date:
1922
Assembly DRG X2335(?); 1937; Tracing; Arrangement of 7HP steering column & steering side tube 3/5/37 ; 2*paper, tracing
Date:
1937
tracing paper (damaged) & paper; further detail obscured
Date:
1931
3 bearing engine; details obscured; section through late Jewel engine; tracing & paper
Date:
1937
Assembly DRG XL4n9?; Tracing; 7HP rear axle; Semi Girling 1937 r.axle
Date:
1937
Side elevation/section plan; Drawn 17.7.28 Headlamp position scratched from scuttle and placed between wings. Near to Wyatt Pictorial 20 or Motor for the Million 28.
Date:
1928
Side elevation/section plan; Drawn 27.3.29 Checked 28.3.29 Passed 29.3.29 Scratched position of licence holder, larger body than Type AD (Wyatt Pictorial 28) 6 A _
Date:
1929
Side elevation/section plan; Drawn 17.8.34 Checked 11.7.35; Sloping radiator, skewed passenger seat
Date:
1934?
side elevation/section plan; Drawn 16.11.29 . Similar to Wyatt Pictorial 24 (but with no turn ups to running boards)
Date:
1929
7HP Sports General body view. Drawing 1/6th full size. Drawing 7HP EA Plan and elevation Donated by Graham Ockleston, through the kind offices of Ian Williams in NZ
Date:
1929
Side elevation/section plan; Type EB Nippy; Drawn 24.8.33 Checked 21.12.33 Passed 22.12.33 Wyatt Pictorial pg 57
Date:
1933
paper; scale ⅛ full size; HP Sports two seater (75MPH); TYPE EK; = TD17/TD186
Date:
1933
Contract No: R1223/22S6 (10/9/34), Contract No: 25494; Side elevation/section plan; Drawn 29.11.32 Checked 23.12.32 Originally the standard production two seater, re—issued 10.9.34 as the Military Tourer, India Store Dept. Wyatt Pictoria
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Date:
1932
Contract No: T1395/219S (10/9/35), Contract No: T2306/4I72; Side elevation/section plan; India Office 10.9.35 A further version of the Two Seater/Military Tourer, reissued this time without trafficators; passengers door pillar handle, and a
Read More
Date:
1937+
7HP Two Seater Car (Type PD); India Store Department; 9K 9336; Traced 27.4.37 Drawn 27.4.37 Checked 18.3.38 Passed 18.3.38; Yet another of the Two Seater/Military Tourer, now without rifle and doors, but with tail adapted for medical pannie
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Date:
1937+
Assembly drg; Side elevation/section plan; Drawn 7.2.28 Headlamps shown on wings, sidelamps on scuttle. V I Similar to Wyatt Pictorial 28 (but with reversed lamps)
Date:
1928
Side elevation/section plan; Drawn 22.11.29 Checked 26.11.29 Passed 26.11.29 Actually produced from September 1928 (Motor for the Million 35)
Date:
1929
side elevation/section plan; Drawn 13.2.30 Checked 13.2.30 Passed 26.11.29 Unlouvred long bonnet, optional roof vent. Similar to Wyatt Pictorial 31.
Date:
1930?
Side elevation/section plan; Drawn 3.11.32 Checked 23.12.32 Passenger seat shown skewed in. Wyatt Pictorial 31.
Date:
1933
Copy of Austin script drawing dated 1919 - photocopy only, no original
Date:
1919
Austin Seven 7 HP 4 Speed Gearbox Synchro 3rd & 4th; Copyright: A Tennyson 1978; scale 1/1; 3 copies(2*paper, film)
Date:
1973
AUSTIN Seven 7 HP Rear Axle Assembly - Carden block U/Joint; copyright A Tennyson 1978; ?1931 short D-type axlesectioned drawing; 3 copies (2*paper, film); scale 1/1
Date:
1974
7HP Sports Assembly Drawing 1/6th full size. Drawing F70S. Plan and elevation. Donated by Graham Ockleston, through the kind offices of Ian Williams in NZ
Date:
1930
Side Elevation/Plan, Rolling Chassis; 1/6 scale; Drawn 3.7.33 Checked 14.7.33 Passed 14.7.33 Nippy bent front axle shown, reverse camber springs, dropped radius arms, long rear shock links, 4 spoke steering wheel, flat gear lever.
Date:
1933
7HP CHASSIS Standard & 2 seater, 1930; Drng No 715?; tracing & paper; stamped 'Malcolm Oliver'
Date:
1930
RN/RP chassis?; Frame Assembly Drawing; stamped Malcolm Oliver; paper
Date:
?????
v poor; Early 1931 Chassis; dupls(tracing & paper)
Date:
1931
paer;good; original in folder; Automotive Engineering Co Ltd, BHB Self-adjusting Piston, 104 The Green, Twickenham, Middx; Piston; Ref, Austin 7HP; No E5181; Patent No 200718 of 1923 (British)
Date:
1932
truncated edge;paper; good; original in folder; Automotive Engineering (A Subsidiary of Sheepbridge Eng Ltd) 104 The Green, Twickenham; BHB Piston;; 'Impacted Extruded Pressing Drg of Piston'; ref TD162
Date:
1956
Automotive Engineering Co Ltd, BHB Self-adjusting Piston, 104 The Green, Twickenham, Middx; Piston; Ref, Austin 7HP; No E1040?; Patent No 200718 of 1923 (British); supersedes No 1040 of 9/12/30; truncated edge; good; original in folder; see
Read More
Date:
1932/1935
truncatd edge; only in folder (2 copies); Automotive Engineering Co Ltd, BHB Self-adjusting Piston, 104 The Green, Twickenham, Middx; =TD165?; overwritten 'Master Copy' 2*folder
Date:
1932
Automotive Engineering Co Ltd, BHB Self-adjusting Piston, 104 The Green, Twickenham, Middx; Piston; Ref, Austin 7HP; No E525?; Patent No 200718 of 1923 (British) also 393597,393584; P100I25; truncated edge; good; original in folder
Date:
1934
2*paper; original in folder; Automotive Engineering Co Ltd, BHB Self-adjusting Piston, 104 The Green, Twickenham, Middx; Piston; Ref, Austin 7HP; No E52??; Patent No 200718 of 1923 (British); Castg 578; dupl; = TD165; truncated edge
Date:
1932
Automotive Engineering Co Ltd, BHB Self-adjusting Piston, 104 The Green, Twickenham, Middx; Piston; Ref, Austin 7HP; supersedes SA11 dated 4/11/43; scan has lost edge detail edges; reasonable; original in folder; see TD162
Date:
1952
truncated edge; paper; good; original in folder; Automotive Engineering BHB Self-adjusting Piston, 104 The Green, Twickenham; Ref. Austin 7HP; Pressing supplied by HAD; Particulars taken from BHB No SA11; ref TD162
Date:
1955
AUSTIN 7 HP ENGINE GA ; scale 1/1; 3rd angle projection; 1 5/16 " dia 2 bearing standard/Issue: Copyright A Tennyson 1978;
Date:
1974
based on chassis no 187084 PGB 1970 (amended 1982)
Date:
1970
Side, front and top elevations. Badly torn original now conserved and encapsulated
Date:
1922
Side elevation. Damaged original now corserved and encapsulated
Date:
1922
Side elevation/section plan; paper
Date:
1922
Side elevation. Badly torn original now conserved and encapsulated
Date:
1922
Side elevation. Marked Modifications for 2 1/2" longer body.
badly torn original; Note: Comments by Austin to increase brakes from 5½" to 6" and lengthen the taper.
Date:
1922
Front elevation. Marked XE 1821 750cc OHV Racing Engine
Date:
1935?
