Austin Swallow back on the road!

After an absence of over 60 years, the Austin Swallow is now back on the road!

[@bluebirdfan100]

Always makes me smile when I see these in real life, super small and very cute. The world would have been a better place had cars stayed this big.

[@garethmiller2024]

Gary , that’s such a wonderful achievement ! Brilliant to see her on the road … actually both of them on the road !! She looks beautiful . Can’t wait to see her tomorrow !! 😉🤩👍

[@allanriches9381]

nice, very nice

[@duncanward2776]

She looks great, you must be very proud.

[@mauromazzoncini5711]

What a beautiful little car

[@dwansbo]

Me thinks the man spends more time playing with his cars than mowing his lawn! He's dead right, it's his life.

[@beegee22]

👍👍👏👏❤❤

[@williamarmstrong646]

How lovely to see one on the road; she certainly seems to go OK. When a nipper way back in the early fifties and living in Tadworth, a woman living nearby had the coupe version, painted a pale yellow. The back reminded me of an egg and I sometimes wonder whether she (the car, that is!) survives. Can anyone say how many were made?

[@austinswallow]

Sounds like that was the same as mine, on the Austin 7 chassis they made either the saloon or the open two-seater. About 3,500 were made on the A7 chassis and around 150 survive, they built cars on Standard chassis (see my other videos), Swift, Morris, Fiat and Wolseley Hornets.

[@mildandbitter]

The first Jaguar sports saloon, no really, built by William Lyons and William Walmsley.

[@joejustice9467]

No backup camera?