At first glance you may think you have seen Trevor's Tartan Red Austin Seven before, but this is a different one. We featured his UMW 777 in MiniWorld's April 2008 issue as Lucky 7. Coincidentally, this car has a single '7' in its registration number. Another coincidence is that it was made just one day after UMW, on 17th July 1959 - their chassis numbers are just 40 cars apart. Longbridge was producing around 40 Minis a day at that time, so they could have been on the line at the same time. The numbering is not such a coincidence when you remember that dealers had more choice with registration numbers back then, so 7's were a logical choice for the new Austin Seven.rnTrevor explains: "It went to Marshalls of Cambridge on 27 July. This car was actually registered and taxed on 31 July before the official Mini launch, so I thought it must have been used as a demonstrator because of the number plate and early taxation. I wrote to Marshalls several times but got nowhere - it's a huge company.
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机译：乍一看，您可能认为您以前看过Trevor的Tartan Red Austin 7，但这是不同的。我们在2008年4月的《迷你世界》上将他的UMW 777称为“幸运7”。巧合的是，这辆车的注册号只有一个“ 7”。另一个巧合是，它是在1959年7月17日UMW举行的第二天才制造的-他们的底盘编号相隔仅40辆车。 Longbridge当时每天生产约40辆Mini，因此他们本可以同时上线。当您记得当时经销商有更多选择登记号码时，编号并不是一个巧合，因此对于新的奥斯丁七号来说，7是一个合理的选择。rnTrevor解释说：“它于7月27日送往剑桥的马歇尔。实际上是在7月31日正式发布Mini之前注册并征税的，所以我认为它一定是用作示威者的，因为其车牌号和早期征税的原因。
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