Building a Special Body

[Ian Williams]

Hi Jon, however you do it there will need to be some bespoke metalwork made, its not hard, my parts were done with only a jigsaw file and drill. Yes I have access to a spot welder but that was a convenience rather than necessity, parts can be riveted or brazed together if need be. In my opinion most Austin 7's are under damped at the rear so yes I believe improvements to handling could be obtained, however without strengthening the crossmember bracket on earlier chassis you are asking for problems with cracking. This is one of the reasons Austin used the coil spring arrangement on their own design damper to stop owner's over tightening them. If there were interest I would not be that difficult for us to have a small run of components similar to my arrangement but using std length ruby arms laser cut here and supplied as a kit.