Steering Arm routine bring up

[Bob Culver]

This began as a serious well meaning post but has strayed far and wide, and attracted comments based not on the actual complete literal words but on some entirely imagined motive I am alleged to possess.

Any references by me to safety are not snide cracks at the competition fraternity. They know their vehicles intimately and the total situation. Many other owners are not so familiar.
(As for trialling, I suspect the greatest risk is the road trip in traffic  to the venue! If not risk averse why the chains on the spring?)
 
I make no secret of the fact that I do not have a car on the road. A degree of detachment assists objectivity! It could be argued that experience  from very extensive everyday city and open road driving when Sevens could keep up with much of the traffic, is more informative for normal vehicles  than much modern usage, including racing.
If I was driving every day the physics of metal fatigue and the number of dubious steering arms would not alter.
 
I made no reference to comparing apples with apples, but the matter of Seven relative frailty, reliabilty, safety cf contemporaries  could make an interesting topic.  However it would be impossible to contain on a rational level.  Comparison would include the 1935 Ruby vs Morris 8 with brakes etc ....
The factors which make an intriguing hobby car of choice are not the same as applied when new.
 
Hopefully someone else with a conscience will repeat this bring up next year and avoid the nonsense which it triggered.
 
I thank those users who responded rationally and especially those sufficiently bold to express support.