Another fragment of Austin Seven history, drawn from Light Car: the Junior Car Club’s 200-mile race at Brooklands in 1923. It is, admittedly, a mild disappointment that the cover failed to feature an Austin Seven, though the illustration remains thoroughly evocative of the period. Imagine sustaining 77 m.p.h., two-up and non-stop for over two-and-a-hours in a car that, as a standard road type, would have struggled to exceed 45 mph.

Attached Files

Thumbnail(s)
           

I now have the inner works of my gearbox working and I can engage 1,2,3, and reverse.   now I'm onto fitting the gear lever and the gearbox top cover. 
   
With the cover bolted down I can get 2 and reverse but not 1 and 3. Its almost as if the lever wont pull the selector fork on either side far enough down it hits the edge of the hole in the top casing.

A couple of things.

I realise i have the lower ball seat bh118 in the wrong place i can fix that easily

The slot machined in the ball on the gearstick is a horrible mess, im getting a replacement

   

the locking screw bh119 was missing so I machined down the end  of a 1 inch long 5/16 BSF machine screw. Is 1" long enough? does anyone have one they can measure?

the top cover isnt original I had 2 came with the car one for the old type gear lever and one for the later 1929 gear lever. The later type top cover was knackered so I bought a replacement second hand As i understand it they are interchangable, is that right?

I have re-shimmed the selector rods in the main box. they are tight in and the gears seem to mesh ok, Could i have got that wrong and need to move the selector rods further towards the bell housing?  (please say no Ive had the front and rear covers off the gearbox 3 times so far and if i can possibly avoid it I dont want to do it again.

Any other clues?

Another lovely, restored Light Car cover to delight you on this winter evening:

Attached Files

Thumbnail(s)
   

Any views on the DK4A distributors with Accuspark electronic ignition from eBay?
My car has had the original manual advance dizzy replaced with an Autoadvance DK4 and timing seems very inconsistent.

The 50 mph Sports - a set of restored pages. Click the pictures for a high-resolution copy. The page of drawings by Victor Rumbold would make a lovely wall poster for your morning room.....
Note, in the text, the claim for the 'tip of-one-finger steering'. Might the problem have been if one attempted to use two?
Perhaps the colour image might be better for a print?
Ruairidh has kindly pointedout that some of the original sketches for that model exist in the back of Stanley Edge's notebook, here: https://gordonenglandregister.wordpress....-notebook/

Attached Files

Thumbnail(s)
               

Trouble starting in January's cold weather? That's what Lodge must have thought in the same month of 1924. So, here's what you need: I never knew they existed until I came across this in a 1924 copy of the Light Car Magazine:
A picture turned up on Facebook of this Champion priming spark plug. It's interesting to know that other makers were also offering such a device. One wonders, were there others? Astonishingly, some have survived - here's a video all about them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RR080gfHJM

Attached Files

Thumbnail(s)
   

  Champion priming plug.jpg (Size: 199.35 KB / Downloads: 24)
  Champion priming plug2.jpg (Size: 152.02 KB / Downloads: 21)

Sadly Mike Tebbett passed away last night. If there could be a definition of a renaissance man, then the much missed Mike personified it. As well of French obscurities that scarcely make it into the pages of John Bolster and a deep knowledge of Colonel Stevens Railways despite being too young ever to have been a gricer at Kinnersley, many Seven owners will be aware of his experiences, ownerships and enthusiasm for the Seven. 

In due course arrangements will be made, and we can make our farewells to Mike.

If anone f looking for a puzzle to sove on a cold wet afternoon perhaps try to tell what this fits:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/257283255848?...R_6JwIz1Zg
I have tried to use previous info here:
https://pub25.bravenet.com/forum/static/...4&cmd=show
But I can't work out from the info supplied if it would fit an RP? Info on length suggests not and part number is incomplete, but not sure of that is because lengths are being measured from different places.

Thanks
Andy

Hi— are there sheet metal running board for my 1934 RP Saloon. Gregg Blanken

Another period photo that I have recently acquired, rather lovely I think.