Hello everyone.
A good friend of mine near Doncaster is in need of a torque tube to fit a 1925 Chummy. Does anyone know where he might find one or perhaps even have a spare one they would be willing to sell?
He only really needs the tube itself as the internal parts he has are apaprently fine but a complete unit would also be fine.
Many thanks,
Nick
Good evening everyone.
I'm asking on behalf of a good friend who lives near Doncaster if anyone either has or knows where to find a torque tube suitable for fitting to a 1925 Chummy please.
Apparently, it's the tube itself he needs as all the internals are appartently OK on his current one. Obviously, if it's a complete unit that someone has then that would also be fine.
Hopefully, someone can help?...
Best wishes,
Nick
This may seem a bit of a daft question. Which way should the advance lever rotate the dizzy to achieve more advance. Clockwise or anticlockwise. I'm working out my control levers and there seems to be some variation on length and positioning of the rods and arms.
As well, the levers on the steering wheel seem to be positioned at lots of different angles. The Rinsey Mills' book has photos of what I beleive to be James Anderson's car, with the ignition to the O/S and fuel to the N/S. I think that originally, ignition would be to the N/S. Other positions in the Rinsey Mills' book are top to bottom though none are plumb.
This is the biggie; you'll need to click on the images and perhaps download them to read the full story of "The Dancing Austin Seven, a Star of the Stage".
In 1930, audiences at London’s Gaiety Theatre were treated to Darling, I Love You!, a musical comedy whose plot appears to have been something of a regrettable formality. Its true star was an entirely standard Austin Seven open tourer Type AD, circa early 1929, known as “Baby”, driven nightly onto the stage by comedian George Clarke.
Clarke did not merely arrive on the stage in the car - which alone would have frightened the scenery staff, chorus girls and actors hoping to retain all their toes - he made it dance. By an energetic manipulation of gears, clutch and brakes (and backed-off dampers), Baby swayed on its springs, leapt into the air and beat a sharp tattoo with its rear wheels. It became an Austin Seven afflicted with St Vitus’s dance (though probably with rather better oil pressure).
Remarkably, the Austin was not specially prepared. It was an ordinary Seven subjected nightly to simultaneous forward and reverse gears (just like a VSCC driving test for the Very Determined), violent rocking and the additional indignity of having a grown man seated across its middle. Any conventional car might reasonably have deposited its gearbox and proshaft upon the stage and withdrawn from the theatrical profession. Incredibly, Baby endured this punishing routine for periods of up to eight months.
Clarke had already toured America with the car, once driving it 265 miles from New York to Boston overnight before using it on stage for four performances the following day. Actors now complaining about a matinee followed by an evening performance may wish to reflect upon this.
The show offered music, dancing, comedy and, of course, a beauty chorus, but the Austin stole every scene. While the humans received the applause, the Baby Austin Seven earned it.
You can see extracts from the show if you Google it.
I have a 1929 Austin 7 Top hat saloon with a gravity fed scuttle tank to the carburettor. The fuel tap persistently leaks to the carburettor and the carburettor then weeps out of the air intake when the vehicle is left standing even with the fuel tap off. Firstly I purchased a replacement brass tap of the same design but this quickly became impossible to turn without a pair of pliers culminating in me snapping the tap off altogether! I have now disassembled it and wonder about lapping it in or whether there is a good modern alternative which will reliably cut the fuel off? If I lap it in what is the best lapping compound? It is slightly scored at the narrower end of the cone. Also should it be lubricated in anyway when reassembled?
Thank you for your help in advance.
Peter
My first ever post, so apologies if I am going over old ground. Would anyone have a copy or link to a PDF of The Austin Seven Electrical Guide" by DG Hales, please? I've been working on my 1931 SWB RM's charging system (never charged in my ownership) finally I have a charge, but only on the Winter setting. I would like to get it working as Herbert intended with a working summer half charge as well as a winter one. My car has an SM 3 switch unit fitted (should it be an SM 5 ?) coupled with the original CF1 cutout and a later C35M dynamo. From research on the web I may just need to fit a resistor in the half charge circuit, or bridge the D and F terminals at the dynamo with resistor wire?
