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RE: What have you done today with your Austin Seven - AustinWood - 02-06-2020

That's clean by my standards.

RE: What have you done today with your Austin Seven - Rpm - 02-06-2020

A good days work and a splendid set of wheels.

RE: What have you done today with your Austin Seven - Ivor Hawkins - 02-06-2020

Not quite as splendid as those door check strap ends, I need some of those and haven’t been looking forward to making some, but your template and photograph has provided all the inspiration I need!

RE: What have you done today with your Austin Seven - gezparton - 02-06-2020

No the camera holding mechanism was broken Dodgy

RE: What have you done today with your Austin Seven - Rpm - 02-06-2020

Ivor! That's about the limit of my skills lol.
Let me know if you need a piece of copper I have loads.
Rob

RE: What have you done today with your Austin Seven - Nick Lettington - 02-06-2020

Blast... now there's an idea!

RE: What have you done today with your Austin Seven - David Stepney - 04-06-2020

The VW Polo, having deranged its gearchange mechanism thereby rendering it 'hors de combat', an urgent search across the internet ensued  for the parts required to put it back to working order. As it turned out, there was one being privately broken down near Rhaglen in South Wales and, having ascertained that the required parts were available, I took the RP saloon down to collect them, it being the only vehicle available to me to do so.

Those of you who have read my previous posts on this thread will be aware that I have recently comprehensively serviced the little car and restored it to as perfect a working order as is possible with a vehicle now fast approaching its 87th birthday. I have heard it said that, in an Austin Seven, any trip outside the parish is an adventure and that any journey outside the county is an expedition. So, in the spirit of undertaking such an expedition to the fabled and little-known lands to the south of Newtown, at about 10.30 yesterday morning, the Motoring Dog and I set off in the Seven from Bala down to Rhaglen.

We travelled over the mountains to Llangynog to feed my horses and then down the Tanat Valley, joining the main A483 at Llynclys. At Welshpool, I filled up with petrol and set off via Newtown, Llandrindod Wells, Builth Wells and along the Wye Valley to Talgarth and  on to Abergavenny. The A479 is presently closed, but there is a sneaky way round by travelling on the B4560 from Talgath to Bwlch on the A40, which is considerably shorter than the official diversion which takes you through to Brecon. I finally arrived at my destination, at the village of Llansoy, a little south of Rhaglen at approximately 3.00 pm.

Having collected the parts, I set off on the return journey at about 3,30pm. I filled up again at the Ford agents in Rhaglen and retraced my steps as far as Welshpool, where I decided to branch off and return via the A490 to Llanfyllin, and then along the B4391, crossing over the Banwy, Cain and Tanat Valleys and thence home, arriving back at about 8.30pm.

And it pithered with rain all day!

Travelling time, including stops of petrol and Llew (the dog) and I to stretch our legs was 5 hours down and 4 1/2 hours back. Total distance travelled was 266 miles, although I must admit the last 40 or so miles were a bit of an ordeal (I was tired by then and very saddle-sore!). Although I didn't do a strict petrol consumption check, the Seven returned about 41 mpg and used (leaked?) about 1/2 pint of oil in the distance.

The little car never missed a beat and did the journey with far more aplomb than the driver.  I think that 260 miles in one day at about the limit of my endurance in any car. However, I am ceaselessly amazed at just how dependable an Austin Seven is, despite its age. Certainly as reliable a a modern car, although perhaps a tad less comfortable!

Photos: No expedition is complete without them:


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Outside Auto palace in Llandrindod Wells


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Seven at Rhaglen


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In Abergavenny


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Stopped for buns in Crickhowell.


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Seven in Builth Wells


.jpg   S007I006 Tanat Valley from Pen-y-Garnedd.JPG (Size: 95.54 KB / Downloads: 218)

Looking across the Tanat Valley from Pen-y-Garnedd


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Looking along the Tanat Valley towards Llangynog.

RE: What have you done today with your Austin Seven - "Slack Alice" Simon - 04-06-2020

I was very pleased, having bought the car, to find not only did the engine run, but the fuel gauge worked.

The fuel gauge is notorious for its unreliability.

After a year or two, the gauge stuck on "Full".   I have finally got round to try and fix it.

To be sure the wiring wasn't the problem, I remover the sender from the tank, and the gauge from the dash and connected them with a couple of lengths of wire with croc clips on.

Nothing, gauge still reading "Full".  

Resistance check showed the sender was varying as it should, and continuity through the gauge.

Took the thing apart, to find the needle stuck to the stop.   Don't know how it managed that.   Why would it stick?   Weird.

Freed it, put it back in the dash, tried again.   Nothing, now reading empty, and not moving.

Looked again, to find that the connector had moved whilst I tightened it and was earthing to the mounting bolt.

Fixed that, and now have a gauge that is working.


The point of this is that two silly faults can stop the gauge working, it isn't necessarily something broken.

RE: What have you done today with your Austin Seven - Steve kay - 04-06-2020

How lucky you knew of the route through Llangors and avoided the very long diversion via Brecon intended for trucks, and if we ever see them again, caravans. Some folk in Crick must wonder about how many Sevens are about, my essential  journeys to Abergavenny have to include a slightish diversion out and back through Crickhowell to warm everything properly, so by the end of this week there will have been at least six  sightings of two cars.

RE: What have you done today with your Austin Seven - andrew34ruby - 04-06-2020

   

A few weeks ago.



   

And today, the last panels almost ready for paint.