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RE: boulogne car body help needed - Mike Costigan - 18-11-2020 (18-11-2020, 11:06 AM)Tony Betts Wrote: Thanks Mike, Having driven an early 1920s (non-Austin) car with quarter-elliptic rear springs and no dampers all round I can understand it; under normal driving conditions the car was fine, but sharp uphill bends would cause the rear axle to hop, which the rear dampers would control, so I can well believe they thought - initially - that was all they needed to do. RE: boulogne car body help needed - Duncan Grimmond - 18-11-2020 Nice to see the Sandford Renaud! RE: boulogne car body help needed - Renaud - 18-11-2020 Thanks Duncan! RE: boulogne car body help needed - Ian Williams - 18-11-2020 The Script badges will almost certainly be from a 12/4 Austin, it appears regularly used parts from their current model range on the racers, this is even more obvious when these three cars were rebodied for 1924 in the style of what became the GE Brooklands. I am in the middle of a house move so it may be a while before I have access to all my files again RE: boulogne car body help needed - Tony Betts - 20-11-2020 well guys we have the donor car, picked up today. tony RE: boulogne car body help needed - Ivor Hawkins - 21-11-2020 This sounds exciting, the next thing to find is a front axle with no damper holes then! RE: boulogne car body help needed - Tony Betts - 21-11-2020 hi ivor, im not looking at taking that aproach? tony RE: boulogne car body help needed - Ivor Hawkins - 21-11-2020 Ah, this sounds even more interesting! Good luck with the project and don’t forget to take some pix for us... RE: boulogne car body help needed - Nick Lettington - 21-11-2020 (20-11-2020, 10:11 PM)Tony Betts Wrote: well guys we have the donor car, picked up today.Are you going to post progress photos, starting with the donor car, Tony? RE: boulogne car body help needed - Tony Betts - 21-11-2020 hi ivor, i hope it will be interesting? but im sure some wont understand what im trying to do with the car. hi nick, ill keep up with some pics as i go, but the body may be a little slow. although it looks easier than most. im looking at what happend after the cars were raced, crashed, and stripped to build other car. here is my idea. the year is 1930ish, and dont ask me how. but i am good at finding the unusual. ive managed to get my hands on one of the original boulogne bodies, my pockets are not to deep and id like to get into building an austin sports. so ive bought an accident damaged 1925 austin 7. it has been rolled over in a ditch, its recked the body. and many other parts now need rebuilding. as its all on 6 inch, some can look at it as a replica. i will have to do mods as its two cars coming together, so some can look at it as a special. you are welcome to tell me if im mad or not. tony |