What have you done today with your Austin Seven

[Mike Costigan]

Ivor, that could well be one of the car's original tubes; the Dunlop 90 was standard fitting in the mid-1930s:


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[David Stepney]

That's 25mph in 3rd, David. My car will happily pull 30mph uphill in 3rd if I let it. Don't know how accurate the speedo is so there may be some margin for error in that!

 I seem to recall from previous photos of your car that you have a 'Nemag' instrument. My car has its original 'Magmo' speedometer, which I have checked against a friend's Satnav and is approximately 10% slow throughout its range. An indicated 27 mph is a true 30, whilst an indicated 45 is a dizzying 51.6!

[Reckless Rat]

Now you've exposed that tube to the light of day it will probably crumble to dust like one of Roy Thiness' "Invaders" and then noone will believe you!

[Ivor Hawkins]

Thanks Mike I thought it might, the tyre is a Good Year DeLuxe all weather and I can’t remember the last time I saw one and as Bruce said, it’s likely to crumble to dust now!

[Nick Salmon]

What could be better than blue skies, sunshine, a country lane, and an A7 - even one with a zizzing gear lever...

Today in Hertfordshire, crossing the dry ford of the River Beane valley.

Marvellous!

Quick video

p.s. Lest anyone be concerned at the high oil pressure, I was only a few hundred yards into the journey, with a cold engine.

[Dellie]

I mounted the shock absorber to the front axis but it's to short about 10 cm. My front axle is widened and the old body had oil based shock absorbers mounted. 
Is there a solution or should I make longer arms for it? Does it still work as good as intended?

[Ivor Hawkins]

As you have a widened axle on a special, I would take the opportunity to make up a twin shock absorber set up as described in the Austin Seven Companion, which would give you the opportunity to match the added axle width precisely

[AllAlloyCup]

Hi Ruairidh 

My boot sealing solution will be different to yours because of the 
alloy body and boot cover. Here’s  my take on this job,

I used visible countersunk screws to hold the boot cover plate
Plus annealed the inner edge before tapping it over the plywood.
Can’t remember but may have also dollied the edge to get it crisper.

I also used small head galvanised nails to fasten the folded over lip.
Please pilot drill these or they can split the plywood!

On the body bulkhead plate I tried to get most of the screws on the outer edge
of the plate so that they would be under the soft rubber sealing strip that helps
with the water sealing, along with my outer rubber bead. This leaves the plate
Looking flat and smooth with no screws showing, a personal choice!
Again nailed the folded over edge.

I annealed the edge of the holes by marking the inner circumference 
with Black magic marker and then used my Creme brûlée Blow lamp
to burn off the the black carbon Marker marks

Without annealing I thought there might have been a problem splitting 
the folded over edge?

All more fiddly than tricky. Makes a nice job.
I had to pack my hinges slightly to accommodate 
The two thicknesses of Alloy plus my soft sealing rubber on the 
body bulkhead plate.

Yours will be different though .

Regards

Bill G

Ps the black bead is a P type bead fastened 
By the bulkhead body plate, the alloy bead
Is on the boot lid cover masking lots of tacks!
The alloy bead is “riveted “ on the boot cover edge with long countersunk alloy 
rivets “nailed” and glued into the plywood




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[Bob Culver]

Hi Dellie

i trust the extended track rod is safer than it looks! Would be a Warrant of Fitness fail here

[David Stepney]

It being yet another nice day, I took the Seven over to feed the horses this morning.

About four weeks ago, the mountain that runs partly alongside the B4391 and then over towards where the horses are billeted, caught fire, in places right down to the road. The fire service were in attendance for three days before they got it under control.

Passing this morning I was amazed at just how quickly the bracken is beginning to grow back, whilst the trees appear to have not minded having their roots singed.


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Views of just how quickly things are regenerating.


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Views of the road going up Bwlch-y-Carreg


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From the top of the Bwlch looking down into Cwm Rhiwarth


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On the way back, I popped into Bala to do some essential shopping. I have never seen the town so quiet at this time of year. (The car is outside the Co-op).