What have you done today with your Austin Seven

[Maxwelton]

   

Pushed the RN outside for my neighbor to come by and inspect, as he has memories from when he was a lad of being driven in his grandad's 7--his grandad being a gentleman who apparently drove everywhere in top gear. Quite an accomplishment if so.

(I haven't yet had a chance to do any work on recommissioning the machine for the road, too many projects and not enough spare cash. Soon.)

[Nick Lettington]

It's that time of year again...

   

[Howard Wright]

Hi All

In between episodes of extreme heat I’ve been putting together a trial fit of the chassis of my new special!
Lots of problems fitting semi Girling brakes to a short wheelbase chassis but a thread on the old forum showed me the way (thanks Ruairidh).


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Cheers

Howard

[Hurvinek]

Watching the sundown at 1800 ft above lake Zurich.

[Jamie]

1. Make new brake cross-shaft bearings from zinc sheet                              Tick
2. Fettle until they fit nicely with a little play, but not too much                     Tick
3. Apply thin smear of superglue to hold in bearings until shaft assembled     Tick  
4. Paint cross-shaft black                                                                          Tick
5. Refit bearings                                                                                      Cross

It never occurred to me that the thickness of primer and a top coat of brushing enamel would be enough to stop the bearings going back on again.

6. Sand off black paint                                                                              Tick

Jamie

[Colin Cooke]

I broke a few of my personal rules last night.....

1/ In bed by 9:30.

2/ Never just go for a ride in the Austin - use if for a purpose.

Wife was moaning about the heat all week, so I decided we could go for a ride in the Special, to cool her down. We waited until 10:30, then had a wonderful 30 minute drive around the Northamptonshire countryside, with an orange sky as a background. Couldn't wipe the smile off my face - having so much fun and got a happy wife.

Tick.

[David Stepney]

I spent much of Friday tracing a fault on the indicators, which, after much faffing around, including testing all the wiring, the bulb holders and remaking all the earth connections, turned out to be the flasher unit itself. Fortunately, I had one in the spares drawer, so problem solved (eventually).

I have been using the little car to do the running around - shopping in the town and visiting friends this weekend, but it hadn't been for a decent run. So, I decided this morning to take it up to Llyn Celyn to see how the construction of the new spillway and other maintenance work on the dam was going. The work started about 2 years ago and is anticipated to be finished sometime towards the end of this year, according to Welsh Water's website..

   

Car at the works entrance.

   

General view of the works

   

The hydraulic sluice gates partially fitted

   

The new spillway

   

After over 60 years, feelings about  the dam still run high! For those who do not speak welsh, the sign reads: 'Remember Celyn' (the village that was flooded to make way for the dam was Capel Celyn)

   

Another view of the car at the entrance with one of the big machines in the yard.

The traffic on the A4212 Bala to Trawsfynydd road was quite heavy, so, at Fron Goch, I turned off and followed the lanes through to Llandderfel.

   

At the bridge at Llandderfel.

   

Going back up the track leading to (inter alia) my bungalow and finally Home. 

A total of 22 miles covered.

[Howard Wright]

Just back from a very hot ‘Rhayader Vintage Show’.  Our van and Seymour Price’s three were the only Sevens. But they did put us on the front row  .

Cheers

Howard

[Dave Mann]

That looks like another working from home project David.

[Steve Jones]

Good to see that our mutual friend continues looking well, Howard. Top chap. Bet he didn't pay to get in

Steve