What have you done today with your Austin Seven

[Ivor Hawkins]

Andrew, I like the idea of using a peep mirror as a door mirror, is it big enough and do you use a flat or convex one?

[Dave Mann]

    Refurbished an RN sunshine roof today.

[andrew34ruby]

Andrew, I like the idea of using a peep mirror as a door mirror, is it big enough and do you use a flat or convex one?

What is a 'peep mirror'?  Anyway, that mirror is flat, not convex, and really is pretty useless. Same size in convex might be ok, I'm not sure. It doesn't much bother me, I learned to drive in an era before door mirrors.

[Tony Griffiths]

Refurbished an RN sunshine roof today.

Looks good for another 89 years....

[Nick Lettington]

Today I had a small window of opportunity to get greasy whilst the others watched the Sewing Bakeoff. I decided to take a quick look at the radiator tap on the ORT whilst it is sitting on the garage floor. As l had dismantled and cleaned it a year or five ago I was annoyed that it had always dripped a little. Having a spare radiator in perilous condition, I took the tap, eased it apart, cleaned it, made a new spring and found some nice brass washers. As I unscrewed the drippy old tap I dislodged a smear of epoxy putty from the edge of the tank, with tell-tale crystals on the edges... what joy. The drip was from a crack in the base of the radiator all along... so that's a half hour wasted that I won't be getting back, and another job to add to the list before the wedding in June...

[Tony Griffiths]

Modify the spindle to take flat-head, countersunk screws - and then file the edges down. Here's one I did earlier...

[Howard Wright]

Modify the spindle to take flat-head, countersunk screws - and then file the edges down. Here's one I did earlier...

Thanks Tony

I’ve countersunk the holes, filed down the screw heads and cut off the tails. I will Loctite them in when finished. The spindle is only 1/4” so I didn’t want to go too wild with the countersinking.

Cheers

Howard

[Ivor Hawkins]

Andrew, I like the idea of using a peep mirror as a door mirror, is it big enough and do you use a flat or convex one?

What is a 'peep mirror'?  Anyway, that mirror is flat, not convex, and really is pretty useless. Same size in convex might be ok, I'm not sure. It doesn't much bother me, I learned to drive in an era before door mirrors.

What you have there is known as a peep mirror and they are usually mounted on the top of the door. like you I learned to drive before door mirrors and being a motor cyclist, I look over my shoulder anyway, but it would have been nice to learn that the mirror actually worked!

[Eddamoo]

Hi all, my first post in this thread.  Thankfully lockdown has lifted enough for me to get back to my fathers to do more work on the Austin.  Finding a gap in the weather recently we managed to get the exterior primed in a high build cellulose primer.

After priming it, i immediately regretted not removing those beadings between the rear 3/4 panel and the arches.  They aren't fitted well and masking them will be a nightmare.  What to do????

All i can say is it looks fantastic in matt Grey!  I remember seeing and speaking to the owner of a beautiful grey model at Beaulieu a few years ago so it immediately sent me back.  I hope painting it Blue doesn't make me start getting envious!

       

[John Mason]

From what I can see it looks good. When I had my Ruby re sprayed a few years ago I removed the front and rear wings together with the running boards. This made things easier and there was no need to mask up as these were to be pained a different colour.

John Mason