What have you done today with your Austin Seven

[Malcolm Parker]

Malcolm - how did that run on the car?

The wedged head was put on the Reliant crank bottom end (the engine that was in the supercharged red special) after the blower was removed and was used in my Works Prototype Replica (!) for several years.  Usual 4 into 1 exhaust manifold and SU carb on 30 degree aluminium inlet manifold.  I think the valves were standard, the cam certainly was with flattened followers  It went very well indeed.  On a VSCC Measham Rally a chap in a supercharged MG (J3?) tried to out-drag me away from a time control, he failed miserably.  Accelerating up to 60mph on a narrow country road at 2.00 am on a dark February night certainly clears the cobwebs.  Never had any problems whilst it was fitted.
We may have been pushing our luck taking so much metal off, and quit whilst we were winning.   Another couple of passes in the lathe and we might have broken through into the water jacket.   With a large pile of early heads to go at, we didn't worry too much about the worst case scenario.

Dave, that's not woodworm, its Death Watch Beetle!

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That looks great Peter - congratulations and enjoy!

Malcolm - just chanced upon this photo tonight, it was a lovely trip with 5 year old Willow, who is now 13...

And here is Willow at the Tan Hill Inn, the highest public house in Britain (1732ft above sea level) on the same 2013 Pennine Run.