18-08-2019, 05:19 PM
In general, it looks a lovely car certainly body-wise, a Mk2 Ruby and I suspect it was registered in 1938 as it looks as if it has got a steel sunroof. Difficult to say whether it has a 2 or 3 bearing engine, if the latter the engine will have a small web/vertical metal casting about halfway along between the engine mountings and it definitely should have a DK4 Distributor (deeper base than existing one) with automatic advance and retard. Strange system on the Advance and Retard lever on the distributor especially as spring-loaded, never seen that before!!! Suspect that whoever set this manual distributor up had it so that on tensioning the lever against the spring that action retarded the ignition for starting and then let it go when the engine warmed up...but just a guess!
Take your time to get acquainted with the car, everything is really simple and mechanical unless someone has modified it, such as the braking system (ref. to 'no fluid!'). Also as has already been suggested get the documents sorted out. There are loads of books on the Austin 7 but some can make even the simplest of tasks look complicated!
Take your time to get acquainted with the car, everything is really simple and mechanical unless someone has modified it, such as the braking system (ref. to 'no fluid!'). Also as has already been suggested get the documents sorted out. There are loads of books on the Austin 7 but some can make even the simplest of tasks look complicated!