20-07-2020, 09:57 AM
Two interesting films I found on YouTube lately. The first is Steph from the "I Drive a classic" channel in an Austin 7 Cambridge Special: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-rtV40TTSk
She does a lot of interesting little reviews of older cars. I was waiting for her to mention the clutch and yes she seems to struggle with it.
The second isn't Austin but Morris and their engine building factory but it shows some interesting details I had never seen before. It's a Pathe film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieF3d_YBUh4
At 7:55 they show the boring of the white metal big ends but they then use a special roller tool to give it a perfect finish. Also interesting is the use of a diamond cutting tool to get a mirror finish on the sides of the pistons. I imagine the Austin factories would have been similar?
Simon
She does a lot of interesting little reviews of older cars. I was waiting for her to mention the clutch and yes she seems to struggle with it.
The second isn't Austin but Morris and their engine building factory but it shows some interesting details I had never seen before. It's a Pathe film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieF3d_YBUh4
At 7:55 they show the boring of the white metal big ends but they then use a special roller tool to give it a perfect finish. Also interesting is the use of a diamond cutting tool to get a mirror finish on the sides of the pistons. I imagine the Austin factories would have been similar?
Simon