19-12-2020, 11:48 PM
Progress has been sporadic to fit around customer projects for the last few weeks but but here are some slightly out of sequence pictures to bring us up to date!
I always approach metalwork with some trepidation (not really my skill) but the bulkhead worked out well. Using some scrap hardboard and MDF I made up templates and adjusted them until I was happy...
...then folded up the steel sections, keeping it all as neat and tidy as I was able. The legroom is significantly more then in any other Seven I have sat in so I was generous with clearance behind the engine and above the flywheel. We could fit an Ulster petrol tank but the shelf is slightly longer so a custom-made one might be more sensible. As yet undecided on that. The flitch panels were formed over a wooden jig and will be cut to length later.
The eagle-eyed will notice that the handbrake lever is taller than the shelf and has had to be removed. Some elegant re-shaping will be needed!
The gearbox cover is modified Ruby. Floor washers are Morris 8. There may be some minor adjustment to the holes for the controls later on.
Next the body was upturned before painting all the woodwork underneath with several undercoats and finishing with satin black.
A friend of mine has put photos of the coupe and other Austin projects on a website for me. It is a work in progress and I will add extra pages next year: www.peternaulls.co.uk
I always approach metalwork with some trepidation (not really my skill) but the bulkhead worked out well. Using some scrap hardboard and MDF I made up templates and adjusted them until I was happy...
...then folded up the steel sections, keeping it all as neat and tidy as I was able. The legroom is significantly more then in any other Seven I have sat in so I was generous with clearance behind the engine and above the flywheel. We could fit an Ulster petrol tank but the shelf is slightly longer so a custom-made one might be more sensible. As yet undecided on that. The flitch panels were formed over a wooden jig and will be cut to length later.
The eagle-eyed will notice that the handbrake lever is taller than the shelf and has had to be removed. Some elegant re-shaping will be needed!
The gearbox cover is modified Ruby. Floor washers are Morris 8. There may be some minor adjustment to the holes for the controls later on.
Next the body was upturned before painting all the woodwork underneath with several undercoats and finishing with satin black.
A friend of mine has put photos of the coupe and other Austin projects on a website for me. It is a work in progress and I will add extra pages next year: www.peternaulls.co.uk