There were 44 Austin Sevens of various sorts entered in the VSCC Welsh Trial, so we felt flattered to have any at all in the Welsh Scatter Rally. Congratulations are due to Bethany Candlin, whose recently acquired driving licence helped her to Third place in the Clubmans Class. She obviously drove so speedily along the narrow lanes that she completely evaded Snapper Barratt. So instead here is a picture of a somewhat unlikely Nav Rallying Austin, Tim Hills's Heavy Twelve Four. Possibly it may have the advantage that tractors and Land Rovers seeing it approach  reverse to let it proceed. Sadly the time needed to change a wheel caused a low score on a brave outing.

   
 
 
All of which is an introduction to calling for Austin entries for the Batho Scatter, happening this Saturday starting from Great Witley. Organiser Greg Nicholas is still taking entries. More Sevens signing on as PWA7C rather than VSCC might further our chances of snatching the Inter-Reg Trophy from the Model A gang. Personally I can't understand  how the results are calculated. I am told that two bearded chaps who live most of the time  as hermits in sandstone caves at Kinver, are taken up to the Bull and Bladder and given pints of Bathams whilst they calculate final scores and determine a winner. This might not be entirely true.

Batho organiser;  Greg Nicholas; gregnicholas@hotmail.co.uk 
01905 826132,    0774 739 3655

I've stripped and replaced the damper wooden discs on the rear,  slightly less bouncy but bottoms out when its 2 up, can anything else be done ?  I think I've notice on Ruairidhs  Pearl some vertical coil springs ?

About to fit a new front spring but can't decide whether to leave it open to the elements or to wrap it with cloth tape, Denso tape, rope/cord or use some giant heatshrink? Leaning towards the cloth tape but interested to hear what others have done and any problems encountered.

As the Austin now runs I thought I would take a few thermal images of the engine:



Radiator hot spot is just the exhaust being seen though the radiator

Thanks.

My posts have attracted considerable criticism, contraryism and sarcasm so I had rather overlooked that some might genuinely appreciate.
 
And Colin Reed, join the Club. To my astonishment I got ticked off for the post of 28.9.17 under Smelly Fumes Inside Car. There must be at least ten worse in the last few pages. Presumably the congenital contraryists and the ever sarcastic have acquired pages of reprimands.
 
Keep On
 
Bob C
 

As previously stated I needed to fix the front bush.
Now fixed the bush.
Needed 3 hands and a dentist mirror to get the central bush in !!!
What the best method to reduce end float at the moment 0.007”
Regard
          Tim

During the overhaul of the distributor of my 1936 two seater project I came across a couple of "mods" which caused me some amusement, as far as I was aware the car had been put away 19 years ago in a more or less running state. the more I look the less likely that seems.

When i first took the distributor out of the dynamo housing the drive gear pin looked a little odd.



It would seem that some time in the distant past somebody did a bit if improvisation.



Galvanised roofing nail to the rescue! I guess it did the job tough, maybe one of those "get you home" temporary fixes which became permanent.

Also on removing the base plate the advance weights had been reassembles incorrectly.



Both easy fixes i guess but it does make me wonder what other gremlins are lurking in the as yet virtually unexplored mechanicals.

Both the distributor drive gear and the dynamo to distributor drive gear are badly worn, can somebody please suggest the source of a pair of good quality replacements?



Many thanks,    ..... Phil.

   
my Cozette No 4 delivers only a maximum of 2 psi unde only at revs over 4000 min-1
How can I tell if he is no longer delivering or licking pressure?
I dare not dismantle and open it
the pressure gauge is recalibrated.

Perhaps someone can help me?

Thomas

I read an article by Andrew Bird in an old PWA7C mag, where he came across what turned out to be an original Ulster box. The markings were  X-nnn-X or something like that, with similar, matched, on the gears and I've seen same on early 65 boxes - which I'd wondered whether signified factory replacements.

Can anyone give any more information on what such markings defined - are they sports only, or have people found such markings with standard boxes? On what sort of age range? 

thanks...

Just wondering if this found a new home today and at what price.
I understand it was not a factory built car, and not a replica either, nevertheless it looked lovely,I 
would have liked but have too many other projects and cars.
I definitely would have bought the one at HVA Auctions but the price was so talked up here
that I didn't bother to go and was surprised when it went for £12000