Does fitting a deep finned aluminium sump impede the fitting of a Opal engine ( is it inclined to catch up whilst fitting the engine) .
Can engine and gearbox be fitted in one piece with deep sump attached.
Thanks for your support.

Moving swiftly on from previous matters, I made the most today of our warm autumn sunshine down here in Rekkersland and went out for a spin in the RP. Near a village called St Sauveur de Cruzières I stopped for a quick piccy next to this old Peugeot (303 I think) Pick-up parked at the entrance to a stone mason's yard. It's been there ages and unlike the UK has never been nicked or vandalised. Nice patina.

I have been made aware that there is an email circulating purporting to come from Bob Wyatt, A7CA President.
ALERT:  This is a scam.

With no desire to rekindle fires already damped down I feel that it's a very unfortunate series of events that sees a contributor banned especially one who's posts I have valued over many years.

I'd like to believe that there is a way back from this episode. The world is a small place, although as the joke goes,  I wouldn't want to paint it.

Charles

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