The Cup project proceeds steadily but slowly.
I’m a firm believer in having wire wheels stove enamelled,
rather than powder coated or cellulose.

Were Austin wings, almost universally back , factory or coachbuilt,
stove enamelled in an oven, or hand painted, by spray or brush? In cellulose?
Or coach enamel, air drying rather than oven baked?

Similarly how was the black paint for the Chummy radiator shell treated?

I have access to a good stove enamelling workshop but
May need to persuade them to let me prep them after priming,
before they stove on the top black coat?

My wings are alloy, but the rad shell is steel if that makes any difference?

Regards

Bill G

Aka AllAlloyCup

Wanted - 3 speed gate change gear lever - 
jrwa7w@gmail.com
Thanks for looking under the bench...

I have one example of a new slightly woven type material lining beige/greyish which I understood were the best things for Austin 7 stopping. Its probably quite old.

I've recently bought a set from A7W and they don't appear woven.. more composite... do I need to search further or are these modern blueish ones just as good these days? 

Be interested to know from people who have more experience..

Hello people
Making some progress on my seven at last.
Waiting for bits so looking at the sun roof.
If you remember my car was in very poor condition.
 Not a lot of roof left which is usable 
Does enyone know a source of detailed drawings for the roof.
It appears to be a mixture of timber and metal although I don’t know if this is original ?
Regards 
             Tim

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1925-Le-Mans-...SwPjhbqlzv

I would have probably preferred it unpainted.

Date: 28-09-2018

Bristol Austin 7 Club September Meeting

In case you are in the area, I will be giving an illustrated talk on our 2013 journey from Buenos Aires to New York in the footsteps of John Coleman, entitled Wheel Tracks and Hoof prints.
The Bull at Hinton 20:00 all welcome. For further details see the BA 7C web site

I've been cleaning up and reassembling the 4 speed box I have so I can mate it to the engine. As part of the cleaning I degreased it all in water based degreaser and then dried the parts with a hot air gun. That showed me the reason why the dog teeth are all loose, it's because the synchro cones have slipped down the splines. When I heated them to dry them they moved further. So I heated them up and used the vice to press the cones home again which seems to have done the trick.

The inter-shaft needle roller bearing is very loose but I know I can replace this with a bush from spares. I will replace all the springs and balls.

But what do you do about the layshaft bush? This seems quite worn.



This A7Club (http://austin7club.org/How%20To%2014.htm) link is very useful but from this it sounds like fixing this bush is a specialist job since it needs line reaming?

Simon

eBay item number:

173553455613

Hello all again,

I am trying to find information on when the "sports model" started product for public sale 1924?
Any info in greatly appreciated.

Hi All, does anyone know the pitch and material  of the gauze used to make the radiator stone guards on the works Ulsters? W