anyone got a picture of either of George Chaplin's Flea cars?

https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archi...stin-seven

Wonder how much higher this will go than the £2300 BIN it appeared for briefly earlier in the week? 
New listingAUSTIN 7 SEVEN 1934 BOX SALOON BARN STORED SINCE 1960 RUNNING ENGINE OILY RAG

I'm looking for some pan head slotted screws in 1/4 BSF. All the suppliers I've tried in the US and UK seem to not have pan head screws in BSF...round heads, counter sunk flat heads, filister heads, cheese heads but no pan heads. Can anyone direct me to a supplier that would have these? They are for the dash on an Ulster rep.

Erich in Seattle

Wanted Bacon Slicer starter for rebuild or parts such as bendix or motor.
jrwa7w@gmail.comp

Does anybody have a damaged or un usable fuel pump with a good correct operating arm for a Mk2 Ruby ?
Mine appears to have the incorrect arm and I would like to fit the correct one before I carry on using the car.
Thanks
Joe.

I am in the process of replacing back axle after replacing a half shaft and I wondered what to do if it happened somewhere other than my drive whilst manouvering.

Looking up bravenet from about 2014 you can remove wheel and brake drum separate two halves of hub, pull broken half off with halfshaft still in it, put a ball bearing or suitably sized nut in hole and reassemble.

This pushes the half shaft in, lockking the diff, I assume by pushing the two half shafts together.

Since my failure was about the interference fit failing and the woodruff key getting chewed up ( I suspect a more common failure than an outright fracture). It appeared that by removing the halfshaft castle nut and then using the hub puller to “ push” the half shaft in, this would work as well.

What am I missing and why won’t it work!

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Whilst some Sevens were out with the Frazer Nashes and Bentleys on the circuit, we were chasing round the cones on the Autosolo.


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David Wallom, 1934 Austin Seven Sports Special


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Jon Yeeles in his 1930 "Cambridge"


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the Lance family's 1936 Nippy 


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 a modest chap racing to a class 3 victory in a 1935 Ruby. It's not good manners to ask how many cars were in class 3.


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and to show that Austin Seven Sport is not all about men, let alone men of a certain age, here is Eleanor Tarring on the line with a very young and enthusiastic marshall.

I have a couple of pictures of Sevens at Sunday's Autosolo to share, but unlike skilled posters  of images of Highland deliveries or the Cobham Trial, putting pictures from my computer onto the forum defeats me. No searching of Woodrrow or Williams helps. Could a kind person on a sunny Thursday morning point me in the right directiion?

What should the diameter be for the centre bearing on a three bearing crankshaft when machined for + 40 shells ?

i have recently removed the AC "T" type fuel pump from my Mk2 Ruby and noticed that the screw in the bottom of the pump that prevents the operating lever from moving too far forward had the end broken off. I found the end of the screw in the body of the pump and have replaced the screw with a plain threaded one.

Upon re fitting the pump I found that even with the thinnest possible gasket , the operating lever doesn't appear to ride on the back of the eccentric on the cam and ' although the pump operates ok , I think I can hear a tapping noise from the area of the pump when the engine is revved.

My questions are , 1. Has the original screw broken due to the operating lever flicking back on to the screw due to it not riding on the eccentric ?

                           2. Is it possible that the end of the operating lever has excessive wear hence preventing the correct operation.

I have checked the eccentric on the cam and it feels fine !!

Any help would be gratefully received