April Fool's Day, so we'd better have a bit of a joke!

The 1958 Cambridge University Senate House Stunt:



Twelve University undergraduates pulled off this stunt in late May, 1958. They found the derelict van in Harston, and towed it into Cambridge parking it outside the Senate House, stickering it up with posters for the May Ball. Overnight on the 8th June the van reappeared on the roof as seen in our photo! Officially the culprits were never identified, but the Dean of Caius College sent a congratulatory case of champagne to the appropriate 'staircase' ...

The ringleader, Peter Davey, is seen here in a photo taken the next day:


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According to legend, the authorities were unable to remove the van in one piece,and had to dismantle it in situ using oxy-acetyline equipment; however, this sequence of photos suggests otherwise:

I have occasionally posted links to the Amicale de Tricyclecaristes de France when interesting pieces have appeared .
Today there has been an announcement  that the site may close because there is insufficient activity from members and visitors.
The have put out a call of "Mayday" to try to encourage use of the site and participation in its content from interested parties who may be unaware of its existence and value.
Although some may be put off by the lack of language Google translate makes any problem disappear at the click of a mouse.
The link below is to the recent Welsh LV trial which no doubt will appear  elsewhere also. However, if you have the interest, your participation and especially registration and contributions to the forum would be appreciated and may  help to preserve an invaluable resource.

http://tricyclecaristes.forumr.net/f11-photos

 and their cry for help

http://tricyclecaristes.forumr.net/t1487...e-du-forum


and a link to google translate 

translate english to French

When I approach a corner at speed in my Ulster rep I want to change down from 4th to 3rd to take the corner quickly. However it won't go into 3rd. I'm guessing it won't go in because the revs are still high. Anything I can do about that? I do like to drive the car hard!!
Cheers
Rich

Somewhile ago i brought an album of photographs,ostensibly for photos of a car which had nothing to do with Sevens. Within its pages was a glimpse into the efforts of a group of young guys working out of what's look to be four lock up garages to build,what look to be, a couple of very professional looking Seven specials.
Hopefully these photos will harvest some history of the project and what eventually happened to the cars and the guys who built them,bear with me as I free the images, they have bonded themselves into the album mounts ,hope you enjoy them.

   

   

   

   

This last week, the RP has had a fair bit of use. 

One odd thing that has happened twice now is that i have had to drive over pot holes as i brake onto a junction. This put the front of the car into a very odd wobble. Almost like the axle is oscellating on the spring shackles. This then sets the steering wheel wobbling also. 

Ive studied all components carefully and can find no faults

Its a semi girling axle. 

Does anyone have any ideas? 

King pins are less than 1000mile from being done.

The steeringg box has bugger all play.

Has anyone made a front bearing removal tool as on page A5-7 of  the Austin Seven Manual but for a 1-1/2" pressure-fed crank? The web of this Speedy crank is wider than a standard crank and the standard tool as shown would not be able to push against the inner ball races. The short semi-circular recesses in the crankshaft allow only space for a drift at an angle to the crank shaft, or maybe for a modified bearing removal tool.
Otherwise I suppose I shall just use the time-honoured method of knocking out the bearing with a brass drift.

Apologies if this has been mentioned before and I have no connection with the seller only that my wife bought me one recently .......

These mouse mats are rather nice  https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Austin-7-Mous...Cy-QFrtOSQ

The 1938 Big Seven Sixlite one I received  was even the correct colour.

They are not particularly cheap but are excellent quality and must be of interest to Seven enthusiasts?

Regards, John

Hi all,
 
I've recently come in to possession of a new head that is different to any I've seen before.  Along with the spark plug tapping there is an extra tapping in to each cylinder, I understand that these were done to facilitate the addition of a little extra fuel in to each pot during cold starting.  In my case each of the 4 holes have been plugged with a nice brass washer complete with an odd “sandwich washer”.  The washer has copper on both faces and something in between, see attached photograph.
 
A few questions;
 
1)   Does anyone have a photo of one of these heads set up with the taps to allow the extra fuel addition?
 
2)   Can anyone advise what this type of washer would be called and what material is sandwiched between the copper?
 
3)   Unless I can find something better I though the existing washers could be replaced by copper crush washers, thoughts?

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Can anyone please tell me the height of a Standard Engine Block ?
Regards,
Tod

Good photo selection of Australian sevens, taken at our recent hub run at Yamba on the north coast of NSW.  Pictures kindly taken and shared by John Holt

  https://holtysphotos.smugmug.com/Austin-...18-Photos/