Date: 15-03-2018

Cotswold Festival of Motoring 12/08/2018

Dear All

We are hoping to create an Austin 7 All Star Line-up at the Cotswold Festival of Motoring on the 12th of August. We are trying to gather as many different and interesting types as is possible. We currently have a swallow saloon, a scoop scuttle, and a boat tail in the line-up but would love also to get as many other interesting cars as possible including a van,  a single seater, a gordon England,a special, a top hat and anything else people might recommend. I would also appreciate any advice on what I should look to include to get a really interesting line up. We might also even get “Brum” the childrens tv car as it resides along with quite a number of real Austin 7s at the motor museum un the village. Might you possibly ask your members is if any of them live in the North Cotswold vicinity or might fancy a weekend in the Cotswolds. If would have been fun to combine with a light car rally of the vicinity on the Saturday but I doubt whether my organisation skills would stretch that far this year! Many thanks for your help and we look forward to hearing from you. 

http://cotswoldfestivalofmotoring.org/gallery-of-exhibits/

Best wishes Kirsten Ng

Any sensible views on why there seams to be so little original austin advertising surviving.

There seams to be plenty of paperwork / catalogues. Pre-war and vintage.

But not much signage etc. Especially pre-war.

We're as there seams to be plenty of morris??

Thanks Tony.

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Hi guys,

I've got a '38 Chassis in my garage (single birth and in need of much reorganising before I can actually do anything with it!).
I'm planning on making it into a special (super accessories 750 body) and had read somewhere that
one option for seating is to use the back bench seat from an original Mini.
Is this true; and if so is any modification required to fit them?

Cheers,
David

Hello ,new on here ,having a 1929 Austin Seven Spanish bodied van which I am trying to restore ,riddled with woodworm which are long gone so am renewing the bits that matter.Having done all the mechanicals,stub pins,wheel bearings ,track rod ends etc, I started Bella up for the first time in over a year and she was running nicely until the cooling fan at the pillar decided to come loose with the spindle and lodge itself in the radiator .Do not know what parts I will require as yet as Bella is now in my back garden with a cover over her until I get the enthusiasm to work on her again  cheers Ally

I took the engine out of my '34 tourer in order to sort out the horrendous oil leaks, and to check it because it came with the car with no history.

With the crank in its bearings in the crankcase, flywheel on, the was a very small but perceptible movement in the rear main.   What I would expect, I think.

On spinning the crank, there was a recurring noise on every revolution.  A heavy "click" or a light "clunk".

So I have pulled the rear main outer out.    There is no perceptible roughness or end float in the front mains.

On spinning the crank, the rear end has a pronounced wobble, which I guess was producing the noise inside the rear main, as the inner moved from side to side in the outer.

This must impose a bending movement on the crank.   It cannot be good, but is it normal?

Crank and case are marked 191580, it isn't the original engine, but isn't far off it, and is the correct rubber mounted high frame crankcase.

Any thoughts welcome.

Thanks

Simon

I believe this may have been discussed before but I would like to ask does the Nippy steering box have a higher ratio than the standard one?

Has anyone had experience of either Aaron Radiators Ltd. in South East London (Croydon) OR Vintage Wings & Radiators Ltd. in Manchester.

Both are listed in the Red Book Directory so presumably someone has used these firms.

Looking for a re-core of the radiator on a like-for-like of the honeycomb core to my 1930 Swallow, both have priced, one is more expensive than the other, but the overall cost for both is high - it is quite an involved process for the core fabrication, it would be a lot cheaper to go with a modern replacement, but that is hardly the point.

So looking to hear from anyone that has used either of these firms for recommendation or otherwise, thanks in advance!

What ho all

What about a contentious idea?

Might it be possible, and possibly necessary, that those of us interested in building specials, and "Ulster" specials, have a separate sub forum on this site?

This could mean that those building such and interested in such could banter to their hearts content about the things that sometimes have a tendency, so it appears, to antagonise some of the "purists"?

I have heard a couple of people email me off-line saying that they found certain aspects of the forum intimidating when discussing specials and "Ulster" specials, since some on here frown somewhat, and also that they felt that they were discouraged from posting or simply afraid to do so?

If there was a separate sub forum, then those not interested in its content would not need to read posts if they weren't interested, and wouldn't feel the need perhaps to comment....who knows?

Those interested specifically in specials and "Ulster" specials could then discuss all kinds of options, share photos, talk about different engines etc without feeling the breath of any disapproving purists down their necks?

There does seem sometimes to be....a them...and us type of situation so it seems.

Arthur

Hi All,

As a newbie to Sevens I need a bit of help. My car shipped to the US over Christmas and I've sorted a few things out, but only had the opportunity to start it on Sunday,  a nice warm(70 F.) day. I put in fresh 87 octane non ethanol fuel. It wouldn't start so I looked at the obvious. I tickled the carb to make sure I had fuel(it is a Solex 30 MOV). I pulled the dizzy cap and found the rotor had a bit of burning so I cleaned that up. There were also some brass flakes in the dizzy which I blew out. The points looked good. It still wouldn't start so I pulled the plugs(two NGKs and two French Champions). They were all sooty. So I changed to a new set of Champions. The engine started easily but was running running rough, hunting. I drove it for about 15 minutes and the car had no power and wouldn't rev past 3500. When I got back, I pulled the plug wires and confirmed I was getting spark on each. No. 1 wire came loose from the blade connector when I pulled it, so I will resolder. My inclination is that there are two issues. One may be the No. 1 plug wire which may be causing the misfire. But the sooty plugs on 1 through 4 would seem to indicate a rich mixture. The car was apparently running fine in the UK in December so I'm at a loss as to what might or might not have changed.
I'll check the carb main jet to see if it is seated well. I also ordered new plug wire and blade connectors to make sure that isn't the issue. Rotor, condenser? In past engine experience a bad condenser would manifest on load, but not at idle. All this, including the sooty plugs, would seem to indicate a mixture which is too rich. A sunken float perhaps?

Any help is greatly appreciated. (Sorry for the long post)

Erich in Seattle

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