Those of you who have had a chance to read the latest Association minutes here (and I encourage you to do so, particularly the talks given on the Insurance Scheme and Breakdown Service) may also have noticed a suggestion brought up by Nick Beck of the Bristol Club that the Association should consider becoming a Charitable Trust (or similar) to protect it increasing assets.

The Committee (ie all the representitives of the Member Clubs) authorised further investigation into this with a view to a recommendation being brought back to the AGM in April. Clearly this is a move that would require specialised knowledge and support - probably from a Solicitor. My appeal today is to anyone reading this who might be able to offer help in any way. Obviously, I am as keen as anyone to preserve Association funds where possible and I am hoping that we might be able to find a friendly Austin 7 owner with the right skills to help us in the process.

If you are such a person, or know of anyone who you could talk to, I'd be happy to hear with a mail to secretary@a7ca.org

many thanks...

Hugh

The chassis number on the “Quote These Numbers” plate is self explanatory. What is the “Car No”
plate ? Where does one find this number ? Is there a specific font ?

I would very much appreciate any photographs and information on JO 66 a post war Cambridge body please. Thank you very much.

Hello Gents

As the title says I'm in this predicament, short version - 1930 engine found on a farm running a water pump, now in our '30 single seater special, (built circa 1949, abandoned in the mid '50's, found in the 80's & rebuilt by Dad over 10 years ago), matching block, rods and crank - we have no reason to believe that they are not the original Longbridge babbited big ends. 1 & 5/16ths crank, 40 thou oversize pistons, Alta high compression head and twin SU's with banana branch exhaust.

It's run the Simola Hillclimb, (Knysna South Africa) three times, went very well, but the last one was in the hands of my lovely wife who obeyed my request to not exceed 5000 rpm by holding it at 6000 all the way up the hill in 3rd gear when the red mist descended.

Needless to say the big ends are now a bit tired & I will need to re-white metal them before the next Hillclimb on the 4th of April - we have a block of Hoyts white metal and a fairly well equipped workshop & we're game to tackle almost anything.

What I'm really looking for is a bit of guidance & hopefully a few pictures of the jigs and fixtures etc that you use to hold the rods, the jig to form the hole in the centre and then guidance on ladles & pouring the metal - I've read all the usual A7 books on the subject, done the You-Tube thing, but I'd appreciate a few pointers from the learned masters here. We have a lathe and the usual MIG, Arc & gas welders & access to a milling machine so I can fabricate jigs etc.

My local engineering shop will bore the newly metalled rods out to suit the crank, so that's no issue. The crank itself is basically unmarked, a few faint lines, but after 88 years I expected far worse & it will easily polish out - have already had it crack tested & amazingly enough it's still perfect, as are the rods. The car won't be campaigned 10/10ths - she's just for fun, the new weapon for Simola will be the new supercharged 7 I'm building, but that's a story for another thread

Beloved also boiled it on the line while waiting (someone spun and we waited too long), I missed the gauge climbing while checking on something and I had to fill a gallon of water in a hurry - makes for an impressive photo anyway. Fortunately I caught it before any damage and the rings and bores are 100%

Cheers
Greig

Port Elizabeth
Sunny South Africa

'26 Chummy
'28 Top Hat Type R
'33 Type "65"
'30 Single seater special
'30 Supercharged single seater special
Other lesser makes

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Hi I’m building up a pair of old Lucas 
AT201 tail lamps but am missing the
Rear cable shroud and the brass retaining collar
That screws onto the rear of the bulb holder.

If anyone has odd bits of AT201 they don’t need I’d be 
keen to buy them, or swap stuff.

Regards 

Bill G
( aka AllAlloyCup)

I have just received details of this via Linked In and thought that it might be of interest to many of you if you haven't already seen it.
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/207027

Arthur

Hi I’m building up a pair of old Lucas 
AT201 tail lamps but am missing the
Rear cable shroud and the brass retaining collar
That screws onto the rear of the bulb holder.

If anyone has odd bits of AT201 they don’t need I’d be 
keen to buy them, or swap stuff.

Regards 

Bill G
( aka AllAlloyCup)

I am interested in finding the history of my RP.  at various places throughout the car are the initials and surname 
A.W Watts which I have managed to find out is Andrew Morgan Watts at sometime from Feltham.  Does anyone know if Andrew is still active in any Clubs.
Smiley.

I am looking for a pair of "SPARTO" Wing fitting stop/tail lamp LENSES for my A7 RP Saloon. Does anyone know of a supplier. These are similar in shape to the Lucas lamp.

I am not sure if the above is allowed here, however, I had several sets of water jet cut plates made for 750 Climax motors when I built mine back in NZ. These are made from thick steel to allow for fabrication of inlet and exhaust manifolds. They come with matching gaskets.