I am missing one of the oilers for the rear brake levers.
They are called Winkley Oilers and whilst i can buy new would prefer an original.
Does anyone have one to spare?
They are such a neat way of oiling something but not letting dirt in.
John W (28 Chum)

Nothing really to do with Austin Sevens apart from the fact that I was invited to participate in a meeting of our local car & motorcycle club in a village called Bessèges for their annual Chestnust festival. In amongst the attendees were not one but two MOCHET Voiturettes (cyclocars) which I guess must be a pretty rare ocurrence to see two in the same place. They both date from the early 1950s and feature a mid mounted 125cc two stroke engine driving the rear wheels, which are closer together than the fronts. Bit similar to a Bond mini-car but the other way round and even more agricultural:



There was also a very tidy Facel-Vega convertible, also pretty high on the rarity scale (so I'm told):



Not much pre-war stuff on show apart from a Citreoën 11BL Traction , a 1930 Peugeot 201 (unrestored) and a little 4 seater from Angleterre...

Hi all

I am after a pair of the cow horn curved front chassis brackets. If anyone has a spare pair or knows of any, please contact me.

art@spitfireart.com

01273 843749

regards

Arthur

Afternoon all,

Just found a most unusual 'ustin' on ebay like none I've seen before. It looks like the front end of a standard Ruby with the back end of something else attached to it.

No details are provided of the car, other than it's all sorted by an Austin specialist, but I'm intriged how it got it's price tag.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ustin-7-ulster...2352880632


Happy Sunday,

Bill

Does anybody know if the GE Brooklands body was supported to the rear on special chassis extensions? 

The frame looks as if it was pretty rigid. Was it sufficiently so for the tail to be cantilevered out?

John

Hello anyone recommend where to have a pair of Austin 7 headlamps rechromed and a guide price
Many thanks

I recently came across this product, some of you may find it beneficial in slowing down corrosion.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_3SX6_GmlM

I recently made some new drag links from cold drawn seamless tube as the original ones I had were not suitable for use.
  In my haste with the first one I inadvertently made it the wrong hand. Would any of our continental cousins be interested in it?
   Photos below.

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On arriving in England from France at the end of June this year I set about trying to register my 1930 GE Cup Model look-alike here in England. I had no paperwork for this car, only the chassis number and engine number, both dating to October 1930. With considerable help from the PWA7 Club DVLA liaison officer, I prepared all the necessary forms and photos and happily sent them off to the DVLA. My application was returned about a week later with a letter informing me that I had not included prrof of residence, i.e. a utility bill, council tax demand or similar. The application was again sent off to the DVLA  and after about 2 weeks was returned again with a letter that basically said that I had not provided sufficient evidence of the vehicle's date of manufacture, this in spite of supplying a PWA7 Club Inspection Report and a PWA7 Club Authentication Certificate. At this point I telephoned the DVLA and explained my situation to a very helpful man who said "send it all back again, marked for my attention and I will contact you if we need anything else". After another couple of weeks, I received a further letter from the DVLA advising me that they wanted SGS to inspect the vehicle and to make an appointment direct with SGS. This I did and the SGS Inspector duly arrived punctually at 08h00 at the address where the car is currently kept. He spent 10 minutes photographing and checking the chassis number and the engine number, having previously told me that he had been driving for 2 1/2 hours to get to my address. He said that I should be receiving my V5C in about 10 days, and hey ho, it arrived this morning and my GE Cup is now the proud bearer of registration no BF 8418.

Considering that the car had no original documents and the car was built up from a pile of parts and the body is new, but a close replica of a GE Cup, I think that the treatment I have received from the DVLA has been pretty good, and the end result excellent. Take heart all you special builders out there, it is possible to obtain age related number plates.

Two interesting lots at Brightwells' Bicester Classic & Vintage Auction:-

https://www.brightwells.com/classic-motoring/bicester-classic-vintage/bicester-classic-vintage-october-2017/catalogue-25th-October/

1925 Austin Seven Light van

1936 Rosengart LR4 N2