I've started to gather together all the little parts
That I Had to get ready for nickel
Plating.

Feeling brave I ordered a cheap nickel stripping kit (£16)and a cheaper 
polishing kit £5.

Spent an hour! Setting up and stripping all the parts in the photo using the
Chemicals provided, plus using my battery charger.

Two hours later they are now all polished and ready for plating.

So also Ordered the plating kit today ! 

Once I get that set up and working will post the results.

This system from Classic Plating Ltd could do
At least 5 batches this size.



Now to strip the chrome bits with the chrome stripping kit before 
I nickel plate those.

Plan to do door handles, wiper motor, bonnet catches too. Just a pity the rad shell is too big
But you never know! 

No waiting for weeks to get your plating back and worrying if they'll lose your best bitregards
Bill G

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I recall from a news item [somewhere-have mislaid the reference] that it was intended to produce an alternator for A7s built into a normal dynamo casing and a regulator within.Can anyone enlighten me as to progress on this project,or indeed supply any information?Its getting near to decision time on my next project!

I should have posted this ages ago, but have only got back on my feet after being attacked by the vice in the Workshop, injuring my left foot resulting in 5 weeks of needing to keep it elevated most of the day.
Soon reached 100% frustration level, having read more SciFi space books plus watched YouTube than ever, finding narrow boats quite entertaining to watch.

Now back to more serious work.



Getting ready to start on the body at last, with video to follow of the Tilter/Rotisserie in action.

Geoff - Well done to the Management for a top class forum!

Hello,
my lowered front axl broke yesterday. My question is anybody got one for sale?
Best greetings from Berlin.
Tobias

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Hello to everyone from Italy! I have tried to contact before summer Pigsty racing for some parts but no reply, now retried and tried to phone also but no one had picked my call. Any idea how to have my racing 28mm Sports valves? thank you Emanuel

the rear window fell out of our Austin 7 ruby and we nead help to fit it
thanks syd

Some time ago I fitted LED bulbs to the stop/tail and front sidelights on my 12v Ruby. Recently, as I drove into the darkened garage, I noticed that the front side lights were coming on as I braked. Eventually found that the corncob type LED tail/stop bulbs were responsible.
On investigating I found that all of the individual |LEDs in the bulbs come on for both tail and stop function - but in tail lamp mode they are all dimmer.
There seems to be some kind of internal connection between the tail and stop pips which is allowing brake lamp voltage back out onto the side lamp circuits.
I cannot detect a resistance but suspect maybe a zener diode with poor reverse resistance..I put back the the old incandescent bulbs and all's well again.
I wondered if anyone else has come across this  - or has any other theories.

On our travels in August we came across the Dufresne museum at Azay-le-Rideau, just south-west of Tours. It is the lifelong collection of Maurice Dufresne who rescued a huge variety of machinery that otherwise would quite literally have rotted away or been destroyed. Eventually he was able to buy the former paper mill at Azay-le-Rideau and convert it into a museum to house his treasures. Well worth visiting if you are down that way. There's everything from 17th century weaving looms through cars and planes, a mobile guillotine(!), engines, water wheel, it goes on and on - in fact the walk through the buildings is 1km. It is all weird and wonderful and very well presented. Well worth a couple of hours if you are passing.

Regretably not an A7 in sight but Sir Herbert gets a look-in with this lovely tractor:

   

   

   

   

More photos from the collection: https://flic.kr/s/aHsm4jDQtS

Long time since I saw this and the reference to it having been restored by Donald Doughty was a trip down memory lane. Donald Doughty was instrumental in setting up the Clubs' Association. The Archive still contains some memorabilia of his, notable his gold fountain pen, which is a particular favourite of mine...

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Just got home having had a super time on the Cumbrian run. 
All the 35 cars had a ball. 
If you did not go you missed treat.
Big thanks to Malcolm Parker yet again from all.