tightening bolt present for gearbox shaft £10
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Hello Chaps

Dad & I have been working on a close ratio 4 speed syncro box and we've come across two different selector plates for the 4 speed gearbox, can anyone tell us why they are different as this would surely affect how the gears are selected and which would be the correct plate ??

We have trawled though the Workshop Manuals and all the literature we have, but are still none the wiser here....

Cheers
Greig

Sunny South Africa

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The special I am restoring is one of those purchases that in hind sight should have been avoided at all costs, but the up side is that as everything was knackered, it's has been educational.  I have just removed the head and the sump assuming it would be like the rest of the car and was surprised to find the it looks like the engine had been reconditioned as the pistons are 60 thou. OS and there is very little carbon build up in the head and no lip in the bores.

I have attached a photo of one of the big ends (with dodgy split pin work)  and it looks like there is some brass shim between the caps so I assume when it was assembled there was not enough clearance?

Also the big end bolts seem to be a mixed lot although the small end bolts look new and have tab washers.

When I bought the car the engine ran and sounded OK in the couple of hundred yards that I drove it.

As the head and sump is off what would you do?

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Hello All,
            I am just about to start fabricating the bonnet for Slippery Anne and something has me puzzled. If you look closely at the following period picture from inside the cars bonnet, it has a small pointed flange associated with the hinge. Does anyone know what it is, what it does and if it is seen on other cars?


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Regards, Mark.

Having just been back to the UK for a few days I had a few beers with a couple of old chums and during the chat I mentioned that one day I wanted to do the pilgrimage route to Santiago di Compostella in western Spain. Not on foot (my knees are too knackered for that) but in the Austin Seven. Having chatted about if for a while we decided it was a go-er and I've got a definite sign-up for a Co-Pilot and possibly also a galley slave to ride in the back.

From where we live in southern France, we're not that far off the actual route, which starts from St-Gilles between Nîmes and Arles. The return journey is in the region of 3000km and the plan is to try and get there in four days, stopping overnight south of Carcassonne then Pamplona, Leon and then Santiago following as close is as reasonably practicable to the waymarked pilgrimage route.

The plan is to do it in late summer/early autumn 2018 after the schools have gone back and the weather has cooled down.

The first day's run (280km) will take us to a little village to the south west of Carcassonne - there's someone there who I know who has a gîte/ B&B. The second day will be a longer run (430km) ending in Pamplona and crossing the Pyrenées from Oloron-Sainte-Marie via the Pic d'Orhy at 2017 metres (just because we can, and providing the pass is open). After an overnight in (or around) Pamplona we will have another long stint (again 430km) to get us to Leon and then the final day to Santiago di Compostella will take a further 340km. Roughly 1480km in total.

This will be a good challenge to my 85 year old RP saloon. It will be carrying three adults and luggage, plus a few spares. We'll be on our own with no back-up apart from a mobile phone.
I'll keep you updated as to progress as things develop.

Afternoon,

I have managed to pick up the GRP shell of a Royle Austin Seven pedal car, does anyone have one they can share some photos with me of please? Iam interested in sourcing wheels and also chassis/running gear


Thank you

An engineer friend of mine comments made me laugh after he had his first drive in a Austin Seven Ulster this week, he has been for many years involved with the design and manufacture of many of the more exotic kit cars models over the years and regularly used to drive what was generally excepted to be one of the most powerful  road going kit cars ever made with a top speed of well over 160 mph, he also made for himself a Caterham type kit car fitted with a gas turbine helicopter engine and has just finished a rather special hot rod style vehicle  fitted with camber compensation suspension and a 6.2L engine, he has raced motor bikes and off road vehicles and even lawn mowers, so you can see he is no stranger  to speed and excitement. here is the comment he made on Facebook after a drive in an Austin. These things are scary compared to mine what with the high centre of gravity and cable brakes it's terrifying.

We are trying to help a friend of ours who has lost her husband recently, by selling their much loved Boat Tail Tourer.

Currently it is listed on the Car & Classic website. It has just been resprayed in cream with green wings and has a recent new hood, sidescreens and seats. It is located in East Sussex, priced at £16,500 OVNO.

We went to see Rod Yates today and he thinks it is worth every penny.

Please let us know if you can help to find it a new home.

Many thanks

Alan

I have a cup model seat for sale on eBay
Starting price £60

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Austin-7-seven...3176563491

I have a chummy steering wheel for sale on eBay.

 It has a small crack across the pinch bolt hole but is in good condition, having been re-covered and is a good fit on the shaft.

Starting price £150. Can be posted or collected from London or Somerset.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Austin-7-seven...3176547953