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Opal B post security cap - Roland Alcock - 21-04-2018
I am not quite sure what the name is, but I am missing the passenger side one. Has anyone got one which is surplus?
Harrydog was quite scandalised when the door flew open yesterday! Harness and lead stopped him bundling too far out the door....
Thanks
Roly
RE: Opal B post security cap - Ruairidh Dunford - 21-04-2018
Roly - are you a member of the Bristol Austin Seven Club?
RE: Opal B post security cap - Roland Alcock - 21-04-2018
(21-04-2018, 08:35 PM)Ruairidh Dunford Wrote: Roly - are you a member of the Bristol Austin Seven Club?
Yes I am.
Trouble is, it’s a long way to go to the spares day to find they haven’t got one!
Roly
RE: Opal B post security cap - Ruairidh Dunford - 22-04-2018
I have seen one in the shed. Let me get that checked for you.
RE: Opal B post security cap - Roland Alcock - 22-04-2018
(22-04-2018, 07:05 AM)Ruairidh Dunford Wrote: I have seen one in the shed. Let me get that checked for you.
Thank you!
RE: Opal B post security cap - Austin in the Shed - 22-04-2018
They look very similar to the ones fitted to chummy bodies if you don't find the correct one.
RE: Opal B post security cap - Ruairidh Dunford - 22-04-2018
There are at least two types of hood mountings for Opals:
They are unique to the two seaters, so far as I am aware.
RE: Opal B post security cap - Ruairidh Dunford - 22-04-2018
The ones I saw in the Shed were like the lower type.
RE: Opal B post security cap - Matt_Harnden - 22-04-2018
You can buy new ones from Austin 7 Reproductions. Speak to Willie McKenzie. tel:01202 625242
RE: Opal B post security cap - Nick Lettington - 22-04-2018
Am I missing something here? Is this little piece of plated brass meant to align the door nicely when it shuts or does it really support the rear of the body when it flexes? I have the battered remains of these things on my ORT and they don't align, but my doors don't open when I'm driving (although when I first had it MOTd the examiner placed his jacking beam at the rear cross member and she opened up like a tulip in bright sunlight!)...
Is the problem more structural, or is this normal?