+- Austinsevenfriends (https://www.austinsevenfriends.co.uk/forum)
+-- Forum: Austin Seven Friends Forum (https://www.austinsevenfriends.co.uk/forum/forumdisplay.php?fid=1)
+--- Forum: Forum chat... (https://www.austinsevenfriends.co.uk/forum/forumdisplay.php?fid=14)
+--- Thread: Building my first Austin Seven car (/showthread.php?tid=8129)
RE: Building my first Austin Seven car - Steve kay - 29-12-2022
Any more images of machines with odd numbered wheels? A unicar seems unlikely, seven wheelers perhaps. An anorak living in Abergavenny writes: Walter Jones famously built a five wheel car.
RE: Building my first Austin Seven car - andrew34ruby - 29-12-2022
(29-12-2022, 09:51 AM)Steve kay Wrote: Any more images of machines with odd numbered wheels? A unicar seems unlikely, seven wheelers perhaps. An anorak living in Abergavenny writes: Walter Jones famously built a five wheel car.
Any change in the number of wheels would be a major modification so would involve the single vehicle type approval test etc. It gets messy.
RE: Building my first Austin Seven car - Charles P - 29-12-2022
(29-12-2022, 09:05 AM)Mike Costigan Wrote: I love the Dixi's single-wheel trailer!
I doubt that the neck of the double bass would survive a bump taken at any speed
C
RE: Building my first Austin Seven car - andrew34ruby - 29-12-2022
This one looks interesting! Could someone far more skilled than me draw an Austin seven version?
Basically it has a longer bonnet, a 6 light cabin with trapezoidal windows, and a longish pointed tail. And the roof is not too high.
RE: Building my first Austin Seven car - Ruairidh Dunford - 29-12-2022
Single wheel trailers are a thing amongst some VW fans, we looked at them when we last toured as a family in the Seven.
Ultimately we concluded that the weight to make the extra framing for the two fixing points cancelled out the potential gain of just one wheel…
RE: Building my first Austin Seven car - Ruairidh Dunford - 29-12-2022
Some really nice ideas from my French friend… we love the butterfly winged one best.
RE: Building my first Austin Seven car - Steve Bryant - 29-12-2022
I'm with you on the third choice of the butterfly winged version Ruairidh. It just has a certain appeal that the other two don't quite have.
Stephen
RE: Building my first Austin Seven car - Duncan Grimmond - 31-12-2022
Oooh, Butterfly wings, drool!
RE: Building my first Austin Seven car - Ruairidh Dunford - 31-12-2022
From Stuart Ulph…
15544B20-EA36-464E-80EB-F4C4A3C9E21B.png (Size: 268.94 KB / Downloads: 307)
RE: Building my first Austin Seven car - Andy Bennett - 01-01-2023
I knew I recognised that house. A quick bit of research and its 'High and Over'. So that dates it at 1931 or shortly after as it looks pre any landscaping.
https://amershammuseum.org/history/on-the-hill/high-over/