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RE: What have you done today with your Austin Seven - Howard Wright - 02-09-2021
Hi Rekkers
Super pic of the Lancaster!
The practice dam on Caban Coch reservoir in the Elan valley is a very insignificant structure about 200 yards up a rather small valley. It was a scale model and is barely 20 or 30 yards across.
There are other war time structures around, including the Foel tower. A pill box overlooking the reservoir and manned by the local “Dad’s army”.
Cheers
Howard
RE: What have you done today with your Austin Seven - Bob Culver - 02-09-2021
Hi Hedd
i gather the 14hp DX Vauxhall was not esp common in UK but was popular here, although notorious for worn complex duBonnet front suspension.
RE: What have you done today with your Austin Seven - Ruairidh Dunford - 02-09-2021
Driving the Chummy again today, after a long period, thought it poorly.
Tom Abernethy visited, said he suffered the same every time he drove the Cup, and thereafter, his Chummy... chalk and cheese.
Love them both however, Tom too...
RE: What have you done today with your Austin Seven - Alan - 03-09-2021
I always think my Chummy goes really well after driving the RL. It’s all relative I suppose.
RE: What have you done today with your Austin Seven - Ruairidh Dunford - 03-09-2021
Isn't it just!
Every time I get into my wife's modern and touch the brakes, at the end of the road, I face-plant the windscreen!
RE: What have you done today with your Austin Seven - Hedd_Jones - 03-09-2021
(03-09-2021, 08:22 AM)Alan Wrote: I always think my Chummy goes really well after driving the RL. It’s all relative I suppose.
+1
Drove the RP to the shed yesterday morning, cold morning, so it felt like it went well.
Took the chummy out and put the RP away. Drove the chummy to work. big difference in performance!
In the chummy again today.
RE: What have you done today with your Austin Seven - Tony Griffiths - 03-09-2021
Even a Discovery - not the world's fastest vehicle - feels like a hot sports car for a day or two after removing the trailer that carried a friend's 4.5-ton yacht from Shotley Point to Derbyshire.
RE: What have you done today with your Austin Seven - RupertW - 03-09-2021
Feeling fairly pleased after getting the charging system working on the chummy project today. I'm using a mismash of components and a modern diode in place of the non functioning cut-out so the wiring diagrams are only of limited help. Ammeter is showing a charge, reduced half charge when selected, and no discharge so I'm assuming I got things round the right way eventually. It's now all apart again so I can put it together again neatly with armoured cable rather than various bits of an old mini wiring loom!
RE: What have you done today with your Austin Seven - David Stepney - 03-09-2021
Whilst fettling my car the other day (see my previous post and photos), I decided to have a go at sorting out the radiator filler cap, which has leaked since I have had the car, blowing bubbles and leaving brown water stains all down the sides of the radiator. The previous owner made a home-made clip from some stainless steel to secure it which actually works very well. So I dismantled it, turned the sealing washer upside down and found two suitable self-locking nuts to fit it all back together. During this operation, I found that it matters which way round the clip should be fitted, as the securing holes are not quite symmetrical. Once that was sorted, the cap now fits quite snugly.
So today, I took the little car to Wrexham, a round trip of some 60 miles, to see if the problem was cured. Happy to report that it is.
Somehow, doing these silly ten minute jobs to cure a minor annoyance are just as satisfying as sorting the major items.
I have now travelled almost 15000 miles in my Seven since buying it almost three years ago. I have no idea where the miles have come from, but I like to run it at least once a week just to keep it in trim. It is now due for a major service, which I shall do shortly. To this end I have purchased some Champion D21 plugs ( as recommended by Ruaridh) but, unfortunately, when they arrived today, one of them was chipped. I have emailed the supplier, but will speak to them on Monday and hopefully they will send a replacement. The car is already going very well, but I shall see if a change of plug will make any difference.
RE: What have you done today with your Austin Seven - Bob Culver - 04-09-2021
Identify with Ruairidh's comment re braking. Until recently when I inherited the wife's Jazz, near all my driving has been in the Seven, a Javelin, and a SuperMinx, the latter with disc brakes...unassisted. After 60 years of conditioning to stamp on the pedal at the first hint of trouble the Jazz is a challenge. As is returning to the Minx, when about 1 sec reaction time is now regularly lost.