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Ulster rear wing detail - JonE - 02-04-2022
Anyone got any comments on this image and the structural attachments for rear wing and exhaust?
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RE: Ulster rear wing detail - Mike Costigan - 02-04-2022
Is this an Australian car/photograph? It's certainly not a standard Longbridge-built EA.
As to your question, the sky-hooks are just out of shot...
RE: Ulster rear wing detail - JonE - 02-04-2022
dont know - its on the austin7ulster site homepage. But dash detail suggests such, doesnt it?
What are skyhooks, Mike?! I'm presuming there is a single attachment where the hood attachment would be - and the the exhaust and wing are connected at the back...
RE: Ulster rear wing detail - Henry Harris - 02-04-2022
This is not an Ulster.
It's an early version of the Harker special before the crash.
RE: Ulster rear wing detail - Howard Wright - 02-04-2022
(02-04-2022, 08:21 AM)JonE Wrote: dont know - its on the austin7ulster site homepage. But dash detail suggests such, doesnt it?
What are skyhooks, Mike?! I'm presuming there is a single attachment where the hood attachment would be - and the the exhaust and wing are connected at the back...
Hi Jon
Sky hooks ……Imaginary supports often used when conventional fastenings defy attachment
.I used them in my structural engineering days to confound my boss and confuse architects!
Cheers
Howard
RE: Ulster rear wing detail - Duncan Grimmond - 02-04-2022
Aye, we used to keep our sky hooks in the box with the long weights, buckets of blast, tartan paint, log-holes, the key for the keelson and the glass nails...
Pepy's Diary makes numerous references to his joiners who were slow in starting work on his new house because the were waiting for the "scantlins" to be delivered. It took him six weeks to discover that the said scantlings were not critical pieces of equipment or materials but dimensions...
RE: Ulster rear wing detail - Steve kay - 02-04-2022
Sky hooks are a French mechanism that, whilst not clearly visible, prevent a 2CV getting any further over onto its side than gently rubbing the door handles. They can also be used by a certain VSCC auto test driver to return his Seven to all four of its wheels before crossing the finishing line.
RE: Ulster rear wing detail - JonE - 02-04-2022
(02-04-2022, 08:26 AM)Henry Harris Wrote: This is not an Ulster.
It's an early version of the Harker special before the crash.
Sorry - I was using it in a slack derogatory sense! And car irrelevant (other than Harker may be documented).
The questions still apply. Are they perhaps attached to a side-side cross beam?
RE: Ulster rear wing detail - Belinni - 02-04-2022
I understand this photo may have been taken in the Harry Ferguson garage in Belfast, somewhat off topic but I’d love to know where could I find out more on the history of this car, was this the 1929 Super Sports
Special?
RE: Ulster rear wing detail - Henry Harris - 02-04-2022
(02-04-2022, 12:31 PM)Belinni Wrote: I understand this photo may have been taken in the Harry Ferguson garage in Belfast, somewhat off topic but I’d love to know where could I find out more on the history of this car, was this the 1929 Super Sports
Special?
I don't think this is Ferguson's garage in Belfast.
The car is the Super Sports VP 1819 after its 3rd or 4th modification and re-registered VK 5610 still with Austin 7 chassis but with V8 engine and non Austin front axle.
I made copy negs of Harker's photo album for an article in the 750 Bulletin, November 1982, where more info can be found.
This is the whole image. The original Super Sports dash can be made out.
Front view...
After the crash...