What have you done today with your Austin Seven

[David Stepney]

My Seven was first registered in Fife. It's a standard saloon without the sunroof. I can't decide whether this was because of the Scottish weather or natural parsimony.

[JohnD]

No Sunroof would have been handy this weekend ! 

 Of the 20 or so miles i did drive in the rain, the window wiper only sprung into life within the last mile! 

I did treat the window with a new bottle of Rain-x in the morning, but it didnt seem to work very well, the water did still hang on the window

[Reckless Rat]

You obviously weren't going fast enough!

I've thought many times about reinstating or fitting a sunroof on my RP, but to be honest the last thing you want down here when it's 30+ degrees outside is Mr Currant Bun bearing down on your bald napper. It's far better cruising with the windows down, the screen wide open and the air-con on full...

Reckless from slightly further south than Fife.

[Dave Mann]

Took the Seven down to the Moseley Railway Trust at Apedale today and managed a visit to the workshops & engine shed where I found this Austin Seven locomotive      it has a complete Seven chassis, engine gearbox and rear axle originally built for the Rhiwbach slate quarry and restored by the MRT. It even has a transmission brake      while the gearbox top has been replaced by one which gives forward and reverse only.

[Ruairidh Dunford]

Very interesting.

[Howard Wright]

Hi Dave

Do you think the Trust might have more information on the rebuild?  It would make a tremendous article for the Grey Mag.

Howard

[Tony Griffiths]

As Howard says, it would be most interesting to discover more.

[Steve kay]

        

   

Yesterday was the Serendipity gathering at Much Marcle, something like seventy cars arriving and departing, crews tending to keep dry inside the pub. There was a group of four senior gentlemen mostly named Paul who stayed inside a large Wolseley saloon eating crisps and sarnies, they did manage to stay dry. A range of Sevens, in one picture alongside some machinery from Pickersleigh Road. There were no Hudson wagon chassis with Seven engines fitted.

[Dave Mann]

It was Andrew Neale who helped MRT with it's rebuild so he will be able to provide the whole story Howard. here's a snippet from the Moseley Railway Trust website https://avlr.org.uk/moseley-railway-trus...tives/83-2.

[Ivor Hawkins]

Engine and gearbox is coming out today as I have a noisy thrust bearing, which I’ve been putting up with for two years, a cylinder head stud that’s gone “soft” and a persistent gearbox crunch changing from third to top, so that sounds like a worn synchro….and the fun part is that the car is fitted with a Nippy sump, so that’s got to come off before I can get the engine out.

Rosie wants me to go shopping, which I try to get out of, but I’m beginning to think it might be a good idea and I’ll start tomorrow!