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Location: Peak District, Derbyshire
Car type: 1929 Chummy, 1930 Chummy, 1930 Ulster Replica, 1934 Ruby
Well, it's a lovely day here in the Peak District. Not a cloud in sight, -1C, and would be a great time for a drive if it were not for the salty roads. So, to fill a corner, what do we know about the different makes of engines that have been fitted to the A7 over the past decades?
I know that several American Austin 7s have been converted into V8 hot rods - leaving little of the original car save for some body parts - but I was wondering what engines have been used that needed little in the way of other serious modifications?
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Define "serious modification"...
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Location: Sherwood Forest
Car type: 1938 Talbot Ten Airline
Reliant side-valve, Reliant ohv, Ford 8/10hp side-valve, BMC A-Series for starters...
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Car type: 1929 Chummy, 1930 Chummy, 1930 Ulster Replica, 1934 Ruby
Rather than the rather difficult business of defining 'serious modification', perhaps it might be better to list what's left as original. e.g. Apart from ****** engine, stiffer springs, a Getrag 6-speed gearbox, and a shortened propshaft, the car was entirely unmodified".
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Kubota 3 cyl to give 120 mpg?
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In that case, the following have been achieved:
Riley 9
Jap
Reliant S/V and OHV
3 cylinder 2-stroke
Variety of A-Series engines
Lister
Ford V8
Austin straight 8
Austin V8
Rosengart
Electric
Honda V-Twin
Rudge
I will think on the others.
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Car type: Race Ulster, 1926 Special, 1927 Chummy, 1930 Box
Can add Ford Model A to that list. I always thought a certain 1100cc French engine would be good. Especially as I could enter VSCC events as an Austin Ruby.
Alan Fairless
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Or a certain Belgian engine, and then it could be an Austin Pipe. More detail please, exactly what Lister? An HR3 whether with marine gearbox or otherwise, would require quite a lot of chassis modification
