I'm not surprised that some owners feel vulnerable in their Sevens, prior to 1994 our sevens had the usual extra lights mounted on the rear number plate brackets for stop and indicator functions for which I had a stock of spare lenses to replace those broken by dozy drivers. Something had to be done after I was nearly wiped out by an HGV whilst stopped at a pelican crossing on the 30 mph limit A6 in Stockport. That's when I realised that the HGV driver's eye's were 12' above the road and my rear lights were 12” above the road. The something was to remove the lights from the number plate supports and mount them on a white painted board clamped to the spare wheel. It's doesn't look pretty but it served it's purpose I wasn't prepared for the result close encounters of a modern kind were a thing of the past. The light board is fed by a standard trailer plug and can be removed in seconds leaving the rear of the car as built.
I once attended the funeral of a club member in a town I didn't know and after the funeral a Ruby owner offered to lead me to the gathering afterwards. Yes the Ruby had indicators mounted on the bumper in front of the stop lights and were invisible until he started to turn.
There is a clip on You Tube of 3 open Sevens entering a roundabout from the nearside lane of 3 lanes which is clearly marked for the first exit, do they indicate their intentions no and proceed to take the second exit. The last one was close to being wiped out but for the prompt action of a modern already on the roundabout.
The Rist horns are very nice but reside in a drawer in my workshop and our cars have twin trumpet air horns which can compete with those on HGVs, one blast of them usually scares the miscreate to death.
It all depends on the A road, I regularly use the A6 from Stockport to Whaley Bridge and most times I'm trailing along at 20/25 mph behind a load of moderns. While the A6 south of Buxton is a 50 mph single carriageway apart from a short dual carriageway at Taddington where I was making a steady 30 mph up hill when an SUV flew past me. I continued on my way to Buxton doing a steady 40 mph up Ashwood Dale and soon caught the SUV up maintaining 30 mph.
I once attended the funeral of a club member in a town I didn't know and after the funeral a Ruby owner offered to lead me to the gathering afterwards. Yes the Ruby had indicators mounted on the bumper in front of the stop lights and were invisible until he started to turn.
There is a clip on You Tube of 3 open Sevens entering a roundabout from the nearside lane of 3 lanes which is clearly marked for the first exit, do they indicate their intentions no and proceed to take the second exit. The last one was close to being wiped out but for the prompt action of a modern already on the roundabout.
The Rist horns are very nice but reside in a drawer in my workshop and our cars have twin trumpet air horns which can compete with those on HGVs, one blast of them usually scares the miscreate to death.
It all depends on the A road, I regularly use the A6 from Stockport to Whaley Bridge and most times I'm trailing along at 20/25 mph behind a load of moderns. While the A6 south of Buxton is a 50 mph single carriageway apart from a short dual carriageway at Taddington where I was making a steady 30 mph up hill when an SUV flew past me. I continued on my way to Buxton doing a steady 40 mph up Ashwood Dale and soon caught the SUV up maintaining 30 mph.