23-07-2024, 12:01 PM
Err-Different......That was my car - in 2012 when I sold it as a non running '32 RN saloon! I'd wondered what had happened to it. I nicknamed it 'The Irish Box' on account of its registration and it lasted 50 miles after I bought it, before a half shaft broke, and further inspection revealed it required a new CWP. The engine generated more smoke than the Red Arrows team and I decided to sell it (at a loss) and buy a more viable RP (Lulu) which is my daily drive.
I shudder to imaging the effect of powerful disc brakes on the slender 1/2" king pins, but at least the car survives and its new owner undoubtedly derives pleasure from it in its present form.
It's the second time this week that I have spotted the registration of a donor car that I've been associated with. WP2652 in a previous post is now an Ulster replica; was a '31 RM saloon 'shed find' that a friend owned in 1971 and introduced (and involved) me to all the pleasures of Austin Sevens.
It's a small world-looking forward to possible PMs.
Bob
I shudder to imaging the effect of powerful disc brakes on the slender 1/2" king pins, but at least the car survives and its new owner undoubtedly derives pleasure from it in its present form.
It's the second time this week that I have spotted the registration of a donor car that I've been associated with. WP2652 in a previous post is now an Ulster replica; was a '31 RM saloon 'shed find' that a friend owned in 1971 and introduced (and involved) me to all the pleasures of Austin Sevens.
It's a small world-looking forward to possible PMs.
Bob