04-06-2018, 08:30 PM
The modified front axle was copied off the Green Job which has a chassis number that dates as 1926, I'd guess it started off life as a Chummy and was built into its current single seater firm circa 1949. There is a second such car around, the sister car to ours actually. Both have the same upside down front axles. Back in the day they cut a second axle to get the necessary extensions to weld onto the axle so as to get the 'drop' they wanted.
When we decided to build the Blue Job we thought about copying the Works tubular axle, but lack of a milling machine at home meant that we hit our first obstacle. So we decided to copy the one on the Green Job. Not wanting to cut up a second axle we asked my talented engineering friend Steven to fabricate suitable extensions to carry the front spring. He made these out of old two liter Alfa conrod little ends. We fabricated the the radius rods to suit the new axle. I suppose one day I'll look at machining a tubular front axle for it, but to be honest I've got a heap of other projects in the queue.... I think I'd rather rebuild the '28 R Type Top Hat saloon....
The trailer was another of Steven's designs, tows like a dream. Was designed to tow an Alfa Giulia race car. The mudguards are mine, every trailer I've ever dealt with has cracked or broken mudguards, I used a worn out Goodyear Wrangler commercial tyre out of the scrap bin at my local tyre place. cut the sidewalks out with a craft knife, cutting the steel belt casing in half was a bit more challenging. It was worth it as in 16 years I've never had to replace a mudguard. I broke a bracket clipping a fence, but that was my fault....
After several years of building early Alfa Giulietta's, it's been really fun to get back into Austin Sevens again.
Cheers
Greig
When we decided to build the Blue Job we thought about copying the Works tubular axle, but lack of a milling machine at home meant that we hit our first obstacle. So we decided to copy the one on the Green Job. Not wanting to cut up a second axle we asked my talented engineering friend Steven to fabricate suitable extensions to carry the front spring. He made these out of old two liter Alfa conrod little ends. We fabricated the the radius rods to suit the new axle. I suppose one day I'll look at machining a tubular front axle for it, but to be honest I've got a heap of other projects in the queue.... I think I'd rather rebuild the '28 R Type Top Hat saloon....
The trailer was another of Steven's designs, tows like a dream. Was designed to tow an Alfa Giulia race car. The mudguards are mine, every trailer I've ever dealt with has cracked or broken mudguards, I used a worn out Goodyear Wrangler commercial tyre out of the scrap bin at my local tyre place. cut the sidewalks out with a craft knife, cutting the steel belt casing in half was a bit more challenging. It was worth it as in 16 years I've never had to replace a mudguard. I broke a bracket clipping a fence, but that was my fault....
After several years of building early Alfa Giulietta's, it's been really fun to get back into Austin Sevens again.
Cheers
Greig