01-09-2018, 08:46 PM
Hi
Thanks Nick. If the rebores lasted 60K, this would put the mileage covered by a block with 5 rebores at 300K+. This sounds high? The car was less than three years old when the war started and petrol rationing went on until 1950. If the car covered, say, 12K per year between 1937 and 1940 and then from 1950 to 1960, it would still only have covered 3 x 12K + 10 x 2.5K (based on a ration of 5 gallons a month) + 10 x 12K = 180K. So it seem unlikely that many late Sevens did more than about 200K over the years, and the survivors generally less?
Colin
Thanks Nick. If the rebores lasted 60K, this would put the mileage covered by a block with 5 rebores at 300K+. This sounds high? The car was less than three years old when the war started and petrol rationing went on until 1950. If the car covered, say, 12K per year between 1937 and 1940 and then from 1950 to 1960, it would still only have covered 3 x 12K + 10 x 2.5K (based on a ration of 5 gallons a month) + 10 x 12K = 180K. So it seem unlikely that many late Sevens did more than about 200K over the years, and the survivors generally less?
Colin