23-01-2019, 10:12 PM
An immediate piece of advice from experience is to get a set of cast iron drums from Tony Betts.
Coupled vs uncoupled brakes on a Seven is the sort of thing being chatted about in a pub car park in Ludlow on Sunday morning. For trialling, being able to operate rear wheel brakes separately is very desirable, making reversing down a not quite climbed hill significantly less "character forming". Any trialling Seven I've encountered has either kept uncoupled or if a later car, had the brakes de-coupled. Some other cable braked cars originally built as coupled have had separate rear brake application added by owners. Those of us daft enough to trial 2CVs have a big challenge, with handbrake operating on the front wheels of a front wheel drive car. Cadence braking in reverse is a necessary skill.
How did the other forum contributors get on trialling on the Clee Hills on Sunday? Were we alone in finding the green lane and track sections between hills, particularly on the Long Mynd, badly chewed up probably by the off road Landies? I enjoyed sledging Sunday, with the sump guard sliding down the middle between deep ruts, steering provided by the sides of the wheels pushed by the ruts as the wheels did not touch the ground. How did Sevens without sump guards get on?
Sorry but I was unable to get useable snaps of the competing Sevens for the forum, the mist was so thick and the light levels so gloomy that even a modern camera couldn't cope.
Coupled vs uncoupled brakes on a Seven is the sort of thing being chatted about in a pub car park in Ludlow on Sunday morning. For trialling, being able to operate rear wheel brakes separately is very desirable, making reversing down a not quite climbed hill significantly less "character forming". Any trialling Seven I've encountered has either kept uncoupled or if a later car, had the brakes de-coupled. Some other cable braked cars originally built as coupled have had separate rear brake application added by owners. Those of us daft enough to trial 2CVs have a big challenge, with handbrake operating on the front wheels of a front wheel drive car. Cadence braking in reverse is a necessary skill.
How did the other forum contributors get on trialling on the Clee Hills on Sunday? Were we alone in finding the green lane and track sections between hills, particularly on the Long Mynd, badly chewed up probably by the off road Landies? I enjoyed sledging Sunday, with the sump guard sliding down the middle between deep ruts, steering provided by the sides of the wheels pushed by the ruts as the wheels did not touch the ground. How did Sevens without sump guards get on?
Sorry but I was unable to get useable snaps of the competing Sevens for the forum, the mist was so thick and the light levels so gloomy that even a modern camera couldn't cope.