05-05-2020, 03:31 AM
Wow Chaps! What a response.
All of this is most helpful, in particular the article on overhauling the box.
The first thing to reiterate is that the picture is not of my car :-(. Our Seven is a much less radical Special, but lovely for that. I will post some pics when I can get it out of the garage again on a nice day.
I would also say that I have no prior experience of driving Sevens. The keenest steering I regularly experience s a '72 Porsche 911. That car is amazing, but anywhere over 90 it becomes pretty intimidating, particularly where there are crosswinds. I do expect a car from the 30's to be an altogether different experience and was not expecting perfection, but I do feel that something is amiss with ours. My Dad drove many Sevens for the first 10 years of his driving career and he remarked this felt wayward.
I will need to strip down a little in order to get to the box and then have a proper look at it.
I will report back and also post some pictures when I have a moment. Lock-down means I can now actually take time away from the office at the weekends and it is that which got me this far - starting the car for the first time in perhaps 8 years. How time flies when you get distracted with life!
All of this is most helpful, in particular the article on overhauling the box.
The first thing to reiterate is that the picture is not of my car :-(. Our Seven is a much less radical Special, but lovely for that. I will post some pics when I can get it out of the garage again on a nice day.
I would also say that I have no prior experience of driving Sevens. The keenest steering I regularly experience s a '72 Porsche 911. That car is amazing, but anywhere over 90 it becomes pretty intimidating, particularly where there are crosswinds. I do expect a car from the 30's to be an altogether different experience and was not expecting perfection, but I do feel that something is amiss with ours. My Dad drove many Sevens for the first 10 years of his driving career and he remarked this felt wayward.
I will need to strip down a little in order to get to the box and then have a proper look at it.
I will report back and also post some pictures when I have a moment. Lock-down means I can now actually take time away from the office at the weekends and it is that which got me this far - starting the car for the first time in perhaps 8 years. How time flies when you get distracted with life!