19-12-2017, 08:48 PM
Many of the responses leave me incredulous.
Either the topic is publicised or not.
To discreetly shelve it would be irresponsible. If anyone got hurt would batter my conscience.
My original post hardly sensationalised the topic.
I dunno about the UK but in this over regulated country a fatality from a steering arm would likely bring legislation far more counter to Sevens and the old car movement generally than any cautions expressed by me.
The arm in my car broke at 60,000 miles. Sevens were bread and butter for wreckers at the time and they had masses of parts. Yet my father had to trudge around many city firms before eventually finding a replacement ...(which later proved to be cracked.) I doubt if most had been sold to replace ones which then non enthusiast owners had observed to be merely cracked.
With long mechanical association with most older cars a formidable list of known failures can eventually be compiled.
When I started on my Seven as a teenager I wish someone had regaled with the list. Amongst other things it would have avoided a broken crank and wrecked engine 3,000 miles after a rebuild, hub oil leaks, clutch slip, broken kingpin etc etc.
For decades I ran a Jowett car as everyday transport. If regaled with the list at the outset at least one gearbox re rebuild, two engine re rebuilds and a wrecked crankcase, and many awkward in situ component replacements would likely have been avoided.
It is indisputable that compared to many others and particularly moderns, Sevens are relatively fragile, unreliable and dangerous. As with riding motor bikes, the fun is attended with some heightened risk. But some risks can be avoided.
Our local RSA (a social Club open to all) has a vintage TQ Seven based speedway car on display in the foyer. I can see a crack in the painted steering arm....
Either the topic is publicised or not.
To discreetly shelve it would be irresponsible. If anyone got hurt would batter my conscience.
My original post hardly sensationalised the topic.
I dunno about the UK but in this over regulated country a fatality from a steering arm would likely bring legislation far more counter to Sevens and the old car movement generally than any cautions expressed by me.
The arm in my car broke at 60,000 miles. Sevens were bread and butter for wreckers at the time and they had masses of parts. Yet my father had to trudge around many city firms before eventually finding a replacement ...(which later proved to be cracked.) I doubt if most had been sold to replace ones which then non enthusiast owners had observed to be merely cracked.
With long mechanical association with most older cars a formidable list of known failures can eventually be compiled.
When I started on my Seven as a teenager I wish someone had regaled with the list. Amongst other things it would have avoided a broken crank and wrecked engine 3,000 miles after a rebuild, hub oil leaks, clutch slip, broken kingpin etc etc.
For decades I ran a Jowett car as everyday transport. If regaled with the list at the outset at least one gearbox re rebuild, two engine re rebuilds and a wrecked crankcase, and many awkward in situ component replacements would likely have been avoided.
It is indisputable that compared to many others and particularly moderns, Sevens are relatively fragile, unreliable and dangerous. As with riding motor bikes, the fun is attended with some heightened risk. But some risks can be avoided.
Our local RSA (a social Club open to all) has a vintage TQ Seven based speedway car on display in the foyer. I can see a crack in the painted steering arm....