What have you done today with your Austin Seven

[Alan]

Shavington is the next village to us and I’ve just been there in the Chum for 2 1/2 gallons of liquid gold that cost 20 quid.

[Hedd_Jones]

We should re instigate going to the pub your way Alan.

[Alan]

Good idea

[Dave Mann]

and I thought £18.00 for 2.5 gallons of petrol was expensive in Stockport.

[Alan]

Yeah but you use the cheap stuff!?

[Hedd_Jones]

We went shopping again in the chummy last night it being nice and sunny.

Daughter promptly decided I needed to pick her up from School in an Austin today.

So I strolled over earlier and got the RL out of the lock up. Will go and fetch her in half an hour or so.

   

   

[Malcolm Parker]

I spent this morning preparing the new engine for the Ulster rep prior to getting it on the test bed.   Whilst looking for a few bits and pieces I found the first of the wedged low comp heads that I did.  This head was on the engine with the pressure fed Reliant crank, fitted when the supercharger was removed.   As wedged heads were discussed a short while ago, I have taken some photographs which clearly show the shape of the combustion chamber.   The CR is in the region of 7 :1.   I seem to recall seeing a photograph of an original GE Brooklands head and the shape of the combustion chamber was very similar.  It is a long time ago so I may be wrong.   For those interested the head is 37.5mm deep on the nearside and 33.5mm deep on the offside.            

[Austin in the Shed]

Blimey Malcolm,the woodworm are big in Yorkshire !

[Ivor Hawkins]

After cleaning up the valves, and building a new choke cable which actually works, fired the car up and I’m still suffering a sticking valve...after a couple of minutes it frees itself up and after that the motor runs fine, so went for a blast...the oil pressure is up against the stop when the motor is cold but after a couple of miles settles down to between 5 and 7 psi, ticking over at about 2 psi, so I’m going to put some more miles on the old bus and see if using it every day frees things up.

Even after all these years, I still love driving a Seven.

[Howard Wright]

Hi All

It’s the VSCC Edwardian and Light Car meeting here in Llandod this weekend.  Took a stroll down to the Metropole Hotel to see the cars arriving.  Lots and lots of Sevens, but this Salmson caught my eye.  Single door coupe with lovely proportions. 

Cheers

Howard


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PS Can’t understand why it’s on its side!