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Austin Seven Special rebuild
theprisioner - 20/1/19 at 07:47 PM

My latest Austin Seven Rebuild woes

All comments welcomehttps://youtu.be/Jkdh4SQdKJg

Comments welcome

Riskyshift - 20/1/19 at 10:01 PM

Great video thanks!

Ian

JimM - 20/1/19 at 11:28 PM

Looking good Alastair ...

Mr Whippy - 21/1/19 at 12:11 PM

very nice, though knowing these chassis I'm not sure what substantial part of the car your roll bar is actually mounted to...? but at least you have something

theprisioner - 21/1/19 at 12:41 PM

The front is stiffened by the bulkhead fabricated in 1" SQ tubing forming a box shape around the front, the rear is stiffened by the Roll bar mountings, there is a cross brace for racing, plus extra stifening in the floor supports. The general layout can be checked out at: http://austin7special.blogspot.com/2015/12/rear-bulkhead-and-flo or-supports.html


The measured all up weight was about 330Kg with estimated 40bhp giving about 120bhp/ton I guess.

perksy - 21/1/19 at 08:42 PM

Enjoyed that

Nice to see some 'Old School'

Mr Whippy - 22/1/19 at 12:29 PM

oh well at least it can be easily changed back for little money... roll bar still looks stronger than the chassis extensions

steve m - 22/1/19 at 07:04 PM

Good project, and I would of watched it all, but the music is shyte, and too loud

nick205 - 23/1/19 at 03:03 PM

quote:
Originally posted by perksy
Enjoyed that

Nice to see some 'Old School'



Ditto - good to see an "old school" project.

Old boss of mine restored an Austin Speedy, which I believe was based on an Austin 7. Again interesting to see something older being worked on and used.