Austin 7 Box saloon,

[v8ian]

Yep, the Bleed nipple will be extended outside of the bell housing, and, if I can find a decent on, I will connect the feed with a dry break connector for ease of removal and assembly

[bstardchild]

May 22, 2015 17:52:47 GMT v8ian said:

Yep, the Bleed nipple will be extended outside of the bell housing, and, if I can find a decent on, I will connect the feed with a dry break connector for ease of removal and assembly

I figured you would - bleeding it would be a cow otherwise - nice work on this

[v8ian]

Starting to look like a car again,

[code109]

Just awesome! read the whole thing start to finish for the first time just and its just awesome

[Paul Y]

Sept 20, 2015 13:16:12 GMT v8ian said:

Starting to look like a car again,

I love this picture.

Looking forward to the next round of updates.

P.

[Frankenhealey]

Nice to see an update. This is one of my favourite threads

[mylittletony]

Hello!

Is this still in existence? Have you made any progress or are you 100% on the "quick" build van?

[Granadamk2]

Just read this all the way through again - amazing skills. Hope it's still with you!

[strikey]

Feb 14, 2015 19:30:17 GMT v8ian said:

I suppose I had better update, not much to show for loads of work, I have deleted my dissy, and fitted a crank trigger, made bracketry for the sensor, all trying to make it hidden from view, and if not hidden made to look period 30s, I will show more when I can get my camera to talk to my upgraded computer.... whoopee,
Today I have been trying to sort out my instruments, sorry for the shonkey pics, they are off my phone,
This is what I started with, a Austin Ruby dash panel....squint it becomes clearer,

with careful application of grinders, saws, files, snips and shears, I managed to remove the inside of the dash leaving a rim about 8mm wide and 3mm high, about 0.5mm thick, very carefully welded it to a piece of 1.2 zintec and cleaned up, cut holes for dials, ending up with this...

The 80mph speedo is in fact a 8k rev counter, with internals from a late smiths tach, I hope I can fill the 2 holes with something to hold a shift light and perhaps another idiot light or two. Question time, the smaller oil and amp gauges are the style I want, but not the right function I want, I would like temp and fuel gauges in the same AC style.... does anybody have any tucked away??

if she is likely to come off the back burner , I will have a rummage in some boxes , I may just have something lurking?!

[samta22]

Stunning work Ian, I too have just come across this and read through from the start. Cap well and truly doffed.

Am guessing the van has been taking up a lot of time but really hoping this is still in the background somewhere.

[paulthewall]

i hope you still have it.

Thought the pic of the inspiration car looked familiar, The Formula 750 Forrest,

[Deleted]

Wow 😃
Don't know how this managed to stay off my Radar for so long. When you mentioned the Austin that the bike engine had been destined to go in,I didn't realise you pretty much built it,I thought it was just an idea 😳
Good to see where the Tl1000 engine had been in its past,but the cylinders full of water is a bit disconcerting. Hope that doesn't come back to bite me 🤔

[jonomisfit]

I got excited then hoping there was an update.

Still waiting patiently for the next instalment and the end comparison of who's machine is lower once were both done!