1961 Austin Se7en
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AustinSe7en
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Re: 1961 Austin Se7en
Rear subframe
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AustinSe7en
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Re: 1961 Austin Se7en
Trial fitting of the front
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AustinSe7en
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Re: 1961 Austin Se7en
Manifolds on, and started fitting the master cylinders only to find the remaining pipe for the brake master isn’t long enough!
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AustinSe7en
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Re: 1961 Austin Se7en
Flitting around all over the place!
Got to get some cupronickel pipe for the master cylinder, so thought I would offer the exhaust up.......
Got to get some cupronickel pipe for the master cylinder, so thought I would offer the exhaust up.......
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AustinSe7en
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Re: 1961 Austin Se7en
Had a centre exit Peco back in the day, so thought I’d go back to a side exit. Loving the look of it!!
Can’t wait to hear what it sounds like
Better get me finger out this weekend!
Can’t wait to hear what it sounds like
Better get me finger out this weekend!
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AustinSe7en
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Re: 1961 Austin Se7en
Whipped the carb apart last thing today to stick in the ultrasonic cleaner overnight.
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Re: 1961 Austin Se7en
Awesome standard of restoration. This is the bee's kneesAustinSe7en wrote: ↑Fri Sep 18, 2020 9:11 pm Flitting around all over the place!
Got to get some cupronickel pipe for the master cylinder, so thought I would offer the exhaust up.......
No wonder, as you seem to even defy gravity
and BTW thanks for the reminder to go shopping before Lidl closes 
Yes I am a nerd: I am researching the Austrian Mini-racing scene of the 60s and 70s
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jay weinstein
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Re: 1961 Austin Se7en
Very nice work you're doing...You must feel very happy restoring your car
that you've had for 30 years.
that you've had for 30 years.
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AustinSe7en
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Re: 1961 Austin Se7en
Thanks everyone for all your comments!
Thoroughly enjoying myself and can’t wait to drive it.
Getting on really well, but still lots to do!
Bits all over the place here!
Thoroughly enjoying myself and can’t wait to drive it.
Getting on really well, but still lots to do!
Bits all over the place here!
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AustinSe7en
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Re: 1961 Austin Se7en
Brought the doors down from the back office to get them ready to go back on.
Knocked up some stainless studs and lock-tighted them in for under the wings.
Upside down to run a bit of waxoyle under the seams of the window sliding channel.
Point of interest - Cannot recommend the hinge gaskets from Miniworld Manufacturing highly enough!!
The generic ones that everyone seems to sell disintegrated after they were trial fitted and really did not fit well.
These ones are brilliant!!
Knocked up some stainless studs and lock-tighted them in for under the wings.
Upside down to run a bit of waxoyle under the seams of the window sliding channel.
Point of interest - Cannot recommend the hinge gaskets from Miniworld Manufacturing highly enough!!
The generic ones that everyone seems to sell disintegrated after they were trial fitted and really did not fit well.
These ones are brilliant!!
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AustinSe7en
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AustinSe7en
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Re: 1961 Austin Se7en
That’s a bit more like it!
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AustinSe7en
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Re: 1961 Austin Se7en
Carb came out quite clean really.
Might have a bit of a go at polishing the dashpot at some point, but just wanted to try and get it fired up over the weekend.
Might have a bit of a go at polishing the dashpot at some point, but just wanted to try and get it fired up over the weekend.
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AustinSe7en
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Re: 1961 Austin Se7en
As ever, a fair bit of fiddling around to get things fitting a bit nicer than before.
Ended up using two abutment plates!
One for the cable (once fitted) mounted to the manifold face and one mounted the other side of the carb spacer to give a proper mounting point for the throttle return spring.
Fitted the powerspark dizzy and static timed it.
Slung on the Dynamator (so I had somewhere to rest the coil!)
Egg cup of fuel in the float chamber and ..........
it’s alive!!!
No hoses or coolant at the moment, so just ran it up to see how it sounds! And it sounds gooooood!!!
Ended up using two abutment plates!
One for the cable (once fitted) mounted to the manifold face and one mounted the other side of the carb spacer to give a proper mounting point for the throttle return spring.
Fitted the powerspark dizzy and static timed it.
Slung on the Dynamator (so I had somewhere to rest the coil!)
Egg cup of fuel in the float chamber and ..........
it’s alive!!!
No hoses or coolant at the moment, so just ran it up to see how it sounds! And it sounds gooooood!!!
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AustinSe7en
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Re: 1961 Austin Se7en
Bit of a trial fit with the coolant hoses to finish the weekend off.
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jay weinstein
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Re: 1961 Austin Se7en
Good work on getting running...looks very nice.
What are you going to use for an air filter?
What are you going to use for an air filter?
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Re: 1961 Austin Se7en
Thigh fit with the Carb 
What cooling hoses are these?
What cooling hoses are these?
I promise i won't buy another MkI...
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AustinSe7en
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Re: 1961 Austin Se7en
Thanks Jay, still got the offset K&N from when it was last on the road!jay weinstein wrote: ↑Mon Sep 21, 2020 5:09 pm Good work on getting running...looks very nice.
What are you going to use for an air filter?
Hoping to clean it up and re-use it!