This takes me back 60 years to fettling my 1927 A7. I was watching the box being unpacked and hoping to see a Bowdenex brake kit😂. Thanks for bringing back my youth.

Wow !!! Great work guys, better than new 👍 Love the workshop 😍

Hi Tom, I'm slow to get caught up on videos... It's interesting to see you lifting and holding parts for the little beast. It shows the scale of the vehicle well. That type 30 in the shop is stunning. :) It sure looked like you enjoyed that drive in Simon's car.

@Metal_shaper_tom

4 ай бұрын

Hello joe Yes the drive was good fun! Yeah it is small thankfully! 😅 with the boat tail I’m making and the slightly longer front this will be one of the longer ones lol 😂

Great video Tom 👍👍. (What’s my hair like😂😂).

@Metal_shaper_tom

5 ай бұрын

Top marks for watching all the way to the end! (Well at least having it on in the background 😂)

Thsnks for showing us your endeavours. WIll be watching closely.

@Metal_shaper_tom

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching 👍

Been ages since I did mine, but what I do remember is fighting the brake springs.

Amazing progress!!! Simon seems to know how big a hammer for each bit. Engine looks like it belongs in there and I love those rear chassis extensions. The one but I winced at was driving without goggles, or cycling glasses, or what I use cycling which is Toolstation safety specs.

@Metal_shaper_tom

5 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍 I wasn’t going quick enough to warrant glasses 😂 I get what you mean though.

Nice one guys 👍

@Metal_shaper_tom

5 ай бұрын

Cheers trev 👍

Great to see you back at it Tom, well done.

@Metal_shaper_tom

5 ай бұрын

Thanks bob 👍

In for the video

Good to watch some great progress with this project.

good progress - would have liked and explanation on what you were doing to the clutch release arm and also what was being welded when you were lying under the front end...

@Metal_shaper_tom

5 ай бұрын

Thanks I was welding up the new radius arms and the clutch release we were swapping over to the more modern style as this was a replacement gearbox and had an older style in it.

Excellent progress. Looking forward to more videos. The Austin 7 seems well supported with replacement parts. Just curious what product you chose for chassis primer? Also, would like to know and see more about the friction shocks.

@Metal_shaper_tom

5 ай бұрын

I can’t remember the primer used unfortunately

Great work to be sure. All the best.

Would you consider of fitting bigger front brakes while your doing such excellent work loved the video Happy Christmas Lads, sorry stupid question i just saw the wheels with the drums built in to them .

@Metal_shaper_tom

5 ай бұрын

Hi Dave . I think in this situation everything is new and should work well ,if down the line I’m not happy I know there’s a hydraulic conversion that people do

@daviddjerassi

5 ай бұрын

Wow that's interesting i will wait and see Thanks.@@Metal_shaper_tom

Excellent! All coming together nicely, can't wait for the body to take shape again. I wonder if thats the same engine type I had in my Reliant mk6 van decades ago?

@Metal_shaper_tom

5 ай бұрын

Possibly! I know there is a 650,750 and this was a later 850

Have you got a video on using a slapper? I’m looking for an Austin chassis with v5 and want to make my own body too!

@Metal_shaper_tom

5 ай бұрын

I have but , look in my older videos. I’m using it go remove a dent. I’ll be using them to make the body soon

@EddieMorley159

5 ай бұрын

sweet cant wait. I saw you on swamp rats video too so knew I was still in the right place, keep it up bud!@@Metal_shaper_tom

Sound was poor, especially in the van. It was a good video though, you got a lot done.

@Metal_shaper_tom

5 ай бұрын

Couldn’t do much about that at the time and it was still worth sticking in the video. Thank

What was it that you were dissattisfied about the parts from A7 components?

@Metal_shaper_tom

2 ай бұрын

Poor quality and poorly finished. I think for the money i could of made them myself. Just my opinion not trying to influence others

Pardon, completely unfamiliar with these cars... so it uses cable actuated brakes? Not just for the parking brake?

@Metal_shaper_tom

5 ай бұрын

Yes that correct 👍