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1936 Austin 7 twin cam racer
By: peterL Date: March 5, 2022, 2:09 pm
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5th March 2022 is a historic day for UK Cyclekarts. Having just
returned from the first meeting to formalise the status of the
previously ad-hoc arrangements of events it marks the start of a
new era for UK cyclekarting.
Particular thanks are due to the founding group of UK
Cyclekarters, who have not only put the UK scene on a form
footing, but inspired new builders like me with help and advice.
But that's not the only bit of history being made today, it
seemed an appropriate time to break cover with my cyclekart
build, as the part finished chassis was at the Gaydon meet
today.
Starting on Wednesday, in the form of a build diary covering the
last 9 months, is the weekly progress of my build to date, and
hopefully all the way up to completion.
There's a brief prequel video on YouTube, to introduce myself,
and the kart build, you are welcome to come and join me on the
journey.
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fblmtn3Bwd0
So wish me luck, the updates will be a week apart, on
Wednesdays, I already have several months of video completed.
Next Wednesday I'm kicking off with an introduction, to give an
idea of who I am, what makes me tick.
Peter
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Re: 1936 Austin 7 twin cam racer
By: peterL Date: March 16, 2022, 9:50 am
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Having done a brief Introduction and idea of who I am, and where
I'm coming from last week,
HTML https://youtu.be/qI9dxM6QokM
I am introducing my 'Inspirational car' this week. If you do
nothing else check out the Austin Motors footage from 1936 at
about 14 minutes in, it's well worth a watch.
HTML https://youtu.be/WJG9lWgFPjY
Peter
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Re: 1936 Austin 7 twin cam racer
By: peterL Date: March 23, 2022, 8:17 am
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Week 3 May 2021
having established that I was going to build a cyclekart, I'm
showing how I got the full sized plans sorted. Being a model
maker first, and cyclekart builder second, means I have some
conflict, as I want to make a scale model of my inspirational
car, but I know I won't then fit in it, so there will have to be
compromise, but hopefully not too much.
.
HTML https://youtu.be/R7ku7QCCmns
Peter
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Re: 1936 Austin 7 twin cam racer
By: RhysN Date: March 23, 2022, 10:23 am
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Hi Peter, was interested to see the JZR. I bought a very basic
kit of bits from John Ziemba, shipped it to NZ and built it up
to roadworthy an used it for a few years. It was then bought by
a guy in Australia who messed with it, he installed a Harley,
then wrote me an email to say he ad "stuffed up a really good
car and made a pig". (Stuffed was not the word he used.)
Good luck with the 7.
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Re: 1936 Austin 7 twin cam racer
By: peterL Date: April 15, 2022, 9:29 am
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I have done a few uploads of the build diaries since the last
post, firstly almost a year ago, I had to resolve the issues of
nowhere to build, nowhere to store, and no means to transport a
cyclekart,
HTML https://youtu.be/VLJxrWrgGrQ
and I'm happy to report that the solutions to build and storage
appear to have been sorted
[attach=1]
Next up was to see if I could fit in such a small car,
HTML https://youtu.be/diTlxgAf0ys
And then I finally pushed the button on some frivolous purchases
to get some commitment.
HTML https://youtu.be/SwVi_9uAfx8
And it's almost a year to the day that I have finally built one
of those purchases into the nosecone.
[attach=2]
Things are starting to move on the cyclekart now, with pretty
much all of the front end resolved and getting assembled for the
last time before I can get a rolling chassis tested.
[attach=3]
And don't get upset about the Suzuki 600 in the front, it's only
for a dummy engine!
Peter
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Re: 1936 Austin 7 twin cam racer
By: peterL Date: June 24, 2022, 11:16 am
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Well a year ago to the day I sat in the garage in a collection
of scrap plywood, to see of an 80% scale twin cam was viable.
[attach=1]
Progress has not been as quick as I hoped, but there was a major
milestone achieved today, we have a rolling chassis.
[attach=2]
And more importantly I can get in and out - just.
[attach=3]
Peter
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Re: 1936 Austin 7 twin cam racer
By: Applejack Date: June 24, 2022, 12:42 pm
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Looking good Peter, like the front axle set up. How did you make
the front grill. Graham A.
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Re: 1936 Austin 7 twin cam racer
By: peterL Date: June 24, 2022, 2:57 pm
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quote author=Applejack link=topic=777.msg7112#msg7112
date=1656092533]
Looking good Peter, like the front axle set up. How did you make
the front grill. Graham A.
[/quote]
It's still a work in progress, but it's essentially a cake
cooling rack. The problem is that it's a weave, but the pieces
are only attached at the perimeter of the frame so it tends to
fall apart when you cut it up.
At present it's held together with a mix of cyno or solder at
the intersections, but holding the grille in place is the
current job. I've cut a thin plywood ring to fit in the cowl,
but we're not quite there yet.
Peter
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Re: 1936 Austin 7 twin cam racer
By: peterL Date: June 24, 2022, 3:11 pm
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The cowl itself is glassfibre, from a plaster, foam and plywood
buck, from which the nosecone was laid up.
[attach=1]
[attach=2]
[attach=3]
Peter
Peter
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Re: 1936 Austin 7 twin cam racer
By: sylvaman Date: June 26, 2022, 7:46 am
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[quote author=Seven racer link=topic=777.msg7111#msg7111
date=1656087403]
Well a year ago to the day I sat in the garage in a collection
of scrap plywood, to see of an 80% scale twin cam was viable.
[attach=1]
Progress has not been as quick as I hoped, but there was a major
milestone achieved today, we have a rolling chassis.
[attach=2]
And more importantly I can get in and out - just.
[attach=3]
Peter
[/quote]
Well done Peter. A top achievement ;D
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