Hot Rods Anyone build An Austin Seven (1930-ish) Hot Rod?

The Cycle Car Thread is over 15 years old I believe, has many avid HAMB followers.

 

That doesn't make it traditional.

 

that little red single-seater is gorgeous

 

Or this?

 

WOW! Welcome to the HAMB! I'd like to see the welding equipment used on that Willys. Bob

 

If you want sit in it rather than on your single seat A7 it's usually done like this:



On the left side shorten one axle shaft and turn a new hub taper and machine a new Woodruffe keyway. On the right side cut two axle shafts and get the two bits friction welded together. Then cut and weld the casing as in the photo. The Austin 'works' racing cars had a very similar offset driveline setup from the early 30s.

 

Thank you. Very unique.

 

I shaped the Willys up in 22 gage and gas welded with a Henrob, but then shelved it to convert the avatar into a coupe. Evidently that is not permitted here although I spotted some Anglias and Dorsets in the Traditional Thread.
Sorry.

 

Glad we got to see the scratch built Willys. You are very talented, lucky is the car you get to rebuild. Bob

 

The John Gerber T was a lot like that, photos of the original & clone.

Bob

 

Some would say:" About the same time that a 49 Buick became a "hot rod". Not me, but ,some would say...Love em all.

 

Some wouldn't know cool if it bit them on the arse........
And yep, we're talking Austins, so we'll stick with 'arse'.

 

Bet there are plenty of guys here who would like to see the A40 Coupe or at least the new body. The Austin A40 is often seen in old black and white pics in the drag race threads and race car threads. No more off topic than a hot Topolino or hot Anglia . Theres even a complete build thread of hamb member @Deuced Up! who converted his 4door A40 Somerset into a 2door wheelstanding racer, and it,s a beauty too. To bad it was stolen in mid 2017.

 

Some cool pictures of Ruby mods and a modded Ruby in this thread:
https://www.austinsevenfriends.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=8315

Mike

 

A friend in Florida built a clone of this car, think it is in The Wheels of Time collection now.
Bob

 

Increasing the performance or personalizing any car prior to 1965 makes it HAMB friendly. Just because it didn't happen on American soil doesn't mean it's not a hot rod......Using a T-5 transmission or an S-10 chassis is hardly traditional either....yet, the practice is shown on the HAMB with regularity.

 

Pinched from a Cyclekart board. From Zoran in Switzerland

Some fodder for thought there, huh ? Mike