Locke's Austin 7

So this is the progress so far....All work done by Locke with a little guidance of course...

He marked out a basic chassis design. It has a large dogleg at the rear to allow the axle to sit underneath. This puts the chassis rail about 100mm above the ground which keeps the C of G nice and low. The front will have a spring hanger welded to the cross member for the transverse spring. The spring itself will be inverted, a common modification on Austin 7's to lower the chassis height, so he will be mimicking this with his build.

He stripped the tyres off of the rim, stripped out the hubs and marked out the chassis, which he the cut out in the workshop. Then we laid out the chassis rails and he welded them together. Definitely a natural, his welding is far better than my very first attempts. He also reoriented the torque converter on the engine.

Skills so far - Design. Marking out. Cutting. Deburring. Tyre removal. Hub disassembly. Torque converter assembly. Welding, and of course standing back and admiring your work. lol