Congratulations on your purchase! I had no idea that the Austin Seven had that type of rear suspension, by the way. I had assumed it had conventional leaf springs. I don't think I dare hazard a guess as to what to call this setup!
Wow! Good eyes. I had to lope down into the garage to have a look to see if the rear suspension was even there! I skipped right over that part! So they are there and its called a quarter elliptic spring set up (I think...someone will tell me if I'm wrong). There were friction disk dampers front and back (semi elliptic spring on the front mounted transversely). Well all that sounds good, but I may be talking complete gibberish! Anyway on my running Austin 7 (1937 two seater tourer) the suspension is terrible; always has been for the 47 years I've owned it!
@@ChristopherLawfubb1234 Any man who's owned a car for 47 years and can still lope deserves respect. I'm familiar with transverse leaf springs but this is my introduction to quarter ellipticals.
It already is a labor of love, Bill; I'm sweating my pitootie off trying to get that engine started. One thing it makes me very aware of...how little I know about these simple little machines. It's a steep learning curve that is for sure.
Congratulations on your purchase!
I had no idea that the Austin Seven had that type of rear suspension, by the way. I had assumed it had conventional leaf springs. I don't think I dare hazard a guess as to what to call this setup!
Wow! Good eyes. I had to lope down into the garage to have a look to see if the rear suspension was even there! I skipped right over that part! So they are there and its called a quarter elliptic spring set up (I think...someone will tell me if I'm wrong). There were friction disk dampers front and back (semi elliptic spring on the front mounted transversely). Well all that sounds good, but I may be talking complete gibberish! Anyway on my running Austin 7 (1937 two seater tourer) the suspension is terrible; always has been for the 47 years I've owned it!
@@ChristopherLawfubb1234 Any man who's owned a car for 47 years and can still lope deserves respect.
I'm familiar with transverse leaf springs but this is my introduction to quarter ellipticals.
Well maybe “ lope” was a bit of an exaggeration!;)
@@ChristopherLawfubb1234 Ha ha : )
Good luck. It will be a project of love
It already is a labor of love, Bill; I'm sweating my pitootie off trying to get that engine started. One thing it makes me very aware of...how little I know about these simple little machines. It's a steep learning curve that is for sure.