Lance,

Actually those 'designs' you mention are only preliminary sketches. Sir Herbert designed the Austin Seven - Stanley Edge was what we would today call a Design Draughtsman - he did the detailed draughting and that often included elements of design / calculation, eg valve spring rate, wire thickness and number of turns.

David

I am interested to see that David had O/S bushes. However ,like him I have "tinned" bushes, on many occasions, using plumbers bar solder. Then squeeze them into position using a vice and ream. AS an added bonus it stops grease coming round the outside of the bush.I recall some years ago I had to use a Porta power hydraulic ram to push out the spring. THe ram had all sorts of fittings . I used a wedge to fit in the coil end of the spring to gain secure purchase.The other end against the chassis cross member.Perhaps your local Body or hire shop could assist..

Couldn't agree more. Although the design concept of the 7 is outstanding, there are certain details (and I guess we could all name one) which just had to be the work of a 17 year old. But, I've got into trouble for saying this before.................

David Cochrane's O/S bushes did the trick. A quick bit of fettling with a file had them shaped up and well and truly pressed in and tight. Thanks David.