Hi, Tony: Thanks for the tips on mounting my radiator. Can you send me a picture or diagram of the "cows horns"? I'm not sure I have them in my workshop (and if you saw my workshop, you could understand why it is hard to find anything!). Pete

Location: Sacramento, CA, USA

Hi, Bill: Really appreciate your suggestions but have some questions. Is the radiator bolted to the shell and not to the frame at all? I assumed that the curve pieces with the boxes fit on to the bottom of the radiator, but what do the box pieces bolt to?

Do you have any photos or diagrams of the radiator support pieces? I think I am missing a piece, and I don't know what it looks like!

Really nice to hear from you. Where do you live?

Pete Kneedler in Carmichael, CA

Location: Sacramento, CA, USA

Hello ole Pete, I was just thinking about you the other day. Good to hear you are still in love with Austin sevens. I think the solution to your present dilemma may be found on page 70 of the book "The Austin Seven" by R J Wyatt. Looking at the picture of the frame, you see a thing attached to the front, pointing upwards. That is one of the two "cow's horns". It is just a heavy bracket made from 3/8" steel, bent into a kind of quarter circle. Then refer to the picture of the body, and you see that the cow's horn bolts to the front end of the body, under the mudguard (fender to you) using the REARMOST set of holes. This leaves the other set of holes, now in front of the cow's horn available to take the radiator shell. When I rebuilt my Nippy it was just like this, and I bolted the radiator shell to the inside of the body panels. If you don't have the aforementioned book I can scan the page and send it to you. I'm not too good at uploading pictures onto this site. The picture on page 126 for a 1932 body shows the same thing, possibly a bit better, and the photo no. 48 after page 120 shows 2 bolts at the bottom of the radiator shell - these hold the bottom of the radiator to the shell - I can't remember exactly how but I think someone may have already explained that.

Location: Wellington, NZ

Ivan: It is so good to hear from you! You are still alive and kicking! I'm 83 now and still working on Austin 7's. I took my present car all apart two years ago, sand blasted everything, and am getting close to driving the car with just the frame and engine, brakes, etc. and hopefully the radiator.

However, since the radiator is bolted on to the body, that may not be possible, or is it? Is has been such a long time since I took the car all apart, I forgot how to mount the radiator. I do have the cow's horns, but not sure ow they attach to the body and radiator shell. There is a piece called the flibit (so something like that), and I don't even know what it looks like.

I don't have the book you mentioned, but I would love to have a copy of some of the pictures or diagrams you mentioned. Would it be possible to email me a copy of them? Here's my email address: petesuzi2014@gmail.com

So good to hear from you, Ivan. What are you working on these days?

Yer ol' Buddy, Pete

Location: Sacramento, CA, USA