Austin Ten Drivers Club

Gary, If they are 'top hat' type, you've got to lever them out against the flange and if that isn't successful, cut off the flange and drive the bush out with a suitable drift. The Silentbloc type are sometimes (!) very stubborn and you have to burn the rubber out with a blowlamp and then use a hack...

Hi Gary, Why do you say you need eight pins and bushes for your back springs? The springs are pivoted at the front and shackled at the rear so you need three pins and three bushes for each spring. I very much doubt that the screwed bronze bushes used on export cars were different in external diamete...

Hi All, You will find that almost all of the parts books show Export Spec Front & Rear springs and shackles with metal to metal shackles and spring pins. Some also have direct grease points to the spring leaves. The early ones appear to be plain bronze bushes but the later ones have screwed steel pi...

Hi Daren,
It depends what model and year you're talking about.
The timber framed bodies use raised head countersunk chrome plated wood screws: the all metal bodied cars use raised head countersunk self tapping screws.

Peter C. [6515]

Hi Daren, Particularly, in reference to 'our' cars, conventionally built, mostly before the second world war, the assembly of a motor car was commenced by laying down a bare Chassis or frame at the start of an Assembly Line. in Austin practice, the Frame Number was stamped on the nearside leg of the...

Hi Gary,
In what way are you banned?
Peter C. [6515]

All the best with your very interesting project. There are lots of knowledgeable Ten expert members, but the Tickford bodies are as rare as hens' teeth. If you need help, I'm sure you will get it. Your car has much in common with the Lichfield so helping hands should not be in short supply. Good luc...

Hello again, Interesting, reading the above comments re protecting the bottom hose against damage caused by a slack fanbelt. In both the Cambridge and the New Ascot Parts lists you will find a listed part number for a "Shield for rubber connection". The Cambridge Part # is 1G99 and the New Ascot Par...

Hello, Maybe a bit late in this discussion, but I have a lot of experience with the New Ascot and I've always been interested in the "Fourteen" which shares much of the design of the New Ascot. I have a collection of Austin Parts Books and Handbooks for Thirties Austins and I note that regarding a T...

Hi Duckling (Duckie would sound rude!), You are right, the pre-war cars with the 'Signal Box' handbrake levers always had a leather (or leathercloth) gaiter to keep the noise and dust out. Some of the later cars only had a rubber seal, - cheaper to manufacture. Congratulations on your purchase, Sher...