Rusty Old cars

A collection of historic cars from various English speaking parts of the world. We like to drive these vehicles and of course they need regular repairs too. Mostly cars from 1937 to 1999, but also kayaks and sewing machines.

Read about travel and tinkering with mechanical machines, visit the Rusty daytrips weblog (below) where you can see how we travel, drive, paddle, break fix and find on a regular basis.

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Mini Leaky oil sender fix

Annoying leak from the oil pressure sender. There seems to be a failed seal between the metal and plastic part. New sender in place. Looks dry now

Test and Service for the Mini Van

After a thorough service, grease ands oil change, the Mini was deemed safe again for use. Nice clean brakes and everything moves as intended.

Seven Seven Twenty-five Sevens

We celebrate the 7th of 7 with the Austin Seven Club Sandwich

Austin Seven Saloon carburetor fix

The first of our ordered parts have arrived. We have moved the Seven to our shed. The jet needle in the SU is chewed up and the piston is stuck, so mixture is a little hit and miss. Who would do this to a precision item as a Jet needle? Cleaned up the piston looks […]

Austin Seven Saloon Inspection #2

Today we’ll have our first official inspection by the German safety institute. We do not expect a pass, but a list of repairs we’ll need to do for registration in Germany. The tester seems to like our little Austin, but is not impressed with the brakes. He declares the seven to be “not bad”but gives […]

Austin Seven Saloon inspection part one

Here’s the Seven in her new home. Now we have time to see what issues we can expect before we apply for the official inspection for a German road safety certificate… Not a safety item, but rather important is the ignition. The rotor looks a little chewed up and someone has jury-rigged a condenser from […]