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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nThen I stumbled onto a great article on why this is so, basically in the UK after WW2, old cars were being recommissioned as all the new ones were being sent overseas. A particular problem with late vintage cars was the use of Mazak instead of brass for carburettor bodies. As you probably know Mazak was a really crappy alloy that was used for all sorts of things but it corroded, so this left a whole lot of useful cars with useless carburettors, Zenith who was already making an updraught carby for the grey fergie tractor made a special one for the Austin Seven and that’s the one on my car.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is the link to the article: http:\/\/www.ba7c.org\/technicalArticles\/carburettorZenith%2024T2.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n From the article I found out the things to look out for with these units, mine is a picture book example of what happens after 70 years of wear, corrosion and neglect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Over the weekend a group of us went on a pootle down to Wilson’s Promontory as we Regionals can, it was a lovely weekend but I think the businesses down there need the return of the Melbournites as we were … Continue reading