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Vintage, PVT & 2 Litre Forum / Artillery wheels.
« on: December 20, 2019, 10:43:43 »
These three wheels are for sale in Australia, they look like they may be early AC- https://www.prewarcar.com/295995-sankey-wheels
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Vintage, PVT & 2 Litre Forum / Re: Car No 6199 1921
« on: December 03, 2019, 22:49:42 »
Done a bit more, beading to the panels, running boards and spare wheel mount, though I'll need more timber for the boards, dimensions are a bit guess work first try!
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Vintage, PVT & 2 Litre Forum / Re: Vintage Six exhaust system
« on: December 03, 2019, 22:42:08 »
Made up this silencer for my 4 cyl, built up oversize the cast iron ends and used them as patterns to cast new end pieces in bronze, the body is stainless tube, through bolts stainless bar, nuts at each end. Instead of fitting baffles, I have the tail pipe extending into the silencer interior about half the length of the silencer, with the end plugged and small holes, perhaps 3/16" drilled around the pipe diameter, enough to equal the pipe section area. You can experiment with more or less holes if you wish, as this has some effect on the mixture. Your on SU's, remember the jet adjustment is for slow running only, changing the mixture on throttle open requires new needles to a different taper. I have a nice "ring" to the exhaust note and its not to loud.
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Vintage, PVT & 2 Litre Forum / 1922 Sports model
« on: November 12, 2019, 11:56:22 »
Brunell photograph
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Vintage, PVT & 2 Litre Forum / Re: Mystery car.
« on: October 26, 2019, 11:54:56 »
Based on Sociable chassis parts by the look of it, rear hub and drive fits, but wire wheels?
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Vintage, PVT & 2 Litre Forum / Mystery car.
« on: October 15, 2019, 22:11:46 »
This photo is captioned- 1920s. William B. Hunter sat in a heavily modified AC.
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Vintage, PVT & 2 Litre Forum / Re: Car No 6199 1921
« on: October 13, 2019, 15:18:42 »Headlamps from this car have adorned the front of 31225 for the last 40 years-
The pistons have no oil rings, two substantial compression, then a groove with drain holes-
The residue of the oil in the sump stuck to your skin like tar, almost impossible to scrub off!
The valves have no guides, run direct in the iron block, unequal stem diameters, the inlets larger than the exhausts, perhaps Anzani's were using up old stock left over from their cancelled aero engine contracts. The amount of carbon deposit under the exhaust valve heads had to to seen to believe! Bit plasticy to not hard, benzol based fuels were popular I believe, not the volativity of today's fuel. I remember a picture of Birkin filling his Alfa during a TT, would be 1931 I guess, big funnel in the tank, emptying a churn into it, fuel sloshing all over and he has a fag in his mouth!
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Vintage, PVT & 2 Litre Forum / Re: Car No 6199 1921
« on: July 19, 2019, 11:47:29 »
Still a lot to do, shaping up, beading.
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Vintage, PVT & 2 Litre Forum / Re: Car No 6199 1921
« on: July 17, 2019, 19:35:42 »
It feels like your doing a fitting for a bespoke suit-
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Vintage, PVT & 2 Litre Forum / Re: Car No 6199 1921
« on: July 17, 2019, 19:33:50 »
Sometimes it seems you have taken a step backwards-
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Vintage, PVT & 2 Litre Forum / Re: Car No 6199 1921
« on: July 01, 2019, 03:10:25 »
I'm still working on it, but bodywork is a long winded job, when your not quite sure how to do it!
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Vintage, PVT & 2 Litre Forum / Re: AC Documentation
« on: May 04, 2019, 17:18:40 »
Flight magazine 1920, third from top-
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Vintage, PVT & 2 Litre Forum / Re: OU 586 No 31225
« on: May 04, 2019, 17:10:59 »
Yes U0 586 that's correct.