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Vintage, PVT & 2 Litre Forum / Looking Back
« on: February 08, 2016, 11:35:01 »
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Vintage, PVT & 2 Litre Forum / Car No 6199 1921
« on: January 25, 2016, 17:38:39 »
Transmission, axle has three sets of numbers-
F815
G1042
6573
F815
G1042
6573
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Vintage, PVT & 2 Litre Forum / Car No 6199 1921
« on: January 19, 2016, 14:23:17 »
Engine back in its rightful place, with a lot of help from a good friend who's done some nice detail work-
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Vintage, PVT & 2 Litre Forum / Car No 6199 1921
« on: January 18, 2016, 22:29:46 »
Anzani valve gear, roller cam follower, peg valve collet.
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Vintage, PVT & 2 Litre Forum / Car No 6199 1921
« on: January 10, 2016, 21:29:54 »
Anzani the right way up at last-
...hope I put the crank in the right way up, one speed forward and three in reverse [:0]
...hope I put the crank in the right way up, one speed forward and three in reverse [:0]
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Vintage, PVT & 2 Litre Forum / Car No 6199 1921
« on: December 21, 2015, 11:49:14 »
Cylinder block and head.
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Vintage, PVT & 2 Litre Forum / Car No 6199 1921
« on: December 18, 2015, 11:48:48 »
Crankcase with shaft.
Oil pressure test, relief valve opens at 20psi.
Oil pressure test, relief valve opens at 20psi.
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Vintage, PVT & 2 Litre Forum / Photos - the AC factory in 1923
« on: December 16, 2015, 12:52:15 »
Referring back to the first picture, experimental shop, the car in the background must be one of the 200 mile race cars, you can just see the splayed out front spring as below-
The article this picture is from mentions that these cars were 8 valve, presumably with an iron head. Was the 1922 race earlier than the usual October date, being run in August?
The article this picture is from mentions that these cars were 8 valve, presumably with an iron head. Was the 1922 race earlier than the usual October date, being run in August?
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Vintage, PVT & 2 Litre Forum / Photos - the AC factory in 1923
« on: December 16, 2015, 08:47:59 »
In the ninth picture, metal paneling, the car in the left foreground looks like an Empire model with a three lamp lighting set. The front lights let into nacelles fixed to the front wings, in a similar manner to Pierce Arrow. Dates for this picture to 1923 model year.
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Vintage, PVT & 2 Litre Forum / Photos - the AC factory in 1923
« on: December 14, 2015, 20:11:41 »
In the first picture experimental shop,Early 1922 I suggest the car behind the V screen six has a rounded scuttle, a 200 mile race car perhaps. Maybe the pictures are not all the same date.
In the eleventh, chassis erecting four cylinder cars, the chassis in the foreground seems to be an early type where the side rails terminate at the rear spring mountings and a tubular cross member arches upwards and rearwards, all the other chassis have the longer side rails extending over the rear axle.
In the fourth picture, engine shop, the two crankshafts on the floor differ from the one on the bench above having a large circular piece in the centre but the one on the bench seems to have two counterbalance weights,is this a 1919/20 picture?
Notice the central heating radiators, all the comforts!
In the eleventh, chassis erecting four cylinder cars, the chassis in the foreground seems to be an early type where the side rails terminate at the rear spring mountings and a tubular cross member arches upwards and rearwards, all the other chassis have the longer side rails extending over the rear axle.
In the fourth picture, engine shop, the two crankshafts on the floor differ from the one on the bench above having a large circular piece in the centre but the one on the bench seems to have two counterbalance weights,is this a 1919/20 picture?
Notice the central heating radiators, all the comforts!
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Vintage, PVT & 2 Litre Forum / Car No 6199 1921
« on: December 10, 2015, 11:52:59 »
Upperc rankase, sump.
Timing chest gasket, jut need to trim, the faces on the aluminum castings seemed to fragile to use the tap it out with a hammer method-
External drive to rotate the camshaft and thus run the oil pump to check its output-
I had to let a new piece into the nearside of the chassis frame, made new front engine plate and the two rear engine/front spring mounting plates but steering box plate is an original, from the late Hugh Lupton along with the well base wheels and other useful bits.
Timing chest gasket, jut need to trim, the faces on the aluminum castings seemed to fragile to use the tap it out with a hammer method-
External drive to rotate the camshaft and thus run the oil pump to check its output-
I had to let a new piece into the nearside of the chassis frame, made new front engine plate and the two rear engine/front spring mounting plates but steering box plate is an original, from the late Hugh Lupton along with the well base wheels and other useful bits.
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Vintage, PVT & 2 Litre Forum / Car No 6199 1921
« on: December 06, 2015, 11:36:35 »
Here's a rough assembly I did some time ago-
The car was at Little Lever a village near Bolton, Lancs, it was known to the locals but had not been seen for a long time. Then one weekend the local Milkman, Bernard Moynaham when calling to collect his money found the elderly owner in a talkative mood and managed to buy it. Later when he went to collect it he found the garage in a bad state and it had rained over the years, the body was beyond hope as were the beaded edge wheels, rotted where they had been touching the floor. So he passed it on to me as spares for the car I was running at the time.
The car was at Little Lever a village near Bolton, Lancs, it was known to the locals but had not been seen for a long time. Then one weekend the local Milkman, Bernard Moynaham when calling to collect his money found the elderly owner in a talkative mood and managed to buy it. Later when he went to collect it he found the garage in a bad state and it had rained over the years, the body was beyond hope as were the beaded edge wheels, rotted where they had been touching the floor. So he passed it on to me as spares for the car I was running at the time.
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Vintage, PVT & 2 Litre Forum / Car No 6199 1921
« on: December 06, 2015, 11:26:30 »
Back to 6199. Here is the last tax disc the car wore-
Story is that the car was taken off the road because the engine was tightening. When I stripped it the big end bearings were mauled, the white metal cracked and breaking up. There was dirt in the sump, the piston type oil pump requires a none return valve to develop pressure, if there was dirt around and it was not seating there would be little or no oil circulation and I guess the big ends would be the first to suffer. The crankshaft journals are standard size 1-3/8th inch with little wear, same for the bores and pistons, 69mm.
Story is that the car was taken off the road because the engine was tightening. When I stripped it the big end bearings were mauled, the white metal cracked and breaking up. There was dirt in the sump, the piston type oil pump requires a none return valve to develop pressure, if there was dirt around and it was not seating there would be little or no oil circulation and I guess the big ends would be the first to suffer. The crankshaft journals are standard size 1-3/8th inch with little wear, same for the bores and pistons, 69mm.
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Vintage, PVT & 2 Litre Forum / Car No 6199 1921
« on: December 05, 2015, 20:46:39 »
There may be an earlier car. I went with some friends in the 1970's to see one in the garden of a house at Neston on the Wirral, it had been replaced by a later car, a 1932 model I was told, I never saw this car as the owners were deceased and it had already been purchased from the estate. The earlier car had been turfed out into the open to weather the elements and was a bit distressed, I remember I could not find the car no plate but it was similar to the one I have so could have been earlier. I heard later that someone on holiday in the area was told about it and took the remains away, to Scotland I think.
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Vintage, PVT & 2 Litre Forum / Car No 6199 1921
« on: December 05, 2015, 11:43:24 »
Crankcase and sump, piston type oil pump operates from an eccentric on the camshaft via a push rod and return spring-