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Radiator badges on AEC Matadors


NickAbbott

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Can anyone tell me when AEC badges were and weren't fitted to Matador radiators? I know a lot have been fitted by later owners, but I believe that my 1940 Matador should have a badge, but I think the radiator has been changed, and there is no sign of how one would've been fitted. Does anyone have a Matador which has an original badge fitted to the radiator, that they could post pictures of? Is the badge fitted into a recess, like on the majority of AEC radiators, or is it fitted onto the surface? Attached is an AEC drawing of what the original badge should look like.

 

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Nick

 

 

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Most Matadors were built without Radiator badges. Most radiators were undrilled.

 

Nearly all you see have been retro-fitted by civvy owners trying to dress up the Matador.

 

Consequently most sit on the surface. It is a refreshing change when you do see a genuine Matador, without Badge, and with no drillings. I still have an undrilled Cast Iron radiator, at the moment.

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I've got a few more AEC badge drawings, the earliest is 1924, and they are all the same - dimensions in mm and hole sizes and plate thicknesses in imperial! If you look in AEC manuals, there are also a lot of uses of mm - As an example, I think the AEC 7.7 engine uses 105mm pistons.

 

Nick

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