Ian L Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 Bought these 2 Tillys about 3-4 years ago & put them into storage but now the Humber is on the road I thought I would make a start. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian L Posted May 23, 2016 Author Share Posted May 23, 2016 And the second one which is still in storage but stacked full of spares including an engine, gearbox, water pumps, prop shafts, carbs, distributors etc etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian L Posted May 23, 2016 Author Share Posted May 23, 2016 After a light wash with the jet washer this showed up on the rear panel of the one I'm about to restore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian L Posted May 23, 2016 Author Share Posted May 23, 2016 Found an original manual on ebay for £5 the same week as I bought the Tillys & nothing since, also apart from the origional tax discs in their holder I found this, any ideas what it is ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian L Posted May 23, 2016 Author Share Posted May 23, 2016 This is her today, I did take the engine / gearbox out about 2 months ago & that is almost rebuilt now (photos to follow) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian L Posted May 23, 2016 Author Share Posted May 23, 2016 While the gearbox was stripped down I sent the speedo drive off with a very rusty / seized cable & a waterlogged speedo which I thought was beyond repair but it came back looking like new. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minesweeper Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 [QUOTE=Ian L;468694]Found an original manual on ebay for £5 the same week as I bought the Tillys & nothing since, also apart from the origional tax discs in their holder I found this, any ideas what it is ? That is an old "C" licence or "Carriers Licence" - used during the war, I think and for a few years after! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Comber Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 Found an original manual on ebay for £5 the same week as I bought the Tillys & nothing since, also apart from the origional tax discs in their holder I found this, any ideas what it is ? Hi Ian , that licence you have is a road haulage C licence , in the mid 1940's , nationalisation was brought in for the road haulage industry , the C licence was for small operators who carried their own goods , so an early version of the restricted licence in force today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian L Posted May 23, 2016 Author Share Posted May 23, 2016 Hi Ian , that licence you have is a road haulage C licence , in the mid 1940's , nationalisation was brought in for the road haulage industry , the C licence was for small operators who carried their own goods , so an early version of the restricted licence in force today. Hi Guys thanks, would leonard Caines be the holder or a company ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minesweeper Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 Hi Guys thanks, would leonard Caines be the holder or a company ? My Grandparents had a Bakery business right through the War years and into the 1950's - operating two Bakery vans. The relevant "C" licences had to be purchased for each van in addition to the ordinary Road Tax Licences - and were displayed in the windscreens along side each other. They were much cheaper than the Road Tax Licences and the last ones I remember were 2/6d each - but you had to have a "C" licence for a delivery service such as theirs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Degsy Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Hi Guys thanks, would leonard Caines be the holder or a company ? As far as I can remember it was the company name that was shown on the licence but of course in a lot of cases the company and the holder were one and the same person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeePig Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Nice, very nice in fact, but why has one got a wooden back and the other steel? I assume that they are off different dates, or is there some other reason? trevor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian L Posted May 24, 2016 Author Share Posted May 24, 2016 Nice, very nice in fact, but why has one got a wooden back and the other steel? I assume that they are off different dates, or is there some other reason? trevor Hi Trevor I don't know what you've seen but they both have identical rear bodies, wooden frame covered in steel & wooden tail gates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian L Posted May 24, 2016 Author Share Posted May 24, 2016 This engine had been partly dismantled when I got the vehicle but we don't know why ? it still had the military alloy cylinder head on (civilian 12s have steel so I'm told) but it was so corroded & eaten away it was beyond repair so I had a steel one from the spare engine skimmed. The engine had a military rebuild with +20 pistons but the rings were broken & seized and +20 pistons / rings are no nolonger available according to the Standard Motor Club so it was cheaper to buy a set of N.O.S +30 pistons / rings & have it rebored than to have a new set of rings made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian L Posted May 24, 2016 Author Share Posted May 24, 2016 I managed to make up 1 good carburettor out of the 3 I have, the other 2 would need a lot of work as the casting where the butterfly spindle goes through is very worn & they a badly corroded & distorted on the float bowl surface. I have also made up a working fuel pump out of 2 damaged units & the 3rd one looks like its salvable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian L Posted May 24, 2016 Author Share Posted May 24, 2016 Today I made up a good working distributor out of 4 damaged units although I think I can make up one more for the second tilly if I can get another baseplate without stripped threads. I also managed to find a prewar / wartime side entry distributor cap (hens teeth) which is correct for this vehicle. SECOND ONE REQUIRED IF ANYBODY HAS ONE TO SELL ? :hug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeePig Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Hi Trevor I don't know what you've seen but they both have identical rear bodies, wooden frame covered in steel & wooden tail gates. Ah yes, I see, it must have been the colour and angle, but I thought that the sides of the one you are working had wooden sides :nut: On another note, is that a repair or just how the casting is, as it looks like a patch down on the side at the engine number end of the block? As you can probably tell, I do not know much about Standard Tillys. trevor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian L Posted May 24, 2016 Author Share Posted May 24, 2016 Ah yes, I see, it must have been the colour and angle, but I thought that the sides of the one you are working had wooden sides :nut: On another note, is that a repair or just how the casting is, as it looks like a patch down on the side at the engine number end of the block? As you can probably tell, I do not know much about Standard Tillys. trevor Hi Trevor its a casting mark, there's no sign of any repair inside the block & one of the other blocks is similar, they must of had some poor moulds in the war ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morris C8 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Try this guy he has a few. http://www.carburettorhospital.co.uk/ Keith. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeePig Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 Hi Trevor its a casting mark, there's no sign of any repair inside the block & one of the other blocks is similar, they must of had some poor moulds in the war ? Or, Ian, perhaps they had a problem with cracking and this was a temporary fix before re-engineering the whole thing. It would be interesting to compare the block to a later equivalent block. trevor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian L Posted May 25, 2016 Author Share Posted May 25, 2016 I managed to make up 1 good carburettor out of the 3 I have, the other 2 would need a lot of work as the casting where the butterfly spindle goes through is very worn & they a badly corroded & distorted on the float bowl surface.I have also made up a working fuel pump out of 2 damaged units & the 3rd one looks like its salvable. Ha ha 2 days later a Solex 30FAI arrives in the post, won it on ebay for £32 + P&P could of waited months or years but I was lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian L Posted May 25, 2016 Author Share Posted May 25, 2016 The oil pressure pipe was 'rock solid' so took a pop on ebay that an MGB pipe was the same ? and it is but without all those adapters that somebody has fitted in the past. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 Why all the adapters? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian L Posted May 26, 2016 Author Share Posted May 26, 2016 Why all the adapters? Hi Tim it must of been replaced in the past with a pipe that has a male one end & female the other but it should have 2 female ends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian L Posted July 13, 2016 Author Share Posted July 13, 2016 (edited) Just got the radiator back from Berkshire Radiators (Caversham Reading) shame I had to lose the old core but it weighed about 3 times what it should do as it was blocked with scale. New modern core fitted with more tubes so should give better cooling. Edited July 13, 2016 by Ian L spelling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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