Ian L

Collected this 1947 Standard 12 from the Peak district last night, the Tilly is loosely based on this vehicle so its given me a spare engine with all the ancillaries, gearbox, wheels, some suspension parts but unfortunaly the brakes are different & I need some 10" shoes for my Tilly as they are missing.

A mate of mine found this N.O.S Standard 12 distributor with side entry cap which is correct for my Tilly at the Cobbation collect event last weekend.

Just been having a sort out of what lights I'm going to use, the manual shows Lucas all round. It still retained the 2 Lucas blackout side lights but had lost the Lucas headlamps post war, in my 'lamp box' I managed to find 2 serviceable Lucas shells, a Lucas 'flip up' blackout lamp for the left & a plain Lucas rim for the right.

And that was just a few of them, properly more that at W&P this year ?

See post #14. (Photo 1) The original pistons were +20 oversize (2 compression, 1 oil control ring) but after weeks of soaking we were unable to free off the rings & having new rings made was expensive & time consuming so we decided on new pistons. (Photo 2,3,4) I was unable to find any new +20 but managed to get the last box of +30 (2 compression, 2 oil control rings) from the Standard motor club so had the motor bored out to fit & rebuilt the short block. Move on 2 plus months & the engine is almost locked solid & will only just turn over with a 3' bar :confused: apon stripping we found that 3 of the oil control rings had little pieces broken off the very thin edge of the scrapers & jammed the rings tight in the bore. New rings were not available & having a complete set made was going to be expensive. (Photo 5,6,7) Move on a couple of weeks & a brand new N.O.S set of hepolite +30 turned up on ebay for £80 in much better condition than the N.O.S pistons from the Standard Motor Club with much heftier piston rings.

Your last photo is Jules old WOT 2

Just a few of the WW2 British vehicles (only slightly bias ) there was about 8 Bedford QL's there (almost 1 of each type) Fantastic show, the displays were A1 especially the motorcycle 'shop' loads of stalls, a beer tent with good beer & entertainment & the weather was brilliant

We were parked right behind you with the 2 Austin's, had I known I would of wandered over for a chat. They were the best 2 post war vehicles at the show in my opinion along with the unrestored MRA1 :thumbsup:

Etch primmer & then in colour today, I am having to do this restoration in 5 sections as I've run out of space at my workshop so the girl friends letting me use her garage. Front chassis & bulkhead, L/H side, R/H side, rear, & inside, its a bit inconvenient this way but at least the worst part is now done & we can get on with the engine rebuild & have it fitted & running by the end of next week :-D

De-rusted the bulkhead & front chassis section with this Gel, it works brilliantly :thumbsup:

Headgasket :cry::cry: I'll be round Wednesday evening mate.

Got 4, looking to move one on and possibly 2 Pm your number if interested. Regards Ian

There's a lad here in Oxfordshire that has lots of CMPs / spares, if you PM me your contact number I will pass it on to him. Regards Ian

Anyone recognise this trailer ? it looks WW2 British to me ? square axle, same spring hangers as the 10cwt trailer, hitch with fold out arms similar to 10cwt mortar trailer that has the crude box section hitch, reverse catch same as my bowser & 20cwt GS trailers, data plate is missing but is the same size & location as other British trailers. Might be post war of course but I'm sure its British ?

Still making progress on the 2nd 20cwt trailer, chassis was shot blasted & primed a couple of weeks ago (photos to follow) and a friend found a spare 9:00x13 wheel for me which was heavily corroded so was also shot blasted & painted a couple of days ago.

Had a massive amount of shot blasting done last week before stripping, cleaning & reassembling the axle, hubs, brakes etc & then got it into paint on Friday. Hope to get the chassis & bulk-head prepped & in colour this week so that we can start assembly of the front end. Inner wings & other panels are already in colour.

Just bought it :tup:: still looking for a second had one though so that I can rebuild mine as a spare.

I need a Lucas M418G 255378 for my 1945 Standard UV Tilly restoration as the armature is damaged so it is not exchangeable. Or a company that can recondition it and repair the damaged armature ? The Standard UV Tilly is based on the running gear & engine of the Standard 12 saloon car so the Standard Motor Club http://www.standardmotorclub.org.uk/ do many spares but wont do a service exchange if the armature is damaged. Another option is to find out which other Lucas starter motors are the same but just use a different mounting plate if anyone knows ? Thanks in advance. :tup::

I'll be there with the Austin and a few other mates with their WW2 British trucks, tragic news regarding the Airshow

The most I have paid is £25 for a 1944 can & that was at the last Dallas Dig out. I also have 2 x 1943 cans which both cost me £15 each at 2 different events but that was a very lucky find as 1943 is rare & I've seen 2 go on ebay for just under £150 each !!! over the last 12 months.

I'm always on the lookout for more WW2 'WATER' Jerry cans for my water bowser display if anybody has one for sale, I have about 10 so far

Any more photos or is that it ? :cry:

Airfilter is a Delorto fitted mainly to 70's bike's like Fantics

Only a small amount of wood to replace under the front wheel arch panels.

A big thanks to my mate Paul who's slogged it out in the heat for the last 2 days grinding & wire wheeling the chassis until it gleams, while I did all the outer body panels with an orbital sander.