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  1. GeePig
    I think you would be half finished with this before I would manage to get it all in pieces trevor
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    A bucket that is impervious to both petrol and ethanol, I hope I always found drilling holes in cork to be interesting - the final hole would always be bigger OR smaller than the drill diameter... trevor
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    If they are hollow, you might consider drilling holes in the hoop rods, inserting a 12" steel bar 6" into each rod, and then weld the bar to the rods through the holes you drilled and weld around where the rods come together. The wind and canvas banging on the hoops as you drive down the road can put a lot of load on them. trevor
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    Hi Alex, I don't have a vehicle either, other than my Dinky Quad. You will find more discussed here than you ever imagined... trevor
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    Because supply exceeded demand, not everyone wanted used 4WD lorries, and the metal was needed to make other things I would imagine? Wasn't one of the reasons that the Landrover ended up with aluminium body panels due the shortage of steel at that time? Look at those rust-free bodies, though..... trevor
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    See what a difference pumping the tires up and a *little* bit of work on the body makes Well, done, I just wish I could be there to see it drive!
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    I was wondering whether the wheels had been changed to look prettier for their purpose with a circus? Or - did someone else use the International chassis for their own purpose? trevor
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    Nice, I don't see enough RL stuff on here! trevor
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    I noticed that as well, but I thought that US trucks had wooden wheels? I am not sure though. What makes of truck were using a diff that dropped in from the top? trevor
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    I assume that is a rear live axle I can see rather than being chain driven? I do not recognise the spring hangers, or those round bars going across the chassis, and cannot quite see what they do. Finally - are their any markings on the wheel hubs? Nice find, and reminds me of some old trailers or truck chassis I saw abandoned at the Warren in Ashford some 30 years ago. trevor
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    OK, so there are three types, any of which may have been later modified? I see on the 'hind' ammo limber, there is what looks like a brake. Was this operated by someone sitting on the limber? trevor
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    I disagree, a full study of cork products based on extensive testing of suitable vintner's produce would be far more appropriate.
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    Seeing as how modern front hubs tend to have much large bearings on the inner end than the outer, I suppose we should not be surprised by the wear pattern of parallel bearings. trevor
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    Or a small stack of photos This is very interesting, I never knew that there were such things as hind ammo wagons. trevor
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    Well, John, from what I remember of the Murex we had at the garage I used to work in, it was very forgiving - much better than my SIP 140. Talking of shows, do you not think you will be called upon to make a few field repairs from people who have been a little too enthusiastic in driving their MVs? trevor
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    It's looking luverly! And will you be testing its welding ability? trevor
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    I was wondering that too. I have looked at lots of pictures of different kinds of engine that I never knew existed... I also discovered that 138mm is 5.2 inches, the same bore as a Merlin. trevor
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    I was wondering about that as well. Was it to mount part of the valve operating mechanism. The large bore, the twin 45 degree plugs and those raised 'pins' are all different to anything I can find. I assume those pins are for a special tool to extract the valve seat plug - which is usually threaded into the head, although on other engines there are slots around the outer circumference of the plug for the special tool. trevor
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    Lovely diagram, that is one of the ones we were thinking off. It is just the rather large bore and alleged twin spark plugs that we need to confirm it. 1908 - that's a date even earlier than I had considered. trevor ps: see this for some nice cutaway engine shots: http://www.aircraftengine.cz/Alverca/#
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    Perhaps it is part of the Avro 504K that crashed in 1920? The 504K were fitted with a number of different engines, one being the Rhone monosoupape. http://www.pukeariki.com/Research/Taranaki-Research-Centre/Taranaki-Stories/Taranaki-Story/id/413/title/first-flight-first-crash-new-plymouth-goes-down-in-aviation-history Trevor
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    Same here, I have learnt a lot And another 'buried aircraft' story - I love those, but it makes one wonder if barrel and the buried aircraft are related. As to the twin spark plug locations - we may one day find a definitive picture, or suddenly understand what it is we are looking at. trevor
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    Thank you - 'flysheet' was the word I could not remember trevor
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    Is it an actual tent, or an inner tent to go inside another tent? It is just that those hoops on the top look like some kind of suspension system to try and prevent the inner from touching the outer tent side. trevor
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    I did wonder whether there was some kind of sleeve valve? However, is the ringer made from the actual valve from the top of the barrel? Would it be possible to take a picture of the other side of the barrel, where the port is? trevor
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    An intriguing aspect is the angled location of the spark plug holes, and I feel that understanding those might be a key to solving the mystery. Just about all the images I see of similar barrels have the spark plugs at 90 degrees to the centreline of the barrel, but they also appear to be rotary engines where the barrels rotate around the fixed crankshaft. Was there a risk that the leads might come off the plugs at high speeds if they were not mounted at 90 degrees? The 138mm bore is interesting too, much larger than most of the rotary engines I have been looking at. trevor
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