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    Daimler.

    in Pre WW2 vehicles

    Posted

    hi, I have a 1924 cjk22 chassis, any chance you could tell me the details on the axle tag, if it has one, there usually is the type model Daimler stamped into the tag-- cjk or cka etc, I had more or less given up on this project, I have found another rear end for a cka and got some radiator sidewing patterns, and the correct gearbox turned up for the cjk, but the fact that only so few came to nz, this has reduced my chances of finding anything else for years,

    cheers mike.

     

    Mike - I am writing to you on your own Email address!

     

    Tony

    Painting

    in MV Chatter

    Posted

    When the unit in which I served in 1960 was issued with a K9, it was without any signs on it - I volunteered to paint them on and used some oridinary sellotape as a masking tape. When I took the tape off after the paint on the signs had dried, it took off some of the green as well - so I can certainly confirm that the green on that one was hand painted.

     

    Tony

    WW1 truck lamps

    in Pre WW2 vehicles

    Posted · Edited by Minesweeper

    [QUOTE=8_10 Brass Cleaner;430896]what does one of these look like?

     

    Please look at posting 1488, page 149 of the Dennis thread dated 10th May 2011 for a series of pictures of one!

     

    Tony

    WW1 truck lamps

    in Pre WW2 vehicles

    Posted

    Actually thinking about it, I saw a brand new replica 'Rushmore' generator on a Stanley Steamer fairly recently. So it is easily possible.

     

    Some years ago, we were fortunate to find a Radmore - ("Radmill" Trade name) Generator at Beaulieu which is now fitted to the Dennis and we have been looking out for another identical one for the Thorny - but we have never seen another anywhere. They seem to be very rare but it appears from old photos that they were a very common type fitted to old WD Lorries. So - what happened to them all - and does anybody have one tucked away?

     

    Tony

    WW1 truck lamps

    in Pre WW2 vehicles

    Posted

    I have had a very little experience of using acetylene lights and the light they give is very nice. A sort of soft yellow. I drove around South Kensington in a James and Browne car and when they looked a bit dim, just turned up the gas and illuminated the street!

     

    First of all, you need calcium carbide not calcium carbonate. Calcium carbonate is just chalk. The lumps we used and I have bought since are the size of broad beans or small marbles. There is little to go wrong with the system except leakage so make sure that all of your joints are good. Turn on the gas slowly and wait until it comes through with a match beside the burner. Then simply adjust the flow until the flame looks about right. If you are touching the inside of the casing with the flame, the gas flow is too high!

     

    I can't offer more than that really. When the carbide is exhausted, you will have only calcium oxide powder residue which stinks to high heaven! Simply wash it out and start again.

     

    My view now is that carbide lights are fun to play with but if you plan to go out in the dark, make some sort of electric conversion or temporary lighting installation as the most likely accident we will have is that someone runs into us because they haven't seen us.

     

    Try it once for the experience. Good luck!

     

    Steve

    WW1 Thornycroft restoration

    in Pre WW2 vehicles

    Posted

    How are you going to turn the ball end? Do you have one of the many little 'gizmos' for such a task or are you going to put it out to a friend with a CNC lathe?

     

     

    Barry.

     

    Steve has a Ball-Turning attachment for his lathe and he will have a go at doing it with that! I don't think that he has attempted anything quite as big as this before - so we shall see how he gets on!

     

    Tony

    WW1 Thornycroft restoration

    in Pre WW2 vehicles

    Posted

    This manifold and associated "short pipe" give a fascinating snapshot of history, although with the greatest of respect, I don't see how it is possible to determine the date of the manifold according to the date of an accessory that was probably fitted after manufacture.

     

    The mention of a lubricator may provide a clue to the purpose of the pipe union fitted to the manifold?

     

    Of course, we have no idea where that manifold originated from - or how old the "Thorny" was to which it was originally fitted. My guess as well is that the Atomiser was fitted in the Lorry's later life when in civilian use to try to save on fuel and that it was never a military fitting.

     

    Again I am only guessing but I remember reading somewhere that aluminium was substituted for iron later on during the War period where possible because of shortage of iron - so if that is the case, it would make the iron one possibly the earlier of the two............

     

    Tony

    WW1 Thornycroft restoration

    in Pre WW2 vehicles

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    Tony,

    These solid tyres were advertised on this forum yesterday, with photos;

    http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?47389-Continental-800-x-94-new-old-stock-solid-tyres

     

    Thanks Richard - but it appears that in addition to the solid tyres advertised here on HMVF, there are also 4 Thorny wheels which were not mentioned on "our" Forum! Have a look at the one that "Brass Cleaner" mentioned in his posting - tell me that I have it wrong - which has been heard of before!

     

    Tony

    WW1 Thornycroft restoration

    in Pre WW2 vehicles

    Posted · Edited by Minesweeper

    Very nice. How will you ensure that the brake rings are concentic with the hubs? Have you access to a lathe big enough to machine them while bolted to the wheels, or is there a means of centring them after they are fitted?

     

    Have a look at the pictures on Posting No. 1402 dated the 12th August - you will see that there are 4 small plates each fastened by two rivets to the back of the wheel designed to hold the rings exactly on the centre for the rings to butt against. So provided that the new brake rim is turned to the precise diameter, it will be self centring against those small plates in the centre of the wheel! Easy!

     

    We are very fortunate to have a friend with a lathe large enough to hold the brake rings and he has very kindly said that Steve may use it! The new rings are on their way today with Steve, to Leicester for that purpose!

     

    Tony

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