I have just returned home after attending the Michael Banfield Collection Sale in Kent - have been very fortunate to find and buy at a very reasonable cost, a complete Water Pump assembly with original Thorny J fan still attached, and an Inlet Manifold with most of its fittings still attached, again for peanuts - so a successful visit! You may remember that we do have a water pump which has already mainly been completed and repaired with the exception of the big onion-shaped aluminium "shroud" or bracket that had rotted away around the flange area - and could not be welded. Steve has been working on a pattern so that we could have a new one cast. However, the one purchased yesterday is sound - so that is one job that we will not have to do now!
There was also a large pallet there, fully loaded with all sorts of Lamp Brackets and we rummaged through them just to see what was there - and we found three Thorny J Headlight Brackets! I tried to buy the whole lot but it went for much "bigger bucks" than we thought acceptable and let the whole lot go. Fortunately, I found the Buyer afterwards and he very Kindly agreed to sell a pair of the Thorny Brackets - but understandably, he knew that he was holding us over a barrel and the Brackets cost as much as the other two items together! Steve and Tim are taking the Dennis to Duxford today but Tim will post some pictures when he gets home!
There were several WW1 Lorries and chassis in the Sale and we understand that they were all sold and that many of them are now making their way to NZ ! That is "hearsay" and not officially confirmed.
The auction and the results are on the web and if anybody is interested, then find "Bonhams" - the "Michael Banfield Collection".
Tony