Jerrykins Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Hi Jerry, in short yes. They could also be used as ballast tractors by creating a box on the back. We have some of the original concrete weights tucked away too. Never be afraid to ask; I am always posting odd questions :cheesy: James - Thanks for that. For my sins I'm helping a fairly comprehensive excercise rebuilding a Queen Mary (5 ton) at Debach (Suffolk) airfield. I'd always associated the Crossley with the 'Garden shed' coachwork, your vehicle's coachwork makes a handsome lorry. Jerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Shopland Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 James - Thanks for that. For my sins I'm helping a fairly comprehensive excercise rebuilding a Queen Mary (5 ton) at Debach (Suffolk) airfield. I'd always associated the Crossley with the 'Garden shed' coachwork, your vehicle's coachwork makes a handsome lorry. Jerry We have one of those projects too. We need to talk more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeePig Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 That's a handsome beast, are you going to restore any of them?[/QUOT All i n good time. The one in the photograph is totally original and we don't really know how to proceed. It run and drives well but all the marking are visible and we don't quite know what to do. One is turned into a timber tractor, one is a rolling chassis and the final one is complete but the cab is totally rotten. I rather like this one how it is now, as a survivor without interference, maybe it just some kind of clean up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Shopland Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 I rather like this one how it is now, as a survivor without interference, maybe it just some kind of clean up? Yes we have struggled with the same question. It is how you sympathetically restore something without destroying its originality. Sadly someone had a go at painting the front but the back is untouched. The old girl just sits in the shed as we don't know which way to jump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon_M Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Try a really good clean and service, followed by a coat of diesel on the tinwork - see how it looks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerrykins Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 We have one of those projects too. We need to talk more! James - PM sent re our Queen Mary. Jerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Shopland Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Try a really good clean and service, followed by a coat of diesel on the tinwork - see how it looks. Thanks Gordon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smithy Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 Humm not to my knowledge. We have had two of them for fifty year and the other over ten :cheesy: Hi James, have managed to look back through the magazines and it was a gentleman by the name of Robin Davies who purchased three of these from a Peter Naylor in Helpston, Lincolnshire for Corralls before transporting them back to Portsmouth. So that clears up that one! It was mentioned in Classic and Vintage Commercials and had some good pictures of the Crossley's if anyone had missed it. Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Shopland Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 Hi James, have managed to look back through the magazines and it was a gentleman by the name of Robin Davies who purchased three of these from a Peter Naylor in Helpston, Lincolnshire for Corralls before transporting them back to Portsmouth. So that clears up that one! It was mentioned in Classic and Vintage Commercials and had some good pictures of the Crossley's if anyone had missed it. Scott Thanks Scott, I have to admit I have never heard of either of these gentlemen. Is Robin restoring them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smithy Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 Thanks Scott, I have to admit I have never heard of either of these gentlemen. Is Robin restoring them? I think they were brought more for the company (Corralls) from what I could make out. However they were brought out and the gentleman who had written in didn't know if they had survived. The editor responded though saying that one of the vehicles in question, CFL 994, was still listed by the DVLA as surviving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbharcourt Posted April 28, 2013 Author Share Posted April 28, 2013 If anybody has an address I am near to Portsmouth and could investigate further. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smithy Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 If anybody has an address I am near to Portsmouth and could investigate further. Sorry, having read the article again it turns out that although the Crossley's were indeed sold they never actually went to Portsmouth as the new owners didn't think they would be viable projects. So they stayed in Peter Naylor's Lincolnshire farm at Helpston as far as I can work out. As I said earlier the DVLA apparently still lists the Crossley, CFL 994, as having current road tax. Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbharcourt Posted December 9, 2013 Author Share Posted December 9, 2013 I cant believe it's 8 months since I did anything with the Crossley! Well I am now the proud owner of half of a Carb for the Crossley, if anybody has the butterfly throttle part that bolts on the bottom for a Solex 46RVI please let me know! :laugh: The carb is made of Bronze which is why there aren't many left, so I may have to adapt something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shroomer Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 (edited) I have a few Zenith 48VIR carbs used on 1960s Bedford trucks, complete with the extra bit you are after. I will try and find out if they will fit your carb. The Zenith ones I have look quite similar too yours. Edited December 10, 2013 by Shroomer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbharcourt Posted December 10, 2013 Author Share Posted December 10, 2013 Excellent news Andy! The Crossley has a two bolt fitting to the Carb and a square four bolt fitting to the manifold but I can always adapt it if they aren't the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shroomer Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 I'm not sure if the zenith carb will work, but I've got one of the resto boys looking in the archives for any info on your carb. Hopefully they might turn up some useful drawings/parts lists? May take a few days. I work for SU carbs ( also Zenith, Solex,Amal ) by the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 I'm not sure if the zenith carb will work, but I've got one of the resto boys looking in the archives for any info on your carb. Hopefully they might turn up some useful drawings/parts lists? May take a few days. I work for SU carbs ( also Zenith, Solex,Amal ) by the way. Hi Andy, I have a 1950 data book from Solex and for the Crossley 4x4 with 30/100 engine. The carb is a 46RZI, choke is 38, main jet is 205, correction jet 210, pilot jet 75, GA jet is 7, GS jet 175, well is 7mm, Ass. is 20, E tube or Jet cap. is 51569/L2, MPH 41, RPM 2,500, Specification Record No. S.964 There is a slight variant on this one for the Crossley 4x4 RAF fire tender. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbharcourt Posted December 11, 2013 Author Share Posted December 11, 2013 Thanks Richard, your right of course it is the 46 RZI not an RVI oops! I was in Salisbury today Christmas shopping, I could have dropped in to see you Andy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbharcourt Posted December 12, 2013 Author Share Posted December 12, 2013 The Solex arrived in the post today, and what do you know it's complete and in good condition! After referring to some rather grainy photos in my photocopy manual it looks like it mounts straight to the four bolt manifold but only using two of the available holes, not quite sure why Crossley did this but hey ho! It is a governor carb which the manual explains how to adjust but what does this do and why? I will strip and clean it and post some pictures later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbharcourt Posted December 18, 2013 Author Share Posted December 18, 2013 Carb stripped, cleaned, checked and reassembled. It was like new, with no wear at all. These carbs are like buses, I haven't been able to find one for years and now another one has come my way:cheesy: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mogmaner Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 The govenor carb limits the max RPM of the engine,while still alowing full throttal opening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbharcourt Posted December 22, 2013 Author Share Posted December 22, 2013 Thank you, the manual didn't make it clear what it actually did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossley6 Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Hello "PB Harcourt" I have just joined this forum and this is my first post apart from talking to an administrator, I am interested in all things Crossley, I have restored a Crossley coach and am mid way through a second one . I also have a 1929 6 cylinder Crossley bus I took over in a dismantled state and also a complete but as yet unrestored Crossley 4x4 Tractor unit. I noticed you havent posted any news in the last year so i am interested to learn of any progress and what your current list of things needed and wanted for the restoration might be. my name is Daveby the way! Look forward to hearing from you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pino357 Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Hello "PB Harcourt" I have just joined this forum and this is my first post apart from talking to an administrator, I am interested in all things Crossley, I have restored a Crossley coach and am mid way through a second one . I also have a 1929 6 cylinder Crossley bus I took over in a dismantled state and also a complete but as yet unrestored Crossley 4x4 Tractor unit. I noticed you havent posted any news in the last year so i am interested to learn of any progress and what your current list of things needed and wanted for the restoration might be. my name is Daveby the way! Look forward to hearing from you. Hello Dave I was interested to hear abouit bthe Crossley tractor unit. Is it a wartime one? Do you have any photos please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossley6 Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Hello Pino, Yes the Crossley tractor unit is a wartime one, the toughened wside window glasses are stamped May 1945 and so are the tyres so that makes it one of the last ones through the production line. The chassis number is 73044. It stayed with the RAF until 1956 and was then bought by a contractor who worked on trenchless cable laying. For this work it was fitted with a winch and a land amchor and was fitted with a pto drive from a Crossley fire crash tender to operate the equipment required to make it practical in this role. The trailer coupling was also removed during this conversion work. It worked in this role for nearly twenty years until the 1974 petrol crisis saw it retired off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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