anyone interested in old cars as well as bikes ?

[wink]

they were David Brown, he bought Aston Martin ( who hasnīt )
Iīve got 100s of tractor magazines to read in my old age.

[Ruud109]

I have a Land Rover 109 on a galvy chassis with TDI etc. Had a lot of fun with that car, but now I want to sell it or even better trade against a classic bike.
Contact me if you are interested!


Ruud

[twolitre]

Yes Wetdog I am quite old and obviously old  does not mean stupid - it is more in line with experience.
So OK, I made another statement you can twist!
I probably should have said "sand yachts need AS MUCH STABILITY AS POSSIBLE". Knowing you woold milk it as much as possible. Of course I know they turn over AND I HAVE DRIVEN THEM TOO. Even with better steering I would hate to try a single rear wheel one!
Subject clised for me!
Jim.

[wetdog]

"""""""""""Yes Wetdog I am quite old and obviously old  does not mean stupid - it is more in line with experience.
So OK, I made another statement you can twist!
I probably should have said "sand yachts need AS MUCH STABILITY AS POSSIBLE". Knowing you woold milk it as much as possible. Of course I know they turn over AND I HAVE DRIVEN THEM TOO. Even with better steering I would hate to try a single rear wheel one!
Subject clised for me!
Jim. """"""""""""""


"sand yachts need AS MUCH STABILITY AS POSSIBLE". .......... rubbish (again) the stability of the yacht is down to the person in control of the sail . the rest of the design is for weight " it is more in line with experience" of which you have little (maybe none) nothing twisted here ............... hate to tell you but even I have spotted 2 spelling mistakes in your last post and I failed my O level ( throw stones glass houses etc) I have never driven a sand yacht but would like to are you saying you have . sorry Jim please don't take anything to heart I say I am a very sad person and just love old bikes , your right this has got out of hand , get well soon

[wink]

We had a 109 (inch wheelbase) to take our outfit to Wallasey beach after lots of competitors got their towing vehicles stuck when the tide came in a bit early, but the tyres werenīt round and going down the East Lancs road they all came into sync and the thing was bouncing up and down so much we couldnīt see.
 Tractors: there were hundreds of manufacturers, many built by firms that didnīt really have much connection with the main motor industry. Anzani made a 2 wheeled plough puller for smallholders, Brockhouse ( Corgi ) made the BMB president like a small tractor using a Morris S/V engine, Jowett,  The famous little grey Ferguson with the same Standard Vanguard / TR engine
 which some bloke took to the South Pole, Later Massey Ferguson after merging, lots of takeovers led to american tractors being sold abroad under the name and colour of the co they bought. Werenīt the legshields nice on that postwar David Brown Cropmaster on page 5, someone realised that farmers work outdoors. they were used as tugs by the RAF with Lorry sized wheels and full mudguards.
3 Wheeled tractors/ machinery. Does anyone remember the Dinky toy Opperman Motocart with a big front wheel driven by an engine on the other side of the single fork. Many small tractors used Norton engines.
Nowadays 3 wheels are used on 20 ton vehicles to give more manouverability , google Terra-Gator.
I drove a Massey Ferguson, probably 1 of the first, at college in 1962 and have mended all types of vehicles ever since.Even a Sherman tank. Must go and look for my Dinkies.

[wetdog]

im watching a jap engine trac now on ebay , I don't know what I would do with it other than sit and look at it (I like all things JAP) , I think I may buy one just for fun and see if anyone pulls out in front of me on the road , I remember all the names you mention and a friend drove 2 three cylinder Nuffield tractors out of the main gates of longbridge when it closed ( there where used inside the factory all there lifes ) I should have bought at least one

[wetdog]

just for fun does anyone out there know why this passport started a life long love of tractors ,it is mine and I was well travelled ,Austria , Belgium, Denmark,finland,france,germany,holland,italy,luxembourg,norway,portugal,sweden,switzerland,that year

[Bomber]

Wink, I restored a TVO grey Fergie in my final year at Askham Bryan College many moons ago.. Love em!

[rogerwilko]

I'll see your Fergie and raise you an ohc Howard rotivator! 

[murdo]

Amazing to think that a little old factory on the Northern outskirts of Sydney Australia would in 1928 begin building a tractor with an overhead camshaft 3.5 litre engine when all the rest of the world were still playing with side valves.

[wetdog]

i think maybe where tractors are conserned (more so early ones) simplicity was the key , as many where worked on by farmers with little maintanance (nothing changed here my brothers a farmer) , ohc engines are more expensive to build and  fix etc . how many did they make and where they any good ? i always thought the damiler knight (i think) engine was a work of art (sleve valve ) but was just a excersise in enginerring as once out on the road proved very trouble som , bit earlyer than 1929

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpyjAR_k70Y

[murdo]

Yes they were very good. I have seen a figure of 45,000 made, but that may include smaller models as well. The engines were very robust and didn't need much maintence. The only bits not made at the Northmead factory were the magneto (which mine is stuffed) and ball bearings. The camshaft was driven by duplex chain, along with the waterpump/magneto, oil pump and cooling fan all enclosed in the front of the engine. Camshaft ran in ball bearings with roller followers with easy screw and locknut adjustment. There was a full flow oil filter which was cleanable, and oil bath air cleaner. These tractor were exported around the world (including the UK) and were usually sold with a rotary hoe attached.

The sleeve valve engine is a very smooth running engine, but they didn't last in this country because of the ineffective air filters allowed the fine dust into the workings.

[wetdog]

daimlers sleeve valve didant last long here either as the bottom of the recipricating sleeve used to snap , tractor sounds interesting , chain ohc engines where used a lot in cars over here , but not seen in a tractor , and mag should not be a problem , they are easy to fix once apart (octapus req or can get damaged pulling bearings) a rewind new condenser and your away , some try to just remagnatize and this may help (if you slip the armiture back in before removing from the machine) but is only a temp measure and only for dealers wanting to drop a sparking mag at a jumble , if you want it right rewind .

[murdo]

Thanks Wetdog. Have been quoted $1,000 to rewind/rebuild the mag, about what the whole tractor is worth! Think I might just wait and see if a useable one comes up for sale somewhere.

[gossie]

I've had a few old cars.......Morris Series E tourer and sedan, Hillman Californian, two MG TCs, two Sprites, a Bugeye and a MK2, an Austin Healey 100 BN1 and a Triumph TR4.