A friend of mine is looking for one of these oil gauges for the F1 he is restoring. These gauges were also fitted to D types and J1 models. Any leads gratefully received. Thanks Ian.
Nop Douglas. The D and F (I did not think the J1) had a gauge in the form of a maltese cross. It is red when no pressure is applied and when the engine gives pressure it switches to white. Very rare I must add.
I've been looking for several years but have not been able to find one
I am assuming it is John Firth-Smith that is after one of these 'maltese oil gauges' - I suspect Chris Clark can and has done some replicas in the past which may be worth trying? Photo of my 'maltese' gauge getting dusty
I contacted Chris and he did produce a batch some time ago. Unfortunately these have all long since been sold. Original gauges are virtually impossible to locate so I have drawn a blank thus far.
This topic is most interesting to me. When Mr. J J Twentyman bought his J1 (J 0312) in 1933, his first contact with the works was to complain about the performance (solution: "fitting a modified cylinder head, which will raise the compression ratio") and the oil pressure gauge (solution: "fit a figured oil tell-tale gauge"). I have a repro "Maltese Cross" gauge as well as a "figured" Jaeger gauge and am wondering which way to go?