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DickMorbey
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 16/02/2019 : 11:59:11
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This pic was on the Pre-War Register's Facebook page - taken 60 years ago when Roger Clayton Hartley had it. The reg is a Capetown one.
Roger cannot recall the car's ID - do any of our SA friends know this car, please?
Dick Morbey
PA-PB 0743
Frieth, Oxon, UK |
Edited by - DickMorbey on 16/02/2019 11:59:39 |
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F0355
South Africa
299 Posts |
Posted - 16/02/2019 : 15:29:00
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Hi Dick,
Sent you some info on the 5 RSA PB's that I'm aware of.
Peter
Johannesburg, RSA
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Gerhard Maier
Germany
902 Posts |
Posted - 16/02/2019 : 16:18:01
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I wonder what is fitted on the front apron.
Is it an additional cooling device - - - ??
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LewPalmer
USA
3317 Posts |
Posted - 16/02/2019 : 17:49:20
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Is that not a PA, rather than a PB? By the looks of the honeycomb grille and not the slats, it would seem to be PA.
Lew Palmer
PA1169, PB0560 |
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Peter Green
United Kingdom
1682 Posts |
Posted - 16/02/2019 : 22:39:43
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Lew,
I think the front of the radiator shell is wire mesh not honeycomb.
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DickMorbey
United Kingdom
3691 Posts |
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LewPalmer
USA
3317 Posts |
Posted - 17/02/2019 : 02:55:24
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Sorry Dick. I don't have and never will have a Facebook accounts, so can't log in. Can you summarize?
Lew Palmer
PA1169, PB0560 |
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Cooperman
United Kingdom
787 Posts |
Posted - 17/02/2019 : 17:07:54
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quote:
Originally posted by Gerhard Maier
I wonder what is fitted on the front apron.
Is it an additional cooling device - - - ??
Gerhard
From the Facebook page it seems it is the dynamo I quote "From Roger Clayton Hartley (one time owner) the bevel drive to the cam had been changed from the generator to a rod and the generator was mounted at the front of the engine like a mini super-charger"
John Cooper M 628 |
Edited by - Cooperman on 17/02/2019 17:09:05 |
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Gerhard Maier
Germany
902 Posts |
Posted - 19/02/2019 : 12:30:03
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From the Facebook page it seems it is the dynamo I quote "From Roger Clayton Hartley (one time owner) the bevel drive to the cam had been changed from the generator to a rod and the generator was mounted at the front of the engine like a mini super-charger"
John Cooper M 628
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Thank you John, for satisfying my curiosity about the "thing" on the front apron.
I would never have thought about a dynamo !
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Westbury
United Kingdom
2190 Posts |
Posted - 19/02/2019 : 13:24:51
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Many prewar Riley’s were fitted with dynamos mounted on the front and driven directly from the crankshaft.
Chris
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Cooperman
United Kingdom
787 Posts |
Posted - 19/02/2019 : 14:27:30
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quote:
Originally posted by Gerhard Maier
From the Facebook page it seems it is the dynamo I quote "From Roger Clayton Hartley (one time owner) the bevel drive to the cam had been changed from the generator to a rod and the generator was mounted at the front of the engine like a mini super-charger"
John Cooper M 628
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Thank you John, for satisfying my curiosity about the "thing" on the front apron.
I would never have thought about a dynamo !
Gerhard
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Neither would I if hadn't seen the quote. Mind you, as Chris says, if I had been a Riley Man I might have.
John Cooper M 628 |
Edited by - Cooperman on 19/02/2019 14:28:53 |
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