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IJ2D
United Kingdom
39 Posts |
 Posted - 16/12/2020 : 17:11:39
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A very long shot. I bought this original photo which came out of a photo album found in Yorkshire UK, as possibly my J2. Is it a J2 and does anyone recognise the people?
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LewPalmer
USA
3243 Posts |
Posted - 16/12/2020 : 18:37:54
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It looks J2 to me. Note the electric wiper motor and what appear to be painted side lights.
Lew Palmer
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JMH
United Kingdom
911 Posts |
Posted - 16/12/2020 : 21:13:15
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| Yes, I'd also say J2 - 5 up is a bit of overload though! |
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Wiard Krook
Netherlands
16 Posts |
Posted - 02/01/2021 : 00:16:20
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Hi Ian, did you see the J2 in the picture was equiped with alua "wing protectors". See CMI-advert in a 1935 The Sports Car magazine. Maybe useful for id.
Wiard Krook
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Simon Johnston
United Kingdom
6121 Posts |
Posted - 02/01/2021 : 07:37:39
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Wizard,
Aluminium rear wing protectors were pretty common on J2s so their presence wouldn’t be of much use when trying to confirm ID. See, for example, the car in this thread - https://www.triple-mregister.org/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=19011
Ian,
What chassis number is yours?
Simon J
J3437 |
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Westbury
United Kingdom
2010 Posts |
Posted - 02/01/2021 : 08:15:27
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Hello, all.
Re rear wing protectors.
I wonder why no one seems to reproduce these desirable parts. They look very smart and I would have thought they would be very popular.I. would be up for a pair for a start!
Any comments ?
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Simon Johnston
United Kingdom
6121 Posts |
Posted - 02/01/2021 : 08:23:05
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Chris,
I recall asking Steve Gilbert about these and he said that as nowadays wings varied so much they really needed to be made on the wings - made to measure rather than ready to wear, so to speak (Hector Powe rather than Burton's!  ). But they really are essential for cycle wing cars and getting a set has been on my 'to do' list for some time.
My car is one year old in this picture and had already had them fitted (rather crudely).
Simon J
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Simon Johnston
United Kingdom
6121 Posts |
Posted - 02/01/2021 : 08:36:41
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Wiard, apologies but my autocorrect resulted in 'Wizard' and I noticed it too late to correct it!
Simon J
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Westbury
United Kingdom
2010 Posts |
Posted - 02/01/2021 : 09:05:55
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Thanks, Simon.
I would have thought they were fairly standard. I remember one of our well known suppliers claimed his cycle wings were made on the original buck and he must have sold a fair few over the years.
I might have a go myself using a fairly light gauge aluminium, Does anybody have details of how they were secured ?
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Simon Johnston
United Kingdom
6121 Posts |
Posted - 02/01/2021 : 10:07:30
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Chris,
As you can see, the ones my Dad got fitted, or fitted himself, were rather crudely secured with a couple of screws! However, I suspect 'modern' ones are neatly wrapped round the wing and secured with screws hidden by the body.
Simon J
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george
United Kingdom
862 Posts |
Posted - 02/01/2021 : 10:24:27
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| They are standard fit on TR2/3 and are simply secured with tabs and clamped to the body. Geoff |
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George Eagle
United Kingdom
3238 Posts |
Posted - 02/01/2021 : 10:27:49
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I have the stone guards on the L2. They were made by the person who used to do a lot of work for P Gregory and who also fabricated the wings. The edges are rolled over the edge of the wings and the top edge is held in place with two small round headed rivets.
I agree with Simon, the wings will differ as they are made by different suppliers. I am not sure but did the later J2 wings have a more rounded shape?
I also think the car is a J2.
George
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Cooperman
United Kingdom
760 Posts |
Posted - 02/01/2021 : 11:42:33
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In about 1950/2 my father joined the Central Motor Institute as a driving instructor when he left the RAF after about 25 years service, in their Palmers Green branch, before becoming an examiner with the MOT. They seem to have disappeared as I can't find them on the net.
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tholden
United Kingdom
1638 Posts |
Posted - 02/01/2021 : 11:48:12
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George you are correct there were two different cycle wing profiles. The ones you see on both the cars above are the most common shape. The ones Steve Gilbert makes are pretty well the same as these and are based on an original cycle wing I gave to old Ernie Wakefield who first copied them.
The other wing had a sharper more angular profile and was I believe fitted to C types and some early J2's.
Many J2's are also fitted with cycle wings supplied by one Mr Ferguson who advertised regularly during the 60's and 70's in Motor Sport and elsewhere. His are different again, slightly wider and with a softer profile.
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tholden
United Kingdom
1638 Posts |
Posted - 02/01/2021 : 12:01:51
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I am having second thoughts about my statement in last post regarding the fitment of the more angular wing to C types. This factory photo of an early C seems to suggest otherwise. Perhaps some of the C types had that wing not all.
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IJ2D
United Kingdom
39 Posts |
Posted - 02/01/2021 : 14:13:08
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My car is OJ6300 J2 2739. The owner from around 1960 had two J2s at the time, 2739 and 3020. He carried out work on both cars and inadvertently swopped the guarantee plates. In 1992 when I acquired the car there were no alloy guards fitted, drivers fly screen or bonnet strap. However holes in the scuttle top and side valences, indicated that they may have been fitted at sometime?
Now for another long shot? 2739 must have been towed on the road at sometime, does anyone recognise this number? It would appear to be been registered in 1965 in West Yorkshire? It is not on the DVLA site.
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