John Stubbs

6 August 2017 at 19:21 #52444

and of course, you’ve checked the oil levels in the ‘box and axle…
JS

John Stubbs

1 April 2016 at 18:30 #51841

Some 40 years back, when retrimming my 1932 16/80, I found a pristine piece of the original green carpet that had survived over the glove locker. I kept this just in case…

Don’t know the make, but you’re welcome to have a look at it!

John S36

John Stubbs

21 December 2015 at 21:41 #51617

Dunno that it helps much, but the idea was, I think, that you had a rear bracket that could carry a lamp on either side, but the legal requirement was that it should be fitted on the offside. When you went foreign, you just swapped it over to the new ‘offside’. Saved an amp or two… Later on when two lamps became normal, both ends were used.

John

John Stubbs

9 October 2011 at 17:24 #48509

I ain’t never heard of torqueing spokes…
Torque measurements are used to maintain a desired tension in a screw fitting – so that (a) it won’t come undone, retaining the clamping load, and (b) residual tension reduces stress reversals which otherwise cause metal fatigue. It’s really a pretty poor substitute for direct tension measurement, mainly because there can be so much friction in the threads and mating faces that are unknown varibles greatly affecting the end result. Hence highly safety-critical applications use eg. strain-gauged bolts.

In the case of wheel spokes, the friction of the nut on the rim cup will certainly be a random variable. Wheel builders invariably work partly by feel, and checking finally by sound. Hence when set up and running true, the spokes should all give much the same ‘ring’ tone when tapped – none pinging too taut, definitely none going ‘clunk’.

John

John Stubbs

18 August 2011 at 19:35 #48456

Ah, yes, good point.
A few years back one of the rims split from internal corrosion, looked fine from the outside beforehand!
Thanks
John

John Stubbs

13 August 2011 at 19:46 #48447

OK, many thanks both!

I guess I’ll go for green chassis with black axles. Think about the wheels later – painting them is a lousy job anyway…

Regards
John

John Stubbs

6 August 2011 at 20:21 #48426

Ah – thanks!
The car is the 16/80 that was road tested by The Autocar and The Motor in Aug / Sept 1932 – and The Motor Sept 20th 1932 front cover pic showed a light green with black bonnet and scuttle. This ties up with the log book ‘black & green’.

The Motor painting must have been a bit speculative, tho’, as it shows the cranked headlamp support crossmember of previous models. I guess it was done by an artist before the car was finished…

Cheers
John