Patrick , The dynastart pullers and extractors are rare. The flywheel can often be removed by applying a sharp tap of a hammer to the shaft to jarrr the...
I am not sure the 5 mph limit is even low enough. Ever been to the carnival and ridden in bumper cars???? They go about 3 MPH and they make you wear a belt....
All, The BEC recently met the 1960s Ferrari racing driver Johnathan Williams ( See website F1 rejects ) in London as part of their continuing research into ...
No but new Silentbloc bushes are avalable from the BEC Spares service. Colin Pears of the UK uses modern bush material in the shock absorber eyes. BEC...
... It looks as though the engine is a Norton Electra ES400 (late- Fifties/early-Sixties). That would make sense, since (as far as I am aware) this was the...
Hi Dave It looks like a Norton Electra engine to me also. I guess when the seller said that it had a special Norton engine he should have said that it had an...
I get no message on this posting-- although it may be that some setting could be changed on my link to the list to get it to show something. But couldn't a...
Im in Vancouver BC canada 15min from washington state. I am going to let my 492 project go, its very complete however it needs a complete restoration if...
Can anyone tell me what the diametre is of the pistons from a se492. What kind of bigger diametre there are for sale now? The new ones are they as good as the...
I have two crackcases ofa se492. They are different, because only on one cranckcase there is a small inbus screw to lock the centre nut (3016. On that...
As I get closer to changing out the existing front shocks on my 492 so I can get the front and rear of the car more level, is the a rating I can follow in...
For the information of the webmaster: this same text, sent under the name of tomcruse, appeared yesterday on the 944 only website of the Porsche owners....
I may be misinterpreting your intent, but the shock absorbers have no impact on ride height. If your installing springs with a longer (or shorter) effective...
Changing shocks on your 492 will have influence on making front and real the same height. The shocks only dampen the wheel motion and have very little...
Hi Patrick Thanks for your personal email, I thought I'd send my reply via the group so everyone can see the reply and chip in if I'm wrong Can you tell me...
Hi I am restoring my Berkeley "b95 Norway" the original color is yellow, but I am consider to paint it in an other color I have looked at some web site ,but i...
See the pearsies web site but the BEC has never found any full colour charts or reference for paint codes etc from paint manufacturers---Does any body has...
hi OK there is no paint codes ,but what was the most common colors which was used original back in 1959 red-yellow- blue-black-white- green??? I consider to...
If accident damage to a fender at the front headlight/corner is great enough to splinter off a few sections the size of a hand, but the line of the fender is...
My Reply follows quote. On 14/9/2007 05:58 carolusandhager@... ... The repair is a fairly straight forward fiberglass resin (polyester as opposed to...
An alternative would be to "repair" the hole with modelling clay, smooth edges , make a plaster mould,seal the mould with shellac and wax and take a...
Hi Per When I had the group of ten Berkeley's I made a condition report of all of them with the original colors noted - the majority of them were red, there ...
I've seen several (maybve all '58s) that are a light lime-ish green. I havben't seen what this color looked like in un-exposed places-- like under the hinges....
I have a 1958 (slant door) 328 body its a roller with all suspension and steering, brakes. its been sitting a long time but still rolls. the motor, trans, and...
In the absence of codes, I can only relate to original cars I have seen and from talking to an original dealer of the cars in South Florida. The color choices...
40 + years ago, the guy I lived with got swiped while driving my Berkeley. His insurance paid me $ 700, so I bought a second 492 which I never liked as much...
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