Good Evening All And a Happy New Year! I am about to buy a set of new tyres for my 1935 17HP Armstrong Siddeley saloon. I am a bit bewildered by the variety of...
HI MICHAEL I read your email about tyres for one of the ultimate pre-war AS the 17HP Foursome, this by the way is my favourite pre-war AS car. I don't propose...
Robert Penn Bradly
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Jan 1, 2008 11:33 pm
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Dear Michael, My only substantial experience of crossplies has been on my Ford Popular which I have owned for 40 years. It takes a 450X17 and has a solid beam...
Dear Dave, I have only taken out a 346 engine and auto box by lifting it forwards and upwards out of the chassis. I have heard of this idea of cutting the...
Keith, This is not advice, but when I rebuilt my Mk1 Sapphire engine (1960), primarily to replace the mainshaft bearings, but I also changed the piston rings,...
Gio Wiederhold
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Jan 4, 2008 3:09 am
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Hello all, This is not advice either, just a comment. While Gio took the easy option, I went the whole hog and took off mudguards, bumper, inner panels,...
Penn, Thanks so much for your response. I do have the holes in the chassis rails as you suggest. I have made particular note of your comments regarding the...
... stages, ... pupose? ... Thanks to all that have replied to my query on/off this site. Brian Watt recalled that Mike Cussen had remarked that prototype 236...
First time the guy tried 8000, second time he tried starting at 6500 and now, even after being told what the thing is probably worth, the "car" is back on Ebay...
Shouldn't we be pleased to see that somebody is attempting to up the value of Armstrong Siddeleys? Most people that I talk to feel that they are undervalued -...
Good point. I'm pretty active in the Scimitar owners club and this is an issue that's been talked over for years. They wipe the floor with MGBs,Cs and most...
HI DAVID and OTHER AS FOLK Re OUTBACK TOUR OF MID 2008 Thanks David, I am so glad you let me know the trip material had not reached you, so rather than post...
Robert Penn Bradly
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Jan 9, 2008 9:35 pm
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I sold a spare 346 that needed a lot of work (though largely complete) on a local on-line auction for about NZD 650 (say 250 pounds) last year. I see someone...
HI JOHN, GARY AND OTHERS May I commend you for your foresight about prices. We are all too casual about our beloved AS cars and don’t properly promote them,...
Robert Penn Bradly
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Jan 10, 2008 12:34 am
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Hi Richard, It is good to see another person who also likes Scimitars and Armstrong Siddeleys. I have a 1952 A/S 18 Limo and a 1986 Scimitar 6B. Like you it is...
Hi , HELP My name is Paul and I am having my 16hp motor for my 1946 Typhoon restored.The motor has been in the reconditioners for about six months and he is...
Hi Paul - To work correctly the hydraulic tappets MUST have an oil feed from the connection that you describe adjacent to Cylinder No 1. The oil to this feed...
HI PAUL All 16HP and most of the 18HP engines had hydraulic tappets fitted, sometime in around the end of 1951 to mid 1952, ASM were left in the lurch by the ...
Robert Penn Bradly
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Jan 11, 2008 8:10 am
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Hi, Thanks for info on my hydraulic tappets.One question,when they converted to non hydraulic tappets did they use different lifters or just let the fluid...
Hello all, On my 346 chassis 343603, the radiator has a little circular chamber soldered to the top of the top tank, just beside the filler cap. This chamber...
Hello Paul Solid tappets are different than hydraulic ones they have only one oil hole and no gallery around the outside. The push rods are longer and the...
Hello Ivan, Happy New Year to you and yours Have studied the photo on trademe and it is a rather mysterious item isnt it.. It would appear that the overflow...
HI IVAN I have also seen this on an ex NZ AS car, I suspect that it is there to evacuate all the air from the header tank, it was much done on 234/6 models ...
Robert Penn Bradly
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Jan 13, 2008 12:33 am
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HI Unnamed email The conversion kit required many new items and entirely new lifters as set out by Ian Smith. I much prefer the hydraulic ones if at all...
Robert Penn Bradly
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Jan 13, 2008 12:33 am
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Thanks Penn and Sandy. There appears to be no one-way valve of any kind in this unit. I know about the small hole in the top tank, communicating with this unit...
Hi , An update on my details if it helps with information on fixing my car and fitting hydraulic lifters.Name Paul Hooper,I live in new Zealand and my car is...
HI PAUL I have looked up your Typhoon and can add the following data for your info: 1 It was sold new by Hamtune Motors in the UK midlands 2...
Robert Penn Bradly
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Jan 15, 2008 1:43 pm
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Hi there, Recently we had a bit of a chat on this forum about the causes of 'White-Lining' sometines known by the older generation (Hi Hugh) as 'Tram-Lining'....
Hi Frank, Some belated thoughts based on my experiences with pre war design cars. 1. Tyre pressures. If these are too low especially at the back I have found...
HI FRANK Good point, I had the same problem in 1976 with the 346 ute we used for business, this was found to be the bush in the front eye of the rear spring ...
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