Evening all, here is an interesting query. Browsing through the 16/18 Service Bulletin sheets I came across Number 80 which was issued in October 1952. This...
A further twist to the above subject - In the "maintenance manual for the 18hp" (ie the hand book issued with the car) dated 25/1/52, Fig 22 and thence page 23...
Hi Folks, I do not have an Eighteen or a Sixteen any more but I did once buy a 236 engine with the intention of fitting it to my 1949 Sixteen Typhoon. But as...
HI JOHN I cant answer your question as I have never had any of the late 18HP engines apart. I can add that there must have been something needing attention...
ROBERT BRADLY
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Mar 3, 2008 12:18 am
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Evening Micheal I tend to agree with your statement about the post war 16hp engine I have both a 16 and an 18 and have always found that the 16 runs sweetest...
Evening All Well its not the West End but I was asked if I would provide gate guardians for a charity film premiere of new film called 27 Dresses organised by...
... NZ, died last Sunday in Dannevirke, New Zealand. The funeral will be held on Saturday 8 March, 11.00am at the Chapel, Allardice Street, Dannevirke. Les...
Hello all, I've finished restoring all of the interior woodwork (all eleventy-million bits) and have a query about reassembly, The dashtop on my car was...
HI RICHARD The answer is yes, the screws were short wood screws with round heads and a small washer was used to spread the screws load, the screws are...
ROBERT BRADLY
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Mar 7, 2008 9:11 pm
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Hello Penn and Richard, Just adding my ten cents worth. When the time comes that you have to remove the windscreen the usual advice that I have heard is that...
I would like to advise of the sad death after a long illness of Derek Frost, Editor of Sphinx from 1991 to 1996 (my predecessor in The Chair). Derek's funeral...
HI IVAN What you say is interesting but you make it sound so easy. Many 346s and all Stars and 234/6s have a rails that mount the radio and these have to be un...
ROBERT BRADLY
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Mar 7, 2008 10:57 pm
5500
Our local mechanics were able to pull back the dashboard on the Parker Star to access the windscreen when they were working on it a year or two ago. I don't...
Hi all, Fortuitously my wood was reasonable. Some of the the veneer on the door caps had been sanded away in a previous resto, and the varnish was 'orrible....
Thanks for the comments Penn and Richard. I'm in the position where, once I get to installing the Star dash, I'll make very sure that the job can be done as I...
HI IVAN NOW TO THE STAR QUESTION Are you sitting down, if not please do so. The Star dash is a shocking job, doing a 346 one is only a training exercise ! Yes...
ROBERT BRADLY
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Mar 8, 2008 10:51 pm
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Hello Penn, Well, maybe we could just stick the top capping rail down with bluetac or velcro??? Ivan ... From: ROBERT BRADLY To: Siddeley@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
Hello Group This is message is aimed primarily at the members who are local to Sydney-Australia. But i will share the reason with the group so that we have...
HI JONATHAN You are very kind to the geriatric tyre, when I first saw the car 3432 in Haberfield in 1962 it had not run for several years and was sitting on a ...
ROBERT BRADLY
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Mar 9, 2008 10:45 pm
5507
Dear Siddeley group For all of those local to Sydney or for any one who may write to me. Please disregard the address details in the calendar of the latest...
HI ROBYN Delighted at the news, the AS fraternity world wide is always happy when we gather a new enthusiast to our remarkably diverse clan. I am writing to...
ROBERT BRADLY
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Mar 12, 2008 8:49 am
5511
For sale at Ebay: Vintage waterpump(s) Perhaps a possibility for one of you or one of the AS Clubs to buy a newly made vintage waterpump and some parts and...
Hello Robyn, Great to have you as a member of the Siddeley Group, and looking forward to seeing your car in due course (in real life? Where in NZ are you?) One...
Hello all, Regular bi-weekly enquiry! I'm currently cutting some new carpet for my 346. The old carpet I dragged out ('orrible smelly thing currently making a...
Hi Robyn, Thanks for posting the photo to the website - was that the ex-Napier car that was for sale on TradeMe recently? Many of us would have known its...
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