hi my names mr a.gray my father used to ownn a 1954 saphire reg VPL 946 IT WAS TWO TONE BLUE TOP BATTLESHIP GREY below complete with spats my father sold it in...
HI ANDY It sounds like a UK registration number but it could be one of the Australian number plates and also possibly from other countries. Please supply a...
Robert Bradly
bradly@...
Apr 2, 2009 12:39 am
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Sidperts: In order to remove and replace the windshield on a Mark1 US delivery Sapphire (C340261) does on have to remove dashboard woodwork? Any other things...
Gio Wiederhold
gio@...
Apr 2, 2009 6:28 am
6681
In a message dated 02/04/2009 01:39:52 GMT Daylight Time, bradly@... writes: hi my names mr a.gray my father used to ownn a 1954 saphire reg VPL 946...
Hi Gio, Have just been through all this. Capping rail on top of dash has to be removed - accessed by removing under dash covers and lying on your back with a...
Thanks, we'll do the repaint without removing the windshield..... Gio ... -- Gio Wiederhold infolab.stanford.edu/people/gio.html [Non-text portions of this...
Gio Wiederhold
gio@...
Apr 2, 2009 9:58 pm
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Hi Sandy, Sorry if I,m teaching my grandmother to suck eggs, but I wouldn,t remove the screen just for a repaint. I don't mask up the windscreen rubber in this...
HI Jeanette and Others All that has been said about differentials is fine but without a chassis number it is all too vague, the data I have, states that there...
Robert Bradly
bradly@...
Apr 5, 2009 8:48 am
6686
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the Siddeley group. File : /S_Sphinx/ASCC...
Siddeley@yahoogroups....
Apr 5, 2009 8:52 am
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Yesterday I visited the Techno Classica in Essen. For sale was a "race car" on an Armstrong Siddeley Special chassis (#3335), engine 586. You should decide by...
Apart from the Special that was converted to supercharged racer a few years ago by Dereck Moores there is another guy in England who has constructed at least...
Hello all, Â I think I saw a conversation a while ago about oil filters but not sure if it was completed or applied to my AS. Â What oil filter element can...
The irony of these Siddeley Special Racers is that I think they are using up immitation Brooklands track bodies formerly fitted to Bentleys of the same or...
HI STEVE The original 346/234/236 oil filter is and has been made by several manufacturers, as set out in my AS books. The Australian produced RYKO brand is...
Robert Bradly
bradly@...
Apr 5, 2009 10:34 pm
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I have found matching oilfilters on eBay for my original Mk I. but I there were two models oil filters (AC and Purolator I think on Mark Ia), and I am not sure...
Gio Wiederhold
gio@...
Apr 5, 2009 11:52 pm
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Ah yes, but modern cartridge filters are a long way from the ones fitted to 1950s cars. Modern cartridge filter housings, like on my Mercedes, are cast into...
Peter (and anyone interested!) I changed the title to Siddeley Special ...since they were never Armstrong Siddeleys! Perhaps I should have taken a bit more...
Apologies for not adding this in my previous posting: the 2) car that I mentioned has a very close resemblance to another Siddeley Special that seems to be...
Hi Penn. Your advice with regards enclosed drive shafts I read with fascination, for although my "17" has an open shaft and in consequence the caution does...
HI BRIAN Thanks for your kind note, it is so good hearing from you again. Unforfunately I have been having a lot of health issues which has disrupted my AS...
Robert Bradly
bradly@...
Apr 6, 2009 10:22 pm
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Steve, Try one of the below type of elements if you have a Purolator made filter unit: TJ FP3305 Unipart...
Hi folks, WSJ.383 is the supercharged car built-up solely from spares by Dereck Moores and after a few unsuccessful attempts at auction was sold on. The car...
In the April 2009 ASOC Sphinx page 20, the Stores were offering the possibility of fitting a 123 Ignition distributor (made in The Netherlands) I asked Peter...
If anyone has some photographs of Eric Sockell's 234 convertible, would they please put them in the photos section of this site. Brian [Non-text portions of...
Hi Folks, I have just added a picture to my Album II. It is a rather poor photocopy of a cutting in an old scrapbook, but it serves to illustrate the variety...
Dear Mr. Wiederhold, Yes tou must remove the wooden internal windscreen surround as well as removing the dash board. The surround is secured with the two...
Thanks, Sandy, Unless I can get a new windshield I'll hold off. And getting a new windshield may not be possible for an early (C340261) car with an early US ...
Gio Wiederhold
gio@...
Apr 12, 2009 4:03 pm
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Hello All. I have a new old stock Oil filter in my garage for my mk 2 Sapphire. If its of any use the details are AC Type AC 33A which is also suitable for the...
Hello All. I have a new old stock Oil filter in my garage for my mk 2 Sapphire. If its of any use the details are AC Type AC 33A which is also suitable for the...
Hello, as our 346 saloon has a front bench seat, I was always under the impression that we could legally carry 6 people (including driver) on board. However,...
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