So very much true Pete! Compromises to be made between originality/heritage and current safety-standards.
Well the search looking for that particular original part is often challenging and nice, when you obtained it!
Then manuals, illustrations and documents come in handy…which year, till when this part was valid etc.
Just a grab out of electrical stuff after Ron’s post on the S. Jones Aldridge/Trans Arabia with a Marchal lamp.
If there are enthusiasts with interest in the (1947) Scintilla-leaflet, I am more than willing to post some scans
ERF-Continental:
gazsa401:
I think it depends on what sort of finish you want
I’ve had the rivet counters come looking round my lorry
It’s not perfect but I never intended to restore it to as new condition
It was more as a refurbishment as we used to with our own fleet after 5 years on the road
Some restorations look better than when they were first built but as I say it’s each to their own
I was very lucky in finding parts through old contacts and through word of mouth
Though some I’ve struggled to find so I’ve made some of my own parts from patterns and had some parts made up
Time money and storage are also a big factor
I’ve worked out it took me around 5000 hrs to restore my lorry so it can be frustrating at times but the rewards are worth it
I’ve posted some of these pictures before on other topics so apologies if folks have seen them before 01234567BRING BACK THE BIG A…well, you really did!!! Compliments
Thanks ERF-Continental and Robert1953
windrush:
ERF-Continental:
Wonderfull Pete and I hope the memories are kept alive somehow. Do you have an idea
on the timeframe of the Gardner-spanner?A-J
Well the ‘sprayer key’ supplied for the LXB/LXC engines was very simple, just a flat plate with a bar welded across it like a letter T so I imagine that your one is very much older and possibly for the LW engines? Regarding memories, I enjoyed rebuilding Gardners and I certainly got plenty of practice where I worked, however I reckon that I have rebuilt my last one now.
Pete.
Thank you for your informative feedback and sorry I didn’t reply sooner
windrush:
atkiman:
personally i think that the hardest thing can be tracing trim and lights especially for the atkis.When people try to find fault by saying stuff like "thats not original " i tell them that the driver isn’t either nor is the fuel in the tank.my motor id now on tubeless tyres and i had a bloke demanding to know why I’d taken the split rims off! i asked him if he ever changed one he obviously hadn’t so i smiled sweetly and bode him good day cheers jamieExactly as I said earlier, just ask those ‘rivet counters’ where their restoration project is! One of our club members made an observation recently at a show, there was a restored Moggy 1000 there and the chap had fitted a replacement engine/gearbox, all new replica wings, doors, boot and bonnet plus other new parts. Our member asked him if he still considered it a ‘classic car’ as the majority of it was brand new, the chap agreed that it probably wasn’t now but nobody would bother about that!
The ‘problem’ with old vehicles is, if they are road legal, they have to be made roadworthy so obviously new parts are required to meet that standard.
Pete.
Totally agree Windrush I think it’s more to do with keeping things authentic and again in my own opinion as close as the vehicle was
I used and refurbished a lot of the parts I could which again was time consuming
The cab was totally gone but again through a few contacts I managed to buy a brand new cab shell complete with doors and a windscreen and another spare cab which had quite a lot of useful parts which I couldn’t get hold of
I could of spent ages on cutting out the old tin worm and welding new bits of metal here and there but the new cab was a no brainier
Also my lorry was never owned by Stirlands but the reg is a Nottingham one and its identical to the ones we used to run
That’s a lovely 401 great job, was after one me self but as you know they were rot boxes and the only ones available had the rolls Royce in not the 14 litre i was after .did some low flying in my old one. took my test in a cargo and straight back to the yard loaded for bognor regis ex Stockport happy days jamie
atkiman:
That’s a lovely 401 great job, was after one me self but as you know they were rot boxes and the only ones available had the rolls Royce in not the 14 litre i was after .did some low flying in my old one. took my test in a cargo and straight back to the yard loaded for bognor regis ex Stockport happy days jamie
Thanks Atkiman it nearly drove me even madder than I am now !!!
Yours too looks a fine job I did get in touch some years ago with Taberns to see if they had any old spares/stock laying around but unfortunately he’d sold it all on eBay
Mines actually got a NT250 ■■■■■■■ fitted in the Gardner badges are fitted to make it look authentic to the ones we ran
All our 400s and 401s were Gardner powered
It don’t half get the so called “experts”
talking when they peer under the wheel arches
Kind regards
Gazsa401
