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rjt10/4



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 11:24 am    Post subject: Armstrong Siddeley Reply with quote

thought i would share my collection of Armstrong Siddeley,s


my 1939 16hp saloon


my 1937 17hp town and country limousine needing a total rebuild

my 1955 saphhire 346
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 12:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

For some reason apart from the Siddely Special all the pre war A-S seem to be disregarded and rarely seen. I know the 12/6 was the usual gutless small 6 but apart from that why? They were well engineered after all. I rather liked the post war Hurricane 2 examples of which I saw derelict at Keele University in the late sixties.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 8:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cracking looking motors. I came across an Armstrong Siddeley 234 stuck outside a garage nr Craven Arms in Shropshire a couple of years ago and made contact with a guy who saved it and commenced a restoration. Have since lost touch with him but would be great to hear how it is going.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 11:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I like the limo, they were going for maximum cooling with those bonnet side vents weren't they.

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PostPosted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 9:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

it maybe survival rates are lower of 950 16hp produced there are only 12 on the road and regarding my town and country limo there are only 3 known survivours none on the road wheras post war cars have a better chance of survival
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 7:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

just had new points and plugs fitted now running as it should


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PostPosted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 8:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Super car, and in excellent company I note in the final picture Smile

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PostPosted: Sat Jan 26, 2013 10:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

A sad update for me this one my 1939 16hp is sick just had a service and grease up collected from garage yesterday fri the 25th drove home as sweet as anything went to take my wonderfull wife out for a drive and the engine caught fire fortunately it burned out before the whole car went up so back in garage to find out why and repairs
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 26, 2013 3:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

rjt10/4 wrote:
A sad update for me this one my 1939 16hp is sick just had a service and grease up collected from garage yesterday fri the 25th drove home as sweet as anything went to take my wonderfull wife out for a drive and the engine caught fire fortunately it burned out before the whole car went up so back in garage to find out why and repairs


eek sorry to hear that Sad glad it wasn't totalled

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PostPosted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 9:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

some pics of the engine damage caused by fire

bonnet needs respray

battery started to melt

heavily sooted up
spoke to garage today and as yet no cause for the fire found but car did start up briefly awaiting further investigation
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 12:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

yipee got my 16hp back from the garage after repairs to the fire damage looks like fire was caused by a sticking float in the carb now running fine and looking good will post some photo,s tomorrow
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 7:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Good news rjt

Also a bit of relief to know what the cause was.
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 9:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

As promised some photos of repaired amstong siddeley 16hp




the alloy plate on the rocker cover is due to being a fabric rocker cover possibly leather very hard to replace
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 10:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

First class collection and sorry to see your disaster but a really good job in restoring it especially the rocker cover - well done.

What caused the fire?
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 7:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

an update on my A.S motors my lovely 1955 saphire 346 now needs repairs to the front bumper and n/s/f wing following an argument with a badger and as the paintwork is over twenty years old and starting to show its age will have a full respray and new carpets fitted and possibly electric power steering
my 1939 16hp ran very well over the weekend despite over heating 3 times still managed to cover just over 200 miles so gone into garage for investigation and to have a temp gauge fitted and small service carried out
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