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Penman
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Hi
56 spoke wheels, if that is diagnostic.
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Ray White
Joined: 02 Dec 2014
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Location: Derby
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The rear axle is worm drive.
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Bengt Axel
Joined: 07 Sep 2008
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Location: Cheshire
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This a a great subject for the 'Finds and Discoveries' section of The Automobile magazine.
Email worthycomments@btconnect.com (Michael Worthington-Williams) |
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mikeC
Joined: 31 Jul 2009
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Location: Market Warsop, Nottinghamshire
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It looks to me like you may have a complete chassis there, cut in half and mounted on top of each other. The narrow section of the lower half is the area where the engine would be mounted, the upper half is probably the rear section.It may be that the chassis should be longer than the two pieces, and you are missing the centre section.
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Ray White
Joined: 02 Dec 2014
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Location: Derby
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| Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2018 10:16 pm Post subject: |
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| mikeC wrote: | | It looks to me like you may have a complete chassis there, cut in half and mounted on top of each other. The narrow section of the lower half is the area where the engine would be mounted, the upper half is probably the rear section.It may be that the chassis should be longer than the two pieces, and you are missing the centre section. |
Could it be that the front section has been turned round with the "waisted " front of the chassis underneath?
I would have thought the parts - especially the rear axle - may be of use to someone restoring a Napier. |
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Slim
Joined: 03 Sep 2018
Posts: 10
Location: Perth Australia
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| Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2018 10:58 pm Post subject: |
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| Thank you guys for the replies. I will have a good read through them this evening after work and reply. Joys of living in Australia/ time difference. Speak soon. |
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roverdriver
Joined: 18 Oct 2008
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Location: 100 miles from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Hello Slim,
Back in 1970 or 71, I found a Napier. Photo from the newspaper is below. The find was when I was living for a while in New Zealand, so although a friend and myself recovered the vehicle, I did not have anything to do with its subsequent restoration. You might get some identifying info from the photo.
The remains changed hands a few times to eventually becoming owned by a chap in Auckland who fully restored it. After the NZ international Rally in 2012, the car was sold to someone in the U.K.
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Ray White
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Location: Derby
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That is what I call a restoration!!
An interesting thing about the coachwork is that it typifies the British Class system so pervasive at the time. An "open drive limousine" shows how the upper class owner would be transported from place to place in comfort while the poor chauffeur would have virtually no protection from the elements.!!  |
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Slim
Joined: 03 Sep 2018
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Location: Perth Australia
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| Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2018 12:19 pm Post subject: |
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Wow that restoration is absolutely amazing.
Bengt Axil Thank you I will email Michael and see what he says 
Rover driver do think that’s the model I have? |
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mikeC
Joined: 31 Jul 2009
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Location: Market Warsop, Nottinghamshire
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| Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2018 12:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Ray White wrote: | That is what I call a restoration!!
An interesting thing about the coachwork is that it typifies the British Class system so pervasive at the time. An "open drive limousine" shows how the upper class owner would be transported from place to place in comfort while the poor chauffeur would have virtually no protection from the elements.!! |
It wasn't just the British Class system, it was just the same in France and Germany, even in America. The chauffeur had more protection than he would have had on a horse-drawn carriage!
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Peter_L
Joined: 10 Apr 2008
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Location: New Brunswick. Canada.
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| Hi Rhyan. Great photos. I am curious as to how much info the OCC experts can pull out of these images. |
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Slim
Joined: 03 Sep 2018
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Location: Perth Australia
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| OCC??? |
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Rick
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Slim
Joined: 03 Sep 2018
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Location: Perth Australia
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Lol... as soon I pressed Submit I thought Old Classic Car  |
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Ray White
Joined: 02 Dec 2014
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Location: Derby
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| Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2018 1:32 pm Post subject: |
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| mikeC wrote: |
It wasn't just the British Class system, it was just the same in France and Germany, even in America. The chauffeur had more protection than he would have had on a horse-drawn carriage! |
My Great Grandfather was a coachman. No doubt he would have viewed this type of vehicle with trepidation.  |
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