Thank you to MLU membership.
 

A restorers dream is to trip over a bounty of NOS parts for our beloved vehicles.

I have had such an experience and wish to share it and thank the Aussie players involved.

It goes like this;

- Mike Kelly attends a swap meet in a Gippsland town named Moe, Victoria on Sunday.
- Mike notices a couple of boxes of NOS Austin Champ parts.
- Mike Kelly as always thinking of others got a contact number and emails Richard Couttes-Smith with the information on the day of the Swap Meet.
- Richard emails me with the details that afternoon.
- I made contact with the seller that night and after a 500K return trip and 5 hours on the road on Monday I have the following.

A huge thank you to Mike and Richard and the MLU network; what a great group of people bought together by a common cause.

List of goodies.


FV.143723 Gasket Cylinder Head x 4

LV6/MT12 Fuel Pump x 2

LV6/MT12 Ring (Neoprene) Throttle Spindle (Qty 20) x 1
LV8/MT12 Float Carburettor x 2

FV.144562 Casing, Water Pump (complete) x 2
FV.176078 Connection PP (Qty 2) x 10

FV.141713 Pump Oil x 2
FV 141714 Cover Bottom Oil Pump x 1
FV.141777 Elbow Oil Pipe (Qty 3) x 2
FV.141799 Pipe Oil Relief Valve to Rocker & Wheel x 1
FV.141797 Pipe Oil Filter to Relief Valve x 6
FV.141796 Pipe Oil Adapter Plate to Filter x 7
FV.141755 Pipe Oil Pedestal to Oil Pump x 10
FV.141727 Bracket Oil Feed Adaptor Plate x 3
FV.141291 Sump (B40) x 2
FV.141742 Joint Bracket Oil Feed Gasket (Qty 12) x 3
FV.141751 Joint Pedestal to Adapter Plate (Gasket) x 2

FV.141692 Manifold Induction x 1
FV.141176 Rocker Inlet Valve L.H (Qty 4) x 2
FV.141175 Rocker Inlet Valve R.H (Qty 4) x 5
FV.141322 Valve Inlet (Qty 4) x 6
FV.141190 Spring Valve Inlet Inner (Qty 4) x 46
FV.141191 Spring Valve Inlet Outer (Qty 4) x 45
FV.141573 Bush Rocker Arm (Qty 4) x 75
FV.141166 Rod Push (Qty 4) x 11
FV.141484 Tappet Exhaust Valve (Qty 4) x 6
FV.141861 Nut Stud Driving Flange (Qty 12) x 1
FV.141195 Wasker Locking Camshaft Gear (Qty 12) x 30
FV.141235 Shaft Driving Distributor (Qty 19) x 6
FV.141588 Bearing Camshaft Front (Qty 4) x 5
FV.141582 Bearing Main (Standard) (Qty 4) x 18
RE 9906 Bearing Big End .010" U/S (Qty 8) x 9
FV.142183 Pulley Crankshaft x 2
FV.141823 Pulley Dynamo x 17

FV.142759 Rivet Hub Lining Fan Clutch (Qty 50) x 3
FV.141829 Hub Fan Clutch x 3
FV.141866 Sleeve Ass Fan Clutch x 2
FV.142760 Rivet Sleeve Lining Fan Clutch (Qty 50) x 5
FV.141831 Bush Friction Fan Clutch (Qty 2) x 5
FV.142182 Plate Hub Fan Clutch x 7
FV.141833 Lining Friction Fan Clutch x 2
FV.141828 Spring Fan Clutch (Qty 3) x 3

FV.143895 Pipe Ventalting Distributor 9.4" x 9
FV.144154 Dog Starting x 3
FV.141682 Joint Air Intake to Back Plate (Qty 6) x 8

Thanks again chaps and of course Richard a spotters fee of the harder to get parts will be kept to one side. :D

Cheers,

Dave.

What MLU is about
 

Hi Dave

Things like this is why I feel I have so many friends all over the world, while we will never meet face to face they are my friends.

The MLU community is something unique, that is enjoyable to be part of.

Cheers Phil

Dave,

That looks like a very good haul!

Happy to see MLU makes our world smaller. MLU proves there are only three degrees of integration, rather than six degrees of separation :D

Moreover, you have "paid it forward" (and I thank you again!), and this is your reward.

Regards,
Hanno

Dave Mills,

you seem like a Champ enthusiast.

I have something for you, I would like to discuss by email in private. Can you email me please?

Thanks

Email sent.

Cheers,

Dave.

Parts
 

Hi Dave

Glad I could be of assistance to somebody in the Champ community. It was at the Warragul swap where I spotted those parts . The seller had little clue about what the parts were for but when I spied the Austin FV labels on the boxes I realised I had stumbled onto a very good deal.