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.
Cheers,
Dave.