Ford Lynx Scout car for sale....

[Marc van Aalderen]

Originally Posted by lynx42

This is because the Lynx has a chassis and the Dingo does not.

A Lynx is basicly a truck chassis/drive line with a Dingo hull planted on it. The Lynx has none of the beautifully designed drive line parts from the Dingo. Wilson pre-selective 5 speed gearbox, transfer with forward and reverse, bevel boxes at each wheel station, 4 wheel steering on Mk1's, independent double springs on each wheel station, dry sump engine, etc etc. Technically a Lynx is pretty basic and doesn't look as good as a Dingo either.

Cheers,

[Mike Cecil]

Evidently, beauty is in the eye of the beholder!!

Mike C

[Stew Robertson]

You are right Mike!
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder ,also in the eye of the wrench twister
I have worked on both and the Lynx is a kiss machine (keep it simple stupid)
and also has an electrical system that is not hooked to earth
Stew

[Rob Fast]

should be moved to the proper forum site. To much valuable insight here to remain in the sale or trade area. Just a thought. Cheers Rob

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Rob Fast

should be moved to the proper forum site. To much valuable insight here to remain in the sale or trade area. Just a thought.

Moved to the armour forum.

HTH,
Hanno

[lynx42]

Originally Posted by Stew Robertson

You are right Mike!
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder ,also in the eye of the wrench twister
I have worked on both and the Lynx is a kiss machine (keep it simple stupid)
and also has an electrical system that is not hooked to earth
Stew

Interesting to note IS the electrical system. 12Volts, 6volts and 4.5volts all on one Ford vehicle.

The generator is a 12 volt unit, unusual on a Ford V8 vehicle. It supplies current to two 6volt batteries(6x2=12) for the No11 and No.19 radios. The rest of the lighting is usual Ford 6 volts and the V8 coil operates off 4.5volts. All wires are in shielded cables and there are radio suppression straps everywhere.

(I too think that this should now be moved to a proper thread.)

Regards Rick.

[Gordon Yeo]

4.5 volt coil, that was another piece of genius from Mr. Ford?

[Marc van Aalderen]

Originally Posted by lynx42

Interesting to note IS the electrical system. 12Volts, 6volts and 4.5volts all on one Ford vehicle.

The generator is a 12 volt unit, unusual on a Ford V8 vehicle. It supplies current to two 6volt batteries(6x2=12) for the No11 and No.19 radios. The rest of the lighting is usual Ford 6 volts and the V8 coil operates off 4.5volts.

Hi Guys,

That doesn't sound "simple stupid" to me. Dingo's were 12 volts through out, did also have 2 batteries though. Mechanicly they are very complicated to the point of being "over-engineered", I will grant you that. But to me that is one of the interesting things about my Dingo. A design from the late thirties and then all this sophisticated stuff in one vehicle. I have a copy of one of the contract cards from the WD and Daimler. Unit price is listed as GBP 925. This does not sound like a lot but you could buy several small houses for that amount in those days....

Of course the Lynx is also a interesting vehicle as it is also of ww2 era. But one of the advantages of a recconnaisance vehicle like the Dingo is low profile. The Lynx lost that feature.

As Mike C. say: beauty is in the eye of the beholder. The proportions of the Dingo somehow look more "correct" to me. But then I might be slightly prejudiced...

Cheers,