Mystery parts help.

[John A. Rippingham]

Hello,

I've picked up a job lot of military wrapped spares. Some british and some american, and lots without lables!!! Can anyone recognise anything.

I'll start with an easy one, pistons all wrapped in grease and a ford parts label on it, part number E81A 6108 0 + .060. I also got a box of ten gasket sets for ford V8, they were wrapped with a newspaper dateed july 1944, so i'm hoping these are V8 too.

[John A. Rippingham]

There are a few distributor cap, again with no numbers, but they aren't lucas so probably not british, any ideas?

no 1


No 2 Gmc/chev and some bigger trucks, thanks maurice.

[John A. Rippingham]

No 3

[John A. Rippingham]

A head lamp made in the USA, 9" diameter



And some spotlamps,

[John A. Rippingham]

Similar headlamp but no makers stamp, 9" diameter.

[John A. Rippingham]

I think this one is from a morris, 9" diameter.

[John A. Rippingham]

some fan belts, and a box of four pistons, LV7/AL

[John A. Rippingham]

A very early mobile phone,..

[John A. Rippingham]

I got a box full of second hand cutouts, not sure if they'll be any good, but before they go in the bin i thought i's ask what they are. Also a load of switchs, all marked Air ministry.

[John A. Rippingham]

Some gauges i don't recognise, the speedo has a toggle switch at the back for the illumination.

[Maurice Donckers]

6 cilinder distributer cap is from Chevrolet ,GMC, and some of the bigger trucks
first headlight if guide , then also from GMC .
the second headlight looks to me from a post war Dodge.

[John A. Rippingham]

[John A. Rippingham]

Points for something?



Fingers crossed i'm going back friday for another load , just need to identify some of this so i can convince the misses its a good idea. If i don't buy it, its going in the scrap.

The story behind the spares is they all came from an air base when it was shut down, maybe that helps.

[John A. Rippingham]

Originally Posted by Maurice Donckers

6 cilinder distributer cap is from Chevrolet ,GMC, and some of the bigger trucks
first headlight if guide , then also from GMC .
the second headlight looks to me from a post war Dodge.

Thanks for your help maurice, the gmc headlamp had a lucas lense in it, thats what threw me...

[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by John A. Rippingham

some fan belts, and a box of four pistons, LV7/AL

Hi John,

I see 7AL on the fan belt, that is Albion. Cannot read the label on pistons

[John A. Rippingham]

Hello Richard,

I thought you'd smell the cosmoline, thanks for taking the time to look.

So the fan belts are Albion, hmmmm i have 30 of these, with 2 in each box, and i guess i'll be lucky if theres two Albions left. Oh well the boxes are nice!!!

The label on the pistons reads,

61.ms 204399 + .020"
piston assembly
(.020"o/s) (V8480/20)

[rob love]

Originally Posted by John A. Rippingham

No 3

Attachment 69879
Attachment 69880

Cap #3 is from the Post war M135, as well as the M-series 5 ton with the Continental engine. I believe the same cap would have been used on some of the other 6 cylinder gas engines of the 2-1/2 ton trucks like the M35.

The point set (if I am reading the NSN correctly as 2920-00-606-8506) is also for the same trucks.

[Mike Kelly]

the light isnt Morris. is it loyd carrier ?

[Lynn Eades]

John, The headlights with the vertical lined glass and the two side mounts are British carrier lights (Loyd and Valentine as well)
Is the No1 Dizzy cap an Autolite from an Escort or Cortina (Mk1 or MkII)

[rob love]

Originally Posted by John A. Rippingham

Similar headlamp but no makers stamp, 9" diameter.

Attachment 69884

Attachment 69885

Look like Dodge M37.

[John A. Rippingham]

Hello,

The large lucas headlamp with side supports is for a Morris or Humber, confirmed by a morris expert who bought the headlamp for one of his projects.

Jared I've tried to email you back but it just keeps bouncing back. Sorry the headlamp had sold by the time i got your email. If any more turn up i will give you first refusal on them, thanks for your help.

John

[John A. Rippingham]

Hello,

I've searched the ford piston part number online, and MACs have them listed as ford V8.

Here's the gaskets i got, and some pictures of the newspaper that was in the box.

[Jacques Reed]

Hello John,

The head gaskets are for Post War (1945) 59A onwards until 1948 Ford Flatheads. They are marked "100HP"

As shown in attached photo the earlier head gaskets had a trapezoidal hole in the centre whereas the later gaskets had a round hold which reflects the difference in the cooling chamber shape at the deck of the block of the earlier vs later flatheads.

Cheers,

[Mike Kelly]

Originally Posted by John A. Rippingham

Hello,

The large lucas headlamp with side supports is for a Morris or Humber, confirmed by a morris expert who bought the headlamp for one of his projects.

John

That headlight bucket is very similar to a Morris Bosch CVA headlight , it probably is CVA brand but : I have a couple of those same loyd-matilda tank headlights myself and the brass mounts attached to the bucket are in a different location to the Morris bucket . The Morris bucket has the mount castings attached slightly farther back by an inch or so . I can post pics
Mike

[Andrew]

The speedo looks like a civilian white motors from 40s

[John A. Rippingham]

Originally Posted by Jacques Reed

Hello John,

The head gaskets are for Post War (1945) 59A onwards until 1948 Ford Flatheads. They are marked "100HP"

As shown in attached photo the earlier head gaskets had a trapezoidal hole in the centre whereas the later gaskets had a round hold which reflects the difference in the cooling chamber shape at the deck of the block of the earlier vs later flatheads.

Cheers,

Hello Jacques,

Thank you for taking the time to reply, and putting the pictures up. The news paper that was in the box was dated 17th July 1944, but i guess there's nothing to say that paper was from the day it was packed. Thanks again for your time.

[motto]

The headlight in post #5 is for Dodge M37 as Rob says.

David

[John A. Rippingham]

Got some more bits i don't recognise,

A voltage regulator, 24 volt, air ministry stamped and the crows foot on it. And a control panel?

[John A. Rippingham]

A chrysler air filter, and some nut roll.

[John A. Rippingham]

735 x 14 tyre, us army on the side?