jowett generator

[robert lintott]

I am no expert on these matters , but Cyril White has led me to an item on ebay ---regret I do not have the reference number --the title is "Jowett Bradford Generating Set for the Kerrison Predictor WW2". A search on ebay should lead any interested parties to it , and the item explains the history. It is on an opening bid of £300 Bob

[ian Howell]

Gone already! Hopefully to a good home?

Is it me or does it not look particularly 'Bradfordian' to anyone else? I see the makers plate but the engine itself looks very different.

Item number: 331127455622
Winning Bid: £300.00
Ended: 21/02/2014 14:53:50

Very interesting addition to the archive.

[robert lintott]

Since this is a war time production the word "Bradford " may have referred to the factory location rather than to what was later the Bradford van ? Also the engine was described as a two stroke , does that make sense ? Bob

[ian Howell]

Two-Stroke? Possibly: -

Is that an Amal carburettor?

Of course, Jowetts might have simply been producing the engine to a War Dept. design, with their plate for identification.

Either way it seems to be 'new' to 'us'.

[ian Howell]

Here is a bit more information gleaned from Wikipedia: -

In the 1930s Scott manufactured a number of stationary engines with the aim of raising funds following the decline in motorcycle sales. Some of these engines were derived from motorcycle units.

"The PA stationary engine however was different. Designed (in the 1930's IPH) to meet a Ministry requirement for a portable electrical generator for the Bofors anti-aircraft gun and its Kerrison Predictor, it was produced during the Second World War by both Scott and its former partners Jowett. It was air-cooled, petroil-lubricated (so therefore two-stroke IPH) and featured a loop scavenge design with two opposed main transfer ports supplemented by a third "boost" port opposite the exhaust".

Is there any mention of this in the Wartime Production book?