Andrew. What form does your Bradford 'special' take? any chance of you posting a photo or two on here
george
12volt conversion
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Re: 12volt conversion
George,
It's a work in progress, to say the least, however it's basically a standard chassis, with standard metal work, but a homemade wooden "tub" behind the bulkhead with a curved wooden boot behind that ! The front wings are too far gone to restore so ill make some simple metal mud guards and mount them over each wheel.
I have some photos which I'll post later this week when get home.
I was initially looking to keep it all original, and it was all there when I acquired / rescued it from the crusher, unfortunately the wooden frame was totally rotten.
It's a work in progress, to say the least, however it's basically a standard chassis, with standard metal work, but a homemade wooden "tub" behind the bulkhead with a curved wooden boot behind that ! The front wings are too far gone to restore so ill make some simple metal mud guards and mount them over each wheel.
I have some photos which I'll post later this week when get home.
I was initially looking to keep it all original, and it was all there when I acquired / rescued it from the crusher, unfortunately the wooden frame was totally rotten.
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Re: 12volt conversion
Looks good Andrew and is within the spirit of 'special building' that was widespread in the 40's and 50's albeit mainly of Austin 7's anad ford 10's.
Just a thought about mudguards. Autow warehouse (google it) have galvanised steel trailer mudguards for 16 inch wheels at £ 42 each. They may well fit as is on the back wheels and perhaps with a bit cut off the front end form a basis for creating front wings on your Bradford . I have not tried this but did consider it for a running rolling Bradford chassis that I nearly bought some years ago
george
Just a thought about mudguards. Autow warehouse (google it) have galvanised steel trailer mudguards for 16 inch wheels at £ 42 each. They may well fit as is on the back wheels and perhaps with a bit cut off the front end form a basis for creating front wings on your Bradford . I have not tried this but did consider it for a running rolling Bradford chassis that I nearly bought some years ago
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Re: 12volt conversion
Thanks George.
Finally inbetween children duties, I have managed to get some time in the garage to tend to the (now 12V -ve earth) bradford.
Unfortunately I can only get the engine running on the passenger side cylinder. The drivers side refuses to play.
Is this "Karma" for converting to 12V I ask ???
Can't be fuel for obvious reasons !
The spark plugs are brand new and I have swapped them over with no joy. The HT leads show good continuity but there is no power to the offending cylinder spark plug. I did have to clean the points before I got any life at all, and I cut back the coil HT lead. This resulted in the one cylinder firing up.
Other than changing the rotor arm, cap and points (and hoping for the best) I'm at a bit of a loss with this one.
It has a brand new 12v coil with the +ve hard wired to the battery, and the -ve straight to the distributor. As mentioned this produced no life, until a bit of emery paper was judiciously applied to the points, dis cap, and rotor arm resulting in half an engine....
Anyone else had this problem or can shine any light on the situation ???
Finally inbetween children duties, I have managed to get some time in the garage to tend to the (now 12V -ve earth) bradford.
Unfortunately I can only get the engine running on the passenger side cylinder. The drivers side refuses to play.
Is this "Karma" for converting to 12V I ask ???
Can't be fuel for obvious reasons !
The spark plugs are brand new and I have swapped them over with no joy. The HT leads show good continuity but there is no power to the offending cylinder spark plug. I did have to clean the points before I got any life at all, and I cut back the coil HT lead. This resulted in the one cylinder firing up.
Other than changing the rotor arm, cap and points (and hoping for the best) I'm at a bit of a loss with this one.
It has a brand new 12v coil with the +ve hard wired to the battery, and the -ve straight to the distributor. As mentioned this produced no life, until a bit of emery paper was judiciously applied to the points, dis cap, and rotor arm resulting in half an engine....
Anyone else had this problem or can shine any light on the situation ???