Info and pics wanted for a weasel

[The Bradford man]

Hey Every one
Just looking for extra info / pics on Weasels.
Im looking at building up a Weasel on an 1935/36 Jowett 7 Chassie I will be getting.
Ive looked at as many of the Gallery pics as i could of the beautiful restored weasels on there.
(I Couldnt seem to view all the pics on there)
Are all weasels Twin carbed or was that only some?
does any one have pics of the motors in a Weasel?
What are the differences between the Jowett one and the Godfrey verson?
Are there any like body blue prints for them?
Do they have a opening truck lid?
Thanks

[george garside]

[quote="The Bradford man"]Hey Every one
Just looking for extra info / pics on Weasels.
Im looking at building up a Weasel on an 1935/36 Jowett 7 Chassie I will be getting.
Ive looked at as many of the Gallery pics as i could of the beautiful restored weasels on there.
(I Couldnt seem to view all the pics on there)
Are all weasels Twin carbed or was that only some?
does any one have pics of the motors in a Weasel?
What are the differences between the Jowett one and the Godfrey verson?
Are there any like body blue prints for them?
Do they have a opening truck lid?
Thanks[/quote]

- the Goddfreys sports tourer was completely differnt to the weazel in that it was built on the 1934 ladder type chassis whereeas the Weazels were on the '35/5 cross braced welded frame. The body design was also similar but completely different!. As far as I am aware twin carbs were a standard fitment on weazel although some may now have only one. the rear aaxle ratio was higher giving approx 17mph per 1000 revs in top gear.as against 15 per 1000 on the other twins. I believe compression ratio was also higher but what figure was I don't know. What the alterations from the standard 7hp engine did in the way of providing more power/torque I have never seen but would estimate that it was probalby somewhere between 20 & 22bhp but this is only a guess based on weight & performance. A minor defference was the fitting as standard of a 4 spoke sprung steering wheel.

hope this of some help.

george

[The Bradford man]

Thanxs for that info.
Any one have pics of the Weasel twin carbed engine?

[k. rogers]

I have a Weasel so if you would like to let me have your email address I will try to send you some pics/info you may find useful.

[The Bradford man]

Ive PMd you

[Forumadmin]

Rather than email, can we share on the website?

[k. rogers]

Yes, sure, but I'm not very good at uploading photos to the forum which is why I've suggested emailing.

[k. rogers]

To answer some of your questions about the Weasel:
1. It isn't clear from period articles, but it would seem that twin carbs were a standard fitting, having said that they were problematic due to the absence of a connecting balance pipe, hence there being only one of the four existing Weasels still having the set up (not mine!). There seems very little evidence that there is any noticeable advantage in having twin carbs, but someone may feel they can comment on that.
2. The Weasel did have a different exhaust silencer from the other models - not sure whether this was for performance or sound - but only had the single exhaust set up unlike the twin exhaust of the Godfrey special.
3. Out of the existing Weasels there are no two identical in design eg one of them has an opening boot/trunk resulting in the fuel filler being repositioned.
4. As George has mentioned, the Weasel had increased bhp although it was never stated how much. Rumour has it that it used a modified camshaft, indeed my own example is supposed to have a 'hot' cam supplied by Roy Braddock when he rebuilt the engine over 20 years ago - how it is different will not be apparent until the day it needs to be removed, but the tappets need 4thou clearance as opposed to the usual 2 or 6. Originally, there were dual valve springs which must have made a difference even with the obvious danger of cam wear! - not sure if any have this set up now.
5. The result of the extra power and lighter body was the fitting of a slightly higher ratio differential enabling a noticeably higher top speed ie my car will cruise quite happily at 55mph on the level.
6. I do not know of any blue prints which exist so feel that your best bet would be plenty of photos and dimensions.

I had contact a couple of years ago from a gentleman in Australia claiming he also had a Weasel - you can imagine my excitement at the thought of a fifth example down in the Antipodes - however, photos of the car he kindly emailed to me showed a very different looking four-door 'Weasel' which was originally built by an Australian coachbuilder - interesting that they should call it a Weasel, though!

[k. rogers]

As much as anything this is a test to see if I can upload pictures successfully, but also to show mine and Ian Priestley's lovely example side by side at the Bingley Centennary rally in 2006 - here goes!!

[k. rogers]

Wow - success!! Now the World's my oyster!

[The Bradford man]

Looking good. Is that the actual colour red it supost to be? or did you want to go with a much nicer brighter red?
Do you have any more pics of the green weasel?

[k. rogers]

Although they look similar in the photo, the colour of both cars are very slightly different. I have a swatch of the original paint from my car which was described as Italian Racing Red in contemparary literature and the nearest shade (which appears to be an exact match, in fact) is BMC Monza Red, a colour used on the P6 Rover if I remember correctly. As is always the case with photos, it seems, the colour looks brighter than it actually is - I personally think it is quite a dark rich red.
I do have some pics of the green Weasel, but only hard copies so if you bear with me I will scan them at work and then place them on the forum tomorrow. The green example is a 1936 and features some of that years detail differences from the 1935 year - I will expand on those once I have the pics as it will make more sense!

[k. rogers]

As promised, here are the only couple of shots I have of the green Weasel which were provided to me by Ian Whitney, the owner of the car until he sadly passed away last year, a real gentleman and one who will be missed by all who knew him. I believe the car has been passed down to a family member. Apologies for the first pic which was scanned from a photocopy but which will hopefully show some of the details which are different from the '35 model. This Weasel shares some of the features of other models of that year:
1. A slightly slimmer rad shell with body colour vertical strips instead of black honeycomb mesh. The radiator also leans back a bit more than on the '35.
2. The front wings (fenders) have a different profile at the front, resulting in a deeper cowl under the rad adjoining the front wings. Also, all wings now have a beaded edge (correct term?), possibly as much for strength as looks - was the steel a lighter guage?.
These were the only noticeable differences as everything else, as far as I can tell, was the same as the '35.
As already mentioned, this car still has the twin carb set-up, but I even remember Ian saying that he was contemplating converting to a single carb because of the tuning difficulties.

[The Bradford man]

What other british cars share the same MPH gauge with the weasel?

heres the pic of the weasel one


Thanks

[AlanBartlett]

Scrolling through the Jowett net on a quiet Sunday afternoon I stumbled across this old topic.
Here are a few photos of the other Weasel which I've been working on over the past few months in the hope I can get it road ready.
All the weasels digitally in one place!
Photos of when I bought it.

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Photos of its differences with the opening boot.

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How it looks now with correct wings fitted, lights, and hood frame.

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