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Peter Reid’s 24/80 & John Mallia’s 6/110 at the 2014 Nyora Steam Rally
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ABOUT THE CLUB PATRONS-:
Sir Charles & Lady Wolseley
POSTAL ADDRESS-:
PO Box 25 Briar Hill, Victoria, 3088
WEBSITE-:
www.wolseleycarclub.com
MEETINGS-:
Horrie Watson Pavilion, Deepdene Park, Whitehorse Road, Deepdene. (Melways 46 A7) Normally 3rd Tuesday of the month (except January) 8pm start.
OFFICIAL MAGAZINE-:
The WOLSELEY HORNET The closing date for material is the Friday following the Wednesday Working Bee of each month
CLUB COLOURS-:
Red—Green—Cream
CLUB OUTINGS-:
Usually once a month although additional outings
may be planned, check the website & Club Calendar. A.O.M.C-:
The Wolseley Car Club played a guiding role in the Formation of this Association and has delegates who
Attend AOMC meetings & seminars.
CLUB FOUNDERS-:
Joy & Peter Richardson
The Club has a small number of Honorary Life Members, a status bestowed upon them by the Committee in recognition of outstanding services to the Club. They are identified By an asterisk (*) next to their name in the Club Committee listing overleaf. 2
CAPTAIN’S COMMENT... THE JOB DESCRIPTION AS I SEE IT………………………… Basically, it is putting in place the outings and rallies for the benefit of all members. The details of these programs need to be put in place well in advance and passed onto the Editor and the Webmaster. Follow up is nearly always required as is regular attendance as far as possible at all outings along with the attendance book. This goes hand in hand with discussions with the President about presentations of major club awards. As part of this program, trophies are to be organized.
I have also felt it important that the club captain should welcome new members, make them feel comfortable and look after them on outings and rallies. I also feel the Club Captain, through the Hornet, should make mention of the great work done by the committee members over many years of voluntary work for the club (they are a very self effacing lot). Bringing their activities forward to the attention of all members is most important.
It is now time for new blood in this role with new ideas and a greater grasp on the new technologies. It is Fay’s (the Factotum) expertise with the electronic age that has kept me buoyant and on the straight and narrow (that will cost me). I know someone out there will come forward to fill this role and will enjoy it immensely. NOW…
Thanks to all those who attended the Classic Showcase on March 30 and hope attendees had fun on the Birregurra day. Hope to see many of you at the Gisborne Steam Rally. Then, of course, we come to the State Rally with a reminder that all rally fees along with entry forms should be finalized with our Treasurer. I am really looking forward to this four day event and I can assure you that we have done all in our power to make it memorable. Please stay happy and safe, John RALLY UPDATE: The itinerary for the first day was published last month so everybody knows where to go and where to end up in Cowes. HICCUPS: There have been some slight changes to the itinerary as sometimes happens when we book so far ahead. *The chef we liaised with at the “Pickled Vicar’ has since parted company with this establishment. However, he is happy to cater for our dinners on Friday and Sunday nights in a church hall up the road from the Seahorse Motel. A happy outcome from this is that it will be BYO drinks. Full details of the venue will be published in your rally information book. (Cost for these two meals is included in rally fee). **The RSL will not book in such a large group on Saturday night so we have booked the bistro at the local football club not far from the motel. There is a limited menu with enough choice to suit all tastes. Drinks at bar prices (Cost NOT included in rally fee) . 3
Wolseley Car Club Committee PRESIDENT &
Clyde Wilson & Diane
AOMC DELEGATE
email: clydewilson27@yahoo.com.au
(03) 9309 5256
HON VICE PRESIDENT MEMBERSHIP SEC. AOMC DELEGATE
Graham Keys* & Sharon 3 Denbigh Court, Keysborough, Vic. 3173 email:gkeys@optusnet.com.au
(03) 9798 1172
& WEBMASTER VICE PRESIDENT
John Mallia & Sandra email: jc.mallia@gmail.com
SECRETARY &
Richard Graham & Marion
PUBLIC OFFICER
email: rgr61669@bigpond.net.au
TREASURER
David Morris* & Kathy
(03) 9744 1797
(03) 5944 3206
email: tdmmorris@bigpond.com.au
(03) 9432 5038
EDITOR
John Gray & Bev email: wolseley680@optusnet.com.au
(03) 98033514
SPARE PARTS
Peter McIntosh & Norma
CO-ORDINATOR
68 Devon Avenue, West Coburg, Vic. 3058
(03) 9386 3918
email: norpet1@optusnet.com.au CLUB CAPTAIN
John Burman* & Fay
& PUBLICITY
email: fburman@optusnet.com.au
(03) 9378 9400
Mobile (for Club events) 0412 369 744 SPECIAL EVENTS
Neil Whiffin & Trish
CO-ORDINATOR
email: neiltrish@optusnet.com.au
(03) 9801 0448
REGALIA
Colin West & Barbara
(03)54286707
7 Kilmartin Court , Riddells Creek, Vic, 3431 email: cwe15914@bigpond.net.au 4
REGISTRAR
Lindsay Elliott email: lindsayelliott252@gmail.com
HISTORIAN &
Richard Snedden* & Joan
LIBRARIAN
email: richardsnedden@bigpond.com
SPARE PARTS
Peter Anderson & Suzie
ASSISTANT
email: suzy_peter@yahoo.com
(03) 5427 3113
(03) 9509 9110
(03) 9879 5720
NON-COMMITTEE POSITIONS ARCHIVIST
Robert Bothwell* & Jan email: robnjanbothwell@optusnet.com.au
CATERING
Fred Holmes* & Jenny email: jenfre@optusnet.com.au
OVERSEAS REP
(03) 9778 8555
(03) 9728 1747
Cliff Skinner*
email: GSInternational@bigpond.com
(03) 9598 1186
SPECIAL EVENTS
Jeremy Williams & Fay
(03) 97511175
ASSISTANT
email: monbulkmunchies@bigpond.com
When parking at the Chookshed please do not block access to the back of the property, our landlord was not impressed when a truck could not get through last Saturday working bee - one of our member’s vehicles was blocking it.
ARCHIVE REQUEST — (Rob Bothwell) Hello members,
To complete the Archive issues of The Hornet newsletter I need May and July 1996. These were a Bi-Monthly News Sheet folded into regular Hornet size. Cheers, Rob. 5
REGALIA
MAY 18: GISBORNE STEAM RALLY
Colin West & Barbara
Meeting at location. Map X909, G11 adjacent to Calder Macedon Ranges 7 Kilmartin Court, Riddells Creek,Hwy Vic. behind 3431 (03) 5428 6707 Car Club facility. BYO lunch or plenty of eateries on site. email: cwe15914@bigpond.net.au
MAY 30 – JUNE 2: STATE RALLY (see updates) JUNE 22: BENDIGO
Tour into Bendigo on McIvor Hwy returning via Calder Hwy. Hoping to visit Thales industries. Details to be announced. JULY 20 :THE BIG BOUQUET, HEALESVILLE Meeting at venue, 27 Barak Lane, Healesville at 11am. View Alpacas and an extensive range of Gerbera plants in hothouse. BYO picnic lunch. Light refreshments and drinks available in kiosk. Mel Ref: Map 278 B9
AUGUST 23: WINTER LUNCHEON & PRESENTATION DAY, MACEDON Saturday outing due to location logistics. Meeting at ‘Top of the Range’ Gallery and Cafe (Cameron Dr, Mt Macedon) adjacent to Memorial Cross at 11.30am. $19.50pp for 2 course meal (main & sweet), serve yourself tea and coffee. Committee would like to know approx numbers SEPTEMBER 21: COBDEN MINIATURE RAILWAY Meeting at Service Centre Geelong Rd (Mel Ref : Page 11, D12) for 9.30 departure Travelling through Colac & Pomborneit to Cobden. Venue is Grayland St. Enjoy miniature railway, tea rooms, souvenir shop & BBQ. Pay as you go, BYO picnic lunch. More details to follow. OCTOBER : EUROA/BENALLA? NOVEMBER: CHRISTMAS BREAK-UP? Details to follow NOVEMBER 23: ROB ROY HILLCLIMB Don Wood (MGCC & WCC member) has extended an invitation to us to display our cars. Invitation has been accepted on Club’s behalf so organisers can confirm their calendar 6
MAY
6th
Committee Meeting
10th
Working Bee (Chookshed)
14th
Working Bee (Chookshed)
16th
Hornet material due
18th
Outing - Gisborne Steam Rally (See Outings)*
20th
General Meeting (Speaker: Loctite)
27th
Collating
30th – 1/06 JUNE
JULY
AUGUST
State Rally
3rd
Committee Meeting
7th
Working Bee (Chookshed)
11th
Working Bee (Chookshed)
13th
Hornet material due
17th
General Meeting
22nd
Club Outing (Bendigo – See Outings)
24th
Collating
1st
Committee Meeting
5th
Working Bee Chookshed
9th
Working Bee (Chookshed)
11th
Hornet material due
15th
General Meeting (Speaker: aero structures engineer)
20th
Outing – Healesville (See Outings)
29th
Collating
5th
Committee Meeting
9th
Working Bee (Chookshed)
13th
Working Bee (Chookshed)
15th
Hornet material due
19th
General Meeting (AGM)
23rd
Winter Luncheon & Presentation Day
26th
Collating
*Club vehicle and stationary engine combined outing 7
Welcome to the Herald. So, what does every one think of the Hornet by our new editor? We went to pick it up and I took our copy out of the box and had a good look at it. FANTASTIC!! Congratulations, John on a great job. Loved all of it and, a big job for you on the first edition as you had to edit the huge article from Graham Keys about his New Zealand trip. Took it in your stride big fella. Very well done. Our new editor had to have a bit of dental work done so missed the Saturday chookshed. I think he had his fangs sharpened to put the bite on anyone who strays from his deadlines for material to be on his desk for the Hornet. I ain't going to argue with him!! Anyway, big fella, I am glad the work was good. Well, those who are going will be able to enjoy the very last state rally that the Burman's will have have organised. The very least your scribe can do is tally all the goings on and report back in the next edition of the Herald. The Keys and Graham's are back from their land of the long white cloud after attending the N.Z. rally. Richard was at the Wednesday chook shed and told us of the rally and showed a lot of pictures on his i pad or something. One movie type picture showed Graham Keys bravely driving a Wolseley of about a 1900 vintage, one of two left in the world so we are lead to believe. He appeared to be doing quite well with it although, I did not see him smiling as the look of concentration took that away. Graham said that although it was a brute to drive, he enjoyed the experience. A good time was had by all and the rally was a big success. Dennis Robertson was telling me that he and Judy are worried about son, Paul. Seems that just about the start of every week, the poor lad suffers migraines he has never suffered before. All of us know what a bad headache is like. I certainly would not like to suffer these brutes. Paul is having tests to see what is ailing him. When I spoke to Dennis at the Telstra outing, he told me that it appeared the safety glasses he has had to wear were probably the contributing factor to the cause of his headaches. Robert Bothwell and your scribe went down to Nyora on the 16th March to the steam and tractor show. A great day that saw a few car club members who own Wolseley stationary engines strut their stuff. Most spent the weekend there. John Burman took his ambulance down and joined others like Peter Reid, John Mallia and Max Shayler. Good to catch up, Max. On the Saturday night, Max decided to go to a motel for the night while Peter and John M shared a tent. Burman slept in a nice comfortable bed in the back of his double insulated ride. During the night Nyora had a very nasty storm with lots of rain some of it running under the tent the boys were trying to sleep in while Burman slept soundly in his nice warm bed. We had a great day meeting up with a few other club members and also enjoying the tractor pulls and looking at some very strange machinery popular at their time of build. All in the name of helping with the progress of Australia. The Wilson's have been up north attending a car rally. All went well but for a down side when Clyde hurt his leg walking into a tow bar. The wound became infected so, it was a course of antibiotics for our lad to help with the healing. Dianne also was in the wars as she had a fall with the result of a lot of grazing of arm, leg and body. John Mallia took over the chair on the meeting night. Talking of the meeting 8
night, it was a ripper. Neil Wiffen, our extra events officer, organised a bloke and his wife to come and tell us all about model planes. We were able to have a look at a few planes that were brought along and a few brave members had a go at flying a model on a flight simulator. Plenty of crashes but all who had a go were able to take off and fly. Landings were a problem as our guest pointed out and, it proved to be so when our intrepid learner pilots tried. Neil also organised a trip to the Telstra museum the night of the collating. This was a very interesting night and well worth the effort by Neil and those who attended. The All British Day was very well attended by a very good display of those terrific, classy Wolseley's of all different vintages. This was also our annual show and shine day and it was very hard to judge the cars because of the high standard of displays. The weather was very good and, not one female from our club was present. This meant all the blokes could get together and have a good natter and catch up on a lot of news as well as getting technical. Well, that is the lot for this month. Keep well and as usual, please drive carefully and as always, be kind to yourselves. Scribus. Phone : 0397281747
email : jenfre@optusnet.com.au
Rev Brian Niblock’s green 6/90 and Barry Goodricks black 6/80 at the Classic Showcase (All British Day) Flemington 30/3/2014
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Membership Secretary’s Report
Graham Keys
Dear members, Wolseley Stationary Engines After our exciting visit to attend the New Zealand WCC's National Rally last month, everything now seems to have returned to normal, and life in the Wolseley world continues on. Following the usual post Christmas lull, membership enquiry has again picked up, and I now have additional names to add to our ever increasing database of Wolseley owners and their cars. In addition to cars, our Registrar Lindsay Elliott now has an ever increasing number of Wolseley stationary engines to complement his brilliant Vehicle Register. It is great to see these little, but very heavy (try lifting one) products of the original Wolseley Sheep Shearing Co. now being recognised for the contribution that they undoubtedly made to the Australian economy by their extended use in and around the rural community. The many and varied uses that these engines were put to was a direct result of their reliability and ease of servicing. It is good to see that they are now being returned to their former glory, rather than being left rusting at the back of a farm shed or in a paddock somewhere. Wolseley Outings
As usual, John Burman has provided us with full years calendar of events to look forward to, and as this may be the last time that he will be involved in organising club events, we hope to see his last planned outings attended by as many members as possible. Over many years, a redeeming feature of all John's outings (apart from an uncanny knack of picking good weather) has always been the amount of detail and effort that he has put into their forward planning, and I am sure that it has been this meticulous checking and re-checking that have substantially contributed to making all his outings an outstanding success. In earlier years, as a travelling representative for a large sign company, John travelled many millions of miles throughout Victoria and its border towns, marvelling at their beauty and enjoying the friendliness and hospitality of the towns people. John has always been passionate about the folk history of our rural countryside, and over the last 20 years we have been privileged to have him share so much of this wonderful knowledge with us. Although this will certainly be a hard act to follow, our next Club Captain will find that many of the outings that John has established over the years have now become recognised yearly events, which will perpetuate until they can be over-stamped by something better. I suspect however, that this may well take some time, and it is highly likely that the most enthusiastic supporters that change will be John and Fay themselves. I have made suggestions to the Committee that our yearly Club Calender might also contain additional set yearly events such as a "Presidents Run" and "Birthday BBQ" which could, if wished, be organised by other members, thereby relieving some of the pressure of this vital Committee appointment. Only a suggestion, but I think worth considering as a means of easing a new Club Captain into a job that John's expertise has made look easy over a very long period. I'm sure that he must be our longest serving member in a single Committee position ever. A truly commendable effort that may never be repeated this Club's history. We're looking forward to this year's outings John, and in particular the May 30 State Rally. New Members: This month we welcome the following:
# 1423 Mr. Michael Coultas OAM from Mornington, Vic. ....................................6/110 MK I # 1424 Mr. David Morrison from Stanhope, Vic. ................................................24/80 MK II We look forward to catching up with these members soon. Cheers.... Graham 10
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Car clocks an article by Bob Francis, reproduced with his & the 6/80 & MO Club’s kind permission. Dodgy ticker? Car clock ticker I mean. There’s nothing new there, but maybe it’s not as hard to repair as you think. In order to be able to repair car clocks, we really need to know what makes ‘em tick. There are several designs of electro-mechanical car clock which were used before motorised, transistorised, and quartz mechanisms came along, I’ll talk here about a couple of them. Some types used a solenoid and spring, others a solenoid with a weight on the end of an arm (Rover 2000’s had these, at least, my father in law’s car had one) and it was either the weight, or the tension of a “puller” spring that provided the power for the clock, as opposed to a wound up coil spring. At the end of the travel of either the spring or weight arm, an electrical contact closes which energises the solenoid, and pulls the spring tight again, or pulls the weight up to its highest level, thus breaking the electrical contact and allowing the process to repeat. These are “Self-winding” and use the Borg mechanism. I shall refer to them as Borg clocks in this article whether they’re actually “Borg” or not. The Smiths clocks as used in our club cars work on a different principle. They have an impulse coil with arms (pole pieces) that extend either side of it, (see pic and schematic diagram) which partly encompass a balance wheel. Permanent magnets are attached to this wheel, and as the coil is energised, the pole pieces become electromagnetised, attracting or repelling the magnets on the wheel, which then turns. Attached to the balance wheel is a coiled return spring, as you’ll find in most escapement mechanisms, and there’s also a pin contact (impulse pin) on the other side of it which when opened and closed by the movement of the wheel, energises or de-energises the coil. Current flows from the supply terminal to the wiper contact via the rectifier, rectifier bridge, contact hairspring and the coil which is connected in parallel with the rectifier. The earth return for the circuit occurs through the hairspring when the wiper contact touches the impulse pin. When the spring is brought into contact with the rectifier bridge it completes the circuit and energises the pole pieces, turning the wheel. When the contact breaks, current ceases to flow in the coil allowing the coiled spring to return the wheel. The wiper contact and impulse pin supply current pulses to the coil as the balance wheel oscillates. In this type of clock, the wheel drives the gear wheels to the hands through an inverted Sully escapement. You’ll notice that the schematic shows a rectifier in the circuit. None of the club car clocks I’ve taken apart seemed to have one. I later found out that the diagram comes from a later Smiths clock, so they must have started putting rectifiers in later on. The pin contact on the underside of the wheel when it is stationary should not touch the wiper contact and the circuit should be open. It takes the setting of the hands to get it moving, when this happens the wheel is given a “kick start” which causes it to rotate, rather like swinging the pendulum of a wall clock to start it. The contacts close and the coil is energised. So why do they stop working? Often the contacts burn out, or get dirty, or the coil or rectifier burns out. Sometimes cleaning and re-facing the contacts will give them a new lease of life, if the coil or rectifier’s burned out… “Houston, we have a problem…” Borg clocks sometimes have a small condenser fitted across the contacts as the current needed to energise the solenoid is greater than that needed to energise the coil of impulse clocks, thus the spark generated by the opening of the contacts is bigger. This condenser does a similar thing to the condenser in the contact breaker circuit of an ignition system. It is there to absorb the energy of the back EMF pulse that occurs within the coil due to the collapse of the magnetic field when the contacts open, which creates a spark, just as the same collapse of the magnetic field in the LT side of your ignition coil, caused by the opening of the “points”, generates a spark, and is why you need the condenser there across the contact breaker to suppress it. This back EMF is quite a big pulse in some cases and can cause damage to the contacts if not suppressed. When the contacts close again, the energy is released back into the circuit. This helps to preserve the life of the contact breaker, and reduces sparking. Our club car clocks do not normally have a condenser fitted as the current required by the impulse coil is low (about 15 milliamps) and the contacts do not spark so much.
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N.B. Some early impulse coil type clocks may not be fitted with a rectifier.
Sully escape-
Levers attached to balance wheel Early type MO & MS
To the left is the later type (S2) MOxford/MSix clock with the black ring insert and larger white numbers. To the right a 6/80 clock. All of them them have the same basic impulse coil movement but in the later type MO/MS clock, the clock hands adjustment cable exits from the side of the casing as opposed to the back on the earlier, and 6/80 types. Folks who lay a car up for a while, often forget - or just don’t bother to disconnect the battery, or disconnect the clock, but it is a wise thing to do if you have any kind of mechanical electric clock. The car’s battery will gradually discharge, through the clock - eventually - but more usually through its own internal resistance, resulting in a gradual voltage drop. This voltage eventually becomes insufficient for the coil to generate a strong enough magnetic field to either energise the solenoid, or impulse coil, and the clock stops working, very often with the contacts closed. If this happens, current still flows -
This is the back of the 6/80 clock. Note the adjustment cable exits from the rear of the casing. The front bezel when turned, has lugs (arrowed) which line up with cut-outs in the casing flange. The four screws at the back need to be released.
through the coil, permanently, which can cause it, the contacts, or the wiring, to eventually overheat and burn out. Some car alarms or other ancillary equipment require the battery to be permanently connected, so if you’re leaving the car for a while, either buy one of those very low current, top-up trickle chargers, or if you don’t have an alarm or sensitive equipment, disconnect the battery, or the clock. Putting a switch in the circuit so that you can turn the clock off when not using the car is a good idea.
What do I do if the coil proves to be burnt out?
The only real solution is to find the end of the wire, and unwind it. The wire is about 1/2 the thickness of a human hair, and nowhere near as strong, and you may need to unwind all of it until you get to the burnt out bit. Believe me, there’s a lot of wire on that coil! In some cases the wire may have got so hot it has burnt off the enamel insulation, rendering the whole lot useless, so the only thing to do is to rewind it with new wire, a 200gr roll of 36SWG enameled copper wire costs about a fiver on e-bay, you’ll probably only use about half of it. This is very tedious to do by hand, so as I’d built my own coil winding machine for the purpose of winding electric guitar pick-ups, I adapted it to rewind car clock coils, but it’s easier in many cases to replace the entire mechanism with a quartz movement from a more modern vehicle. I’ll show you how in a future issue, although getting the original one to work is ultimately more satisfying. I want to change the polarity of my car from + earth to –ve, why must I disconnect the clock? Well, actually, the clocks I have here appear to work either way round. Now before you start saying “Oh, but you’ve always said….” Yes, that’s because I’d been told it was necessary to disconnect the clock by “Those who knew better than I” (or so “ They” said), plus until I’d rewound the coil of a non-working MO clock that Mr. Barker gave me to experiment with, I didn’t have a working clock to try it on. After I’d rebuilt it, and as it didn’t seem to have a rectifier in it (well, if there was one, I couldn’t find it), I connected it to –ve earth, and lo and behold it worked! I then tried the 6/80 clock, which worked anyway and also didn’t have a rectifier in it, and that also works on either polarity.
The entire thing comes apart quite easily. Gently prise off the hands and the clock face comes off too. With the S2 MO/MS clocks, the face is held on by two screws, these can be difficult to remove so use penetrating oil. It’s not strictly necessary to remove the face for what we want to do, but removing the hands prevents them from getting bent or damaged. Just mask the face disc in suitable paper or material to protect it from scratches.
However….. They ARE supposed to be polarity sensistive. You’ll notice that the spade terminal insulation is green. This means it’s a +ve earth clock, if its white, it’s a –ve earth (which of course, it won’t be if it came from your MO/6/80). So, what you do in order to re-polarise the clock, assuming it works, is to carefully dismantle it and look for the rectifier. I know some of you own more than one classic, perhaps a later 50’s or even 60’s car, and this will quite probably have a rectifier in the clock, so find it, turn it round (as it’s usually a small disc), then connect the coil wires up again, but to the opposite contacts. Now it’s a –ve earth clock! I think it’s very much a case of “suck it and see”, but for the record, you’re supposed to turn the rectifier round (if there is one), and reverse the coil connections. So if you’ve got a later car with an impulse drive clock, DO disconnect it before you change the car’s polarity, then take it apart, search for the rectifier and do the modifications. Don’t take chances. On some Borg clocks, the condenser (if fitted) is often a Tantalum bead or a small electrolytic, thus polarity sensitive. Connecting one of these the wrong way round results in quite a sharp “POP!” from under the dashboard, and a puff of extremely smelly smoke. With these clocks, this is usually the only reason you cannot change the polarity, so all you need to do is open it up to see if it has a condenser or not, if it doesn’t, and you know the solenoid’s operational, connect it up and see. If it does have a polarised condenser, take it off, turn it round, and solder it back in. Solenoids are not polarity dependent. Your trafficators are operated by solenoids, and changing the polarity makes no difference, they still work just the same, so should your Borg type clock. Below, left– Tantalum bead, middle- Electrolytic, both polarity sensitive, right– polyester/polycarbonate capacitor– not polarity sensistive.
This is what you’re left with. The brass spacers to the left in this photo, need to be unscrewed, this allows you to remove the backplate and gives access to the mechanical movement, and the coil. Go back to pic.1 on the previous page to see what it looks like.
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No reading = open circuit. A good coil should read approx. 550-600 ohms.
This quite clearly shows the impulse pin contact and lever mechanism, and the inverted “Sully” escapement which is attached to the balance wheel shaft. It’s a good idea to get some switch cleaner. Carbon tetrachloride, used in dry cleaning, is good for this.
Testing the coil with my multimeter showed no reading at all, indicating that the coil had gone open circuit. In this case there was no recourse but to unwind it and find out where the wire had parted company. This took a long time!
Above left, as I began to dismantle the coil, a wire just fell out. I hoped this would be the answer to the open circuit, but no such luck, upon breaking it down into its component parts (centre pic) and then finding the end of the wire, I tested it again, and it was still open circuit. Damn! To the right, Not the clearest of photos, but you can see how fine the wire is. I had to unwind the coil ALL the way before I found the broken bit. Needless to say, the wire broke several times, so it seemed I would have to scrape off the enamel and solder it back together. It took a good hour to unwind by hand, but there was a footy match on in the bar at the time, so I found doing this ultimately more interesting. My interest in football is akin to watching cement set, paint dry, and watching a cup of tea get cold. I used a screwdriver handle here as a makeshift bobbin.
Finally, as the wire had become so brittle and kept breaking, to avoid having to make about 10 soldered joints (and losing my patience), I decided to re-wind the coil with new wire. As I didn’t have anything quite as fine as this, I used a slightly thicker wire, but put more turns on. Thicker wire will have a lower resistance and a greater current will flow, meaning the points may spark, this is where a small polyester capacitor, about 0.1uF is useful, just connect it across the coil. It’ll pass more current though so can burn out even more easily, so start the clock up asap upon re-connection!! Having wound on as much wire as I could within the limits of the available space on the plastic bobbin, I measured the resistance with the multimeter, it was 420 ohms. A 150 ohm 1W wire wound resistor in series with the coil made up the difference (reduces current flow), and after careful cleaning and lubrication with very fine oil (I used sewing machine oil) I reassembled the clock and connected it up. Bingo! That’s how it’s done! If you do manage to get the mechanism to work again (and I’m making no promises at all, as sometimes they’re just worn out) it’s always
a good idea to take it to a clock or watch repairman and get it thoroughly cleaned and properly lubricated. I’ve messed about with clocks for quite a few years as I’m interested in horology and have made a few wooden clocks just for fun, but if you aren’t sure how to go about it, take it to a pro. In a future issue, I’ll show you how to replace your old mechanism with that from a more modern car clock, and how to fidget about with a couple of simple electronic components which will allow you to use a polarity sensitive clock on either +ve OR –ve earth. It really is quite easy and even someone who has never done anything like this before, will soon get the idea of it. Just remember that if you leave the vehicle for a reasonably long period, disconnect the battery or the clock, and when reconnecting it, start it up ASAP to avoid the impulse coil from heating up and burning out. Good luck. Bob Francis. Roly Turner sent me a useful web link: http:www.sa.hillman.org.auTT_SmithsClock. htm Thanks Roly.
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Phew! Worra Lorra wire!
I suppose you could say “it’s a wind up”. Not the prettiest of clocks these S2’s one has to admit, but functional. I reassembled it, connected it up to negative earth, and...yup, it’s still ticking, has been for a couple of weeks.
For those of you “die hards” who insist on playing with your impulse coil clocks until you drop, here’s an exploded diagram of the component parts. You’ll remember me talking about rectifiers. See first photo next page. The cylindrical post, part No 17 is the rectifier in clocks that look like this. Close scrutiny and examination of the ones I took apart, which all came from either 6/80’s or MO’s, revealed that all these appeared to be were bakelite spacers, and did not seem to do anything at all, they probably were rectifying diodes that just didn’t work anymore. If yours proves to be a diode (check it with a meter), it should pass current one way but not the other. If it works, and you’re changing polarity, reverse it.
If it won’t pass current either way (use ohms on the meter), it’s blown, so put it back (as it’ll not work anyway) and connect an IN4007 diode between the coil feed (pin attached to part No 10) to earth, the white line at the front of the diode (which will be black) goes to +. If +ve earth, to the clock chassis. The diode blocks the back EMF coil pulse when the contacts open. Okay, now down to the nitty gritty bit of how we can make a +ve earth clock work on a –ve earth car, or vice versa, assuming you have a working clock. You will still need to take it apart because you need to electrically isolate the clock’s workings from its case, and the car’s chassis or framework. Last time I rewound the coil of an S2 MO clock, and I’ve used it as a demo to show you how to do this. Here’s what it looked like after I’d rewound the coil. There’s an alloy back plate which snaps back on to the brass spacers, and when the whole assembly is remounted in the clock case, it fits up against a rubber gasket which electrically insulates it and the screws from the case. Below is a photo of a 6/80 case, and the later S2 MO/MS case, note the earthing strap. Disconnect this, as shown in the r/h photo.
1. Back Plate
2. Pole Piece Securing Screw
21. Lower Insulating Plate
3. Setting Support Plate
4. Pole Piece
23. Setting Spindle Washer
22. Setting Pinion
40. Friction Spring
41. Insulating Ring
42. Regulating Spindle
43. Not shown
44. Double Support Plate
5. Spacer
6. Coil
24. Setting Wheel
7. Balance Support Nut
8. Balance Support Assembly
25. Setting Pinion Spring
45. Double Support Plate Securing Screw
9. Centre Spindle and Wheel Assembly
26. Setting Spindle Collar
46. Transverse Wheel Assembly
10. Connecting Bracket
11. Rectifier Screw
27. Minute Wheel
28. Insulating Tube
12. Insulating Sleeve
13. Setting Spindle Return Spring
29. Rectifier Pillar
30. Retaining Plate
31. Retaining Plate Screw
32. Dial Washer
49. Regulator Disc Spindle Assembly
33. Regulation disc
34. Hour Wheel
50. Anchor Post
14. Contact Hairspring Assembly 15. Contact Hairspring Pillar 17. Rectifier
16. Setting Spindle
18. Rectifier Bridge
47. Escape Wheel Assembly 48. Balance Wheel Assembly
35. Spring (for regulaton disc)
52. Hairspring Taper Pin
19. Upper Insulating Plate
36. Locating Plate Screw
53. Top Bearing Assembly
20. Screw (for contact hairspring pillar)
37. Bottom Bearing Locating Plate & Adjustable Bearing
54. Regulator Lever Assembly
38. Cannon Pinion
39. Balance Platform Assembly
51. Anchor Post Screw
55. Regulator Lever Washer 56. Top Bearing Screw
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To be continued next month
58. Setting Spindle Washer (Brass)
57. Regulator Wheel
Westpac Cheque Account- Camberwell Opening balance Add Receipts
1-Jul-2013
Includes Non Member Income - Annual Limit $416 :
$36.99
$24,992.29
Less payments
Includes estimated GST incurred year to date of..
$1,866.59
Westpac Cheque Account - Cashbook reconciled balance Which includes ALL State Rally Payments received from entrants, less event payments made Net club funds ** Trust funds ** $6,774.00 avail >> Petty Cash
$14,962.91 $27,434.96 $42,397.87
(Treasurer $50, Spares $100, Regalia $ 50)
$17,405.58
$10,631.58
$200.00 $17,605.58
TOTAL CLUB FUNDS HELD
David Morris Hon Treasurer
FROM THE ARCHIVE (Rob Bothwell) A Sub-Committee was formed to “look closely at the Incorporation Act” with a view to limit liability to club members along with other benefits. Admission to the British Motoring Show at Flemington was $3.00 per vehicle which included a $2.00 deposit on a badge which would not cost more than $5.00. Admission cost was therefore $1.00. The 1983 Concourse results were published with 1 st, 2nd and 3rd awards won by Peter Whitton, Fred Holmes and Garry Iwanovski. All 3 are still club members. Minutes of the November 1983 General Meeting were published with a welcome from the President to new club member John Bonney. John has served the club well holding many committee positions over the years. Also from these minutes: Club Registrar Jack Foster “received an offer to computerise Register records”. This was recently made a reality by Club Registrar Lindsay Elliot along with previous work by Peter Watt. Graham Keys gave a talk on the AOMC and its objectives. Club President Robert Bothwell presented Jack Foster with a Life Membership of the Club. Top three Club Members for 1983 utilising the point system (in place at that time ) were Ange Braysha, Rob Bothwell and Cliff Skinner. Happily all still active in the club. BARGAIN BUYS: 6/110 Mk 11 fitted with 250 Ford motor & Impala gear change, white duco, good body red interior, FC. $500.00 or $300.00 unreg. This was an interesting issue basically covering 2 months – Cheers, Rob. 16
Some of the 22 cars displayed by Wolseley Car Club members at the 2014 RACV Classic Showcase
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NYORA, 15 – 16TH MARCH, 2014 I headed off early on Friday, 14th to meet John Mallia, Peter Reid and Max Shayler for ‘Brunch’ at Caldermeade Dairy/Cafe on the Bass Highway. It was a beautiful day – blue sky, no wind – all was boding well. After a couple of coffees and a good light breakfast we were on our way. We have always attempted to arrive at this venue early as it is becoming more popular by the year. Club members from the host club welcomed us once again as we settled into our usual spot. By about 1pm we had the engines in place, the camp set up and afternoon tea ready. This was the first run for Max’s machine and his new trailer. What an interesting and professional job he has done with Fred Holmes, Max it. It created a lot of interest. Shayler and Robert Bothwell admire Max’s new set-up
In the afternoon it was great to see Graham and Bev Conn who drove
across from Dennington with friends from their local club. In all, we had seven engines thumping away on display. Much interest was shown in Graham’s ‘R’ type engine along with his prolific display of Wolseley shearing accoutrements and tools. Very impressive! Unfortunately, the weather broke for the worst on Saturday afternoon with wind and showers and our evening meal turning out a little watery. This was Peter Reid’s first camping trip away and I had forgotten to bring the promised stretcher for him to sleep on. After the existing wet weather, I am not sure Graham Conn with his fine display at Nyora we have a convert yet. Clyde Wilson was not with us this year but he will know exactly what was going on. Over the weekend we were visited by George Peaker, Dennis Robertson, Kath and Eddie Jackson, Fred Holmes, Robert Bothwell, Peter and Helen Berry and John Mackie. I apologise if I have missed any others. Thanks to those who had their Wolseley vehicles on display with the engines and elsewhere. They all looked fantastic.
In all, a good fun weekend with good friends spreading the Wolseley word. We’ll be back next year hopefully with Peter. John
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I have tried a few more new things this month including more colour to the front cover, more adjustment of headings & photos, particularly those in black & white inside the magazine (thanks to a tip from the editor of another magazine) and the first of a series of technical articles from another Wolseley magazine, the 6/80 & MO Club in the UK— many thanks to them. Also included in this issue is an article by local member Jerry Wells which at one page plus another of photos and a diagram should be within the capabilities of many of our members and I encourage you to do your bit to make the Hornet as interesting as we can by varying the content. My thanks to the Committee, the Archivist and Scribus for their contributions/reports and I am also grateful of the support/advice I received from our printers, Spitting Image, who cheerfully commented on two practice editions I submitted before we went to press with my first edition. I plan on trying to maintain a 36 page edition which allows me about 8 pages of variable content each month with photos in colour on the front & back covers and in b/w inside where space permits—or where they form part of a report/article. A possible variable is the number of pages of cars for sale, which, with the regular features/reports, take precedence so I might have some juggling to do with one off articles as the number of pages must be a series of four, 32-36-40, anything in between would produce a blank page, which obviously, I wouldn’t do—so be prepared for a one off article to held over to the following month, or some furious editing, by me, to fit something in by changing font or photo size—all of them happened on this & my first edition. John & Bev
More Wolseleys at the Classic Showcase.
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By Club member Jerry Wells
From the middle of the 1930's, all Wolseley production cars sported a little "in-house" feature in the form of an illuminated name badge located near the top of the radiator. In the pre-WWII era, vehicle manufacturers tended not to affix plates or badges to individual cars as a means of identification. Conservatism ruled! In contrast, after the cessation of hostilities and the resumption of mass production, there was a proliferation of stampings and scrawled (usually chrome plated) decorations on the sides and boots of vehicles as car makers strove to persuade buyers that their models were the ones to purchase. According to St John Nixon (p110 "Wolseley" 1949), "It was in 1935 also that the wire wheels which had been used for so many years, gave place to the pressed steel wheel and from the point of view of the owner who looked after his own car, these "Easy-Clean" wheels, as they were called, marked a very real advance in design. The illuminated name badge on the radiator, which is such a distinguishing feature on all Wolseley cars at night and unique to this make, was introduced in this year." However, there is not a lot of consensus amongst British authors on this point, for example, Nick Baldwin "The Wolseley" (1995) says the introductory date was August 1932 and Ron Ward "Wolseley Album" (undated) claims it was first introduced in 1933 and incorporated in all vehicles by 1934. As Nixon points out, the lighted name plate was, "unique to this make" and the reason for this is that a patent covering the design and application of the device was filed by Wolseley Motors (1927) Ltd on April 22nd, 1932. The patent was accepted and published by the British Patent Office early in 1933. As well as the Wolseley company, the patent, (No. 387,179) was applied for by one Leonard Percy Lord.
As with all patents, this one contains a number of "claims" at the end of the document each one giving a clear statement of what the patent invention is all about. In this case the first claim reads: "In a motor vehicle, means of advertising the make of the vehicle comprising a housing fitted behind or within an aperture or recess formed in the front of the radiator or of the radiator casing, or in a part attached to the front of the radiator or radiator casing, the said housing containing an electric lamp and being closed at the front by a panel, plate or other part bearing, or provided with, a trade mark or trade name indicative of the make of the vehicle and adapted to be illuminated by the lamp so as to be visible at night." All this is a long-winded way of saying there is a lighted badge on the front of the radiator! And there are six further claims!
Leonard Lord (1896 - 1967) was a major figure in the British motor car scene during the pre- and postWWII period. A detailed biography of the man appears in the back of Peter Seymour's book, "Wolseley Radial Engines" (2006). He was a self-made man from humble beginnings who rose to the top through his skills as a production engineer and work-shop organiser. Eventually, he was knighted and elevated to the Peerage even though, in 1936 he was sacked by Lord Nuffield for having an affair with a female member of staff! When Nuffield purchased Wolseley Motors in 1927, Lord was transferred to the Birmingham factory to reorganize the machine shops. He did such a good job that Nuffield moved him to Cowley in 1933 to become Managing Director of Morris Motors. As far as patents were concerned, Lord filed only about 10 of them (most during his time at the Austin Motor Car Co.); his first, and the only one applied for during his six years at the Wolseley factory concerns the radiator badge.
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Drawings taken from the Patent document show: Fig 1 the proposed positioning of the badge on the radiator, Fig 2, a horizontal section through the badge with (8) the transparent cover, (7), the bulb and (18), the chassis electrical flexible earthing contact. Fig. 3 shows the bulb and the transparent cover "popped out" of the radiator recess.
Two photos of a Wolseley illuminated badge as fitted to a Wolseley 14 HP. Note the bulb arrangement is slightly different to the patent drawing.
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Club display at Kalorama Rally 6/4/2014
Thanks to Rob Bothwell for these images
Centre display of era’s from 1895 Benz
Mostly talking was done here, JB’s stationary engine just out of sight to right
Wolseley Hornet, love those headlamps
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Special Events Thanks to all who came to the Telstra Visit on Tuesday March 25th, 13 of our members enjoyed a most interesting evening covering the history of Melbourne’s telecommunications network. Cheers Neil
General Meeting, May – Steven Drew Steven Drew from Henkle industries will speak to our May general meeting about the vast range of LOCTITE products, their applications and properties. Should be of special interest to those of us who glue, seal and repair our Wolseleys. Any queries, please give me a call.
General Meeting, July — David Evans David Evans is a Structures Engineer and has worked for the Government Aircraft Factory, Hawker De Havilland & Boeing (where he still works, part time, today). He has worked all over the world and has been involved with the GAF Nomad and various models of the 757, 767, 777 & Dreamliner 787. His address will be based on safety in design.
Non-W.C.C. Motoring Events Update: GEELONG BAY CITY SWAP MEET
Showgrounds, Geelong
Saturday 10th May 2014 Enquiries to 0417 546 089
Rob Roy Historic Hillclimb Christmas Hills Melways 265 A11
Sunday 17th August— Gates open 8am Enq 0429101166 - 97581713
Australian National Show & Shine — Clifton Street Euroa 8am—3pm Sunday 5th October. Show Vehicles $5, public entry $2 Enq 57953662
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MINUTES OF WOLSELEY CAR CLUB GENERAL MEETING Held at the Horrie Watson Pavilion, Deepdene on Tuesday 15th April 2014. The meeting was declared open at 8.03PM, President Clyde Wilson in the chair. APOLOGIES: Robert Bothwell, Peter McIntosh, Barry Goodrick, Keith Grass, Cliff Skinner, Clyde Oldis. VISITORS: Paul Edgar from the Riley club thanked and congratulated WCC on our Kalorama Display. There were more cars than last year. Prospective new member Don Green introduced himself (Morris Minor, Austin Lancer, and a Wolseley). MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING: As printed in Hornet. MOVED: George Peaker, SECONDED: John Gray, CARRIED. BUSINESS ARISING: Nil CORRESPONDENCE IN: Restored Cars magazine, various Club Magazines. CORRESPONDENCE OUT: Letter to Vic Roads re: CPS signatory. MOVED: Richard Graham, SECONDED: John Burman, CARRIED. TREASURER'S REPORT: David Morris Total funds $17605.58 made up of $200.00 Petty Cash, plus $17405.58 cash at bank. Total includes Rally funds of $7030.00. Accounts for Payment: Fay Burman (Rally packs) $71.94, Colin West (One stop embroidery) $192.00, Radius Disability Services (Rally bags) $196.84, Graham Keys (spare parts) $559.35, Fred Holmes (catering) $42.00, Robert Bothwell (Archive stationery/postage) $28.70. MOVED: David Morris, SECONDED: Denis Robertson, CARRIED. SPARE PARTS: Peter McIntosh not present. Graham Keys – we have got new master cylinders in stock - not worth overhauling. Front wheel cylinders for 24/80 (stainless inserts) and brake boosters also in stock. Drums and shoes available on short notice. Next Chookshed dates Saturday 10th, and Wednesday 14th May. CHOOKSHED MANAGER: Peter Anderson not present CLUB CAPTAIN/PUBLICITY: John Burman Next outing to Gisborne Steam Rally, then the State Rally at Philip Island. See Hornet. SPECIAL EVENTS: Neil Whiffin Telstra museum went very well. Police Airwing on the Thursday after Easter – details in Hornet. Please be on time. Tonight – presentation by Graham Keys on the NZ Rally. Next month – Loctite products. (Stephen Drew) . 24
MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY: Graham Keys Four new members – Mike Elly (Newport Vic.) - Princess 4litre R, Steve Pattison, Port Lincoln SA, 24/80, David Morrison (Stanhope Vic) 24/80 MkII, Michael Coultas (Mornington) Wolseley 6/110 Mk I. LIBRARIAN/HISTORIAN: Richard Snedden Books from the Wolseley Register – on the 1500 and Super Sixes available from Colin West. Historian – Richard is a member of the Society of Automobile Historians – gets correspondence from them on various subjects of interest, and Anders Clausager. who is investigating the History of Wolseley models which came to Australia. AOMC REPRESENTATIVE: Clyde Wilson/Graham Keys Nil to report. REGALIA: Colin West Not much to report – new prices in Hornet. Have some books at the meeting tonight. Left some brochures from Carrolls Spring Works re: upgrading springs in his 15/60. If you need anything specific for the Rally – call Colin for next meeting. EDITOR'S REPORT: John Gray May Hornet ready to be printed – just awaiting minutes. 36 pages.- Photos from Classic Showcase, Nyora, and Kalorama. Article on Wolseley 6/80 clocks, and an article on the Wolseley illuminated badge.
REGISTRAR: Lindsay Elliott Some requests via our website for information on Wolseley Messengers. Also a request from a chap chasing his grandfathers 15/60 – Lindsay was able to find it in our records. He met up with us at Avalon on Sunday to look at a similar car (24/80).
ARCHIVIST: Robert Bothwell not present. WEBMASTER: Graham Keys Photos from Kalorama and Birregurra on the Website and Facebook. GENERAL BUSINESS: Clyde Wilson – re: Messenger chassis at the Chookshed – check re: numbers. For Lindsay. And for Colin Sayers from overseas, who is researching them. MEETING CLOSED 8.41PM RAFFLE: Denis Robertson, Gordon Berg, Richard Snedden, Jeremy Williams , Tom Webb, Ray Thomas, Fred Holmes, John Gray. (Editor) Thank you to Graham Keys for the slide show and talk on the NZ Rally 25
THE CHOOKSHED ABN 44786842280 TFN 782491222 REG NO A0001245T ON SATURDAY 5TH April 2014 We had a good turnout of 27 members for our Working bee.
Apologies as per attendance book THANKS TO :- Neil and Trish Whiffin David and Kathy Morris, Dennis and Judy Robertson, Fred Holmes, Clyde Oldis Clyde & Diane Wilson for supplying morning tea. (ED. Ange brought a great big cake & Bev did the usual slice & biscuits) Sold from the Shed -: the 2 tone 1500 has been sold. Removed -: the 6/99 and 6/110 had their front and rear ends removed . Will members please make sure that we have their correct phone details, if not could you please notify the Membership Secretary of the correct details. When contacting Spare Parts, and we aren’t home, please do not waste your call, leave your name and phone no. & time and day you rang, and we will get back to you, as soon as possible The next Wednesday working bee will be on 14th May 2014 from 10am to1 pm.
Parts For 6/80 :- complete sets of dash knobs for the 6/80,comprising of 6 instrument knobs, 2 glove box knobs,1 windscreen wiper knob and 8 door handle escutcheons, $100 .00 per set.
Parts For 4/44 -: we now have a set of six 4/44 dash knobs, $100.00 per set
Parts for 24/80 -: we have New air filters@ $20.00 each , new oil filters @ $15. 00 each. Reconditioned front and rear shockers @ $250.00 each (with change over). Brake and clutch master cylinders @ $50. 00 Reconditioned Brake Boosters $200. 00 each(with exchange unit) New stock :- 24/80 heater taps complete with gasket $50.00 each. Reconditioned heads with hardened seats @ $300.00 each and MK11 Heads with larger Valves @ $350. 00 each and Rocker cover gaskets@ $20. 00 each New front brake hoses @ $40.00 each. Accelerator Bushes @ $12.00 each. Oil filter Conversion Nipple @ $25.00 each.
For 6/110 :- We have : New DG sump gaskets for MK1 gear box@ $8.00 each Reconditioned Water pumps @ $175.00 each( with exchange unit.) We have front End bushes for all Wolseley models. Oil filters for:- 6/80,4/44,15/00, 15/60, 6/99,6/110,24/80, 3L & 4L Vanden Plas. Car Horns @ $35.00 per pair and Molybond grease cartridges @$24.00 each.
Car and Parts for sale, Please check our Website and the at
the Chookshed
section in this Hornet.
Peter & Norma will be away from 23rd April, to the end of May. Please contact Spare Parts for all new & used parts as we have too much to list here. The next working bee at the Chookshed will be on: Saturday 10th May from 9 am to 1pm. 26
at the Chookshed… Yes, the truly wonderful 15/60! Noted Farina restorer and connoisseur Peter Reid perusing this lovely car! These cars are really rare now and this duo-tone example preType YWHS 1 Car No 8/ 1582 sents very well Engine No 16 WUHY for the home 2075 restorer. There Colour Spruce Green is a small hole & Camden Cream in the top of the drivers side chassis rail which will require a patch… easy peasy job. The bootlid on the car is a different shade of green as the original was damaged, so the boys down here at the Chookshed replaced it. But… this little bloke runs like a swiss watch. Stick a patch in, paint the boot and you have the beginnings of a GORGEOUS car. $500 will put you in to this classic Wolseley.
As Franco Cozzo used to say… “Grand sale, grand sale, grand sale.”
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Even in a dusty Chookshed, some cars have a way of standing out. Difficult to put ones’ finger on, but I’m going to put it down to colour… Here we have an Automatic MkII 24/80 in Ceramic Green with a contrasting pale cream interior. This is a mid 1965 car, which makes it a late one… BMC ceased production of these vehicles in October of that year. Some parts have been removed, but may be negotiated on sale to complete the car. This car will need the occasional small rust repair here and there but will be the shining star of your classic car stable. MkII 24/80’s were only in production for about a year and of those, very few were this colour combination – Cheap as chips at a mere $500.00
Type YWBS 2 Car No 3365 Engine No 24/Y/ A/ 3308 Colour Ceramic Green.
Want to visit the Chookshed, but just can’t make it? Too far to travel, but need parts for your 24/80? Well, why not buy a parts car? There are currently two here being offered for a pittance… merely $300.00 each. These cars are in mostly complete to complete condition and are being offered at a fraction of their worth in parts. They both have some rust, but are still restorable should the purchaser desire. At this price, why not buy both and make a great car out of the two and still have some spare parts… But, be quick! They will not last at this price and are scheduled to be pulled down for parts sooner rather than later.
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Not at the Chookshed ... 1952 Wolseley 6/80 Grey, Fairlane front seats, new tyres, new tie rods, new brake linings & wheel cylinders, new door seals. Done 62,000 miles. On non-transferable club plates. Located at Elaine, near Ballarat. Owner is in 70s and is selling because of difficulty in driving an old, heavy car. Contact George Gallo 03 5341 5500 (8am—3pm) or 03 5341 5676 (3.30—6pm). Nice car, good condition, starts & runs well, no rust, $5500
Engine # 16392
Car # 418/16027
Bennettswood Trimming For all your Wolseley Upholstery Luke Story – Trimmer By appointment only: Phone 0419 328 098 265 One Tree Hill Road, Smiths Gully Vic 3670 29
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Contact Sharon Jones - Bacchus Marsh 0409 536 740 Price Negotiable Appears rust free, engine had new pistons fitted and turns over. 36 years since run but was driven when parked and has been in garage storage the whole of the period. Engine No 24259 Car No 31479303
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1962 24/80 MkII $3000 ono has had some work done already but steering box needs replacing and motor appears to be on 5 cyl. Tyres as new and replacement steering box supplied with car. For further details Geoffrey Hubble 55992740 was reg 42793H (NSW) Last registered 2012.
Is at Wallington on Bellarine Highway past Geelong on way to Queenscliff
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Van den Plas 4 ltr R 3 cars for sale (one less engine) plus a heap of new and s/h parts, part of the late Jim Copeland’s collection located in Shepparton, Vic. The owner would prefer to sell the lot in one sale for about $6000 ono. For all enquiries please contact Denis Burr who is helping the owner with this sale on
(03) 5831 8282
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MEMBERS’ TRADE ADVERTISEMENTS Advertisers using this page for goods and services have been recommended by the Committee and the ads are placed free-of-charge for the benefit of our members.
INDICATOR SWITCHES FOR YOUR WOLSELEY Wolseley 1100/Morris 1100 In stock now – (one) brand new indicator switch assembly with headlight flasher (green light on tip)-$100 Wolseley 15/60; 24/80 & 1500 ** In stock now : Brand new (exact) reproduction whole indicator switch assembly (incl new genuine lucas green lens on tip)– to suit Wolseley 1500; 15/60 and 24/80 . $115 each – change-over Wolseley 6/110 Mk 2 & Vanden Plas 4 Litre ** – with headlight flasher Available to order: Reconditioned – incl new plastic “W” spring & rivet $120 each New Genuine Lucas Green Lens plus Lucas globe for stalk tip- $10.00 a set **change-over: I receive your old unit in due course, ie after you have fitted the reconditioned/new one Contact David Morris –
H 03 9432 5038 E 34
tdmmorris@bigpond.com
CLUB SPARES Spare Parts are available and can be ordered or may be picked up by members on the scheduled ‘CHOOKSHED’ working bee days that take place on a Saturday & Wednesday each month following the Committee Meeting (refer to Calendar). Country & Interstate members’ enquiries can be directed to Peter McIntosh on (03) 9386 3918. Conditions of Entry to the Chookshed: The Chookshed is only available to members on the day and time, of the working bee. Suitable footwear and clothing shall be worn (no sandals, thongs or loose clothing).No member shall remove parts off any vehicle, unless authorised to do so by the spare parts Co-ordinator or their nominated proxy. Any vehicle or spare part purchased from the Chookshed is to be removed from the Chookshed by a date mutually agreed upon by the purchaser and the Spare Parts Co-ordinator. When advertising cars ‘For Sale’ in the ‘Hornet’, the registration number must be included, or the engine number if the car is not registered.
Spare Parts Disclaimer The Wolseley Car Club Inc. -:
does not give any warranty or guarantee on any used vehicle or spare part it has sold. Is not responsible to make any refund on the purchases of any vehicle or spare parts. Is not responsible for the failure of any used vehicle or spare part it has sold. It is the total responsibility of the purchaser to determine the suitability of any used vehicle or spare part prior to purchase and any purchase of a used vehicle or spare part is done so at the purchaser’s own risk.
Technical Advice 1500, 6/110
Graham Keys
gkeys@optusnet.com.au
(03) 9798 1172
15/60, 24/80
Fred Holmes
jenfre@optusnet.com.au
(03) 9728 1747
4/44
John Burman
fburman@optusnet.com.au
(03) 9378 9400
6/80
John Mallia
jc.mallia@gmail.com.
(03) 9744 1797
6/90
Dave Clark
six-ninety@bigpond.com
(03) 9744 1149
Pre War
Richard Snedden richardsnedden@bigpond.com
(03) 9509 9110
IMPORTANT NOTE WHEN TELEPHONING WOLSELEY CAR CLUB CONTACTS The Committee requests that all after hours phone calls be kept to before 6pm or between 7.30pm and 9.30pm. 35
Wolseley In The Dark. An evocative shot of the stately 1949 Wolseley 14 HP owned by W.C.C. member, Ross Urquhart of Trentham still with its original registration plates. Contributed by Jerry Wells
The interior of Bob Anderson’s “Pink Lady” Wolseley Hornet doctor’s coupe. 36