Squire's voitures

[angrydicky]

Could have plated the can silver if you’d asked

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

I wonder what the Humber would go like with a pair of carburettors?

[fried onions]

Rather well I think. The later ones came with twin Strombergs. My spare engine still has them fitted along with its original alternator.

[fried onions]

In fact I am led to believe that the last engines benefited from a re-designed cylinder head with larger inlet valves. If that was the case then I missed a trick there when I had the valve seats done. I’ll get around to measuring them one day.

[mercrocker]

Weslake heads on those last high-roof cars I seem to recall in a Motor Sport test....

[angrydicky]

So why did you paint the servo? They weren’t silver originally to my knowledge, it was all nicely powder coated and plated when it arrived with you so what was your reasoning behind it?
Glad it’s working well, the new diaphragms are bob-on.

[fried onions]

I wanted it a dull silver, it was as simple as that.

[fried onions]

Originally the dashboard had a pre-drilled hole, which was used for the second speed hold control on automatic transmission models, but fitted with a wooden blanking bung on manual transmission cars. This bung had long since disappeared. A few years ago I utilised the hole for a Wipac headlamp flash switch. Now I have other ideas consisting of a handbrake warning light (the lever is out of sight to the right of the seat), so I re-located the flasher switch to the steering column cowling, only this time it is a longer French example I picked up at the Mezidon-Canon autojumble.

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From a later dashboard I took a warning light which will do perfectly. I just need to design a micro switch setup now, but when Martin was dismantling his scrap Humber Hawk, which was full of surprising and ingenious owner-added gadgets, he discovered a handbrake warning light switch beneath the rubber boot at the base of the lever. This utilised a courtesy light switch and a home made bracket. He has saved it for me to have a look at, so I will inspect that before doing anything.

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This white light was a choke warning light on the re-designed Series III dashboard, along with re-designed sliding lever type choke control, as opposed to the pull knob on my Series II. However, as the choke control is in plain view and the handbrake lever is not, it is a much better plan to utilise it for the latter.

[Hooli]

Spiffing documentation of what will be giffer trinkets in another fifty years

[fried onions]

Hoiked this thing out and prepared its replacement. Was a bit of a struggle but won eventually. The reason for this is that first and reverse gear are knocking badly, I am guessing a tooth is broken. Also it was hard to obtain first sometimes, which can be an issue with these weak boxes even when new, but I am hopeful that the low-mileage one lady owner replacement is better.

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