Alex
Having spent most of my career (after leaving Standard-Triumph) in the
European
tractor industry, parts supply for the Leyland tractor is still good
in the UK
and many of those suppliers ship overseas. Please advise your
friend that the
following UK companies can probably supply or locate the
needed part and indeed
any others he might later require. I note he's a bit
cyber-challenged so you may
have to do the searching for him?
www.sparex.com
www.charnleys.com
www.vapormatic.co.uk
Usual disclaimer about NFI but my
first ports of call would be Sparex and
Vapormatic. Both companies have been
in the non-genuine agri-parts business for
decades and always used to offer
an excellent service and keen pricing (by UK
standards). I always used them
for my little grey Fergie when I had it. Good
luck
Jonmac
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From: Alex <ambritts@bellsouth.net>
To: *Six
Pack <6pack@autox.team.net>; *Triumphs List <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent:
Sat, 7 August, 2010 18:17:33
Subject: [TR] Help needed!
Hi All,
Not exactly
Triumph oriented but British none the less.
A member in our club in presently
restoring (about 80% complete) a 1970
vintage British reproduction of a 1910
B-Type London Bus.
We believe this to be the only one in the US and the only
others are in
museums in the UK.
Needless to say, he has some difficulty in
acquiring needed parts and sourcing
information for the restoration. He is a
retired journeyman machinist and
makes many of the parts he needs. (He is not
on the internet or have any of
those new fangled contraptions......we're
working on that)
Unfortunately, when it comes to rubber parts it gets even
harder. The good
news is the few reproductions that were made, were made in
the 70's.
We are presently trying to source a rubber sleeve, grommet type
part with the
# P11-2803 that goes on the air cleaner for the engine. The
engine is a 4
cylinder diesel Leyland (tractor engine we believe), vintage
1970.
If anyone has any sources of information on this type engine and
associated
parts, please advise asap.
For your enjoyment, I have attached a
link so you can see what it is and looks
like. This vehicle has quite a
history and Classic Motorsports will be doing a
piece on it. Additionally, I
will be placing the restoration story, pictures
and history on our club
website in the near future. So if anyone wants to see
this, just drop me an
email.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:B43OleBillatIWMLondon.jpg
Thanks in
Advance,
Alex Manzo
59 TR3A
72 TR6
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