An Introduction: Chris Collins and Morris Tilly Project

[jack neville]

To compare the SU set up with the Solex original.

[jack neville]

How do I know what the Solex set up should look like?
Well last week I did a lighting trip (four days, 3500km) to pick up this little dude. He will be a thread of his own but being so original and complete, should be a simpler story than this Tilly but is already providing a wealth of genuine original and more importantly very accurate data.

[jack neville]

The new addition would appear so far to be one of the most intact and original Morris Tilly's discovered. I will start a separate thread but we were very pleased to find it had an intact and original fuel cap cover. We did have the remains of two covers but no idea of what the latch entailed as both had broken pieces remaining and photos of fuel caps are as expected non existent or very blurry.

[cliff]

awesome work Jack. That new one does look original.

[Mike K]

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/a...n%20%20utility



Recently 1,200 fully-assembled
British utility vehicles were produc-
ed lo Army specifications. The re-
tail selling prices had been fixed
in relation to the value of the
vehicles on the Australian market,
allowing for the Army specifications.
The Commonwealth would not fully
recover the costs of these vehicles.
Senator Ashley said the Govern-
ment negotiated' last year for the
purchase of 8,000 utility vehicles and
. 10,11(10 passenger car chassis from the
United Kingdom. Subsequently the
british authorities advised that the
power and materials position hin-
dered production at that stage and
that only 2,500 utility type chassis
were available for Australia.
. The Commonwealth Government '
agreed to take 'these vehicles, of
which 1,200 were fully assembled
and Included 200 Austin, 350 Morris,
250 Hillman, all of 10 hp, and 400 12
hp Standards.

[jack neville]

Where does time go?
Looking at the last updates on this thread and we never put up any finished photos of Scrappy who has now been on the road for over two years.
Will rectify that.
Very soon we will begin restoring Milly. The chassis is almost stripped.
It is not a pretty sight.

[Bob Carriere]

.....will rectify that!!!!!!