VICKERS MK6B's resto

[George Moore]

Colin, hope these are of some use.

George
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[George Moore]

This id from the IPL......if only we could track the original drawings with dimensions.....if only.
Sorry its a bit feint, I have better, but in larger format.
George.

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[colin jones]

George, that's fantastic as you have just answered a bit more to the puzzle. The drawing here looks like a part of the collective group that I have but I never had that one. Do you have any other drawings.

[Richard Farrant]

Hi Colin,
Looking at George's post with the two photos, I am sure these are of Platypus, I can see my cabling, and if you look at the photo looking back past the drivers seat, on the upper left is the air cleaner, which I think was fabricated to a pattern on the Bovington museum's Mk6B. According to the manual it should be rectangular filter, maybe George has illustrations in the parts list?
also, just under the air filter you can just spot the Festoon lamp. Something else just come to mind, the oil cooler, that was made from a Saracen oil cooler if I recall and looked the part.

cheers Richard

[colin jones]

Hi Richard, yes they are of platypus as I too have some very similar. Fortunately, I do have an original oil cooler is excellent condition and I do have a drawing of the air cleaner and it is round so perhaps the Bovington one is original. It is great to see a photo of the fuse box lid which I assume is original.

[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by colin jones

Hi Richard, yes they are of platypus as I too have some very similar. Fortunately, I do have an original oil cooler is excellent condition and I do have a drawing of the air cleaner and it is round so perhaps the Bovington one is original. It is great to see a photo of the fuse box lid which I assume is original.

Colin,
Unfortunately the only photo I have of the Pucka Mk6A is of the instrument panel, but in the others I am sure there was a rectangular air cleaner, when I mentioned this to the guys who were doing the fabricating, they said that they copied the round one from the Bovington one, but that is a Mk6B .. who knows!
The fuse box, I have one of those on another project and it was less cover, they all appear to go missing. In the end on my current job, I decided to make a cover and formed it in copper sheet and soldered together, it looks the part. Here is a picture of the fuse box and cover from a part book on another vehicle, it was a common used item.

[colin jones]

Richard, an interesting point here is the photo of Georges showing the fuse lid differs from the drawing I have as it shows a curved top rather than a pyramid
style and the horn button looks like a bren or land drover style. I believe the air filter would be the original style which looks a bit like the Volks type.
Colin.

[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by colin jones

Richard, an interesting point here is the photo of Georges showing the fuse lid differs from the drawing I have as it shows a curved top rather than a pyramid
style and the horn button looks like a bren or land drover style. I believe the air filter would be the original style which looks a bit like the Volks type.
Colin.

Colin,
that illustration is a bit vague and incorrect, it shows the wire retaining clip as arched, but they are not, see my last post, if it was arched it would not clear the cover when pulled over to remove it. The wire clip is still with the one I have now, think piano wire of the correct diam. would do the job. I think the horn button you refer to is not like on the Pucka one. I will have to try and send the picture to you, I printed off before the old PC died, so not a sharp image but clear enough.