Pistons ID ??

[Mike Kelly]

I got a bunch of stuff at a swap meet including these two pistons.

Can somebody ID them ? Possibly Austin Champ . Not much use as there is only two.

These are ex Hillman Spa.res stock. For those in the Melbourne vintage car scene - Norm W. of Hillman spa.res passed away and some of his huge stock of Vintage car parts has been doing the rounds, much of the stock was water damaged from poor storage and has been scrapped. Very sad situation, there was a huge stock of very rare parts , early Land Rover stuff and much more covered in rust. Similar situation with Standard Triumph spares based at Lilydale, the owner passed on and the huge stock of parts has been cleaned up by scrap merchants.

[Philliphastings]

Hi Mike,

I have six piston kits in almost identical packaging for my Daimler Ferret Scoutcar.

The Austin Champ (B40), Daimler Ferret (B60), Saracen/saladin (B80) and many more post war British MVs shared a common basic engine design in the Rolls Royce ‘B’ series, whether 4,6 or 8 cylinder range they shared a very high commonality of parts interchangeability.

Pistons were issued in pairs for obvious reasons of fkexibility across the B series range

You may recall I had a Mk1 FV432 APC project years ago and it too had a Rolls Royce B81 Mk 8F petrol engine.

Imho they are a beautiful feat of engineering, slightly old fashioned for an early 1950s design but robust, very very reliable if heavy on fuel.

Not all B series engines were actually manufactured by Rolls Royce themselves (Insert raging debate here)

If you want to sell those two I would be interested �� I recall I may have a set of 4 in a box somewhere from an Austin Champ clearout

Cheers

Phill

[Mike Kelly]

From the same swap meet: Rev counter for a Ferret or similar vehicle ?

[Philliphastings]

Hi Mike,

It may well be suitable for Ferret. I tried looking it up in my photocopied parts book but some pages are missing including the instrument panel 😳

I will keep researching

Cheers

Phill

[rob love]

I think that tach goes on many of the vehicles of that era. There are a few advertised on line.
https://www.johnrichardssurplus.co.u...m-x-80239.html

[Mike Kelly]

Originally Posted by rob love

I think that tach goes on many of the vehicles of that era. There are a few advertised on line.
https://www.johnrichardssurplus.co.u...m-x-80239.html

Thanks ! That's it

[Philliphastings]

Sold. Pm sent 😁

[bill m]

Hello Mike,
Norm Withers passing marks the end of an era. I remember Hillman Spares in Blackburn very well and it's morphing into Spares galore in Ferntree Gully.
I used to wander around the FTG store searching for a "bargain" and remember all the Ex military Land rover stock lying around. Automotive Surplus in Mitcham was mentioned as purchasing some of Norm's stock when spares Galore ceased trading. Norm's brother Graham was a fixture in the drag racing community and ran a speed shop in Melbourne and Norm's son Jim does the classic car parts stuff as well but I assume you already know all that.
Cheers
Bill

[Mike Kelly]

Originally Posted by bill m

Hello Mike,
Norm Withers passing marks the end of an era. I remember Hillman Spares in Blackburn very well and it's morphing into Spares galore in Ferntree Gully.
I used to wander around the FTG store searching for a "bargain" and remember all the Ex military Land rover stock lying around. Automotive Surplus in Mitcham was mentioned as purchasing some of Norm's stock when spares Galore ceased trading. Norm's brother Graham was a fixture in the drag racing community and ran a speed shop in Melbourne and Norm's son Jim does the classic car parts stuff as well but I assume you already know all that.
Cheers
Bill

Hi Bill, I hope you are keeping well.

I did have a read online and found some information on Hillman spares. Before you mentioned it, I did not know Norm's brother was into drag racing and had the shop. Yes Jim does the classic car supply business, I knew that. Norm raced Hillman Imps during the late 1960s.

Spares Galore in Ferntree Gully..yep . Used to go to the Blackburn shop for Ford V8 bits, they would have 'specials' on sale, the split valve guides were $2 a pair and ignition points about the same, he had Ford piston sets and bearings too. He had parts for just about anything.