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- Sun Nov 28, 2021 3:29 pm
- Forum: Pre-War
- Topic: Engine colour for 1936 Nine Sports
- Replies: 5
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Re: Engine colour for 1936 Nine Sports
Black it will be, then, thank you. But the front cover will be bare aluminium and I'll live with the spectre of concours failure. Not that my car is remotely that way inclined. I might suggest to the Singer Owners' Club that a new class is inaugurated for the national weekend: most pleasing and auth...
- Thu Nov 25, 2021 4:21 pm
- Forum: Pre-War
- Topic: 1934 Electrinic Ignition
- Replies: 7
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Re: 1934 Electrinic Ignition
Holden Vintage and Classic can probably supply DK4 etc points and condenser: www.holden.co.uk.
- Wed Nov 24, 2021 1:12 pm
- Forum: Pre-War
- Topic: 1934 Electrinic Ignition
- Replies: 7
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Re: 1934 Electrinic Ignition
The Distributor Doctor rebuilt the distributor of the 1934 LM Nine I sold a couple of years ago, and incorporated a Pertronix electronic conversion in it. It worked perfectly. I have had Pertronix modules (sold in the UK as the Aldon Ignitor) in several classic cars over the years and have had no tr...
- Tue Nov 16, 2021 7:03 pm
- Forum: Pre-War
- Topic: Engine colour for 1936 Nine Sports
- Replies: 5
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Engine colour for 1936 Nine Sports
I shall shortly be repainting the engine of my 1936 Nine Sports. It's currently (rather flaky) olive green, like the colour used by BMC in the 50s and 60s on Minis, Morris Minors etc. I had an idea that Nines up to about 1935 had black engines but some sort of green thereafter, but Ian Blackburn onc...
- Mon Jun 28, 2021 10:14 pm
- Forum: Pre-War
- Topic: Pre-War Singer Races for Prada!
- Replies: 6
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Re: Pre-War Singer Races for Prada!
Thanks for the encouragement. First job is to get it running properly so I know what needs fixing and what doesn't, then the renovation and beautification begins. It doesn't need a restoration as such, just a lot of cleaning, detail refinishing and debugging. And reset the rear springs so the axle d...
- Mon Jun 28, 2021 4:27 pm
- Forum: Pre-War
- Topic: Pre-War Singer Races for Prada!
- Replies: 6
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Re: Pre-War Singer Races for Prada!
And now I have bought it back! I collected it yesterday afternoon. Lots of work to do but it will all be highly enjoyable.
Here's a pic of it loaded on the trailer ready for the journey home. Wheels are now silver following a recent refurb.
Here's a pic of it loaded on the trailer ready for the journey home. Wheels are now silver following a recent refurb.
- Mon May 10, 2021 8:13 am
- Forum: Pre-War
- Topic: Jumping out of second gear on overrun
- Replies: 9
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Re: Jumping out of second gear on overrun
You have a PM re my spare, and promising, gearbox.
John
John
- Thu May 06, 2021 10:17 pm
- Forum: Pre-War
- Topic: Availability of manuals for 1935 LeMans
- Replies: 8
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Re: Availability of manuals for 1935 LeMans
The Nine Workshop book explains gearbox variations and has an exploded diagram. You need this book!
- Thu May 06, 2021 2:13 pm
- Forum: Pre-War
- Topic: Availability of manuals for 1935 LeMans
- Replies: 8
- Views: 25115
Re: Availability of manuals for 1935 LeMans
You can get the 'Nine Workshop Revisited' from the 'books' part of the Singer Owners' Club webshop. It's extremely useful and has quite a lot of technical data. Link below:
http://www.singerownersclub.co.uk/shop.aspx
The owner's handbook is useful, too, but is insufficient on its own.
http://www.singerownersclub.co.uk/shop.aspx
The owner's handbook is useful, too, but is insufficient on its own.
- Wed May 05, 2021 10:56 am
- Forum: Pre-War
- Topic: Jumping out of second gear on overrun
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3911
Re: Jumping out of second gear on overrun
Will do, this coming weekend. No steering box, sadly – there was one, in desperate need of a rebuild, but it went to the Netherlands.
- Tue May 04, 2021 5:43 pm
- Forum: Pre-War
- Topic: Jumping out of second gear on overrun
- Replies: 9
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Re: Jumping out of second gear on overrun
Hi David, among my stash of somewhat used pre-war Singer spares is what I'm fairly sure is a Nine gearbox. Would you like me to extract it from the shed and report on its condition/suitability? It might make a good basis for a rebuild.
John
John
- Mon Aug 03, 2020 12:40 pm
- Forum: Pre-War
- Topic: Pre-War Singer Races for Prada!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5643
Re: Pre-War Singer Races for Prada!
I am 99% sure I used to own that Singer. The owner-but-one after me was Italian and the Singer lived there, without ever losing its UK registration. It returned to the UK in 2013. I owned it from 1988 to 1995 and did various trips to France and Ireland. It became a good sound car during my ownership...
- Wed Jul 15, 2020 9:51 pm
- Forum: Pre-War
- Topic: 34 Le Mans horn assembly
- Replies: 6
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Re: 34 Le Mans horn assembly
I think that is solder where the wire was attached before I dismantled it, and where I re-soldered it during reassembly onto my rebuilt steering column. The bare end of the wire goes in the hole in the middle, and is then soldered into position.
John
John
- Wed Jul 15, 2020 2:51 pm
- Forum: Pre-War
- Topic: 34 Le Mans horn assembly
- Replies: 6
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Re: 34 Le Mans horn assembly
Here is a picture of all the parts that made up my car's horn switch. So yes, there is a spring. The wiring goes something like this: live feed to horns, return wire from horns up through the middle of the SLC2 switch and the column, attached to the movable metal part of the horn switch. Pressing th...
- Thu Aug 08, 2019 8:41 am
- Forum: Pre-War
- Topic: Spindle Nut Lock washers
- Replies: 8
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Re: Spindle Nut Lock washers
The Hardwicks have them, and the ring nuts. Steve Hardwick or Sally Wilkinson, singerlmspares@btinternet.com.