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by peter_winney
Wed Sep 24, 2025 8:49 pm
Forum: Public Requests For Club Assistance
Topic: Chassie numbers
Replies: 12
Views: 24075

Re: Chassie numbers

I have A Austin ten for over 20 years now ,and I really want too get some more information about this car. The previous owner told me that the car was an ww2 vehicle that was abandoned in Normandy. On the paper in Belgium it says vin nr 16926, on the side under the bonnet there is A number (GSI 248...
by peter_winney
Fri Sep 05, 2025 5:02 pm
Forum: Public Requests For Club Assistance
Topic: Car indetification
Replies: 6
Views: 582

Re: Car indetification

What is procedure and requirements to get in data base. The club vehicle database is derived from details provided by members since 1965. When members sell the car or leave the club the vehicle data can be retained under GDPR but without any personal data of past owners. Not all members provide det...
by peter_winney
Thu Sep 04, 2025 5:34 pm
Forum: Public Requests For Club Assistance
Topic: Car indetification
Replies: 6
Views: 582

Re: Car indetification

nikolapendo wrote:
Thu Sep 04, 2025 2:44 pm
Thanks Peter
I have engine no is 1G 28545 just want confirmation. Car didn’t come with any registration plate. Also come with electric fuel gauge. Car is in Croatia in my knowledge over 60 years.
Interesting! That would explain why not on club database. Is it left hand drive?
by peter_winney
Thu Sep 04, 2025 9:34 am
Forum: Public Requests For Club Assistance
Topic: Car indetification
Replies: 6
Views: 582

Re: Car indetification

Chassis # G27777 will be late 1933. Engine # likely to be slightly higher number maybe about 1G28000-ish. Nuumber is on side of engine block. If you also have the "Car No" (body number) on a plate under the bonnet it will be GRA, if a saloon: about GRA1500-ish. Did it come with registration plates a...
by peter_winney
Sun Aug 31, 2025 11:19 am
Forum: Public Requests For Club Assistance
Topic: Austin 10 halfshaft
Replies: 14
Views: 3639

Re: Austin 10 halfshaft

There are a few second hand parts listed but the stock got too large to list them all online. The contact details of the parts dept are however given on the website.
by peter_winney
Fri Aug 29, 2025 8:20 am
Forum: Public Requests For Club Assistance
Topic: Austin 10 halfshaft
Replies: 14
Views: 3639

Re: Austin 10 halfshaft

The design relies on the grip of the taper in the hub and the shaft being tight. The Woodruff key is only there for location on assembly. Unfortunately if the shaft comes even slightly loose in the hub it puts drive loads onto the key which over time leads to stress fractures of the keyway and surro...
by peter_winney
Thu Aug 28, 2025 8:48 pm
Forum: Public Requests For Club Assistance
Topic: Austin 10 halfshaft
Replies: 14
Views: 3639

Re: Austin 10 halfshaft

Ooh nasty. Hope the wheel did not come off too.
by peter_winney
Thu Aug 28, 2025 8:07 pm
Forum: Public Requests For Club Assistance
Topic: Austin 10 halfshaft
Replies: 14
Views: 3639

Re: Austin 10 halfshaft

Austin and Morris were rival businesses until their merger into BMC in the 1950s. So no the half shaft of a Morris will not fit an Austin. The ATDC parts operation may half a half-shaft in their stock of second hand parts. Contact them via the details on this website at Parts Depatment Or you might ...
by peter_winney
Mon Aug 11, 2025 10:47 am
Forum: Public Requests For Club Assistance
Topic: Banjo Union
Replies: 2
Views: 3062

Re: Banjo Union

I need to find a replacement banjo union for a Zenith 30VM carburettor. Can anyone help or point me to a possible source? Thank you. Do you need just the bolt or the banjo itself? The banjo is soldered to the top end of the copper pipe that feeds up from the fuel pump to the carb. If you do not hav...
by peter_winney
Thu Aug 07, 2025 2:16 pm
Forum: Public Requests For Club Assistance
Topic: Vehicle year
Replies: 5
Views: 15578

Re: Vehicle year

RE: Trafficators. Chrome-rad (flat-rad) Austin Tens had semaphore trafficators mounted in boxes on the scuttle from Aug 1933 when the X-frame and 12v electrics were inroduced. The switch was an awkward thing mounted on the steering column below the steering wheel where you had to grope for it. They ...