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Unidentified clearly marked front axle (update: 1922 30HP Minerva)
We wouldn't show something 'trivial' as a frontaxle in this position. Yet we found the clear markings interesting and are curious which machinery was attached. Ian Waller from Australia found this - in his opinion - late veteran /early vintage front axle of a two wheel braker. "It has large RAF hubs and is stamped ' TYPE RRR, then underneath the numbers 50784.The distance between the king pins is 51” (130cm) and the track is approximately 57” (145cm). There is slotted adjustment on top of the king pins."
Can you help Ian and satisfy our curiosity?
Publié:
dimanche avril 27th, 2014
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Ian Waller
02 Mai 2014, 06:37
Inconnu
28 Avril 2014, 12:03
It is 1922 30 H.P. Minerva. The stamping will be on top of the beam axle on the left hand side / the passenger side at the top of the upsweep where axle meets the swivel hubs. The engine numbers are reputed to start at 50,000.
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Inconnu
28 Avril 2014, 08:32
Time to start looking for the rest of it. A farm trailer perhaps !
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Inconnu
28 Avril 2014, 06:29
Common info says the RAF square splined hubs were only used by Rolls Royce and American cars. The track of a Ghost is about 67" F T Burgess who helped design the Bentley 3 liter worked for Humber prior to Bentley. If you look hard at a photo of the first Bentley prototype, you can see just such an axle shape. This is thought to be a Humber axle, used as it was the same track as the 3 liter, 57" The track rod junction to the spindle also looks a bit like a 3 liter Bentley.
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Inconnu
28 Avril 2014, 05:10
The axle belongs to a large 1922 Type RR 30 HP Minerva. The serial number stamped on Minerva axles always approximates the engine number and is correct for a Type RR Minerva, as is the track and the RAF hubs. It has large slotted caps on top of its swivel hubs because they have ball bearings inside which must be located firmly. It is common for Minerva model stampings to vary hence explaining perhaps the extra "R" and the stamp font is identical to what Minerva used then.
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Inconnu
28 Avril 2014, 02:27
It is not early 3 liter Bentley.
Large car, perhaps a Humber?
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Large car, perhaps a Humber?
Many thanks,
Ian Waller.
Editor: Ian, try placing an advert!