Craig Gillingham

It's a certainly a radiator badge. I have one the same.

I thought the first one maybe an Opel 14/38?

Sort of, it's a Dixie magneto made by Splitdorf.

I've seen one of these before, and I'm sure it was something British? There was an article in The Automobile magazine once about them, and there were the remains of one found in the UK (with the engine). What indication is there that it's French? It looks like it has an AA badge on the handlebars, so the vehicle was possibly in the UK. I can't remember what it was, but it'll come to me. Made in one of the big car making towns like Coventry or Birmingham.

It's the starting fuel bowl of a very early Fordson tractor with the Holley 234 manifold.

It looks like an early Mack truck logo.

Bruce, I've found it! I'll contact you.

That coupling, I'm confident is the same as those used on an OX-5. I was hoping to find some clearer photos of a coupling. They have two lugs that bolt onto the flange, with a cover over the coupling -the cover is missing from your one. Attached is a catalogue of the different D8 Berling magnetos showing they were suitable for car, truck, tractor, or marine use. The OX-5 used a Berling D81x2, were a clockwise magneto with a two-pole armature.

It's aircraft, most probably from an OX-5 Curtiss. I can't help you with an exact date.

Bruce, I haven't found it yet. I'll have a good look tomorrow, if I can't find it, it must be in my off-site storage. I'll have access to that over the Christmas break. I know I've got it -somewhere.

I believe it's this car, a 1911 Delaunay Belleville HB6.

Bruce, to be honest, I'd forgotten all about this. I'll have to have a look for it and I'll give you a ring. Craig

If you search for "moteurs l'aster", (the French term), or the proper name "Ateliers de Construction Mecanique l'Aster", you may have better luck. They date from at least 1900, possibly earlier.

Aster engines had a similar design. There are a few of them around --although, I haven't got one.

I doubt this would have been the case. At this time, Australia had been involved with body-building for a very long time, and as previously mentioned, because of the local tariffs, locally produced bodies were in favor. Australia had a very developed body stamping/building operation going on. What hasn't been mentioned so far is that a lot of the 1930s-50s American-based Ford/GM/Chrysler utes that were built in Australia were based on the tourer/convertible X-frame chassis, purely for the extra strength. For example, in Australia, the late 50's ute chassis (Mainline), used a Sunliner X-Frame chassis. I would think that if the OP looked at the chassis on his Chevrolet ute in question, it would be one of the reinforced X-frame chassis. The tourer/convertible chassis were used, as they provided extra strength, whereas the sedans/coupes contained their extra strength in the roof structure.