Craig Gillingham

Ivan, that's interesting, 2 or 3 dozen Lexington's is here is quite a few. I can just remember the collapse of the Pyramid Building Society, and their 16%? interest rates.

This Lexington engine was recently listed for sale in Australia, I didn't realise that they had even come to Australia. I'd love to find a chassis for it, but the chances of that in Australia would be slim. Lexington 6 cylinder Ansted Engine « Tony Noonan vintage Parts

It's an International Little Genius plough. They are very common, made for many years.

This is actually an International Little Genius. Perhaps adam1982 hasn't seen one before? most people stopped using them years ago.

This is isn't really a caption. But, I'm sure this car is a FIAT. The photo was taken in Deniliquin, Australia. The car belonged to one of the large station properties from around there, I'm not sure of the surname, but it is a well known Australian property owner. I love the repair job done on the front spring. Being a chain drive, I know it's an Italian FIAT, but I'm not sure what model. Tipo 3, 4, 5 or 6?

Has it got Whitworth, Metric or Imperial threads? I think it's a car engine, the way the rear engine mounts extend out to the chassis rails. Depending how big it is, could it be a truck engine? Most marine engine I've seen have a cast iron crank case and a built in water pump somewhere.

Yes, there was a lot of discussion about this car, but there was never a positive id, unfortunately. I assumed that it would have been easy, as the number plate is easy to decipher and it could be traced back through that. Otherwise I'm sure something as unique as this would have been featured in one of the automobile magazines or periodicals of the period, just a matter of finding that article.

Going by the model number (Remy 350A), I think that's for a Chevrolet 490.

Probably for a tractor, or possibly a truck.

I'd agree, it looks as though there is a governor mounted on the front, and that lever sticking up would connect to the carburettor throttle. Also the way the flywheel is designed, it looks like it directly drives something.

Jon, I'm not sure what the early Packards had, the Longuemare I have is quite small, similar to this one.

Thank you for the link to the article, it has been something I've been thinking about for a while. I have a die-cast carburetter that I need to repair, and was unsure how to go about it. The carburetter is a Longuemare and dates from 1903. I think it's die-cast? I'm not really sure. It has some chipped off pieces around the edges and a crack in one side. I'm far from being a metallurgist, but I was going to patch it up using a metal filler, like a Permatex or one of those metal fillers that hardens. The type that you can buy from an auto shop. I'm not sure if it would work or not. A replacement carburetter is basically unavailable, and the rest of the carburetter body seems to be quite solid.

I've just realised you wanted to know what Rudge wheel size it fits, i.e. 72, 80 etc, rather than the across flat size of the hexagon.

Layden, 73mm is an odd size. I looked up a chart, the only thing close to 73mm is 2-13/16" A/F (71.4mm). There isn't a corresponding metric or Whitworth sized hexagon, close to 73mm. 64mm matches close to 2-1/2" A/F (63.5mm), and there also isn't a corresponding metric or Whitworth sized hexagon.

Very good, I see now, the c-spanner is a Rudge-Whitworth 80. I haven't seen a hexagon Rudge-Whitworth spanner, which is interesting. I'd think the rest of the wrenches in your toolkit would be normal imperial (A/F). Back to your original question, who made them? I have no idea, maybe they made their own tools and had Mercer on them, or at least the part number. Or they could be something like a Herbrand or Wolden-Worchester, etc.

Looking at some old photos of Mercer's with Rudge-Whitworth wheels, I think they had the two piece hub caps, so would have had two wrenches, which would be the ones shown in ersatzS2 parts book. One would be a hexagon for the center cap, and a c-spanner for the knock-off lock ring. I'd think it would be likely they were branded Rudge-Whitworth.

I think you would be correct in thinking the wheel tools are Rudge-Whitworth branded. The Rudge-Whitworth spanners I've seen in the past are the large c-spanners. I think they also used hexagon Rudge-Whitworth caps, but haven't seen any in Australia, perhaps they are more common in the US? or does your car have both the hexagon and c-spanner (knock off) type? I'm not sure if your car has the c-spanner style or the hexagon. The hexagon may have a corresponding 'Whitworth' (BSW) across flat size. Most of the Whiworth sized tools I've used are usually only marked with a W after the size, or BSW, etc.

I haven't seen those styles of wheels before, but I have seen the tractor, it's an Allis chalmers M7 snow tractor. They normally had tracks at the rear. I found these references to the wheels through a google search. Photo came from here; The reinvented wheel Unusual locomotion

I'd agree with Layden and it being a Jewett, as I know they used Ferro engines, not sure about Paige, but possible. These are a couple of photos from 20's Jewett brochures/books, that show similarities. Photos came from here; 1923 1924 1925 ? Jewett 23-25 Owners Manual 1st Edition | eBay 1923 Jewett Prestige Brochure | eBay

That's a nice looking engine, and the price was good as well. I can see that it's a Ferro made engine, and the casting date is 1925. That'll narrow down the possible cars that used Ferro engines in that period. I'll look up some books tonight.

I didn't think this was a 1918 Haynes because the body shape is different to the 1916-17 models. The 1918 touring cars have a straight line along the top of the bonnet to the bottom of the windscreen. It's explained in detail in this 1918 brochure. November 1917 Haynes Pioneer Factory Magazine 1918 V12 | eBay

This car has a very long bonnet, I think it's a 1917 Haynes, either a V12 or a 6 cylinder. It may be an even earlier 6 cylinder (1916).

There are a lot of T model Fords, the large car in the garage I think is an Apperson V8, and also the car with the disk wheels, but an earlier model. The doctor's coupe is a Buick, there is also a Packard and a Hudson. Mechanic, The (Part 1) : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive

I'd still say it's a Bosch, that U shape pattern in the central circle of the glass is distinctive. I'm not sure if Lucas had that on their flat glass headlamps, they certainly had that pattern on the later curved glasses.

I'm pretty sure that's a German Bosch head light.