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What's
been happening recently ...
2011 has proved to be a busy year for us with so many new ventures happening at the same time. This is one of the reasons why there has been less frequent changes to the website recently. Hopefully our latest Newsletter will provide the enthusiast with an insight into these latest enterprises.
We continue to discover and use local
Yorkshire based
specialist companies wherever possible for parts and services we cannot
undertake in-house.
During the past few months we have been heavily investing in lots of new patterns and enthusiasts will now start witnessing a significant expansion of our catalogue. To help achieve this, we have now employed the services of a second, part time pattern maker, and a general machinist where CNC machining is not required. We have taken this route in order to be free to channel more time into new parts projects.
This Newsletter provides a preview of some of these new projects which will shortly appear on the website.
What's new ...
P Type Water Manifold:
On these new patterns, we
have incorporated original factory reference numbers in correct font.
The image shows our first proof casting prior to
fettling.
Another
Supercharger Gear Cover: We have received several recent
requests to offer a gear cover for the Marshall A75 / Mk 10 cabin
supercharger. This is one of our in-house produced patterns,
whereby we have studied an original factory cover and adapted the
design to reduce the weight by half a kilo! In addition, we have
incorporated bosses at the 12, 1, 6 and 8 o'clock positions. These are
for an oil
fill point, optional fitting of an oil sight glass and the latter boss
being
an oil fill overflow in order to assist setting the oil level in line
with the middle of the lower (drive) shaft when a sight glass is not
being fitted. The cover also incorporates
"Marshall A75", will be double vacuum impregnated and fully machined
LM6 ready to fit.
Radiator
Inlet and Outlet pipes:
These castings have been made to reproduce radiator inlets and outlets
for J, P/L and N types. These will be of particular
interest to all those making new radiators or where original radiators
have been modified in the past when using non-MG engines.
We are unsure on which casting was used for the K Type and any information from more knowledgeable sources would be appreciated. We have chosen an LG2 bronze alloy specification on this occasion due to it's particularly high lead content which assists excellent strong soldering into the header and bottom tanks.
Vertical
Drive Oil Drain Gallery PA/PB/N/K: Another VMGP project and this time
we
have had to make a set of rather intricate patterns, with lots of loose
pieces to
recreate this part in all it's detail. Our castings
are now in the process of been machined up ready for sale in January
2012.
L/K Type
Sump: Throughout the past year or so, several requests have been
received from customers wanting to purchase sumps for the L/K Type. As
it is apparent that these are not widely available, we have
engaged our
pattern maker to faithfully create a new L/K Type pattern but with a
couple of advantageous modifications.
The main
differences between the L/K Type and slightly later N Type sump were
that the latter incorporated a longer oil strainer to assist in
avoiding oil starvation problems, the rear bolt holes to the flange
were
further apart, the sump was 7/8 inch deeper to enhance oil capacity and
also had a recessed rear section to assist in the revised oil feed to
the rear main and crank. The dipstick arrangement was also different on
the L/K compared to the N and we already manufacture the separate
castings to include the L/K as well as the KD arrangement with
additional oil drain from the later N cylinder head. Originally, when
the L sump was
fitted to the K1/K2 and early K3, an additional spacer casting was
sandwiched between the block and sump to enhance the capacity. With our
sump, we have included all of the original L/K Type features although
have modified to utilise the longer N Type strainer, we have
increased the sump depth to match the N Type and have not included the
N Type rear oil feed recess.
The above image
shows our prototype which we have sectioned to check our wall
thicknesses. The casting incorporates all
original casting numbers in the correct font. The sumps are being cast
in
LM4 and will be fully machined and double vacuum impregnated. We are
now taking
provisional orders (click here
to register interest online).
Camstand
Caps P/L/K/N: These caps are
manufactured locally and exclusively for VMGP. They are produced in
heat treated cast iron, fully machined and incorporate the original
factory reference numbers to include correct font "MG348-118". The
image highlights castings without machining for the dowel pins. This is
deliberate as the MG factory used more than one jig during production
and therefore, we could not guarantee cap interchangeability if we were
to
insert the dowels. We are jigged up however to insert dowel pins but as
this cap is self-aligning, we see no benefit.
A
measured approach ...
We
have recently acquired a batch of 6 inch, hardened stainless
steel digital measuring callipers which we would like to offer to
customers who place single orders over £300 during
2012 and these will be available until the batch finally runs out.
These verniers
have a measuring accuracy of 0.02mm inch up to 100mm and 0.03mm for
range 101 to 150mm, incorporate the larger display screen, measure in
metric and imperial, have an on/zero setting button and are supplied
in a case, complete with a spare battery.
Several months
ago we were giving away
our 3rd anniversary wooden laser cut slab petrol tank dipsticks with
every order over £150. We have received a second batch and can now
continue the offer.
Some new parts introduced earlier this year ...
- J front aprons
- Cycle wings
- Side valences
- Original factory profile Q Type supercharger U-tubes
- J2/L
deluxe dashlamps in 135 and 180 degree light slot
variants
- Wingstay headlamp brackets
- 'Pork Pie' (ST38) lamps with split lens and indicator
internals
- 'Pork
Pie' (ST38) lamp conversion internals and lens for
standard lamps
- Back axle rebound hoops and rubbers for the N Type
- F and K/L solid copper cylinder head gaskets
See our Latest
New Parts
section on the website for more details. In addition to the new parts
listed earlier, we have other unpublicised projects
we are currently working on and these will periodically appear on the
Vintage MG Parts website.
Qualcast
supports VMGP ...
During
Autumn 2011 we have been
in continued dialogue with Bosch who own the name "Qualcast" and have
sole ownership rights to the original 1930s
"Qualcast" corporate logo. Qualcast were responsible for providing
several casting
components to MG in the 1930s, one being the P type exhaust manifold
where the logo appeared between the MG trademark and the outlet
flange. Bosch have studied the quality of our reproduction
work and have very kindly issued a personal licence to Vintage MG
Parts
for us to recreate this 1930s "Qualcast" branded product. Neither Bosch
or Qualcast retain any liability over a VMGP manufactured product.
The pattern we have had made adopts the original converging "round
tubular" appearance as opposed to the more modern flat sided look. We
are also using
1930s old stock lead letters on the pattern as opposed to a modern
number block inlay and as highlighted, we have the period Qualcast logo
inlay. This is an entirely British product exclusive to VMGP.
These will be
appearing on the website very shortly. The image shows our prototype
casting and the "Qualcast" logo is currently being inlaid
into the pattern prior to a batch run.
More MMMs in action ...
We are always surfing YouTube for MMM clips and have found
some more to add to our current listings on the website. These will be
added shortly. The current clips
are
categorised by MG model and they can be found through our Links
web page or click here or on the image to go straight to our
Directory.
We have made
few changes to the website recently for reasons mentioned but we have
uploaded several
supercharger service manuals onto our Links webpage as
we thought this
was a helpful addition. If anyone has
additional manuals or more complete versions they are able to
contribute to include other
Marshall models, Centric, Shorrock, Wade, Zoller, Cozette etc then we
can add these to help the enthusiast. Current models include A75, Mk22
and J Series Marshall blowers.
We have also
received a new and very intertesting article by Donald McLeod to add to
the section 'MG Stories' featured on the Links
webpage, where fellow enthusiasts can submit their own MG tales.
Please send in similar articles to include as they make very enjoyable reading.
Vintage
MG Parts having a natter ...
In
October this year Vintage MG Parts were invited by the MGCC Yorkshire
24/39 Group (MMM Natter), to give a one and a half hour talk on parts
production,
foundry/casting
procedures and problem solving. Armed with lots of props by way of
patterns and parts, disclosure of some of our manufacturing secrets and
coupled with the local ale, an enjoyable evening was had by all.
Other
news ...
We were pleased to note that MG Enthusiast Magazine journalist, Dave Bowers was photographed on holiday in Crete this year sporting one of our promotional t-shirts. Cheers Dave ...
This
autumn has been hectic catching up with several months of accounts to
input into our new invoice and accounting system. This is now up and
running so no more hand
written invoices and overall, this will hopefully create some
further time for us to enjoy our MGs.
Braking News...
We have acquired a new unused 12 inch brake set in part payment for an
order which we are offering on a first come first served basis. This
set includes brake drums (primered), backplates, brake cams plus
oilite bushes, unlined brake shoes, brake shoe anchoring pins and a
full car set of brake cables for the customer's model application i.e.
J4/P/L or N type. Typically, these retail elsewhere at circa £2,270 but
we are able to offer them at £2,070 (no VAT).
During 2012 we
intend to pattern up for brake drums and will be able to offer full 12
inch brake sets although unfortunately not at this price.
And finally ...
We would like to thank all our customers worldwide for your support and for sending us your fantastic photos that make our Visitor's Gallery truly amazing.
We
hope 2012 brings you many happy
hours of MG motoring
With
best wishes
Richard & Jill at Vintage MG Parts
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