On Tue, 22 Jul 2003 23:51:21 +0100, Danny Green
wrote:
Help Wanted,

A friend of mine is in need of a distributor for a BSA 3 wheeler V twin
Sports TW9 120 degrees he is rebuilding.

Can anyone suggest where I might try to locate one.

He does not have a computer and I have volunteered to try and locate
this item for him.

There's a club for BSAs, they might be the best place to start.
I think they're associated with the Daimler/Lanchester club -
Google will find them.
A fellow in the next road to me had one, technically quite interesting
little cars - but we preferred Morgans :-)

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The future was never like this!

The car people always look down their noses at 3 wheelers and Morgans
especially. Could be cos they are so ****ed of with them overtaking
and disappearing off into the distance. The 1990 Works Ford Sierra
RS500 Cosworth that won the BTCC championship would, at the Mallory
park round, have been only 0.6sec in front of the 1920's Morgan 3
wheeler that won the VMCC 3 wheeler championship. Given the Morgan
was carrying a passenger I think the Morgan could beat the Ford. BTCC
has gone downhill ever since so even more Vintage machines could take
on the best they can offer now and win..


IIRC the Morgan three wheelers were forced to race in the bike class - as
they were so far ahead of the car competition :-)

Would I like one ... you bet !

On Wed, 23 Jul 2003 19:37:39 +0100, Samuel Clemens
wrote:
The car people always look down their noses at 3 wheelers and Morgans
especially. Could be cos they are so ****ed of with them overtaking
and disappearing off into the distance. The 1990 Works Ford Sierra
RS500 Cosworth that won the BTCC championship would, at the Mallory
park round, have been only 0.6sec in front of the 1920's Morgan 3
wheeler that won the VMCC 3 wheeler championship. Given the Morgan
was carrying a passenger I think the Morgan could beat the Ford. BTCC
has gone downhill ever since so even more Vintage machines could take
on the best they can offer now and win..


IIRC the Morgan three wheelers were forced to race in the bike class - as
they were so far ahead of the car competition :-)

Would I like one ... you bet !



Bill Tuer's 1926(?) 2-speed Morgan puts out around 120bhp, on alcohol,
and weighs about 600-odd pounds...not much beats it!

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On Wed, 23 Jul 2003 18:40:04 +0100, Peter Hill wrote:

I think he would be better off with the motorcycle clubs BSA or VMCC
as the 'V' twin was derived from a motorcycle.


There is a BSA club though, later BSAs were 4-cylinder water-cooled
and some where 4 wheelers.

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In article ,
Stan Barr wrote:
On Wed, 23 Jul 2003 19:37:39 +0100, Samuel Clemens
wrote:
The car people always look down their noses at 3 wheelers and Morgans
especially. Could be cos they are so ****ed of with them overtaking


and weighs about 600-odd pounds...not much beats it!

Wonder if that was the one I saw see off a snarling pack of Bugattis
and Alfas and a 24-litre Napier-Bentley hybrid years back? Seriously
spectacular stuff. Still reckon the N-B (with about 550-bhp from
a Napier Lion aero-engine) would have caught it eventually if the
tyres had held out - of which there was no chance whatsoever!

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On 23 Jul 2003 23:32:45 +0100, ANDREW ROBERT BREEN wrote:
In article ,
Stan Barr wrote:
On Wed, 23 Jul 2003 19:37:39 +0100, Samuel Clemens
wrote:
The car people always look down their noses at 3 wheelers and Morgans
especially. Could be cos they are so ****ed of with them overtaking


and weighs about 600-odd pounds...not much beats it!

Wonder if that was the one I saw see off a snarling pack of Bugattis
and Alfas and a 24-litre Napier-Bentley hybrid years back? Seriously
spectacular stuff. Still reckon the N-B (with about 550-bhp from
a Napier Lion aero-engine) would have caught it eventually if the
tyres had held out - of which there was no chance whatsoever!

It's low, wide and painted grey. Often referred to as "The Grey Whale".
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On 24 Jul 2003 08:25:46 GMT, (Stan Barr) wrote:

On 23 Jul 2003 23:32:45 +0100, ANDREW ROBERT BREEN wrote:
In article ,
Stan Barr wrote:
On Wed, 23 Jul 2003 19:37:39 +0100, Samuel Clemens
wrote:
The car people always look down their noses at 3 wheelers and Morgans
especially. Could be cos they are so ****ed of with them overtaking


and weighs about 600-odd pounds...not much beats it!

Wonder if that was the one I saw see off a snarling pack of Bugattis
and Alfas and a 24-litre Napier-Bentley hybrid years back? Seriously
spectacular stuff. Still reckon the N-B (with about 550-bhp from
a Napier Lion aero-engine) would have caught it eventually if the
tyres had held out - of which there was no chance whatsoever!

It's low, wide and painted grey. Often referred to as "The Grey Whale".

and has a dope breathing 1500cc V twin JAP engine hanging out the
front.

That's the one. Needs a fairly tight circuit like Mallory to see off
just about anything, old or new. On a fast track like Snetteron it
would get eaten down the main straight.

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In article ,
Stan Barr wrote:
There is a BSA club though, later BSAs were 4-cylinder water-cooled
and some where 4 wheelers.

I've driven a BSA car - ordinary four door saloon with a 1200*cc (IIRC)
sidevalve engine and pre-select box. Mid '30s.

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