(03-02-2022, 06:47 PM)Chris.Dallas Wrote: Personally Charles I’m not a fan of what you describe, though having a 6 v rewound so becomes a 12v isn’t too bad. At least if using a Dynamo and driven from the correct location its more in keeping. I suppose I just don’t see the need to change as we have perfectly working original units fitted. I’m also curious as to why electric water pumps are required….. usually they are also quite unsightly and obviously modern.
Maybe I’m just in the minority but I like the cars to be as in period. If it wasn’t available then, shouldn’t really be fitted for VSCC purposes.
Some vintage cars can be difficult in modern traffic, especially thermo-syphon. A hidden inline Davis-Craig pump can help to resolve these problems. I remember having a constant boiling issue in an otherwise well sorted 4.5 Lagonda when stuck in a queue for the Dartford Tunnel. Switching the engine on and off in traffic was the somewhat unsatisfactory solution.
I made an Ulster water pump from castings to ensure that my car was period correct (except for a carbon bearing) so I'm not in the market.
A hidden inline electric pump is probably preferable to a Hillman Imp one stuck on the cylinder head driven by a vee belt
Charles