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Original Spring by Wm E Cary Ltd

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Original Spring by Wm E Cary Ltd
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12-05-2022, 07:25 PM (This post was last modified: 12-05-2022, 08:31 PM by Colin Morgan.)
Just looking at an original spare Ruby front spring I have here.  It says "Wm E Cary Ltd, Jul 1935, Manchester, 1A-5134"

Looking up Wm E Cary Ltd, their address was 'Red Bank over the River Irk' and this is a picture taken of the factory in 1936:

   

I imagine various companies supplied springs to Austin at this time?
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12-05-2022, 08:45 PM (This post was last modified: 12-05-2022, 08:53 PM by Malcolm Parker.)
    The original sports springs that I have seen are stamped 'R Berry & Son, Smethwick'

The part number is 9C141 and the 33 is presumably the year.
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12-05-2022, 09:07 PM
The stamp on this one:


.jpg   A7 Spring Carys Ltd Works Stamp.jpg (Size: 89.81 KB / Downloads: 209)
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13-05-2022, 09:30 AM
(12-05-2022, 08:45 PM)Malcolm Parker Wrote: The original sports springs that I have seen are stamped 'R Berry & Son, Smethwick'

The part number is 9C141 and the 33 is presumably the year.

The ones on the original Ulster are Smethwick but 9C142, registered 1932.

   
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13-05-2022, 11:14 AM
The front spring is 9C141 and the rear springs are 9C142 IIRC.  They are of course inter-leaved with zinc.
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