1929 Dunelt
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- lakeviewlad
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1929 Dunelt
Hey,has anyone seen the Dunelt on ebay? Rare as hens teeth! It will be interesting to see what it goes for...
Remember,dust and dirt are the enemies of all moving parts...keep your motor clean and it will repay you!
- Charles uk
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Re: 1929 Dunelt
I think that's the third one that I've seen being sold over the last three years.
They are a big lump, they make a Marston twin look small!
Not for me I don't have a boat big enough to carry it.
They are a big lump, they make a Marston twin look small!
Not for me I don't have a boat big enough to carry it.
Make it idiot proof and someone will make a better idiot.
Re: 1929 Dunelt
Been there, seen it, Dunelt!
Re: 1929 Dunelt
Shame it's not complete, home made exhaust (looks well made) no prop and what looks like a Britannia or Anzani tank. Rare, but what chance of getting the parts to finish it? As Charles says as heavy as a ton of bricks, so a nice ornament..
500cc though, rather quick with the right prop I suspect.
500cc though, rather quick with the right prop I suspect.
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Re: 1929 Dunelt
Not as easy as that Adrian, it needs.
102 style long tubular tank with very unusual filler cap.
Correct air intakes.
2 cast tank support brackets each a different shape.
Most of the water fittings & the drain off taps look wrong.
New exhaust with cast end caps.
2 cast spark plug covers.
The right transom bracket.
Oh and the right prop.
A lot of these were electric start with built in ignition & charging circuit & I note he doesn't state it has a spark even with a new coil, both plugs fire at the same time.
I hope the bidder is a lot younger than me as this will be a very long restoration, unless he's just looking for some spares.
102 style long tubular tank with very unusual filler cap.
Correct air intakes.
2 cast tank support brackets each a different shape.
Most of the water fittings & the drain off taps look wrong.
New exhaust with cast end caps.
2 cast spark plug covers.
The right transom bracket.
Oh and the right prop.
A lot of these were electric start with built in ignition & charging circuit & I note he doesn't state it has a spark even with a new coil, both plugs fire at the same time.
I hope the bidder is a lot younger than me as this will be a very long restoration, unless he's just looking for some spares.
Make it idiot proof and someone will make a better idiot.
Re: 1929 Dunelt
Yes, great project, but very, very difficult to achieve!
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Re: 1929 Dunelt
I have part motor which is basically.....................living outside under an eve for the time being.
A mess of unuseable rust and incomplete. Better as a garden hose tidy or letter box frame.
Yes, a bit of a "Lump" aye.
A better one down here will turn up one day.
"One Day" is a Collectors' mainstay aye.
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A mess of unuseable rust and incomplete. Better as a garden hose tidy or letter box frame.
Yes, a bit of a "Lump" aye.
A better one down here will turn up one day.
"One Day" is a Collectors' mainstay aye.
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Re: 1929 Dunelt
I must say I have learnt the hard way to watch what I buy Something as rare as that with that many parts missing will end up gathering dust in the corner of the shed, unless you happen to have another incomplete one
- lakeviewlad
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Re: 1929 Dunelt
Yea,we've all done that... I have several motors AND stationary engines that I knew were NEVER going to run again but at the time I NEEDED them and HAD to buy them... Boys and their toys...
Remember,dust and dirt are the enemies of all moving parts...keep your motor clean and it will repay you!
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Re: 1929 Dunelt
This deserves a topic I think! After all what if two incomplete engines occur?lakeviewlad wrote:Yea,we've all done that... I have several motors AND stationary engines that I knew were NEVER going to run again but at the time I NEEDED them and HAD to buy them... Boys and their toys...
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Re: 1929 Dunelt
You will still be looking for the same part that they are both missing.
- lakeviewlad
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Re: 1929 Dunelt
Tell me about it...has anyone else hung on to an engine part in case "someday it will be useful"? The day after you chuck it in the bin,THAT'S when someone offers you the rest of the motor!
Remember,dust and dirt are the enemies of all moving parts...keep your motor clean and it will repay you!
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Re: 1929 Dunelt
Well, yes. I have many parts motors and most of them are indeed missing the same part. Tends to fill up the lean to with spider breading ground and Ships Cat Fluff.
If you have a "Ships Cat" you will understand that. "They" own everything regardless.
If one is single and of the same mind as well as into "OLD" things.......................the cobwebs have increasing expansion grounds as a matter of wallet and "OOOOOOOO LOOK at THAT!" Buy it!
Sad existance actually, no one understands but happy.
I have an "Old Parent" in care. She does not gather cobwebs in the lean to however.
I have a coal cellar nicely appointed and lockable for Her.
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If you have a "Ships Cat" you will understand that. "They" own everything regardless.
If one is single and of the same mind as well as into "OLD" things.......................the cobwebs have increasing expansion grounds as a matter of wallet and "OOOOOOOO LOOK at THAT!" Buy it!
Sad existance actually, no one understands but happy.
I have an "Old Parent" in care. She does not gather cobwebs in the lean to however.
I have a coal cellar nicely appointed and lockable for Her.
B
Font colour change 2014
A chicken is one egg's way of becoming others
Re: 1929 Dunelt
I wonder if the winning bidder will come on here and show off his new purchase? It would be an interesting project to follow.
- lakeviewlad
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Re: 1929 Dunelt
It would be interesting to see and hear a Dunelt run. I must confess I've never seen one apart from Hunns book and ebay... Mind you I've heard a Rolls straight 8 diesel in a Thornycroft tank transporter flat out,but that's another story...
Remember,dust and dirt are the enemies of all moving parts...keep your motor clean and it will repay you!