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10 years 5 months ago #144301 by Beaver
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Only one? That's not typical at all. 8-)

Anyway, she might be the "hostess" on the trip? :-X
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10 years 5 months ago - 10 years 5 months ago #144302 by Roderick Smith
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Two more found, again at the Sun.25.11.90 HCVC display at International Harvester, Dandenong.

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10 years 5 months ago #144303 by theroadbossman
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Keep digging Roderick, these are gold :)
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10 years 5 months ago - 10 years 5 months ago #144304 by Roderick Smith
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Did SYL797 still have the original engine?
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10 years 5 months ago #144305 by theroadbossman
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IDSTBC but i reckon that is a Perkins logo?
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10 years 5 months ago #144306 by Swishy
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The badge looks like a purkadyne
ok
perkins then

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10 years 5 months ago #144307 by Roderick Smith
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Thanks for the Perkins update. I have edited my post in haste while I can. I hate having mistakes live forever, but this forum has a 24 h curfew for editing.
Why did a Perkins need the air grille to be retained when others didn't? Or, was this the reverse: the airflow was increased when the Perkins was installed?
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10 years 5 months ago #144308 by bigcam
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There is one up here with a 6/354 in it, but the V8 510 and 540's are popular.
I think I've said this before, the Perkins does 2,800 RPM so it saves changing the diff ratio.

Roderick, the big mesh panel you see will be for the radiator.
The air will be drawn in via the roof scoop and then out through the radiator.

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10 years 5 months ago #144309 by Roderick Smith
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Agreed, and the intake is clearly a scoop at roof level, but then why do so many others have a rounded sheet-metal panel, and not mesh? Which version was original, and which was retrofit?
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10 years 5 months ago #144310 by Beaver
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The closed panels would be original. The mesh panel would be a modification.
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