1927 Vulcan restoration.

$#it a lot has gone walkabout :'( , but where there is a will there's a way some day she will be a great thing

Thanks Melonreo,
The picture makes it look worse than it acually is, there are a lot of parts missing though. Most parts that are missing are not too bad to make from scratch.
One of the hardest bits is going to be the radiator, i have the remains of the bottom tank and the sides, but the top tank and the core have dissapeared.
The original engine is a bit of a mess, with lots of bits missing but i have a later Vulcan engine which is in better condition and may have some usefull parts.

http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/ad225/millington/Vulcan/Vulcan%20as%20found/DSCF0970.jpg?

The crank case and head are more or less the same, but i may have to make a new block, as its got bigger bores and a different manifold set up.

This is the radiator that i'm looking for, just in case somebody has one in a shed somewhere
Its from the only other VSW that i know of, so its not for sale unfortunately.

http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/ad225/millington/Vulcan/VSW%20Number%2016/DSCF1251.jpg?

Rob
Gudday M8

can remember a few years back see n a radiator in our yard th@ had VULCAN on the top tank
also the front axle n wheels

Dunno if somebody found the radiator B 4 it twaz lost
coz aint seen it for awhile

I'll take a nother looksee next week

Cya

[ch9787]

Swishy,

Thanks for that mate, Much appreciated.

Rob.

just finished reading your resto thread great work and keep it up and she will be on the road in no time.
jason

Thanks Jason,
It's getting there slowly bit by bit, the problem is work keeps taking up valuable truck time.

Hi Rob

Work has a way of interferring with the fun stuff. I am sure that we will see the jigger at Sandown in a year or two. It is interesting that we can see the finished article in that pile of "stuff", maybe that is why the better half sometimes thinks we are a tad touched : keep the updates coming. There was a chassis & radiator in Ganmain a couple of years ago I will ask around.

Graham

Hi Graham,
Not many people can see a truck in a pile of mangled rusty stuff, let alone get excited about it. Maybe we are a bit touched!
That would be great if you could ask around.


This is the chassis when i picked it up, doesn't look too bad but both front and rear crossmembers had rotted away and both side rails were bent all over the place and cracked in a few places.
http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/ad225/millington/Vulcan/Vulcan%20as%20found/DSCF0959.jpg?


This was after a lot of straightening, welding and fabricating and just put together to get the hole centres on the new crossmembers, but starting to look like something!

Rob

You can get the rivets from this place
bigflatsrivet.com/

If you want to see how they come out read this topic reply 14 shows the rivets

oldihc.org/truck-talk/pre-30s-trucks/my-1928-sss-restoration


Trevor

Rob Gudday M8

Neeto

So far all I found in the weeds twaz a front wheel from said Vulcan Truck




Cya
[ch9787]