April 2018
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the adventures of a crown-wheel & pinion<br />
Soon after Matt joined the Society, and told us about his Kimber Special project, an<br />
opportunity arose for him to acquire a new crown-wheel & pinion for the car, from John<br />
Burton.<br />
John had just sold his M.G. 14/40 (above) but had a hoard of spares to dispose of, including<br />
a brand-new CW&P from a batch procured by Bill Grudgings. A deal was soon done between<br />
Matt & John, but they then had to arrange transport from England to Australia.<br />
Enquiries to postal services produced prices of just short of £100 to ship the 4.5kg package<br />
down-under.<br />
Only a couple of years ago, Julie Craig & Royce wanted a spare crown-wheel & pinion for<br />
their Bullnose M.G., and because I had two spares, I said they could have one of mine (Ed).<br />
We then had the same problem of finding an economical way of transporting<br />
4.5 kg of steel to Australia!<br />
I remembered that several years back, a group of M.G. TC owners from the excellent club<br />
in Perth brought their cars over to England for a European tour. Whilst driving to the dock at<br />
Fremantle, the engine in one of the TCs went bang! The problem was quickly diagnosed as a<br />
broken crankshaft.<br />
Bugger!
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