Lloyd Alexander?

salysol

bbsrs wrote: »

Now that you mention it ,a 3 cyl daihatsu charade 1.0 turbo diesel would be ideal for it .

would be a lot of messing around,be better to keep it as original as possible.

bbsrs

salysol wrote: »

would be a lot of messing around,be better to keep it as original as possible.[/QUOTE
Yes best to keep that one original as possible the little engine it has would be grand for it.As for the charade reference it was a joke , kev 1.3 was being a little humourous in his previous post .

salysol

bbsrs wrote: »

salysol wrote: »

would be a lot of messing around,be better to keep it as original as possible.[/QUOTE
Yes best to keep that one original as possible the little engine it has would be grand for it.As for the charade reference it was a joke , kev 1.3 was being a little humourous in his previous post .

yeh i guessed that, if any of you have any idea where i might source a few parts from there has to be more than one in the country,possibly even a donor car ?

bbsrs

salysol wrote: »

bbsrs wrote: »

yeh i guessed that, if any of you have any idea where i might source a few parts from there has to be more than one in the country,possibly even a donor car ?

Dont limit yourself to searching in ireland .

salysol

bbsrs wrote: »

salysol wrote: »

Dont limit yourself to searching in ireland .

I'm not,but there doesn't seem to be much in europe.

kev1.3s

Ebay is my friend I check it at least once a day.Is there a club?

salysol

kev1.3s wrote: »

Ebay is my friend I check it at least once a day.Is there a club?

Only the borgward club ,but it doesn't seem to be very active,so it will be mainly Ebay or Craigslist

salysol

The car is now sitting in my yard,now all i have to do is make space in the shed,but which car to put outside ? Fiat 1100 or porsche or build another shed,don't think the wife would be too happy with that.
I was looking at a engine on Ebay germany,i have sent the seller 3 emails in the last week,but no reply,what would you think of that ?

http://www.ebay.at/itm/Motor-Lloyd-Alexander-4-Takt-Motor-/150796496878?pt=DE_Autoteile&hash=item231c2befee

salysol

Stained Class wrote: »

Out of interest, did you find out what the registration for this car is?

Here's the reg/ XIF590
I think it's a Belfast reg ?
Would i have to approach Swansea or Belfast to get the book ?

bjak

XIF is a County Cork reg.

E Bay advertiser quotes postage in Germany at €45 but no further "ausland" options. You might have to get a quote from DHL yourelf or perhaps if you can have the engine collected. Was in a similar position myself recently for a bulky eBay item (Merc SL Hardtop) in the UK - Transport cost quoted was €250 :mad:.

As you know from the ad, the engine is seized and missing the value cover on one side.

As auction has 8 hours left no time to waste.
Best of luck

BJAK:D

salysol

bjak wrote: »

XIF is a County Cork reg.

E Bay advertiser quotes postage in Germany at €45 but no further "ausland" options. You might have to get a quote from DHL yourelf or perhaps if you can have the engine collected. Was in a similar position myself recently for a bulky eBay item (Merc SL Hardtop) in the UK - Transport cost quoted was €250 :mad:.

As you know from the ad, the engine is seized and missing the value cover on one side.

As auction has 8 hours left no time to waste.
Best of luck

BJAK:D

Thanks for clearing the reg issue.
as for the engine,i bid on a air filter in Germany last year it was €1.99 but couldn't get a shipping price from seller,so allowed it couldn't be more than €10.00 was i mistaken,€33.00 .so lesson learnt,i wont bid prior to getting a shipping cost from seller.

mattroche

Salysol, have you thought of trying to have the orignal engeine done up here.I know I am now reaLLY showing my age, but there were several companies that reconditioned engeines, Colliers of Bunclody was one that comes to mind, they are probebly no more, but there must be somebody out there. Perhaps you should consider taking that route first? Alternatively, get someone who is flunt in German to put your ad. in German E. Bay.

kev1.3s

I see it's the poor old fiat thats getting the bullet which is a shame in my book:-( I'd take it off you if I hadn't got my hands full and wallet emptied by my current project, hope someone suitable turns up to save her because there isn't to many out there prepared for and aware of what a project like that entails and it would be a shame to see a local car end up as a washing machine.

salysol

kev1.3s wrote: »

I see it's the poor old fiat thats getting the bullet which is a shame in my book:-( I'd take it off you if I hadn't got my hands full and wallet emptied by my current project, hope someone suitable turns up to save her because there isn't to many out there prepared for and aware of what a project like that entails and it would be a shame to see a local car end up as a washing machine.

unfortunately one has to go,as much as i'd like to keep them all i just don't have the space,but saying that i might just have an ace up my sleeve,will know more tomorrow.

salysol

mattroche wrote: »

Salysol, have you thought of trying to have the orignal engeine done up here.I know I am now reaLLY showing my age, but there were several companies that reconditioned engeines, Colliers of Bunclody was one that comes to mind, they are probebly no more, but there must be somebody out there. Perhaps you should consider taking that route first? Alternatively, get someone who is flunt in German to put your ad. in German E. Bay.

i was only going to buy the engine as it was available,but he wont post it,too heavy he said.
as for the engine i have it's only weather seized so i will strip it,hone it and check the crank bearings etc,i reckon it should be ok.
powers engineering in ferns do rebuilds + they are very good at sourcing obsolete parts.

bbsrs

salysol wrote: »

i was only going to buy the engine as it was available,but he wont post it,too heavy he said.
as for the engine i have it's only weather seized so i will strip it,hone it and check the crank bearings etc,i reckon it should be ok.
powers engineering in ferns do rebuilds + they are very good at sourcing obsolete parts.

Sound like very satisfying work stripping an old time seized engine and getting it running again .

salysol

bbsrs wrote: »

Sound like very satisfying work stripping an old time seized engine and getting it running again .

Fairly straight forward,but saying that i had an old TVO ferguson years ago that had a seized piston,i tried everything to free it but it never happened so i shifted it on.

bbsrs

salysol wrote: »

bbsrs wrote: »

Sound like very satisfying work stripping an old time seized engine and getting it running again .

Fairly straight forward,but saying that i had an old TVO ferguson years ago that had a seized piston,i tried everything to free it but it never happened so i shifted it on.

I guess you know this already but i'll say it anyways best to completely dismantle it before trying to move anything as even one rotation with corrosion could score the crank or bores and cause terminal damage . Fill the bores with penetrating oil and let them soak a few days before attempting to budge the pistons . They're are companies like JE that will make custom pistons for you if it needs a review .

MANYCARS

Hi I owned PZC 587 see next thread

MANYCARS

Firstly I owned PZC 587 at one stage and it gave me a lot of fun. It now lives in Bawnboy,Co. Cavan with two other Lloyds.
Some Lloyd Irish history.Introduced in 1954 by a Mr.Sarre at a price of £347 and 10 shillings in 2 stroke form with 386cc. and assembled in the Coombe in Dublin.(I visited the Plant). Upper body was wood covered with plastic fabric.Only a handful of these early examples were sold. Lloyds seemed to disappear for a while in the mid 1950s.Then around 1959 Mr P.R.Reilly of Howth Road set up Melin Motors to assemble the Lloyd Alexander 4 stroke models and suceeded in selling around 250 between 1959 and 1963.I believe body panels came from Bremen fully painted. I recall, Tony Brooks the Grand Prix driver used one to test out a revised cicuit in Phoenix Park in the early sixties. I wish all who are trying to keep these great little cars on the road well.

salysol

MANYCARS wrote: »

Firstly I owned PZC 587 at one stage and it gave me a lot of fun. It now lives in Bawnboy,Co. Cavan with two other Lloyds.
Some Lloyd Irish history.Introduced in 1954 by a Mr.Sarre at a price of £347 and 10 shillings in 2 stroke form with 386cc. and assembled in the Coombe in Dublin.(I visited the Plant). Upper body was wood covered with plastic fabric.Only a handful of these early examples were sold. Lloyds seemed to disappear for a while in the mid 1950s.Then around 1959 Mr P.R.Reilly of Howth Road set up Melin Motors to assemble the Lloyd Alexander 4 stroke models and suceeded in selling around 250 between 1959 and 1963.I believe body panels came from Bremen fully painted. I recall, Tony Brooks the Grand Prix driver used one to test out a revised cicuit in Phoenix Park in the early sixties. I wish all who are trying to keep these great little cars on the road well.

That is a very interesting bit of history,i was talking to the son of a previous dealer in Mayo on friday night,it seems he still has some N O S which hopefully will be of benefit to me in the future.

Stained Class

MANYCARS wrote: »

Firstly I owned PZC 587 at one stage and it gave me a lot of fun. It now lives in Bawnboy,Co. Cavan with two other Lloyds.

Good to know this car survives.:)

At what stage was this car in your ownership? Did you buy it new?

MANYCARS

I bought it in the early 1970s from the first owner and sold it to a friend shortly afterwards. Subsequently I bought it back again and garaged it for a number of years before again selling it to the guy in the Irish Motorist article - who did some work on it. I then bought it back yet again and used in Classic Car runs and exhibited at the 100 years of the car in the RDS. I then bid it a final goodbye, as it went to a new home in Cavan in the 1990s, where I understand it still resides.My family call it the boomberang car.

rotorhead

Spotted In Germany 2009

kev1.3s

That little people carrier is seriously funky looking.

salysol

rotorhead wrote: »

Spotted In Germany 2009

some great pics,both cars seem to be in pristine condition.
The biggest problem with these cars is sourcing spares,so if i don't find a source in the next couple of weeks,there's no point in me keeping a car that's never going to be finished,as i have too many projects to have one taking up needed space in the shed.

kev1.3s

Spares are out there it's just a matter of scratching the surface, it does look like an interesting project! What spares are you looking for?

salysol

kev1.3s wrote: »

Spares are out there it's just a matter of scratching the surface, it does look like an interesting project! What spares are you looking for?

Well i will need tail lights /engine gasket kit / seats / exhaust / bumpers /window and door rubber seals / possibly brake slave cylinders / master cylinder /brake shoes,thats just to start with.
i got vexed when the seller on Ebay Germany wouldn't ship the engine,which got me thinking any seller might prefer to sell an item for these cars in their own country,but i'm probably being biased on that issue
Your probably right ,scratching the surface is one thing , having to wait an eternity is another thing altogether

kev1.3s

You need quite a bit there, I'll try to find the whereabouts of the two I photoed in 2009 for you.

salysol

kev1.3s wrote: »

You need quite a bit there, I'll try to find the whereabouts of the two I photoed in 2009 for you.

That would be great.