1951 Austin Champ

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Re: 1951 Austin Champ

Unread post by svramselaar » November 3rd, 2022, 8:04 am

Hi
The Champ was a disign from sir Alec issigones. ( also the old type mini)
It took a long time to diveled
So long the brittisch military ww2. Jeeps where and there end of live
As a stopcap they get to the landrover
Wen the Champ came it was not a good one the landrover was better
So they stop with it and fro m them it get landrovers
Aboud the Champ
The Rolls engine b40. 4 cylinder (Champ) as b60 6 cylinder ( Ferret) as b80 8 cylinder (stalwart )
The. Driveliine fr om the gine to a gearbox no reverse from ther to reversebox ( at a boat)
Fron there to the rear axle
It holds the high low gears. The front wheel drive and the differentieel with a brass wormwheel
To drive the front axle there is a driveshaft from the rear.axle
The Champ is 24 volt (NATO) only the ignition has a resistor becouse it is 12 volt
The ignition has two sets points
The back wheel brake cylinders have also the handbrake mechanisme and they must can move at the backplat
To adjust the rear Brakel you must put the hand brake on and them adjust them

Good Luck with it. George

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Re: 1951 Austin Champ

Unread post by rickf » November 3rd, 2022, 9:39 am

George, Something you say there about the Champ got my attention! You say the ignition is 12 volt so they have a resistor to step down the 24 volt. This is very interesting since that would be very handy for a 12 volt conversion on a M 151 to overcome the junk Chinese coil syndrome. My only fear is that being British that resistor would be from the Prince of Darkness, Mr. Lucas wouldn't it?
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Re: 1951 Austin Champ

Unread post by m3a1 » November 3rd, 2022, 10:46 am

It may interest you to know that my 1969 Ford tractor has an absolute TON of Lucas products on it. I cannot say with any authority why Ford went with Lucas brand products (admittedly, it may have been nothing more than a financial decision) but, to be a contender in the competitive agricultural market, reliability is important....so Ford must have given the option to use Lucas sourced-products on their build some serious consideration.

Somewhere around here I have an adjustable resistor with a winding and a simple sliding contact to set the resistance. Might be of interest to everyone....

or not.

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Re: 1951 Austin Champ

Unread post by rickf » November 3rd, 2022, 11:18 am

A lot of these tractors were built in England. I can't picture why one built there would end up here though.
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Re: 1951 Austin Champ

Unread post by m3a1 » November 3rd, 2022, 12:54 pm

I have the original paperwork and there is no doubt it was originally sold here. More likely Ford was outsourcing a lot of the electrical components.

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