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You think our stuff's getting pricey? Good job Vincent vee twins were not used as stationary engines ..............

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J. Kim Siddorn, Regia Anglorum

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? I no understandy.They look like a perfectly ordinary pair of pre monoblock Amals to me, such as one might be able to assemble from the bit boxes at any decent autojumble. In fact 'pair' is putting it a bit strongly - is the one brass / one cheese combination as original?

Nick H

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The carbs are handed (slide adjuster) & the front carb was a limited production run & were made by Amal as brass sand castings. The rear carb was off the shelf & was a die cast body. Designer Phil Irving called it "the metallic equivalent of chocolate fudge"!

But you are correct & I'm on my way down't garage this minute to see what I can find!

Regards,

Kim Siddorn,

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KS> The carbs are handed (slide adjuster) KS> & the front carb was a limited production run & were made by Amal as KS> brass sand castings. The rear carb was off the shelf & was a die cast KS> body. Designer Phil Irving called it "the metallic equivalent of KS> chocolate fudge"!

KS> But you are correct & I'm on my way down't garage this minute to see KS> what I can find!

KS> Regards,

KS> Kim Siddorn,

I knew I should have checked before questioning the 'pair' - typical Vincent, comissioning a special part when an off-the-shelf job would probably have sufficed.

Re your original comment about the Vincent V twin never having been used as a stationary engine - there are limits to the level of mechanical noise the agricultural community would tolerate you knowledge ! (ducks and runs for cover).]

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"nickh" wrote (snip)

Thanks PDA autocomplete - that should of course read "there are limits to the level of mechanical noise the agricultural community would tolerate you know".

I certainly remember my father's Rapide sounding like a threshing machine - though, in much the same way as an early Ferrari V12, there was a certain pleasing musical quality about the racket. A lttle while ago I was standing in WH Smiths reading in one of the classic bike mags a road test of a newly manufactured Vincent (replica?). One of the first things to be commented on was the lack of mechanical noise, apparently due to better tolerances and tooth forms for the timing gear, though I wonder if the cams had also grown some quietening ramps - I think the originals addressed their followers with all the subtlety of a Glasgow Kiss!

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