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Gray "Baby Grand" circa. 1914

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Robert
Posted on Sunday, March 07, 2004 - 12:53 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Does anyone have one of these little jewels? 1
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Robert
Posted on Sunday, March 07, 2004 - 12:57 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

...I see it says "grey enamel finish". Presumably that is what was on this three cylinder Model T with "self-starting" gear. Does anyone have a modern reference for this grey enamel?
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steve fox
Posted on Saturday, March 20, 2004 - 09:18 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Does any know what that thingamjig is aft of the flywheel. Is that the "self starter"? Does anyone know how this would work?
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richarddurgee
Posted on Sunday, March 21, 2004 - 05:02 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Steve

Hope this is readable ?? about 1915

CRes

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richarddurgee
Posted on Sunday, March 21, 2004 - 05:11 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

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richarddurgee
Posted on Sunday, March 21, 2004 - 05:14 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

try again

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steve fox
Posted on Sunday, March 21, 2004 - 10:12 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Richard

It does. Thanks very much. All I need now is to find one.

Rgds Steve Fox
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Keith
Posted on Monday, March 22, 2004 - 09:46 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Robert, This engine looks the same, except it doesn't have a mag.
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Keith
Posted on Monday, March 22, 2004 - 09:49 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

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Robert
Posted on Monday, March 22, 2004 - 11:22 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Keith, thanks for those. From the dust that can only be in a museum storage area!? As for the self-starter, Richard, I see the engine base extends out around the flywheel to support the "air crank", so presumably it was not quite as simple as being "taken down intact and installed on another motor..." Still, what a piece of engineering, I'm still puzzling over how to machine a crescent shaped cylinder and piston; must have been a U section with removable cover. Hand-lapped to fit no doubt! My respect for Gray Motors increases daily. Add my name to the list of seekers!
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Tom Stranko
Posted on Thursday, March 25, 2004 - 09:35 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

What an interesting mechanism. I assume that it just turns 180" under air power and then the clutch kicks out the starter? Must have been a design to try to get around the patent held by (I think GM) on the whole electric bendix drive starting system.
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