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Chairmants Chat
CHAIRMAN’S CHAT
A VERY WARM WELCOME to the latest club magazine. So much has been going on since the last issue of our club magazine, so where do I begin?
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My own Sunbeam Lotus is now about to have everything bolted back on. I have been spending most of my time making up a custom wiring loom but in turn, keeping to the colours and fuse sequence of the original wiring diagram.
Along the way I have also been sourcing some parts that are long lost and some members may need. A prime example is the Choke On warning lamp switch. As most components of that era, I tend to find OEM parts from other British motor car manufacturers are the same (like Lucas or Brycrest).
The changes on the club committee have worked well and everyone is flowing in their roll. A little more space at my storage unit as Richard Blackburn now has all the club spares. Mark Higman has plenty of events planned for us to go as a club and for local members to go in support of their car & the club. More to come on this from Mark.
I am almost there with the fuel line kit. I took me three weeks to try and firm up what kind of fitting connects the fuel line at the rear to the sender unit. As a club we cannot allow members to take a risk connecting fuel lines, so we intend to supply the kit with all the fittings that need to be crimped on, all dealt with as part of the kit. A suggestion was made by a member that the fitting was an JIC/AN5, which is pretty damn close, but I have 30 years’ experience of JIC/AN fittings and I had never come across a size 5. We have a 3, 4, 6, 8, 10 etc. commonly used, but never known a 5. I referred back to the member who confirmed he had bought it from down under from Speedflow. Funnily enough I have always used Speedflow in UK (which is owned and run by a lovely ex drag racer called Fay Fisher who knows this stuff inside out) and she confirmed that the JIC/ AN5 fittings are not found outside Australia, being only domestically used for old aircraft fuel lines that are no longer in existence. But with Fay’s help, it turns out to be a Dixon Valve fitting 45-degree SAE 5/16” with a 20
0.97 1.76 1/2 - 20 UNF THREAD
0.355
THRU HOLE DIA. .219 45° 1/2 HEX
THIS DRAWING CONTAINS INFORMATION DEEMED PROPRIETARY TO DIXON BRASS AND IS SO TO BE USED ONLY FOR THE PURPOSE FOR WHICH IT IS SUBMITTED, AND FURTHER, SHALL NOT BE COPIED IN WHOLE OR IN PART WITHOUT EXPRESS WRITTEN PERMISSION FIRST OBTAINED FROM DIXON BRASS.
UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED: DIMENSIONS ARE IN INCHES TOLERANCES: ANGLES: 0 30' .X ( .015) .XX ( .010) .XXX ( .005) DIMENSIONS PER ANSI Y14.5 Dixon Brass
Westmont, Illinois USA
TITLE:
5/16 MALE HOSE BARB X 45 DEG. SAE
SIZE A
DRAWN
P. MONAGHAN
APPROVED DATE
3/5/14
DATE
ECO NO.
DRAWING NOT REPRODUCED TO SCALE DWG. NO.
1420508C
REV D
UNF thread…a common Chrysler USA part from old Mopar equipped cars, something she knew about as well!
National Day at Curburough was amazing. An amazing turn out of cars and members. Even some locals turning up to enjoy the biggest gathering of Sunbeam Lotus cars that can be imagined. A couple of members (who do not own Sunbeams) turned up with a couple of £500 Honda’s and drove on the sprint circuit until the warning gauges could take no more! I even took a couple of laps round on my Segway Electric Scooter… for reccy purposes of course! Some lovely machinery was in attendance and those who did win awards, did so deservedly.
The show at the NEC was the busiest we had ever seen with lots of fresh faces and plenty of new members along with Sunbeam Lotus friends from years gone by. I did not even get a minute to look round the show myself, we were that busy. Four great cars and great owners who I thank for making the effort for us.
I would also like to thank the members who kept me company with food & alcohol knowing I was staying up alone this year. Many thanks to Chris Edwards who had to endure a dinner with me at Karen’s Diner; we were properly abused that night. And to Alan Barnacle and Kevin Malcom who kept my Curry taste buds fed in Coventry one evening with Chris again also.
My teaser photo from the last issue of the magazine will be revealed in the New Year.
For now, I will sign off and wish all our members a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous 2023.
