Patrick,
The SC engine was first introduced in 1951 in the Standard 8. I am not aware
of it ever having been used in a tractor, and Standard/Triumph never made
tractors (as far as I know). It is possible that they supplied the engine to
a separate tractor manufacturer; however, it seems unlikely, as most tractors,
by the 1950's, were diesel. I'm not sure exactly when manufacture of petrol
tractors died out, but I have a feeling it was before then - in the UK, at
least.
Maybe your machine shop are just having a joke about the age and basicness of
the engine!
Richard and Daffy (doesn't sound like a tractor to me...)
PABowen@sar.med.navy.mil on 15Jun2000 01:05 PM
To: Richard B Gosling/1M/Caterpillar@Caterpillar
npenney@mde.state.md.us@INTERNET
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Subject: RE: Engine type
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now I have read the history of some of the engines before but of the
likes
of me cannot remember. Everytime I talk to a machine shop or someone else
they refer to the engine as a tractor engine. From my memory there was a
Triumph engine that started out this way but I did not believe it was the
Spitfires, could someone set me straight with this. History lesson please.
Patrick Bowen
-----Original Message-----
From: Richard B Gosling [mailto:Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2000 4:53 AM
To: npenney
Cc: spitfires
Subject: Re: Engine type
Nolan,
The engine that ended up in the Spitfire started life fitted to the Standard
8,
capacity 803cc, and was known as the SC engine (for small car). It was
bored
out to 1147 for Mk I and II Spitfire, then stroked to 1296 for the Mk III
and
IV, and then 1493 for the 1500. Exactly which versions were also used in
other cars I'm not sure - the Herald used some variation, as did
smaller-engined Dolomites (and Toledos?), and the 1500 was used in the MG
Midget 1500 (which had used the Austin A-series engine up to then).
No doubt the likes of Graham Stretch and Andy Mace can tell you much more
than
I can (which is largely taken out of a page in the Moss UK catalogue)
Richard and Daffy
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