And the roads were properly oiled.
bs
Oudesluys wrote:
> So it was a proper British construction. Anyway, I think they did
> introduce leakage to make sure the oil was replaced in due time.
> Kees Oudesluijs
> NL
>
>
> Patrick and Caroline Quinn wrote:
>> G'day Alan
>>
>> The David Brown gearbox was a common fitting to many of the early
>> competition and record breaking cars from Warwick. By common I mean 5
>> to 10
>> out of all the cars.
>>
>> Both the original 4-cylinder record breaking cars (Endurance and
>> Streamliner) were fitted with David Brown gearboxes.
>> The gearbox was available with both 4 and 5 speed internals, but it
>> has one
>> bad design fault - they leak live a sieve. The reconstructed
>> Endurance car
>> has a 5-speed version and it was completely rebuilt and it still leaked.
>>
>> Hoo Roo
>>
>> Patrick Quinn
>> Sydney, Australia
>>
>>
>
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