This trials Ulster replica on 1931 chassis 138052 is a very workmanlike car which has been really well sorted and goes like a proverbial rocket. Its present owner is an active and very competitive driver in VSCC trials who likes his cars to go as well as they possibly can so he hasn't stinted on the preparation work. To help any future owner he has built up a good file of invoices for work done on the car as well as making several useful notes on it.
Much of the work has been done by Nigel Coulter which included rebuilding the three speed gearbox and fitting a 5.625 to 1 differential in the back axle, replacing the road springs and fitting a Demon Tweeks petrol tank in the tail as well as going through the car generally and replacing components as necessary. As a result it drives very well with positive handling, accurate steering and good brakes.
Its 1929 series engine number M86713 was developed by Tim and Alex Myall at Pigsty Racing and features a pressure fed Phoenix crankshaft, a replica AF9E1 alloy sports cylinder head and a trials camshaft which gives better power over a wide rev. band than a full racing cam and also makes it very useable on the road. They also fitted a four branch exhaust and a Rod Yates Ulster silencer.
I am not a trials driver but I am assured by people in the know that it is a very competitive machine which is capable of doing really well in top events. I have driven it on the road and it is just great fun being very rapid and very precise to drive. It also looks the part having the sort of patina which can only be generated by serious driving so I am afraid it won’t win you many concours events but the type of person who buys this car won’t be unduly concerned by that!
Much of the work has been done by Nigel Coulter which included rebuilding the three speed gearbox and fitting a 5.625 to 1 differential in the back axle, replacing the road springs and fitting a Demon Tweeks petrol tank in the tail as well as going through the car generally and replacing components as necessary. As a result it drives very well with positive handling, accurate steering and good brakes.
Its 1929 series engine number M86713 was developed by Tim and Alex Myall at Pigsty Racing and features a pressure fed Phoenix crankshaft, a replica AF9E1 alloy sports cylinder head and a trials camshaft which gives better power over a wide rev. band than a full racing cam and also makes it very useable on the road. They also fitted a four branch exhaust and a Rod Yates Ulster silencer.
I am not a trials driver but I am assured by people in the know that it is a very competitive machine which is capable of doing really well in top events. I have driven it on the road and it is just great fun being very rapid and very precise to drive. It also looks the part having the sort of patina which can only be generated by serious driving so I am afraid it won’t win you many concours events but the type of person who buys this car won’t be unduly concerned by that!