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tony barnhill

tony barnhill

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Man, it seems like its not only raining lots of water on me - but its also raining Daimlers on me!!

I need a Gardner 6 cylinder (straight 6) diesel engine for a '65 Daimler double decker bus!!

Doesn't matter whether I have to import it from the UK or Canada or wherever....any of you Daimler guys know in which direction I need to go?
 
But they haven't answered my telephone calls & their site is real basic with no way to contact them other than by phone!
 
I would think that almost any commercial truck engine should fit in okay (with a little research into what might work)

I know of one collector in southern Ontario who has a 1949 Austin K8 commercial truck, I do know that he runs the truck with a newer diesel engine, not sure if he's the one who installed it or the previous owner.

Just my two cents...
 
Give unitrans a call https://unitrans.ucdavis.edu/about/. They operate a fleet of buses at UC Davis (Go Aggies!) someone in the maintance department should be able to help.

Paul
U.C.D. alum
 
UPDATE: Owner wants to keep it original if possible (though he has looked into Detroits)...Gardner & I are finally talking & I've just sent them all the numbers they're looking for.

In addition to ompiling a pretty good cros-over list of parts numbers for the SP250, I may soon be importing a Gardner engine from the UK for the Daimler bus! (Gotta take photos next time I'm down there)
 
I will - funny, as the new owner has judiciously gone through each system, I've found everything he needed at Moss (we just had to figure out how to cross over parts #'s & I've gotta give kudo's to Britt, my Moss guy): caliper pistons/rebuild kits & other brake items like wheel cylinder rebuild kits, MC rebuild kits, carb rebuild kits, hood & trunk hinges & some others I probably forgot to list...car should be up & running when a backordered Grose jet arrives!
 
Went by the bus again today to get some additional info for Gardner - & found the big one-piece windshield for it in Atlanta...here are some photos...see if you can find the hole in the block in the photo of the engine...

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Huge hole, ain't it?
 
Reconditioned long block - 4000ÂŁ plus freight from the UK or they can provide an engine the owner can rebuild himself...hmmmm, which option would I choose for such a rare animal - in the US? hehehehe
 
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