Sorry to hear about the problems with the Morris, it's always the things that aren't too hard to fix that happen at the most inconvenient times. Sounded like a great show. Worked up there in the 80's on jobs at Banora Point and Tweed Heads. I remember sitting in the car at the beach at Coolangatta listening to the Live-Aid Concerts while watching a Surf Carnival on the beach. Passed though the area about 10 years ago, so many changes, had to really think where I was going, was sad when I saw a closed Magic Mountain, probably apartments now.
Not much progress at my end, have had other things that took priority. Will post some updates on my thread soon.
Have you had a chance to have a better look at that Humber diff? I have referenced it on the Dodge Supervista thread. Didn't want to hi-jack the thread so move back here to try and resolve what that diff is. Some of this we have covered before, but for the benifate of late comers I have re-covered my tracks
Thanks Panky and Martin for your posts at Dodge Supervista's thread, continuing the saga from here. The information you have given looks like proof that the diff Miss Piggy has is something unusual. I have attached the picture from the diff on ebay that Panky posted and marked what my issues are. In the red you can clearly see the planetary gear in the diff centre, with the other blue circle showing where the shaft that holds the pinion gears is located. None of this is present on Miss Piggys Diff.
I posted a picture earlier in this thread that shows two Datsun diffs, the one on the left a std open type diff and the one on the right being a LSD.
Miss Piggy's diff centre looks nothing like the ebay Humber diff and of the two Datsun diffs in my picture it far better resembles the right hand LSD version. The idea of a Humber fitted with a LSD sounds hard to believe, but living in a country where it was common to fit Holden 6 cylinder motors in a Commer years ago, it wouldn't surprise me.
I would imagine that the Humber was assembled locally in Adelaide from CKD kits and wouldn't be surprised it the diff was sourced locally from the Chrysler/Valiant production line to keep weight and import freight costs down on the Humber. The Valiant Pacers of the day had a LSD option and wonder if one of those has somehow found its way into Miss Piggy's Diff. We would need someone familiar with Australian Humber production to clarify this.
Cheers all
Stephen
Not much progress at my end, have had other things that took priority. Will post some updates on my thread soon.
Have you had a chance to have a better look at that Humber diff? I have referenced it on the Dodge Supervista thread. Didn't want to hi-jack the thread so move back here to try and resolve what that diff is. Some of this we have covered before, but for the benifate of late comers I have re-covered my tracks
Thanks Panky and Martin for your posts at Dodge Supervista's thread, continuing the saga from here. The information you have given looks like proof that the diff Miss Piggy has is something unusual. I have attached the picture from the diff on ebay that Panky posted and marked what my issues are. In the red you can clearly see the planetary gear in the diff centre, with the other blue circle showing where the shaft that holds the pinion gears is located. None of this is present on Miss Piggys Diff.
I posted a picture earlier in this thread that shows two Datsun diffs, the one on the left a std open type diff and the one on the right being a LSD.
Miss Piggy's diff centre looks nothing like the ebay Humber diff and of the two Datsun diffs in my picture it far better resembles the right hand LSD version. The idea of a Humber fitted with a LSD sounds hard to believe, but living in a country where it was common to fit Holden 6 cylinder motors in a Commer years ago, it wouldn't surprise me.
I would imagine that the Humber was assembled locally in Adelaide from CKD kits and wouldn't be surprised it the diff was sourced locally from the Chrysler/Valiant production line to keep weight and import freight costs down on the Humber. The Valiant Pacers of the day had a LSD option and wonder if one of those has somehow found its way into Miss Piggy's Diff. We would need someone familiar with Australian Humber production to clarify this.
Cheers all
Stephen
