I one installation I've seen that comes immediately to mind was on a 1951 Patrician. I'm sure I posted pix of it on thus site at the time.

Glad to hear it so count me in, I'll be wanting one or more L6 cartridges.

As I was taught back in high school auto shop, to get the effect of the servo action from this type of Bendix brake, when the two return springs are different the weaker spring goes on the primary shoe regardless of front or rear brakes.

As you consider the effect of the rear axle ratio on rpm and road speed, don't forget to take into account the effective tire diameter.

Here's some PMCC data related to 19" tires driven thru the 4.38 and 4.69 ratio rear axles.

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I don't know the answer to your question but will be watching this closely for responses as I also have a 1934 with the one-year only L6 Purolator and am using the Burr-Ripley conversion. I've used the last of my Ripley cartridges some thousands of miles ago and am not aware of a current source and apparently no one picked up the Ripley tooling.

I don't believe simple soldering will give sufficient strength to the threaded nipple.

I am considering replacing the filter with a length of copper pipe to retain the oil circuit thru the cooler, and just run without a filter. With only 3-500 miles per year and an annua oil change I don't think there is much downside to running without a filter.

Depending on the type of racing, one advantage that wire spoke wheels can offer is that they allow better cooling airflow around brake drums.

Excellent Kev, thanks and that would seem to definitively answer the question.

Kev, not applicable to the current question. Similar to the ACE-style covers, those you've shown are intended to cover over the steel spokes on the standard spoke wheel, a cosmetic effect. The wheel in question is a true steel disc wheel (available thru 1936 on Senior cars, IIRC), here's a photo of a one on a 1933 Super Eight. These were quite often found on export cars as they were a much stronger wheel than the wooden artillery or steel wire spoke.

Just my opinion but they had a lot more eye-appeal when wheel sizes were larger, by the time the smaller 17" wheels arrived (as in the enclosed photo) they had kind of lost their glamour.

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Well Richard, that indeed is the question ECA asked, "were they or were they not an option in 1932?".

If I wasn't planning on doing any work to the suspension, then I often placed jackstands on my '56 under the suspension components, the axle shaft tube in the rear and the lower control arm in front. Where the stands were place depended on what service was planned.