Lawrie,
Suggest you contact Ian Curwen-Walker. ian.curwen-walker@bigpond.com
Ian among other things is the historian of the MGCC South Australia.
If anyone can help you he can.
Murray Arundell
Brisbane Australia
On 24/09/2010, at 9:06 AM, Lawrie Alexander wrote:
> Hi, folks,
>
> I'm working on a 1949 TC that was purchased in Adelaide, Australia
> in 1995 from one Phillip Pyle and shipped back to California. Logic
> suggests that Phillip is related to the renowned Harry Pyle and the
> car certainly shows it has been in the hands of a knowledgeable TC
> owner/restorer.
>
> Lately (indeed, for almost all the years it has been in California)
> the car has been in storage and my brief is to get it running and
> driving well and safely. After changing fluids and doing all the
> usual "take-me-out-of-hibernation" things the engine now runs but
> the valves are extremely noisy. It revs so crisply that I have to
> believe it has been rebuilt and is fitted with something other than
> a stock camshaft.
>
> The purpose of this post is to see if anyone can put me in touch
> with Phillip Pyle, in the hope that he might remember this TC, what
> cam he put in the engine and, therefore, what the valve clearances
> should be.
>
> Any leads will be much appreciated!
>
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