[6pack] Get into my Head

John Macartney standardtriumph at btinternet.com
Tue Feb 17 14:12:27 MST 2009


Robert Lang wrote:
> There were a number of foundries that cast heads for Triumph. The foundries all used a different 
> casting mark (usually on the front of the head on the manifold side but under the valve cover).
> Circle B is a scrolly-looking B (like the B in Bentley) inside a circle.

And for the enquiring mind, the B code head came from Birmid Qualcast - just down the road by 300 
yards from Rolls Royce aero engines in Derby. Their other claim to fame was the manufacture of quite 
the most basic side-valve lawnmower engine I've ever encountered that inspite of its technological 
shortcomings, seems to defy age and goes on for ever.

Jonmac 


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