Fanny B.

 250cc Villiers two stroke engine. Villiers provided engines for nearly all the lightweight postwar British motorcycles, as well utility engines for lawnmowers and industrial machinery.

Turnscrew

 Last month I found out what a turnscrew is, this month I found one!

J &R four into one

 I think of J&R as a two stroke exhaust manufacturer more than 4 stroke-but this seems to be working...

Fashion Friday For the speedy sixties!

 

Walden ratchet

  Here’s a big clunky 1/2”drive double ended (non-reversible) ratchet, part of an incomplete socket set I did not buy. I expect the mechanism occupies most of the riveted area. Clunky now, but a huge advance for any mechanic back in the day. Previous post on Walden Tools here. 
 

Keeper of the air...

 Why would a tire valve company need or want to take a half page ad in a motorcycle magazine in the 1950s?

Happy New Year!

 

Suzuki GT250

 After the purposeful styling of the sixties T250s, the GT was a disappointment. Still worked great, but the Ram Air head probably wasn't needed and that is not an attractive colour.

 

Buick Roadmaster, 1953

 

Odd socket

 

No markings but it’s 13/16” so it’s probably a spark plug socket, the unusual part is that the other end is closed off and domed with 3 little holes like a salt shaker. There must be a reason for this design, but I don’t know what it is.