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2873 was withdrawn and condemned from the Southall shed in December 1964 and arrived at the scrapyard in Barry in March 1965.
2873 became the last loco to be sold at the Barry scrapyard and was purchased from Dai Woodham by the 'Dumbledton Hall Preservation Limited' and left Barry in March 1988 for Tyseley where the boiler was removed with the intention to use it for a new build, which never materialised. Eventually 2873 together with the removed boiler were taken to the South Devon Railway (SDR) at Buckfastleigh, and the plan was to use the driving wheels on 3803, yet the boiler was used instead.
With technological advances, the SDR successfully re-tyred the existing wheels of 3803.
In February 2022, the SDR announced that 3803 together with the rolling chassis of 2873 had been sold to the 'Dartmouth Steam Railway'.
As an aside note: 4920 'Dumbleton Hall' last steamed in 1999. It was subsequently stored out of use at Buckfastleigh on the South Devon Railway, awaiting overhaul. In December 2020 it was sold to Warner Brothers. In February 2021 it moved to Carnforth for cosmetic restoration by West Coast Railways. In December 2021 it was then exported from Southampton to Japan where it will form part of a Harry Potter static exhibit at Warner Bros Studio Tour in Tokyo
A scan from a 35mm Fujichrome slide.
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Manufacturer: Rolls-Royce / Park Ward
Type: Silver Wraith Park Ward
Engine: 4257cc 6-straight
Power: 126 pk/hp
Speed: 135 km/h
Production time: 1946 - 1951
Production outlet: 1,144 "rolling chassis's"
Curb weight: 2,010 kg
A quick vid of the revised re-build chassis of the GWR 8750 tank. With the new Zephyr rods (which I had to drill out to Ø5mm for a little extra clearance) it runs very well now.
The rolling chassis shown in the Museum (a chassis fitted with just the wheels and mechanicals, including engine) precisely explains how the cars were often sold at the time; indeed many manufacturers or did not have (as for example Isotta Fraschini) the bodywork department or left to the customer’s taste and requirements the choice of the body.
The most demanding customers had their own reliable bodybuilder, who could satisfy all their wishes. It was not unusual the same chassis changed its body more than one time in its lifetime, for its owner’s will or for the choice of the new owner. This is another reason why the cars of that period, although of the same model, do not resemble each other.
The 501 chassis was fitted with different kinds of bodyworks (tourer, roadster, landaulet, saloon, coupé de ville, cabriolet, taxi, sports torpedo) manufactured either by Fiat or private bodybuilders.
1.460 cc
4 in-line
23 bhp @ 2.600 rpm
66.864 ex.
Museo Nicolis
Villafranca di Verona
Italy - Italia
February 2019