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Free ads. for individuals wanting to advertise tethered car, boat and engine related items for sale and for specific items wanted. This will be a rolling page so that new items can be added or sold items removed at any stage of the month. Commercial or regularly available items are to be found on the Spares page A few basic rules:- Ads. should have
precise and accurate details of the items for sale, an asking price and a photo
if available. Inclusion of an advert does not imply any endorsement by OTW, responsibility for the accuracy of descriptions or for any subsequent communications with advertisers. |
March 2025
25th March and another plea for help
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A long shot I realise, but does anyone have an original venturi and/or needle valve assembly for a Redfin twinshaft car motor please? Missing when I purchased the motor at Buckminster swapmeet. h.blowers(at)btopenworld.com |
14th March Advance notice of auction including tethered car collection
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Following on from the large auction of tethered cars at SAS last month we have been made aware of another large collection of new to the market cars coming up for sale. Around 40 tethered cars, including a very rare example of the Gattafoni Maserati, still untouched in its presentation wooden case, are to be auctioned during Lacey Scott and Knight's toy auction at Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk UK on May 2nd. For a preview of all items until the official catalogue is printed please contact OTW otwmedia0@gmail.com |
6th March A plea for tyres
An ever increasing problem both for those restoring or running cars is finding suitable tyres, which has prompted the following plea. We have regular enquiries as to where tyres for such and such car can be obtained and unfortunately, it is now down to luck, personal contact, an advert or ebay.
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ORIGINAL RAYLITE OLIVER TYRES NEEDED PLEASE. As can be seen from the images, I need 2 tyres to complete the restoration of my original Oliver Mercedes car. It requires one each of a 2 ¼” rear drive tyre in good, presentable condition and a 2.0” front tyre (non-knife edge type), then it’s all complete again and ready to go. I’m very happy to buy a pair of tyres if that’s what is available, but I thought I’d advertise for one as it’s not impossible that someone might just have the odd one in their spares box (I had a front and Hugh B kindly supplied a rear). If you can help with either of these, please contact stevebetney(at)aol.com, or phone 02077229129. Many thanks. Steve Betney. |
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February 2025
21st Feb Several new items for the builders.
You know how it is when the list of 'roundtuits, and 'work in progress' becomes excessive and you realise that you wont and they will not? Steve Betney is offering the following projects with a view to reducing his list a little.
OTW Market
Ads. (All plus post at cost). Contact Steve Betney email
stevebetney(at)aol.com.
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RUSSELL SS100. Fancy a BIG project? Here’s a good print of the Drysdale Press plan for D A Russell’s 29 ½” long car for 10cc engines, plus copies of construction details etc. material. There are 5 perfect NOS vintage Goodyear 6.00 – 16 tyres, impossible to find these days, with modern, firm foam inserts for rigidity, and a quality, turned aluminium 2 ¾” steering wheel. £150. |
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WREFORD PINT PARTS. All that I have been able to find in the way of parts for the elusive and ultra rare Wreford Pint car after decades of searching are this stamped, folded ali sheet chassis plate plus a pair of 2 ¾” diameter wheels in un-run but age hardened condition. Included for luck is a copy of the Half Pint plan, and copies of info from period publications with details of some of the associated gearbox etc parts. £60. |
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VERON ALTON SPECIAL PARTS WITH MIKE BEACH 3.5cc SPECIAL SPARK ENGINE. This project kit contains most of the important and difficult to find components to make an Alton Special car (no wooden bits included). There is a good plan for the car (kindly given to me by Phil Smith). The engine is a one-off made by my old pal Mike Beach about 40 years ago, using an ED 3.46 piston/cylinder liner assembly, complete with a new 1066 type clutch and drive coupling parts. There is a well made, smooth running RRC 1066 bevel gearbox with Muffets gears, plus a vintage ignition coil with switch and a modern condenser, plus some spring steel strip for the suspension, and a set of four new 4”diameter repro Meccano tyres (no lettering) and wheels, and some starting cord. £300. |
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BUDGET 1/8 SCALE AUSTIN 744ohc “KIT”. Assembled for the late Dave Hume as a budget project and sadly never completed by him, here are 2 MM scale drawings for the subject, with a solid, hard balsa body band sawn ready for final shaping, front and rear axles with new solid, runnable tyres, and a set of bevel gears. There is a good HB 25 glow engine with heat sink and good compression but one “eye” broken off one of the mounting lugs), with a clutch and bevel gears, a pre-sawn ali plate body base pan, and most miscellaneous materials to finish a simple but nice and practical car quite cheaply. £150. |
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From Pavel Pirov another of his super TMP Powered FI look alikes along with TMP motor and glow contacts
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F1 model
is prepared for racing. Everything works and in excellent
condition, Temp 2.5 engine. |
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Silver-plated contacts for glow plugs. |
Temp 2.5D
model engine in good condition. |
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New additions 5th February: There have been a number of enquiries as to whether Pavel Pirov (p12man on ebay) was still able to provide his valuable selection of tyres, wheels etc. Happily we have just received these adverts from him, with more to follow.
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I have the
opportunity to place orders for vulcanization again. I can
accept orders for these tires, as well as for special tires with
other sizes. At the moment I have the following items for sale. Tires for rear wheels. 1.Rear tires for TEMP 2.5 engine (OD 54mm),thickness 10mm - 21 euros per pair. 2.Rear tires OD 61mm, ID 36 mm, 48mm lock, thickness 5mm - 13 euros per pair. 3.Rear tires OD 63 mm, ID 28 mm, 36.5-44.5mm lock, thickness 6mm- 13 euros per pair. 4.Rear tires OD 78.5 mm, ID 12 mm, 55-45mm lock, thickness 5.4mm- 13 euros per pair. 5.Rear tires aluminum disk inside OD 59.5 mm, ID 12 mm, 36mm lock, thickness 6mm- 21 euros per pair. For all items please contact Pavel Pirov email pps61@inbox.lv |
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Rear wheels OD 61mm,ID cone 6 mm,total thickness 1.5mm, tires thickness 5mm,screws stainless steel - 55 euros per pair. Spare tires 13 euros per pair. |
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I also have several TEMP 2.5 engines separately as well as new kits for making models, KMD 2.5 engines and other engines for racing, kits for making racing models, ready to race models. Further adverts to follow |
New addition, the only item that has arrived in January, but as it is so close to the new edition, February it is.
A unique offer to OTW readers. We have mentioned this new addition to the range of Oliver style castings, but now it is available at a very special price via this ad. The complete range of Oliver castings can be seen at the bottom of the page.
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New Oliver Vanwall body casting set, introductory offer to OTW followers only. For a limited period. One set as shown in first two photos for £100 plus shipping at cost to most destinations. The original 1957 car was the first Grand prix win for a British car and driver with Tony Brooks and Stirling Moss since Henry Seagrave driving a Sunbeam back in 1923?? I hope to provide a 3D printed exhaust manifold and windscreen in due course, any advice on suppliers for this welcome. Contact John Goodall at john(at)johngoodall.me.uk or telephone 01283 713715 |
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Oliver Castings
We are delighted to be finally able to reveal the results of a project that has been on going for a number of months to make the entire range of Oliver castings available again. OTW has known of the plans for a while, but now, Ian Harper has everything in place to supply castings for these iconic cars. Most importantly, these are not 2nd or 3rd generation castings, but from the Oliver/Howlett originals, and at a very competitive price. We have to applaud Ian for making this happen and making the castings available again after a significant hiatus.
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The Oliver model car bodies are available once more from me “Ian Harper”, a recent convert to Tether Cars, having purchased the original body patterns from Paul Ironmonger. I obtained a good deal from a local and friendly Black Country foundry enabling me to offer sets at a reasonable price bearing in mind recent cost increases in power and aluminium prices. I intend to extend the range with a Vanwall and maybe one more in the near future preferably British, your advice is always welcome. Photos show the complete line up of castings and most of them built by John Goodall except the unfinished Bomb. Alfa Romeo, BRM (with re-contoured intake), Ferrari, Maserati, Mercedes and Tiger 2.5 are all priced at £130 a set of top and bottom halves, with Bomb and Bottoms Up priced at £110 plus £10 shipping in UK only. Please enquire actual shipping cost if outside the UK. Please contact me Ian Harper at Telephone 07840 389274, or email ianharper1961@gmail.com Thank you. |
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