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Carl Kenney, owner engineer at Vintage Magnetos. 30yrs experience in veteran, vintage and classic cars. Specialist in magnetos, dynamos & starter motors repairs

Bicester Heritage
Joined April 2015
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Restored ML CG4 magneto. Standard equipment for a 3 litre WO Bentley. Made in Coventry. Lots of lovely detail in these.
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Turning and fitting new bushes to a contact points set for a Bentley. Points pivot bush is Tufnol with a straight knurl.
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Spotted @AlastairCaldwel looking on great form @Silverclassic yesterday.
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Happy 34th Birthday to my work mug. Race results.. 1. Mansell 2. Piquet 3. Senna
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Pretty much as good as it gets. This lovely Bugatti visited on Friday. Good to hear that the magneto is working well.
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Back @BicesterH and @SilverstoneUK build up day, @ourmotorsportuk DR welcomes special guest! @LewisHamilton arrives to open their mew HQ.
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Well that will be what's causing the misfire.
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Bosch ZF4 magneto for a Brescia Bugatti finally finished. I'm pleased how it has turned out.
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Bat wings and a whale tail on the market together in close proximity. What could possibly go wrong?
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For those not watching football here is a lovely Lancia spotted @BicesterH today.
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One for @markchristie spotted @BicesterH today. Complete with a Becker Mexico stereo too.
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For those not watching football here is a Lamborghini Urraco spotted @BicesterH today.
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A pair of Smiths AT instruments which I have restored, the brief was to retain the 'sleepy' element. Car may well be at Pebble Beach later on this year.
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For others avoiding football here is a potato connected to a mobility scooter battery.
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Turning a reclaimed piece of marine Tufnol into a Bosch DR4 points cap insulator. The magneto dates to 1911.
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For those avoiding football. Here is a superb WO Bentley with a Supermarine 6B mascot spotted @BicesterH today.
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5 years of technological advances separate these 2 calculators between 1970-75. What other words can be written?
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It's always good to park in the shade with no air con.
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Six cylinder Vertex magneto on test. The trailing edge to the spark is auto advance working up to 15 degrees.
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Brescia Bugatti Bosch magneto. Dry assembly. Lots of replacement parts rescued from old spares and machined to fit.
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