San Sebastian Supercharged Salmson - Ivan's Shed 

I’m hoping Ivan is going to live for the next fifty years. Best content on RU-vid by far.

It's very nice of you to educate and train strangers on older tech and time proven tips. We are all appreciative apprentices assistants....hehehehehe Don't misinterpret the snicker please.

Nicely kept shop & cars.

“ obviously as you can see it isn’t leaking” pans back as it drips 😂

Just wanted to say thank you you for putting all of this together from the cameraman to The Mechanics to the detail that you show us of how how mechanical making this mechanisms I made and put together by hand absolutely fantastic I'm just in awe and then you go and tell me all this was made in 1914 what ethanol engines

I wish I knew what this guy knows Brilliant 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Fascinating to see this car. The first Salmson I ever knowingly set eyes on, back in the late 50s, belonged to Vic Derrington. His son was a year or so older than me and he took me round to TDC's and showed me the Salmson and a quietly decaying ABC. The thing that struck me most was the wooden cooling fan on the ABC that was just like a propellor. Thanks for reminding me of those days.

Ruston Hornsby float needles are the same. Always fun trying to repair a leaky float with solder and not changing its weight.

Ivan you're a genius !!!

Excellent use of old bits!

Just brilliant to see this sort of ingenuity, reuse and refurb...Thanks team

Hi Ivan, What a great, simple fix for the carb. I have exactly the same problem with the bronze Zenith on our 1930 Humber, light car. We had a new float made, as the old one was impersonating a slowly submerging U boat. This gave a partial cure, but the 90 year old mechanism in the chamber top still gives trouble. So off to rob my Manx Norton! Love the videos, keep them coming.

Cars like these were what first started me on trip with British cars. I have had several MGs over the years, mostly MGBs, but several midgets and even a TF. All were junk when I bought them, and I fixed them up and sold them to people who were into sports cars. My favorite is a MK1 MGB. I have had it since 1985, and she is still in the garage waiting to go on a drive. Thanks for giving us this little insight on what you do. Great work.

I'm not an old car nut but I am a lifetime maker. Ivan's practical tinker/designer knowledge is stunning. Practical smarts born of long experience. What he doesn't know about how different materials behave under heat, vibration, pressure etc, you don't need to know.

You will probably think I'm mad but this sort of car is my dream car. It just has soul.

A much better float arrangement than the complicated original, as an afterthought, you could thread the stop valve shaft and adjust the float level with a pair of knurled nuts, that would be much lighter than using a spacer, I also lap the shut off valve using Brasso until the seating is making a perfect seal, a really nice video! Thanks for posting this! Chris B.

Ivan is the best - obviously!

Loving this channel. Can't wait for more videos.

Those cars are awesome! Thanks for sharing!

That was a brilliant bit of education thanks very much

I've only just discovered your channel and I'm so glad I did. Its really nice to see the work that goes into getting these old cars running again. Keep up the good work chaps!

A very nice rebuild and not overdone, just the right touch for the old girl.

Great show....

You are a legend. Great work turning old museum exhibition vehicles into drivable history. best wishes from Australia.

Love it Ivan, thank you

I’m hooked!

Great stuff for sure. It is interesting hearing converting to Amal as an improvement! LOL. Keep it coming!

I think many mechanics nowadays have forgotten how to tune an older engine.

Beautifull the Salmson

Excellent, thanks.

Absolutely fascinating, only just found your channel, FWIW somewhere I have seen a floatless carb for desert racing, that basically had an overflow with a scavenge pump. The way it was done was pretty elegant, a threaded brass ferrule put through a hole made in the bottom of the float chamber and reaching up to the desired fuel level. An electric fuel pump used for scavenging would not suit this car of course. Keep up the good work.

Ivan,you ooze cool.just thought I'd say that

6:09 put it in your pocket, ha ha!. Next thing you know, you get interrupted, and don't find it again until you empty your pockets onto the dresser in the evening😄

Great channel Thanks for the uploads👍👍

I'm really enjoying the videos. Thanks so much for posting. On the float adjustment had you considered threading the shaft and double nutting it instead of drilling and pinning? You could have infinite height adjustment then. I hope to be over again to see my mum and dad when the world gets back to normal. Take care and be safe.

A brilliant modification Ivan and John! Wish you wouldn't have speeded up ALL the lathe work lol

That brass carburetor looks a bit like a marvel schebler DLX from my 44 John Deere A Except the float is to the side, not underneath. Love your channel. Cars I’ve never heard of in the states.

Seems if that if the float needle was any longer it would go around around with the blower drive,Sir you are a legend and these videos are very good, We all strive to be as happy and clever as you,and hope we can be healthy enough to finish our projects,

Hello Ivan,I liked your video on the supercharged Salmson,along with all the others.You touched on the subject of that 4-wheel drive midget racer.Skirow or Skirow(I can't even spell it!) I saw one back in the 70's tucked away in a garage in Surrey. The garage was owned by two borthers,quite a big place,from memory in Langley.Can you do a short piece on it,ive been trying to a bit of research but avail. I was a schoolboy from North Wembley! Cheers

Interesting again Ivan. I did the same on a similar Waltham Orient carb. a while ago. Out of interest, have you come across the bottom fed Amal becoming stuck on it's seat if you go too mad with the fuel tank pressure, 4 or 5 psi can be enough.

Yep, that's a Jaguar float, or to be correct a SU float, probably out of a HD6 carb.

Good God the Salmson is beautiful. I watched this on Ivan's Shed last year or so. My favourite channel ever. Does anyone know why Ivan hasn't published recently? I hope he is well.

How the L did John turn the new needle valve seat in that brass bushing??? I WANT TO KNOW. Superb work John. I wish I could have seen you do that.

What happened to the 1926 Sebastian ? couldnt find anything past part 3 ?

I could listen to you for hours...reason...you always have a sentence of interest. I too horde parts, but obviously nothing of your stature...

You mention modifying Zenith Carburettors for Bugattis, I wish you’d do a video about that. I have had 36mm Zeniths on my type 30 and they gave me a lot of problems, as the needle valve wears they run leaner and leaner and the float height is difficult to adjust. I’m using 30mm barrel throttle Solexes now but they choke the engine so I struggle to get above 2700 RPM. I assume you remove the “mechanism” above the float, but what do you do to replace the needle valve?

Was that a Cozette type 8 or 11 was it then?

Looks like the carb on my old 5 hp British Seagull.

Lovely, though I thought you said you weren’t restoring it?

Hey, whats going on at 5:03? No top on float chamber...... suddenly at 5:06 ,top on float chamber. Just like magic.

12:36 Why did you use aluminum? Aren't you concerned about electrolysis? wouldn't copper, brass, or bronze been better?

Ola sou de portugal de uma aldeia chamada cheires conhecida plo famos vinho do porto . E este senhor de que pais é ? Faço esta pergunta pois tanbem sou mecanico de carros antigos e estou fascinado por os trabalhos dele se alguem me puder facultar um contacto agradecia

Did you end up painting by brush?

I would love to see a video of the 4 wheel drive midget.

As an old mechanic loads did not know how to do it in the old days anyway! Who needs a strobe light, what’s a dwell angle, what do you mean have I checked the advance, oil the felt in the dizzy and grease the cam clean the points before installation are you nuts. I can check the tappets with my ears who needs feeler gauges they ain’t rattling. The amount of cars sorted by just doing a proper service first before trying to find a mysterious fault.

Ta! 🤩🍏🐎✨🌼💫🔧