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Craig Gillingham from Australia asks our help in identifying this differential (click main photo for larger picture). He writes: “I've been trying for quite a while, but with no success. I think it's off a French car, because it's got 'G' and 'D' on either hub cap. I remember figuring out that the wheels were either Rudge Whitworth 42's or 52's. There are no other markings apart from what looks like the serial number stamped into the alloy cover. I think it would be from something pre-1914. Also it looks like it had quarter elliptic springs? I thought it was from a large model Amilcar, but an Amilcar expert told me it wasn't. Could it possibly be Minerva? They seemed to be popular in Australia years ago.”
Who can help Craig?
The axles at the bottom are certainly Morris Cowley, the one on the right a narrow track front axle. The one on the left, a wide track diff. I think the wide track Morris cars were sold in colonial countries; they were a few inches wider than the normal track car.
Thank you for the help so far.