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hi Charlie, no it’s a lot smaller than that one, i’ll dig it out this weekend and post some pics. thanks Ray

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from spending a bit more time looking at pictures of carbies and the manifolds, i am confused about you statement of the carby attachment / inlet bolts being vertical, all i can find are horizontal mounts.

https://amalcarb.co.uk/other-amal-carbs/type-396-397-398.html

can you please post a few pictures here of your actual machine so we see the physical setup?

there is at least one with parts not to be found in any Howard parts manual,
see pic from Howard Register.

cheers Rod.

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Apparently there are different distance between mounting holes / bolts centres,
of old to new carbies, but it does not stop carbies being swapped.
read all the fine print from the Service Bulletins as found here:

https://www.howard-rotavator-spares.com/manuals/

cheers Rod.

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the Service Facts book 1969 lists 3 different carbs on the inline twin engines, you have the ‘latest and greatest’ so i would not be in a hurry to find a different one… however if you happen to have one of the others close handy then it might be worth a try. cheers Rod.

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Happy New Year
In the end I made my guards from cardboard and masking tape initially until I was happy with the fit and look.
I then made them out of mild steel plate and soldered them together very pleased with the result.

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Hi Tom,

My number is 0 eight seven two six two one five nine eight.

Send me a text and i can send you details of where we will be in January.

Gavan.

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the Howard 700 is probably more rightly called a ‘Clifford-Howard 700’ rather than its decal name of ‘Howard-Clifford 700’.

Compare to the Clifford Mk IV and the basic design history is evident,
think of the 700 as actually a Clifford MK V,
with a Yeoman type quick hitch,
and suddenly the development cost is mainly about size and power balancing,
it is not a whole new type of machine.

While its short production run is sad, the 800 is sadder,
and possibly gives us a clue as why the 700 run was short,
the 800 never went into full production because the actual cost of production was going to be too high, this implies that the similar type of machine 700 also had a high cost of production.

I also am surprised that the 700 did not continue in production for a couple more years,
considering that it was in production, and a significant portion of the market did choose to buy them.

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Berry Croft stores is still very much alive and kicking, catering for horticultural growers and local gardeners. I used to buy Strawberry punnets and suchlike from there. When I last used them they were still based in quite an old building, probably the same they used in the 1960s. It was the sort of place that may well have had cupboards and filing cabinets stuffed with old sales records and invoices!

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That’s great, many thanks. Just the engine to go to complete the restoration, luckily recently run I think and kept in the dry.

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Hi Tom,
Whereabouts in Ireland are you based. I am based in County Meath there is a few of us, can be up to six that plough with Anzani’s and trusty’s at the different county ploughing matches around ireland. We also have a class in the all ireland. Most of us don’t take it too seriously and just enjoy the day out doing some ploughing with these old machines and attracting some interest and attention as they do look unusual. I included a link below to the Louth ploughing match where we ploughed.

Thanks
Gavan Duffy

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while we are looking for unusual 700 attachments, keep an eye out for a pair of small car mudguards hanging on a nearby shed wall, see pic from a promotional road run…

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“I’d guess by 1963 Howard had stopped production of the 700, probably explaining short run of the conversion.”
yes roatavator,
that would be right.

I am slightly confused as what exactly is meant regarding date of last 700,
one way to read this list would be to have the listed serial number as first in 1961,
but other way is to prioritise statement of the 1961 number being last made,
so it could have been anytime during that year, with no listing of first for that year.

Either way, no more after 1961.

when reading the service notes, it would seem they were full of problems, but mostly I hear they are great machines to use.

it is my guess that they were only discontinued to make way for the 800 production line?

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MERL? yes please, can I have a list of the contents of the pictures/negatives?
unless they are labelled, it would be pointless asking someone who doesn’t know RHL products for an opinion of what the machines might be.

https://rdg.ent.sirsidynix.net.uk/client/en_GB/merl/search/results?qu=rotary+hoes+ltd&te=&lm=MERL2

https://www.reading.ac.uk/adlib/Details/archive/110178815

ages ago I purchased scans of 3 of their Howard brochures,
1 has since turned up in paper form, all good.

I thought I had another photo of a HH700 tractor towing a trolley, as part of some report, but cant find it. did find screenshots of Bootsowen youtube of brochures, which includes the same brochure as I have.

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It’s a JAP, serial number: S80/G/4989/40.

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maybe the memory is playing tricks, I have just been thru most of my brochures,
and could only find a Gem / Bantam brochure from 1951,
with dealer stamp in top right, Holttum 408 Cherryhinton Road.

Thanks for the background on Mr Holttum, very interesting.
cheers Rod.

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