cypherman Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 Hi all, The Black 5 I am restoring was going to have the tender from a tender drive Coronation, But I have just found out that the Black 5 tender body does not fit it. Can any one tell me if the tender body off a tender drive Duchess will fit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrapman Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 Hi cypherman I assume you are talking about the tender for the streamlined Coronation. If so the Black 5 tender body will not fit. Believe it or not the Coronation used the drive unit from the LMS Compound. The Black 5 and the Duchess used the same tender drive unit so the Black 5 tender top will fit that. Just to make life interesting there are two types of drive. The original type used the unit with separate tender weights, smaller wheels and a plastic tender chassis. The later ones used the drive unit with the integral weights, large spokes wheels and a metal tender chassis. Hope this helps. Ray Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cypherman Posted June 5, 2020 Author Share Posted June 5, 2020 (edited) Hi Scrapman, It is the later tender with the metal chassis that I have. I have a choice now. I have bodged the tender body off another black 5 so it will fit. But am not happy with this. Or I can buy a replacement tender. But it does pose one question. Did the Black 5 ever run with the Fowler compound tender. Does the compound tender body fit the metal tender chassis, If so that may be a nice way to go. Edited June 5, 2020 by cypherman Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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