Hi all contributors here
I have incorporated some photos into the
ODK record for the 320 model
HERE. I have now made available a full parts list for the early Popes
HERE. The photo that Chris supplied of the other machine that Administrator Deejay reposted does
show what I think should be fitted to Chris' machine.
Blue's first photo (above) shows the arrangement used for the models 320-02 to 320-04.
Pope made some dramatic and expensive changes for the 320-05. It changed the intake manifold
from the left-hand side to the right-hand side. Why?
Because the original engine introduced on the odd-looking 320-01 was built that way and did
not have a snorkel. It had the single vertical bar handle.
So ... why all the expense? My guess is that the change was needed because Pope wanted to use
recoil starters. The first Pope rotary had a lanyard start. Given that most folks are right-
handed, I believe Pope engineers wanted carby controls moved to the R.H. side - so users would not
have to move from L.H. side carby priming to R.H. side starting. They would have also known that
the 4-strokes used that logic. The hole in the base (below the carby) is the legacy exhaust hole
used on machines with mufflers on that side.
There is one interesting twist to this story. Some Pope carburettors was also fitted with
the Clinton 4-stroke air-cleaner on some models! (see parts lists).
In any case, what I have said is largely academic. My belief that the second style handle (fitted to Chris')
looks fine with a snorkel, even if that handle was not designed to take one.
This has been a personally rewarding posting to follow; to see how Chris started with an
old Pope, and turned it into a first-class restoration.
All one for the record.
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JACK.