from Jeff.

18/12/10

Just an update on the search for an engine for David`s van. He has now found something suitable but it needs the timing cover with the oil pump. Please let us know if you see/find/hear of anything.

from Jeff.

17/08/10

The buyer of the Stevens and Bowden light van that was discovered in Scotland has now collected it, have a look at the pictures on the van`s page. The owner is now looking for at least the bottom half of a Stevens 600 water cooled engine. There was at least one knocking around a while ago, any help please contact the Stevens Project and a message will be forwarded. Many thanks.

from Jeff.

22/11/09

I have been asked to draw your attention to the Festival of Black Country Vehicles being held on the last Sunday in July 2010 at the Black Country Living Museum in Dudley, West Midlands. It is the only vehicle rally of its kind, featuring vehicles that were built in the Black Country. Owners are allowed to drive their vehicles around the 26 acre site in one of a number of cavalcades. Next year they are celebrating the centenary of A.J.S. and all things Stevens. If you own a 3-wheeled van, or a Stevens motorcycle, they would be very pleased to hear from you. The rally will be held on Sunday 25th July. The event will include the largest gathering for many years of A.J.S. cars, and hopefully a good number of motorcycles. There will be a room with a display about A.J.S. and Stevens. If anyone is interested please get in touch and I will get them to forward an entry form etc.

from Jeff.

6/9/08

I have been having a look at the engine numbers and trying to work out what the 5 figure number means. The last two numbers are obviously the year, but what about the first three and the letter that precedes them ?

from David.

7/9/08

I have always understood the first letter to be the month and the last two
digits to be the year. The numbers in between are just the sequential
production number. I think the Stevens family would have keep the numbering system simple. Within the industry this was a common numbering system. The Burman company used a similar numbering system to the Stevens, for their gearbox identification.

When looking through the list of engine numbers  we see up to 100 numbers for 1935, then numbers up to 562 for 1936 (realising aprox 462 engines must have been built) finally numbers up to 904 for 1937 (realising only 342 engines for that period.) . In my conversations with the Stevens family it
was agreed that aprox 300 - 400 machines per annum would have been their production capacity and this is confirmed by the serial numbers. Perhaps some of these were sold to other manufacturers? It is my belief that not more than 1000 machines were built. I have not seen any of the 3 wheeler engine numbers and therefore do not know if these used the same numbering system. All my research has been done on the motorcycles.

from Jeff.

26/9/08

from Jeff.

31/10/08

from Eric.

31/10/08