Strange Wooden Blocks Solved

In the last post I showed a strange wooden block I nearly threw out....

I did some research via various forums and one fine chap knew someone who knew someone....

I sent the pictures of the wooden blocks to a friend who used to work for the Home Office and looked after Goddesses ''et al' at Raydon Aerodrome in Suffolk.  He phoned a friend, another ex Home Office man, and he said that the blocks are for placing between the springs and the chassis rails to take the weight of the vehicle in lay up and prevent long term distortion of the springs.  Apparently there should be four of them, but they were not kept in the Goddesses so yours is a find indeed.  They were marked as to which spring they went on NFU stands for Nearside Front Upper as there were blocks that went underneath to take the weight of the axles as well which were marked Lower. The holes originally had a rope handle in them.

Each month  the wheels spun to a new position to even out what weight was left on the wheel bearings, each mechanic made a fresh chalk mark on the tyre to show when and how far it had been turned.

They seemed to know what they were talking about, the phone call went on for half an hour of instructions how to lay up a Green Goddess, hope I have remembered it correctly!  A full time job when you have an aeroplane hangar full of the things apparently.

I offered it up to the springs and it made perfect sense! The top face had markings on  which matched perfectly to the springs in the location it should be.  

Location of the block to provide support for the springs;

The rear of the spring would take a different camber block for the bottom to be level, hence the NFU/NFL. I want a full set now!