this just to say gidday and thanks for letting me join , just bought a T35 1947/48 350cc , have had nothing to do with the douglas before, in fact the earliest bikes iv had are the 1951 ajs 500 and a 1951 bantam (yr of my birth, so may be a common theme) 1947 is the yr my brother doug was born..lol . left late sun night to pick it up and arrived home thur morn at dawn after traveling 3600 kls all up...(needless to say I was knacked after the drive , no other driver or passenger)..the t35 is in very good order as a older restoration with the only prob being the carbs and tyres , 1 carb leaks badly , my guess is carbs fairly well worn out NOW I KNOW some members will object to the idea but I want to put some more modern carbs on .. jap , chinesse, European etc , iv heard its been done before with a good increase in power and reliability so can some one point me in the right direction as to what carbs/jets etc etc were used was ,also think if possible will add a bent inlet manifold as this may allow me to use a air filter (country area and I hate no filters just on principle ), tyres naturally will need replacing as fairly old .. plan to be using this locally every now and then , not just for display and the odd rally once a yr... also was the douglas the only british horizontily opposed (boxer style) bike built or was there others