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Well I decided it was time to get the Rover ready for tomorrows MOT so with a couple of turns of the starter motor and she burst into life, and round to the back of the house for the preparation work which consisted of a bucket of soapy water and a hose.....That's her now ready and I'll see what tomorrow brings.
What a magnificent car beautifully restored, without being overdone. Great memories for me.
I learnt to drive in a 1949 P3 which looked very similar to your P2 but as you will know was slightly different.
With my car the Burman Recirculating ball system in the steering and Woodhead Munroe shocks were MOT weaknesses but no doubt you know these already.
Glorious car mine had the transposed engine OHV inlet Side valve exhaust, designed by Harry Weslake I think to give better consumption than the side valve engine and keep production costs down.
It did and was used in the P4 and Land Rover for years until time took over.
Best starter I ever had it would fire up on one good pull on the handle.
You have given me half an hour of delightful reminiscing. I wish I had the old girl now but with ten cars already I think there would be trouble with SWMBO.
Good Post! I shall be smiling all evening SWMBO will wonder why. With any luck!!
I learnt to drive in a 1949 P3 which looked very similar to your P2 but as you will know was slightly different.
With my car the Burman Recirculating ball system in the steering and Woodhead Munroe shocks were MOT weaknesses but no doubt you know these already.
Glorious car mine had the transposed engine OHV inlet Side valve exhaust, designed by Harry Weslake I think to give better consumption than the side valve engine and keep production costs down.
It did and was used in the P4 and Land Rover for years until time took over.
Best starter I ever had it would fire up on one good pull on the handle.
You have given me half an hour of delightful reminiscing. I wish I had the old girl now but with ten cars already I think there would be trouble with SWMBO.
Good Post! I shall be smiling all evening SWMBO will wonder why. With any luck!!
47p2 said:
Well I decided it was time to get the Rover ready for tomorrows MOT so with a couple of turns of the starter motor and she burst into life, and round to the back of the house for the preparation work which consisted of a bucket of soapy water and a hose.....That's her now ready and I'll see what tomorrow brings.
Criminal in my area! Seriously, though, a stunning example but the MOT is about what's in/under the car not the exterior gleam. Has she passed?
Are you in the club? young fellow me lad?
My Spirit passed last Thurs then a resistor 'failed to proceed' in the circuit from key to starter! Apparently this bloody resistor DOESN'T have a part number. The mechanic is ripping his hair out trying to locate one!! And Introcar and Flying Spares are next on the shopping list, possibly butcher an old section of loom
My Spirit passed last Thurs then a resistor 'failed to proceed' in the circuit from key to starter! Apparently this bloody resistor DOESN'T have a part number. The mechanic is ripping his hair out trying to locate one!! And Introcar and Flying Spares are next on the shopping list, possibly butcher an old section of loom
sdmurray said:
Criminal in my area! Seriously, though, a stunning example but the MOT is about what's in/under the car not the exterior gleam. Has she passed?silverfoxcc said:
Oh back to the post. My dad had oe of those (or v similar), has it got the 'freewheel' option?
Yes, I am in the club. What is the "freewheel" option you refer to (confused, but I do have man-flu right now!) Shame about the resistor. Surely Flying Spares can help.Oh, and I agree about a clean car making a better impression at MOT time - my car too was suitably wiped down before hand (although the use of a hose is not permitted!) To be honest, I do find that one of two things can happen when presenting true classics like these for an MOT. Either they take one look, can clearly see it is a beaut and, therefore, clearly well maintained so pass it pretty quickly with lots of chatting OR they try to test it like a modern car and then fall foul of the nuances of classic cars versus modern standards. It's a lottery so I tend to go to ones that are familiar in dealing with classic cars.
sdm, the freewheel refers to the Rover.I think it used to lock the clutch or something. Dad was a Daimler/Lanchester nut, only went off course twice, once with the Rover and then a Wolseley
Is yours a Wraith/Dawn with Hooper bodywork?. (i am still trying to spot the differences between the Builders)
Is yours a Wraith/Dawn with Hooper bodywork?. (i am still trying to spot the differences between the Builders)
silverfoxcc said:
sdm, the freewheel refers to the Rover.I think it used to lock the clutch or something. Dad was a Daimler/Lanchester nut, only went off course twice, once with the Rover and then a Wolseley
Is yours a Wraith/Dawn with Hooper bodywork?. (i am still trying to spot the differences between the Builders)
Mine's a Silver Wraith (considerably larger than a Dawn) and you are right about it being Hooper bodied - well spotted.Is yours a Wraith/Dawn with Hooper bodywork?. (i am still trying to spot the differences between the Builders)
Freewheel is a device in the gearbox which allows the vehicle to freewheel when you lift off the accelerator pedal, the engine revs drop to tickover and saves fuel. It also allows gear changes to be made without using the clutch pedal. When you move off from standstill depress the clutch pedal, select first gear and release the pedal as normal, once the vehicle is moving you just select the gear you need to be in by moving the gear lever and press the throttle, the only down side is that you do not have engine braking.
The freewheel control knob can be seen here just above the radio
To move to/from fixed/freewheel modes you can either stop the vehicle and move the knob or keep the vehicle moving and step hard on the accelerator and move the knob, you must never move the knob whilst the engine in on the overrun
The freewheel control knob can be seen here just above the radio
To move to/from fixed/freewheel modes you can either stop the vehicle and move the knob or keep the vehicle moving and step hard on the accelerator and move the knob, you must never move the knob whilst the engine in on the overrun
I remember the freewheel box well, used it a lot once in freewheel you could change gear without using the clutch at all.
Freewheel was a real idiosyncrasy with Rover and did have advantages but the start of safety concerns as traffic built up meant the freewheel went the way of progress.
Great cars and excellent designs well made as British cars once were.
Still are to a point but generally as assembly plants for offshore owners as a stepping stone into Europe. More progress.
Freewheel was a real idiosyncrasy with Rover and did have advantages but the start of safety concerns as traffic built up meant the freewheel went the way of progress.
Great cars and excellent designs well made as British cars once were.
Still are to a point but generally as assembly plants for offshore owners as a stepping stone into Europe. More progress.
Unfortunately not this year, for the first time in 8 years we have to give it a miss as the Government moved the Bank Holiday and Trevor didn't move the SARR. In fairness to Trevor SARR was already booked when the bank holiday move was announced.
Other commitments mean we can't take the extra holiday to come up but we may visit Scotland later in the year.
Other commitments mean we can't take the extra holiday to come up but we may visit Scotland later in the year.
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