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PostPosted: Wed Jul 20, 2016 5:54 pm 
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I was on my travels on the internet this afternoon and found a 1933 Rolls Royce for sale, beautiful (insanely expensive) vehicle.

Interestingly, the steering wheel has most of the engine controls, including a choke of sorts, and very interestingly, a timing adjustment. I'm guessing this is before distributors had self-advancing timing. Can you imagine racing one of these?!

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>>>>>Link here to the vehicle.<<<<<

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PostPosted: Wed Jul 20, 2016 6:25 pm 
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Nice link, nice read.

I wonder if they made bespoke rubber bushes or did they go Superflex to fit and forget.

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 26, 2016 7:09 pm 
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I wonder if they made bespoke rubber bushes or did they go Superflex to fit and forget.
A Gentleman would not enquire about another's bushes.
If he did, he he would be told they were "sufficient".


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I wonder if they made bespoke rubber bushes or did they go Superflex to fit and forget.
A Gentleman would not enquire about another's bushes.
If he did, he he would be told they were "sufficient".
And available in black only...

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Only the older types I heard.

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PostPosted: Sun Aug 07, 2016 6:18 am 
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Interestingly, the steering wheel has most of the engine controls, including a choke of sorts, and very interestingly, a timing adjustment. I'm guessing this is before distributors had self-advancing timing. Can you imagine racing one of these?!
My '21 Model T Ford has both a spark advance/retard lever and the throttle lever on the steering column and isn't all that hard to master. But with gears selected by pedals (no gear lever) and a manually operated rich/lean mixture rod under the dash, then it makes the whole driving experience almost unpleasant. Oh, and no indicators either (nor a brake light). So you can imagine that there's quite a lot going on when driving a T.
I'm presently building a 1915 T Ford Speedster and to overcome some of the difficulties, I've installed a distributor with centrifugal spark advance, a set and forget Stromberg OF carb and a foot throttle. There's not much I can do about the planetary/epicyclic gearbox with its pedals though.
The pics show my '21 Tourer, a chart for beginners and another pic of a Speedster looking close to how mine should look when finished.
I hope with the changes I've made to it the Speedster will be much more fun to drive.
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 07, 2016 7:56 am 
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Looks good, the chart does offer a lot of insight.

The Speedster would look better in Triumph Inca Yellow :D

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