The Triumph Dolomite Club - Discussion Forum

Hello all!

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?!



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

Nice link, nice read.

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

Mahesh wrote: 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".

Tony

Karlos wrote:

Mahesh wrote: 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...

Only the older types I heard.

HQentity wrote:Hello all!
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.
Cheers,
Rob

Looks good, the chart does offer a lot of insight.

The Speedster would look better in Triumph Inca Yellow

Just needs a blown and injected 500cu in V8 and a TH400! And maybe a drop of nitromethane!

Steve

Where I used to live in Slough, there was a famous local eccentric whose "daily driver" was a 1917 Dodge bros racing car. 9 litre 4 cylinder engine, chain drive, girder chassis, bonnet , bulkhead, 2 seats and a tiny cylindrical fuel tank. And NOTHING else! It was VERY loud and surprisingly quick!

Steve