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Rick Site Admin
Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22447 Location: UK
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peter scott
Joined: 18 Dec 2007 Posts: 7118 Location: Edinburgh
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Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2017 12:06 pm Post subject: |
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I have to disagree with you Rick on the electrifying dynamics!
I think it's likely to be all over the place if driven with verve.
Peter _________________ http://www.nostalgiatech.co.uk
1939 SS Jaguar 2 1/2 litre saloon
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BigJohn
Joined: 01 Jan 2011 Posts: 954 Location: Wem, Shropshire
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I had a Phase 2, it handled like two drunken heifers riding a tandem with flat tyres, but it was an imposing brute. On crossplies it would tram line and follow any fault in the road, a nightmare if the utility companies had been in the area. On radials you needed a can of spinach on board to be able to park it. Great cars, built like tanks. |
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Ronniej
Joined: 02 Dec 2008 Posts: 239 Location: Blackwood, by Lanark, Scotland
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Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2017 7:34 pm Post subject: |
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I had a Phase 2 back in the mid '60s. My car prior to that was a Triumph Renown which was virtually identical mechanically.
I rather liked it and I thought the distinct boot was far better looking than the beetle-back.
Very dependable but very heavy steering.
The engine was used in Fergie tractors and the Triumph Roadsters up to the TR4 |
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Riley Blue
Joined: 18 Jun 2008 Posts: 1750 Location: Derbyshire
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Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2017 12:08 pm Post subject: |
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My dad, a civilian, had a RAF one as a staff car in the early/mid 1950s when he was the Station Engineer (Electrical) at RAF Strubby in Lincolnshire. It was the first car I 'drove' - or rather steered - sitting on his lap.
I remember one day during a school holiday he needed something from central stores which were in one of the airship hangars at Cardington and I was allowed to go as a treat with his driver, a round trip of 200 miles. It must have been during the winter as I was sat on a cushion so I could see through the windscreeen, wrapped in a blanket and given a hot water bottle by my mum! _________________ David
1963 Riley 1.5
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alastairq
Joined: 14 Oct 2016 Posts: 1954 Location: East Yorkshire
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Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2017 12:35 pm Post subject: |
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Don't forget, the engine was also offered by Morgan..... |
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Ray the rocker
Joined: 01 Aug 2008 Posts: 187 Location: south wales
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Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2017 5:37 pm Post subject: as per subject |
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hi all,my dad purchased one in mid fifties after driving a 1947 Austin 8 saloon .drove like a mini tank and he showed me how to negotiate corners with it in top gear and no changing down!! The engine torque was amazing.The same engine setup was put in the humber hawk so he bought one of them as well.That car drove like a Sherman tank so he cooled off a little and went for a Vauxhall cresta.Great days of the post war""car wars"era and glad I was a part of it....cheers--ray the rocker. |
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peter scott
Joined: 18 Dec 2007 Posts: 7118 Location: Edinburgh
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Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2017 7:43 pm Post subject: |
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The Humber Hawk had quite a reasonable Rootes 4 cylinder engine that was quite successful when also used in the Sunbeam Talbots for the Monte Carlo Rally. I can't think why you'd want to put a Standard/Triumph 2 litre in a Hawk.
Peter _________________ http://www.nostalgiatech.co.uk
1939 SS Jaguar 2 1/2 litre saloon |
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