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Rootes75



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PostPosted: Mon Jul 06, 2020 9:52 am    Post subject: Standard 8 Project Reply with quote

A good little starter project?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Standard-8/373103571554?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 06, 2020 10:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

That's neat, although whenever I mention Eights of this era to a mate of mine, he repeatedly tells me how poor the brakes are on them (he owns quite a few cars so is used to their foibles).

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 07, 2020 7:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

To quote a reputed statement from Ettore Bugatti "I make cars to go- not to stop!"

I must admit that the brakes on my 1948 Flying Standard convertible were moderate when proceeding in a forward direction, but strangely were completely ineffective in reverse. If I had to reverse anywhere on a hill, I had to arrange to only back up the hill which allowed gravity to be the brakes.
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Rootes75



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 07, 2020 1:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I must admit to not being too keen on the smaller Standards, I think its a good starter project but if I had too I would go for one of the larger pre-war Flying Standards.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 07, 2020 2:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I remember taking the cylinder head of one, never again! I made a hollow drill to the oxide off the studs, head still wouldn't shift, tried turning it over with the nuts loose, nope, I ended up taking the engine out, removing the crank, rod and pistons, clamping up the block and eventually after much swearing, shifted it with a lump of fence post up no's 1 & 4 bores and applying a 14lbs sledgehammer.
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