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Rick Site Admin

Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22834 Location: UK
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Rootes75
Joined: 30 Apr 2013 Posts: 4225 Location: The Somerset Levels
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Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2013 10:59 am Post subject: |
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| I like the look of the car, don't see many BSA's around. |
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Salopian
Joined: 05 Jan 2010 Posts: 354 Location: Newport Shropshire
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Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2013 7:40 pm Post subject: |
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I think the vendor is confusing Mulliners of Birmingham an entirely seperate firm to Mulliners of London who were rather more upmarket by some way.
The Birmingham firm generally bodied the cheaper ranges from Daimler (who by now owned Lanchester as well as BSA) with largely pressed steel bodies. I doubt this cars body is coachbuilt in the traditional way. BSA cars of the period were Daimlers low priced economy range.
This is a typical small six of the period with all the low gearing buzziness and heavy fuel consumtion usual. Micheal Sedgwick regarded these models as representing the manufacturers "nadir in terms of gutless refinement". Also beware as I think these engines were fixed head making maintenance more difficult.
Certainly rare but not really very desirable or nice to own. _________________ Jonathan Butler
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peter scott

Joined: 18 Dec 2007 Posts: 7219 Location: Edinburgh
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Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2013 8:34 pm Post subject: |
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| Salopian wrote: | I think these engines were fixed head making maintenance more difficult.
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No head gasket failures though!
Peter  _________________ https://www.nostalgiatech.co.uk
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