fantastic car,its art.

That impressive for 1914!

Amazing. Thank you for sharing!

Comment for an Edwardian car of large proportions - "A muscular retainer is advisable for the care of and for starting this car." I now understand!

A beautiful car.

A marvel of "silence". How far we have come.

@tedrobinson372

2 жыл бұрын

You mean forward or backward?

Watching from Indonesia ... I like to see the old car ex Europe or America ... Exclusive histories antique art prototype no out off date until now ...

Fabulous. But my Silver Ghost starts with 1/4 of a turn on the hand crank!

masterpiec of British Work

Does the Rolls have dual ignition, trembler coil and magneto? Presumably started on the trembler?

I’ll take it!

The British were great trailblazers that ignited the industrial revolution, l pray they'll rekindle their mastery in manufacturing.

But I couldn't hear the clock!

Super car

@user-xi2bi2zh2n

2 жыл бұрын

Sir can you tell me what is name of this car

Lastima no tener un enfoque de detalles del auto y motor,

@user-xi2bi2zh2n

2 жыл бұрын

Hi how are you

I don’t understand how the car started, i understand he primed it. Was there an on board compressor or was it a spring?

@johnanstiss2092

4 жыл бұрын

The spark control lever should be fully retarded. Prime and get a piston TDC. Move the spark control lever to advance, a spark is created and the engine starts. It takes a lot of practice.

@keithammleter3824

4 жыл бұрын

The engine has 2 sources of ignition: a) standard Kettering ignition where the electrical energy comes from the battery, and b) trembler ignition (as on model T Fords). Trembler is similar to a buzzer. First, he turned the engine over enough times to ensure every cylinder has drawn in a charge of fuel/air mixture (>2 full turns). Providing you don't wait too long, this charge will remain in the cylinder in gaseous form while the engine is not running. Second, he retarded the ignition so that the sparkplugs are not fired until after top dead centre - this is so the engine cannot attempt to run backwards. Third, he turned on the tremble ignition - you can hear the trembler buzzing. Trembler ignition gives a full strength spark regardless of whether the engine is rotating or not, and regardless of exact timing if it isn't, as the plug is fired on each tremble. So, at this point any cylinder that happens to be a bit past TDC and in the power stroke gets its charge of gas fired off, forcing the piston down and starting the engine. This was a standard way of starting early Rolls Royces. If you pushed down the accelerator or opened the hand throttle when switching off, it will start this way (usually) later if it has been stopped for not too long, without any hand cranking at all. You could, if you were lucky, get other cars with trembler ignition (eg Ford) to start this way - but they didn't have enough cylinders, so the chances of having one left in the power stroke were not very high.

@arburo1

4 жыл бұрын

@@keithammleter3824 Sorry, but you are wrong. This age of Ghost has trembler and magneto. The Kettering coil was not introduced until around 1918, when it replaced the trembler. Starting on the switch, as it is called, uses the trembler as this gives a continuous spark for quite a large angle of the crankshaft, allowing an easy start if the piston is just after TDC. I had a 1933 20/25 and even with Kettering ignition it would start on the switch soon after being switched off.

@keithammleter3824

4 жыл бұрын

@@arburo1 : You state that I was wrong, but actually I was right except for a minor error: Yes, the main (running) ignition was not Kettering - it was indeed magneto. The rest of what you said, beginning at "Starting on the switch...." and ending at ….TDC" is in exact agreement with what I said. "... the plug is fired on each tremble....." You need to read more carefully.

@arburo1

4 жыл бұрын

@@keithammleter3824 I read exactly what you wrote and you were correct in all respects except for the attribution of the ignition system. The only thing you were wrong about was Kettering. I never said you were wrong about anything else. You will see that I used three paragraphs. The first corrects your error. The second reiterates your correct statements and adds a bit more information. The third extends the debate to include starting on the switch on the later Kettering ignition cars. We should all be willing to learn something new every day and not jump to taking offence when none is given. Have a good day!

Can you imagine being drunk and trying to start this thing lol Lol.

@marcelocortegoso4344

2 жыл бұрын

Los dueños de estos suyos siempre tenían chófer..podían estar llamados siemore

Cadillacs had electric start for 2 years by 1914

1923

locomotive on wheels!!!

Ok gaadi meri pasend

@user-xi2bi2zh2n

2 жыл бұрын

Hi sir how are you

I don't think Rolls Royce ever improved on the 40/50.

Tinha distribuição..... kkkkk

An OTT pointless piece of luxury engineering indulgence from an era when pointless wasn’t an issue😂

@984francis

Ай бұрын

wow, you must live a fabulous life🙄

Sounds like an old cranky diesel engine on saw mill. My little Japanese car starts better and sounds better.