Beautiful automobile

Well done on 1k subs nice car show on blackpool

I thought it was too early to be a 3½-litre. Chassis 18066 was built in 1937 as a 2½-litre demonstrator for Henlys, but upgraded to 3½-litres after the war. The engines were Standard Motor Company straight-sixes, but with Harry Weslake's OHV cylinder head. Coincidentally, it's the same colours as my own SS100.

@angusmurray3767

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It sounds like he may have exchanged the correct dome type 1937 style manette for the late 37 and 3.5L style manette which would not be correct for this car. The early type are easily broken and much rarer than the latter which are the same on the MkIV saloon. What chassis no is your car Roy?

@parker11965

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Needs a new gearbox after this amateur drove it

@angusmurray3767

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@@parker11965 You should be a little more forgiving as there's every chance the gearbox crunches are more to do with the state of the Clutch/gearbox than the driver's lack of mechanical sympathy. The gearbox was made by Moss Gears and when they were new they worked fine. But they wore fairly rapidly and the synchro cones are machined directly onto the gears and not separately replaceable. In a proper gearbox rebuild the synchro hubs and gears need to be lapped together to get a working synchro. This is rarely done. The synchro hub springs also need replacement. The clutch cover also needs replacing with a unit having similar pressure springs to original. But people assume that eg an E-type clutch will work OK because it will fit. But the E-type clutch is designed to transmit well over 200bhp (265 in theory) whilst the SS100 only produced 125bhp in 3.5L form. The wrong clutch cover will make operating the mechanically operated clutch very hard work. Not getting the pedal right down on a new clutch will result in clutch drag with difficulty in engaging first and reverse which have no synchro. So I would be much more inclined to blame whoever did (or did not) do the clutch/gearbox work than the driver.

There's no elegant way to exit an SS100.

@bobcomment8589

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No, you have to be slim!

@RoyCousins

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@@bobcomment8589 No, you have to have no legs! 😉

@bobcomment8589

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@@RoyCousinsOk the door is not wide enough! Yes, I have a 1935 Peugeot 301, it's a bit the same. Excuse me for my English. I live in France, I'm French but I really like English cars, I also have a Jaguar, an old XJ 6 in very good condition. Goodbye.