Sixlover
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Thanks for the info, Dirk. I should have a new oil filler cap coming from Brad. He said all the wood had rotted on "my" 1800 and that made it only good for breaking. What a shame to have missed the car so recently. I would have loved to have restored it. Bits of ash are no problem to replace. My problem is I have no covered storage for a car, much less somewhere I can work. I have a Burlington Beretta to build and that is all covered in heavy plastic sheeting and roped up until the weather improves. Another car would have been impractical, alas. Cheers, Martin
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Dirk, damn! I'd have bought the whole car if I'd known he had it so recently. Wood isn't a problem. So what do you make of the strange Steampunk oil filler? Could it be a breather outlet to take down to the crankcase, like the one out of the end of the (correct) air cleaner can? Would it make much difference having the Vanguard style air cleaner? I can't imagine picking up a decent Renown one easily. Martin
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Here's a pic. of the strange brass thing on the rocker cover. Martin
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Ah, I also should have said that Bazz's air cleaner is as your picture...straight across the rocker cover. Martin
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Hi Dirk, thanks. That is as described to me on the phone just a moment ago by Brad at the Roadster place. I will get Bazz to take and send a photo of what's on there, but it is very strange. One might even say Steampunk! Brad has promised to see if he has one of the above caps, for us. And a starting handle. He also advised on the likely cause of the battery never keeping a charge or, more likely, accepting a charge. Most to the point, from my own point of view, he actually has on his wall, the number plates from our old family 1800, HXN 384 and has promised to send them to me with the log book and vin plates! Thus, after 66 years the old girl will come home, if only in part. Her engine went to a German gentleman, her gearbox to an Englishman, both in Roadsters and her doors and bonnet he sold only last week to somebody in England! The car was too far gone woodwise, so had to be spread around. But how remarkable that a chance phone call could result in the above. And what a thoroughly helpful, knowledgeable and friendly guy is Brad. Very well recommended. Martin
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Hi, just looking at son's new Renown and the oil filler is a rather strange brass affair, a little mis-shapen with an elbow on top ending in a serrated outlet to which a pipe would appear to need attachment. Does it just push onto the rocker cover or is it a wrong 'un? Cheers, Martin
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Tis a long way from those insignia to the rad cap emblem of the car, but ...maybe. I prefer it as a story to the Olympics. I hate sport! Martin
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Badge as the Cornetto for the Italian market? Martin
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Beats lifting her skirts to show verdigris drawers, eh? Martin
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I wonder if a flashing orange LED old be mounted in the top<G> Martin
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IS it a flaming torch? Or is it just a conical object surmounted by a laurel wreath? The fact remains we did host the Olympics in 1948. Martin
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Hadn't even thought about the political side of it! It does seem an odd emblem, though there is the Olympic principal in there somewhere maybe. And we did host the Olympics in 1948, just before the new Triumphs came along? Cheers, Martin
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Thanks, Dirk. I guess the flaming torch speaks of high standards? Martin
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Hi, my son's new Renown is fortunate to have the impressive radiator cap mascot, but we can't work out what it represents. I don't recall our family Renown having one (HXN 384) Can anyone enlighten us? Martin
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I think the lad would do that as a matter of course. Martin