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Q&A :: 0006 |
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QUESTION I am restoring
Chassis No. 587
and need to know what the front wing / mudguard
/ fender shape were when the car was new. Does
anyone have any photographs they could send me?
Body is open tourer.
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Question
by: John Scott
Posted: July 04, 2007 |
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ANSWER
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There
are two ways of looking for the answer:
(1) Though the body on your car carried
Romilly body plates, Romilly was a dealer.
In the 1920s coachbuilders often complained
that dealers removed the coachbuilder's
plate and substituted their own. Body details
on your car, including hardware and so forth,
are identical to Gurney Nutting 'standard'
4-door tourer bodies.
(2) The 'standard' tourer was also made
by other coachbuilders, and Vanden Plas,
for one, obtained drawings from Bentley
Motors. So, Romilly could have done the
same, and since they did apparently make
bus and truck bodies, had the capability
for reproducing a body from the Bentley
drawings.
Both possibilities suggest looking at Gurney
Nutting tourers, or indeed the catalog illustration
in Catalog 10 (see the Galleries section).
Most Gurney Nutting tourers used this 'speed'
wing, as shown in the catalog (see also
the pics of chassis 930,
which has not been messed with). Wings on
your car have a bit more curvature, which
is I suppose why you asked the question.
But I don't have any photos that would establish
whether they were the straight, 'speed'
wings originally.
Good luck.
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Answer
by: Jack Triplett
Posted: Mar 16, 2009 |
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ANSWER
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Hi Scott. Suggest you contact Bruce Campbell
in Northern California who has a 1928 4.5
litre. Also should contact Charles Vyze.
He has a Thrupp & Maberly and can share
pictures of wings you might need for restoration.
His is a 1929 Rolls-Royce 20/25.
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Answer
by: Austin Kilburn
Posted: Oct 25, 2007 |
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Sep 30, 2020 - Info and photograph received from Simon Hunt for Chassis No. RL3439 |
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Sep 30, 2020 - Info and photographs received from Dick Clay for Chassis No. 147 |
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Sep 29, 2020 - Info and photographs received from Ernst Jan Krudop for his Chassis No. AX1651 |
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Sep 28, 2020 - Info and photographs received from Lars Hedborg
for his Chassis No. KL3590 |
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Sep 25, 2020 - Info and photograph added for Registration No. XV 3207 |
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Sep 24, 2020 - Info and photograph added for Registration No. YM 7165 |
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