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20-01-2021, 01:47 PM
(This post was last modified: 24-01-2021, 10:59 PM by Colin Morgan.)
Hi
I heard someone say recently that there are some pre-war cars that are fettled for ten hours, then driven for one, and others that are fettled for one and driven for ten. My Ruby is in the second category - but there must be Sevens in the first? Presumably most other makes are also in the first category, as they tend to be seen out on the road less often?
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Car type: 1933 RP Standard Saloon
20-01-2021, 02:09 PM
(This post was last modified: 20-01-2021, 02:10 PM by Reckless Rat.)
Definitely category 2 for me, for all my (5) cars
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Car type: Race Ulster, 1926 Special, 1927 Chummy, 1930 Box
My race Ulster is definitely Cat 1. The others verging on Cat3.
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Car type: Austin Ruby Mk1 1935
My Ruby was cat. 2 until I had to surrender my driving licence due to poor eyesight. It is now Cat 1 but soon as the Covid restrictions are lifted and my son can visit hopefully we will be back in cat. 2
John Mason.
Would you believe it "Her who must be obeyed" refers to my Ruby as the toy.
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So how might Cat 3 be defined? After a few hours fettling I might drive a few hundred miles - but not a few thousand?
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20-01-2021, 03:46 PM
(This post was last modified: 20-01-2021, 04:57 PM by Steve Jones.)
Whilst my Ulster is a road car, it's main activity is hillclimbs and sprints so certainly in Cat 1. SWB Saloon is Cat 3 going on Cat 4, I'm afraid, being expected to 'go' at a minutes notice.
Trials Chummy is in Cat nothing as, despite being 'on the button', it hasn't turned a wheel since Autumn 2019 and, as I've finally retired from trialling, could be for sale to the right buyer!
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Car type: '28 GE Cup. '28 AD Chummy '30 RL Saloon. '34 RP Saloon. Too Many toys!
They are usually in the 1st category only when first put on the road, it then gets better and better. For info I'm about 17years of fettling vs 0 hours on the road for my steam roller
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Location: Bala North Wales
Car type: 1933 RP Standard Saloon
Definitely Cat. 3 or 4 for my RP. Having spent the first several months of getting the car sorted and reliable after 25 years asleep in garage, it now goes on the button even if left for a week or two, and receives only routine maintenance every 1250 miles, with oil changes every 2500. Seems to work as the only thing I have had to deal with between services was a blown stop and tail bulb.
