20-10-2020, 10:37 PM
(This post was last modified: 20-10-2020, 10:38 PM by David Stepney.)
I am fortunate in being the current custodian of a "matching numbers" RP saloon that is more or less in the same spec as when it left the factory in 1933.There are, admittedly, one or two details that are not quite right: it received a major refurbishment over forty years ago, when it managed to lose its smokers hatch when the roof was recovered, and whilst the interior has been re-upholshered in the original pattern, it has been done in a light tan vinyl material that is more orange than I suspect was the original.
At some point in its life, it has been fitted with a C35M dynamo rather than the C35A that was originally fitted, and has "pin type" later pattern valves. Both were probably fitted at some point in the more distant past when it was more important to keep a working car in good repair.
Although not by any means perfect, it is a nice, original and usable car and suspect that such cars will become increasingly rare as time goes by. I would hate it to be stripped and turned into a special by some future owner.
At some point in its life, it has been fitted with a C35M dynamo rather than the C35A that was originally fitted, and has "pin type" later pattern valves. Both were probably fitted at some point in the more distant past when it was more important to keep a working car in good repair.
Although not by any means perfect, it is a nice, original and usable car and suspect that such cars will become increasingly rare as time goes by. I would hate it to be stripped and turned into a special by some future owner.