Rolls Royce special

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Just joined piston heads and have some pics of the special I’m building....

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Some more of the 32 phantom chassis when I got it in 2016 pics..

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Sorry can only do one at a time lap top playing up...this is the engine going in was running when I bought it, I have video try and get on here..

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Engine practice fit one of many..

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Engine sitting close to spot..

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Got rid of old carbs and manifold and had this I bought of a mate it was on a boat in the early 1960s... |https://thumbsnap.com/OxJ4fe8y[/url

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Had to change rocker covers the others I didn’t like these ones look more period correct for car..

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Not very good on technology still learning....some body pics chopped and changed a few times...

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More pics of body doing it my self mate own sheet metal shop so we rolleled the cowl 60 liter oil tank behind the original rolls firewall body number (my160) don’t know what the old body looked like never chased it up..

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Pic of the front grill shell made it fit around the 7inch thick radiator which will run into the engine then out to second radiator at the back then back into front radiator,both with thermostats and 2 huge two speed thermos and glycol. May have to slow water pump down or put restictors in yet will see what happens.

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This is how the rear the body started out sum cutting and joining ...

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Another pic of front with rolls headlights on modified moto meter..

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Back of body joined up and a nice fuel cap I bought with a tank and magnetic fuel gauge all will be on the rolls...

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More rear body tapping and shrinking to do, steering made from scratch made it large so don’t need any power assist.

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Back of the car meets the front with bolted joint to remove the back if needed,dashboard was a test run will change have a big tachometer for center piece....

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It’s all about looking 1932.......

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Running 2 alternators off the tail shaft to charge the 2 12v batteries one for each thermo fan because they will only charge while the car is moving, the engine only needs power to start after that magnetos run it, so tail lights headlights and fans will use 12v and the engine will start on 24v...

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Battery box will carry the 2 batteries hooked up to make the 24v to start it, side handbrake is half rolls and something else but looks ok and a fuel shut of valve...

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Will be trying to get more pics up I have taken a few while I’ve been building the car just sorting through trying to get a bit of order happening, haven’t been working on it much lately need some more cash to buy stuff, some mates help me make stuff but have to fabricate everything else myself which takes time as well as restore veteran bikes and cars fore other people but it will be finished and it will look 1932 era correct apart from the engine and gearbox which is a bit later obviously....

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Try and answer all questions at once I built a 727 torqueflite auto that I put a full manual valve body in because of the torque the engine makes so it won’t fry clutches, so it will have full line pressure at idle, because the diff ratio is1.84 and tyre height is 34 inch’s it will only be reving very low about 900 rpm to do our speed limit 60 mph,top speed will be high. It will be special club permit reg and I will be driving to work most days weather permitting so it must be reliable, the little cycle car next to Rolls I’ve been fixing up for a customer vtwin precision engine of 1000 cc 1913 Merlin 1 of 2 left...