Windscreen Frames & Speedos.
12 June 2003
What information do you have on RP saloons equipped with the RN
stove enameled steel frame I have seen a couple and have been asked to supply
one.
Was the RP ever equipped with a needle type speedo? I
don't think it was but a friend is restoring a 1933 RP and insists it should
have a needle type.
You have been busy, regards Dave Mann sue.mann1@ntlworld.com
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Reply 1
Dave,
First, I've never seen an ORIGINAL RP with a needle speedo, If your friends
speedo failed, say in the 40's or 50's then a needle type
may have been used to replace the 'Magmo' one. (A number of items on my car are
dated 1951 - early '52, this correlates to when the 2nd owner bought the car in
late '51 and got it back on the road.
I'll have to look further into the stove enamelled frames.
Many thanks for your enquiry.
The above are not definitive answer's, I shall investigate them further before
casting in stone..........
Sandy Croall
Reply 2
Dave,
I agree with Sandy over the speedo. as far as I am aware the RP was fitted with a 'Magmo' speedo with the flat spinning disc. The pointer type speedos were introduced during the life of the Mk 1 Ruby, the early Rubies still had the 'Magmo' type.
Malcolm Watts