dry sump lubrication

#21

"Pete M" <pete.murray (AT) bogoffwithzepressedmeatblueyonder (DOT) co.uk> wrote in
message news:es5gmu$g16$1 (AT) registered (DOT) motzarella.org...

Quote:

In news:1172667857.937684.296390 (AT) q2g2000cwa (DOT) googlegroups.com,
Helen <moon27.helen (AT) googlemail (DOT) com> wittered on forthwith;

I remember reading about a Helen who liked to thromp about in vintage
Bentleys. [1]

Makes a change from launching ships....

Ron Robinson

#22

"Ian Johnston" <ian.groups (AT) btinternet (DOT) com> wrote

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On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 19:07:51 +0000, R.N. Robinson wrote:

Ha! Many years ago when the world was young and there was such a
magazine
as 'The Motor', a chap called Brockbank used to draw marvellous cartoons
for
them. One of his most famous was entitled 'Citroen Presse' (sorry, can't
do
an acute accent on this thing) and depicted a Traction Avant, Michelins
screaming and leaving black lines around the corners, being pursued along
an
Alpine road by a 4 1/2 litre Bentley.

I have a couple of his books. I like the one of the man trying to keep
away RAF jets with a "No Hawkers" sign - when they are replaced by
flying saucers he adds "No Circulars".

I am conducting an increasingly tenuous relationship with my memory these
days and it has suddenly butted in to tell me that the pipe-smoking
passenger I referred to earlier was in fact in an early Silver Ghost Rolls
Royce, not a Bentley as I said. Never mind, both of us agree that in the
very early days of electrically operated windows he did a little cartoon
depicting a lady inside a new car using her lipstick to write on the inside
of the windscreen in a way that could be read from outside the car: "Help!
There has been a blue flash and now my doors and windows won't open"

Ron Robinson

#23

"Autolycus" <mar2006 (AT) mainbeam (DOT) co.uk> wrote

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"Helen" <moon27.helen (AT) googlemail (DOT) com> wrote in message
news:1172698158.927068.253360 (AT) s48g2000cws (DOT) googlegroups.com...
On 28 Feb, 17:18, "R.N. Robinson"
ron... (AT) frumiousbandersnatch (DOT) freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
"Helen" <moon27.he... (AT) googlemail (DOT) com> wrote in message

news:1172667857.937684.296390 (AT) q2g2000cwa (DOT) googlegroups.com...

Please tell me it isn't one of those hideous Mk VI specials...

....No, its an 8 litre WO Bentley.

Well, that's a relief - but I'm not still not convinced about modifying
one. What coachwork did it have originally?

It's the size of a small steam engine and it's a real monster!

Now that's what I call a Bentley....

Right, well, I'm off to drive the monster this weekend, does anybody
have any advice? I'm told the gear box is 'a bit of a pig!'

With 8 litres, you hardly need the gearbox - just start off in top :-).
I've never driven anything quite so old or splendid, but even on the later
cars, you start off in 2nd, and can let them dawdle down to a few mile/h
in top, and still pull away smoothly.

Don't be afraid of it, you should be able to feel what is going on through
the gear lever, but it helps to get the revs right.

Quote:

The steering might be hard
work at low speed - it depends how used you've got to being able to turn
the wheel with the car stationary, as people seem to with modern cars.

Yes. But you'll find it lightens up once you start moving. Actually I
wouldn't be surprised if you didn't notice the size of the beast after a
bit. All the best big cars drive like small ones - well in your case maybe
just a bit smaller.

Quote:

Don't forget to retard the ignition when you start it, then advance it
most of the way as soon as it's idling.

I'm very, very jealous...

You're not alone.

What is the history of the car by the way? It must have some...

Ron Robinson

#24

Richard Polhill (richard.news (AT) polhill (DOT) vispa.invalid) gurgled happily,
sounding much like they were saying :

Quote:

Are they still in print, do you know? Or am I going to be looking in
second hand shops and book fairs?

www.abebooks.com

Is that a yes or a no?

It's a third option... I was making the assumption that Jim wouldn't be so
idle as not to bother checking Amazon and seeing all the used copies for
sale there but no new copies...

#25

On Mon, 12 Mar 2007 23:36:30 -0000, "Dr Ian Johnstone" <drian (AT) rfs (DOT) co.ui>
wrote:

Quote:

"Ian Johnston" <ian.groups (AT) btinternet (DOT) com> wrote in message
news:54luonF20k27oU19 (AT) mid (DOT) individual.net...
On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 17:18:40 +0000, R.N. Robinson wrote:

Now that's what I call a Bentley....

(apologies to Paul Hogan)

Last year I was driving the DS through a local village, keeping nicely to
the 30mph limit, when some little scrote in a tarted up Saxo decided to
act the big man to his 15 year old girlfriend (*) and swerved past me.

I'd prefer to drive the saxo, DS stands for 'Dog Shit' and thats just
exactly what it was, it's certainly nothing to be proud of, driving a pile
of french dog shit.

Shows you up for the chav you are. *plonk* again.

--
Regards, Chris (Please take out my car to reply by plain text email)
---1967 Riley Elf----1978 Mini 1000----1979 Ford Capri---
-----1957 Standard 8--------1972 Mini Clubman estate-----
-----1966 Triumph Herald Estate----1965 Hillman Minx-----

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