| Author | Message | ||
     Richard Treacy Grand Master Username: richard_treacy Post Number: 2495 Registered: 4-2003 |
Definition: Panels – front guards, rear guards, doors, bonnet, boot, bodyshell Quiz: Which panels are of aluminium ?? MkVI standard saloon R-Type Standard Saloon Silver Cloud Standard Saloon S2 Continental MPW and S3 MPW (Chinese Eyes) Silver Shadow Corniche - Continental Silver Spirit – Spur – Mulsanne- Turbo R Continental R Name the aluminium panels | ||
| Carl Heydon Experienced User Username: car Post Number: 27 Registered: 2-2004 |
I bags the easy ones- Mk VI- none R Type- boot Cloud- boot and doors S2 Cont-I am guessing, all Shadow- boot, bonnet, doors Corniche- boot, bonnet, doors Spirit- boot, bonnet, doors Conti R- ? most? | ||
| Omar M. Shams Prolific User Username: omar Post Number: 238 Registered: 4-2009 |
The clouds also have aluminium bonnet leaves. The continental R has steel wings for sure - I had to repair a dent on one of mine. The quiz goes on, | ||
| Richard Treacy Grand Master Username: richard_treacy Post Number: 2497 Registered: 4-2003 |
Well, the big surprise to me is that the Conti R is ALL STEEL: not an aluminium panel in sight. Even the petrol filler flap is steel. Now, that is something: the Conti R is the first all-steel-bodied Crewe creation since the MkVI. Carl, you are almost otherwise correct, but the S3 Chinese Eyes MPW has a steel shell with alloy front wings, doors and boot. The rear guards are part of the frame and are of steel. All your other entries are correct to my knowledge. Incidentally, although alloy is lighter than steel, the alloy carbodies overall are heavier as alloy needs considerably more bracing to support its flimsiness. More comments welcome !! RT. | ||
| Ernest Carty New User Username: edcarty Post Number: 2 Registered: 12-2012 |
Hi just to add to the confusion ,a lot of Coachbuilt cars including Bentley Mark V1,R,Type, S type and Cloud series along with Rolls Royce Silver Wraith,Phantoms and Dawns also used a lot of Aluminium alloy for Panels,Also HJ Mulliner used an aluminium alloy for there framework on doors as early as the mid fifties.}} |
