HMC Quattroporte assaulted

[hairnet]

best thing about these?

the best gear selector in the world

[timolloyd]

Maybe you could swap in the Passat engine?

[New POD]

1 hour ago, NorfolkNWeigh said:

It wasn’t all paedos and racists.

It was alcoholics too.

 

was it the pressure of owning the potential liabilities, that caused his drink issues. 

[captain_70s]

2 hours ago, NorfolkNWeigh said:

Seriously, I thought small arch Shadow 1’s had progressed beyond the Wedding car/ white Dulux, Banger Racer,  HMC level to become bona-fide classics. 
 

Nice ones are worth decent coin, but it's so costly to restore a tired one (of which there are many) that shabby examples are still only parts car money.

[bezzabsa]

is @Six-cylinder still after a Spirit of ectasy????

 

tell your ins it got nicked, should lower the premium a fair bit 

[Six-cylinder]

7 minutes ago, bezzabsa said:

is @Six-cylinder still after a Spirit of ectasy????

tell your ins it got nicked, should lower the premium a fair bit 

A 1933 20/25 Spirit of Ecstasy is different to a Silver Shadow so I would have to buy the whole car to make use of the Shadow emblem! 

[2flags]

What did your kids say when you picked them up from school in the Roller?

 

[richardmorris]

1 hour ago, Six-cylinder said:

so I would have to buy the whole car to make use of the Shadow emblem! 

I can’t see the problem?

[richardmorris]

1 hour ago, captain_70s said:

Nice ones are worth decent coin, but it's so costly to restore a tired one (of which there are many) that shabby examples are still only parts car money.

Harry’s garage YouTube yesterday mentioned something like a £6000 engine rebuild cost.

[High Jetter]

24 minutes ago, 2flags said:

What did your kids say when you picked them up from school in the Roller?

 

Good Afternoon Pater?

[EyesWeldedShut]

31 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

Good Afternoon Pater?

Is it the chauffeur’s day off?

[High Jetter]

26 minutes ago, EyesWeldedShut said:

Is it the chauffeur’s day off?

No

1 hour ago, 2flags said:

What did your kids say when you picked them up from school in the Roller?

 

Not unless he'd been given the day off.

[MorrisItalSLX]

9 hours ago, NorfolkNWeigh said:

It wasn’t all paedos and racists.

True, some were drug dealers and criminals.

[Metal Guru]

10 hours ago, Bren said:

Many of these look fab from 20ft away but up close they are bulging with filler. Like the brides they transport.

Good from afar, but far from good.

[HMC]

[captain_70s]

47 minutes ago, HMC said:

Fuck. The boss is here.

[lesapandre]

1 hour ago, HMC said:

Some of these Rolls have interesting histories.

Is the tinted glass a modern applied film or the original Pilkington 'Sundym' glass?

If it's the latter - it was a very expensive option at the time and not something much specified all round like this one. If it is original - it may indicate it spent some time abroad in its life.

[HMC]

 

 

[HMC]

[DeanH]

11 minutes ago, HMC said:

I believe they were based in these buildings in Huddersfield.

 

Article with family link for further anecdotal interest

 

https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/ask-examiner-huddersfield-once-more-11738937?int_source=amp_continue_reading&int_medium=amp&int_campaign=continue_reading_button#amp-readmore-target

[bunglebus]

Proper British motor. Didn't get much better -  I mean look at the state of this thing

[eddyramrod]

Well I know which one I'd rather drive.  One white RR, I would pay my own money to have outside the house.  The other, even Jimmy Carr hasn't got enough to pay me to be seen in the same town!

[grogee]

Who the fuck was buying Rolls Royces in Huddersfield (apart from Sir Jimmy Savile of course)? 

You are now Tavistock's enemy no. 1 @HMC. They won't know what to do with themselves when they see that. Probably curtsy and wet themselves simultaneously 

[NorfolkNWeigh]

HMC and his chauffeur outside Tavistock School , today.

[junkyarddog]

I know it's wedding wagon white,but that old thing has real presence and character,something so lacking in today's "premium" cars.

[artdjones]

On 04/01/2024 at 16:55, NorfolkNWeigh said:

It wasn’t all paedos and racists.

No, there were some sex crazed alcoholics too.

[Matty]

@HMCs attitude of lifes too short, its only money is stirring stuff. Fair bloody play to you!

[HMC]

When i got my s class, it would be on its bumpstops after about a couple of hours and do a lowrider impression, along with the airmatic red warning message of doom on the dash. Usually people run a mile but as said s class was cheap enough, I thought- why not, its only air finding a way out somwhere?

It looked cool but basically valves should maintain the ride height when the car is not being used so something was amiss. Despite my limited skills I decided that fixing borked merc air suspension was something i should have a go at. The compressor also made a very loud noise as well so i decided to jack/axle stand  it and have a look…

 

So the noise was certainly from the sprung rubber bushings being replaced with cable ties, which were basically clamping the compressor to the bodywork, acting like a sounding board;hence the noise. As it was VERY noisy i couldnt rule out the compressor itself (which had been replaced at some stage already) being on its last legs. Very much so as it was working overtime to counter the deflating suspension.

I also thought there might be an issue with the valve block (sat above the compressor) as the whole car sank, rather than one end or corner which might otherwise suggest a local rather than control system pressure loss.

I was working on a few assumptions but decided a second hand valve block and compressor would target a few issues at once.

£80 quid later i had the sub assembly ready to go. 

This lives under the OSF wheel arch….

 

Being methodical i marked up all air lines…

And swapped it all over piece by piece.

And before long the spaghetti was all back where it should be..

 

And with crossed fingers I started it up, the properly isolated compressor was silently doing its job. Or was it? Being so used to the racket i was worried it was inoperative! but once the totally depressurised system was pumped back up , no longer do i have a low rider on its bump stops after a few hours parked, and its working perfectly, Result! 

[Schaefft]

Excellent work, air suspension systems usually aren't that complicated and with W220 being in the price range now where every second example is ending up in the breaker's yard parts will be cheap as well. The ABC system on the other hand...Great to see this one being an easy fix, let's hope it'll stay nice and level now.

[bunglebus]

At least with the ABC system you get to make the car dance after doing any suspension work on them