Her Madge [well nearly....]

[Royale80]

That looks superb. Well bought.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

20 hours ago, colc said:

...

 

The rear wing/tail light arrangement is very reminiscent of the Mercedes W110/1/2 Fintail saloons

[NorfolkNWeigh]

I love these ,but always assumed they were a bit of a slug. until I read some road tests a couple of years ago and saw they were at least 50bhp up on most of the 60's barge competition.

From memory there's an interesting Giant Test from when the Mk4 Executive and PC Viscount were first launched comparing them to the 4-Litre R and Humber Imperial. Some pretty extreme cornering shots . You can find it on Trigger's Retro Roadtests.

[colnerov]

4 hours ago, colc said:

Sir requires a bloody steering box..........but thanks for the offer!

 

 Hi, If it's the same as Rover P5/P5b then try David Green for manual or power.

 https://www.davidgreen-p5.co.uk/

 Colin

[tooSavvy]

18 minutes ago, colnerov said:

 

 Hi, If it's the same as Rover P5/P5b then try David Green for manual or power.

 https://www.davidgreen-p5.co.uk/

 Colin

[Amishtat]

Balby motor spares will have one

[Sudsprint]

Lovely car in a great colour.

Martin Buckley did a huge group test of 'barges' including a RR VDP in C&SC about 5 years back I think.

[Uncle Jimmy]

No wing mirror(s)?

Very unusual for a steering box to wear out, they always have a good dose of play in them, can be tightened a little... But only a little. 

[Uncle Jimmy]

1 hour ago, Sudsprint said:

Lovely car in a great colour.

Martin Buckley did a huge group test of 'barges' including a RR VDP in C&SC about 5 years back I think.

I remember that, one of his better writeups, he praised the VDP in all respects bar it's handling. 

[Rocket88]

8 hours ago, Nibblet said:

I remember that, one of his better writeups, he praised the VDP in all respects bar it's handling. 

I've always thought handling was vastly over rated.............give me waft every time.......

 

[Rocket88]

8 hours ago, Nibblet said:

No wing mirror(s)?

Very unusual for a steering box to wear out, they always have a good dose of play in them, can be tightened a little... But only a little. 

Never noticed that...! Ref box.....previous owner re-built it, and reckons that he put one of the seals in the wrong way......they are notorious for leaking, but re-building them is tricky. They usually leak because the main scroll shaft wears out. They are s stupidly complicated [what a surprise!] system

[tooSavvy]

Transit mk1 steering box + Corsa leccie/load sensing PAS.

Job Jobbed

[Rocket88]

10 hours ago, tooSavvy said:

Transit mk1 steering box + Corsa leccie/load sensing PAS.

Job Jobbed

Keeping the box, but getting rid of all the existing power steering gubbins, then fitting what Mr Savvy suggests is looking increasingly tempting. .Slight complication is that the pump is not driven directly by a belt, [see diagram, Volvo 164 system is the same] So slightly more complicated than just removing the belt [as that drives the dynamo as well] Apparently a Volvo 164 pump can be made to fit with a bit of modification, but they're now extremely hard to find. Photo below shows that the PAS pump is driven off the back of the dynamo!

[tooSavvy]

....... lots of options here

 

[DaveDorson]

The VW boys with T3's use the Corsa power steering a fair bit, but I'm always a bit wary about the cutting and welding of steering column stuff that is required with that sort of setup usually.

 

 

[bangernomics]

A common upgrade on talbot express based campers too, the variable assistance kits work really well.

[lesapandre]

I had one of these years ago. Lovely car - about 170bhp I think so they go well but...

Horrible steering - both the wheel itself with a thin rim and mushy/vague steering response. I think that's what condemned these in period. Sales started off with quite a bang as a mini-rolls - then people drove them and decided on something else instead probably a Jaguar.

I would if you have the skill have a go at getting them to steer right. Then you would have a decent car.

The classic car press featured a guy who did just that on one 20 years ago - was a guy who was a Tatra expert. I don't recall his name. Sleuthing on the web may throw something up.

VDP showroom and offices survive in Kingsbury London.

https://www.aronline.co.uk/cars/vanden-plas/in-production-vanden-plas-kingsbury-works/

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Tim Bishop

4 minutes ago, lesapandre said:

The classic car press featured a guy who did just that on one 20 years ago - was a guy who was a Tata expert. I don't recall his name. Sleuthing on the web may throw something up.

Tim Bishop

[wuvvum]

Tatra though rather than Tata.  Dollywobbler is our resident Tata expert.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

BTW you're not going to chop this up and fit Impreza running gear are you? (Asking for a friend, don't kick off at me)

[lesapandre]

14 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

Tatra though rather than Tata.  Dollywobbler is our resident Tata expert.

Thanks. Ah yes - corrected it. Tim Bishop still active I think. I think he runs this engineering outfit in Warwickshire. He definitely had a VDP that he modded. 

Connaught Green Limited

 

[Wack]

now that is nice, top purchasing

[tooSavvy]

On 10/22/2019 at 9:28 AM, tooSavvy said:

Did some bloke go to some effort making a 'kit' for PAS upgrade?

.... or was it for A90/110.

...... Ah - Tim, then.

[Rocket88]

20 hours ago, Mr_Bo11ox said:

BTW you're not going to chop this up and fit Impreza running gear are you? (Asking for a friend, don't kick off at me)

Was thinking of fitting a diesel out of a Maxi.............................

[Rocket88]

20 hours ago, lesapandre said:

Thanks. Ah yes - corrected it. Tim Bishop still active I think. I think he runs this engineering outfit in Warwickshire. He definitely had a VDP that he modded. 

Connaught Green Limited

 

Found him on Linked In...have left message