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That looks awesome. Does it have a seperate antenna for DAB? I recently fitted one to my Mini, and it has a window mounted antenna as a normal antenna won’t pick up DAB. Just interested in how this one is done.

Great choice, if there is good reference, go with it. The whitewall will look great. The last thing would be to get a GPS app for your phone. This way, when she is all up and running you can see exactly how fast you are going compared to your speedo. Police don’t care if you’re in an old...

Holy crap Brian, you sure don’t do things by halves. That has to be the Rolls-Royce of head mounted lamps! 😎

Yes, That’s tough, as one always needs to find a good cross reference which I noted earlier. I had the same issue with 3 of my projects. 59 FC 61 FB 69 RT40 Corona I was just very lucky that all 3 of these cars had the original spare tyres with the correct model numbers that matched the...

That’s a great looking tyre David. Got to be happy with that, the H rating is a bonus. You mention a chap advised you of the tyre size. What does the owners manual or workshop manual say?

An 80% aspect ratio is a huge tyre sidewall, it will be tough. All you need to find today with modern tyres is the same rolling diameter, which has the correct aspect ratio to a width that is appropriate to your car and fit the rim well, and not to baggy which is the most important thing when...

I love a good original tool kit in a car. Very nice.

Great insight. The Silver Cloud III was a test bed for many Silver Shadow items, mechanical (V8) and exterior design right down to the twin headlights with common surround bezel with RR logo between and both designed by John Blatchley. I’m pretty sure the Cloud III had the same super light...

A fantastic first post. Well done. Welcome, and congratulations on this beautiful car.

Some very interesting reading here. The Silver Shadow was always knocked for not being a good handler. I laugh at things like this, it’s like saying a Kia Carnival handles poorly around a race track (I actually read that in a Carnival write up a few years ago) and its 0-100km time was sub...

Interesting read. Of all these cars, probably the only one still as good as the day it was produced is the LS400. For me, robably the best sedan ever made.

I do as well Brian. It’s the corporate colour of the Electric Range at launch globally.

Yes Sean, 3000kg just in batteries. We have had to increase the tyre rating on the steer axle, as it bears the brunt of the load. Oh yeah, all of the big companies will be re organising to see what new commodities they can make money from.

That’s the big question at present Brian, linehaul is a major issue. They do use a typical CCS2 DC charging station, but nearly all are dedicated to cars, and nothing bigger. I’ve not seen any truck charging stops. Lots of truck depots and distribution centres have them, but that is for their...

Michel, I think the most amazing thing in the above is the three motors, compared to the engine. Amazing size difference.

Gents. I was fortunate enough last week to be part of our official launch of the new heavy duty range of prime movers for the Australian market. Also I took part in our EV Champions training regarding the new range. It was a great deep dive into the mechanicals and electrical systems of these...

Interesting insight re the local and imported cars Bryce.

I thought “car of the week” would be a good place to put this. I’ve been fascinated by this car since it’s inception, but besides some specs, really didn’t know much about it at all. Doug does a fantastic job really taking us through this amazing car to really show all of its quirks & features...

It was a game changer in its day. Probably the best engineered car in the world at that time.