Adrian talks to BMtv's Tim Morris about his Riley at the 2023 VSCC Driving Tests at Brooklands Museum.
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@markjones837410 ай бұрын
My late father owned this car in the 50s. He regularly drove it to work in central Birmingham!
@asciimation Жыл бұрын
Interesting, thank you! I'm building a Riley Brooklands replica. The fact that no two originals seem to be the same body wise makes my job so much easier! Given they were cars used for sporting/racing things replacement bodies probably wasn't unusual. Some cars had very hard lives based on period photos.
@thephilpott2194 Жыл бұрын
Note that the 3rd body known to be worn by the car featured is quite recent; it's regd. as a 1930 car but the centre-lock hubs and wheels (for riley road cars at least) are 1934 onward spec. The windscreen is not a riley product. and it's feasible it was acquired then the (new) scuttle created to accommodate it's specific shape. Your Kiwi car is much closer body-wise to a 1930 bodystyle, but in all fairness to the owner/driver of the car featured here, it would be counter productive to have ripped off a solid 'looky-likey' body in favour of creating an accurate replica body...unless the former was falling to bits. Keep up the good work.
@asciimation Жыл бұрын
@@thephilpott2194 Mine will always be a special/replica which is fine. So I 'tweaked' the body shape to personal preference (and what I think I can actually build and have it work out OK). That's still a proper Brooklands regardless of the body on it. If I ever actually get to see a real on in the flesh I'll be all over it geeking out over the tiny details I think.