hitman
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Mar 18, 2010 18:25:40 GMT
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anyone got any tips on what to lookout for,major problems etc,goin to look at one tmoro(unfinished project)any info appreciated   |
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Mar 18, 2010 18:42:12 GMT
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What Rolls Royce are you going to look at? And why are you looking at it - with a view to pruchase, or just to practise art appreciation?
Seriously - Rollers are very over-engineered, so anything wrong with them can cost £££, especially as most of the parts are OEM-only. For example, the PPC track-day roller has twin front brake calipers, powered by high-pressure hydraulics (think Citroen) and with a back-up master cylinder. Also, look for rust in the complex body structures.
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Mar 18, 2010 18:54:19 GMT
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you can buy secondhand bits for "Royces" (see what i did there? avoided the traveller word "Roller") engines cost bundles to rebuild but pretty much all of them are bomb proof if they are serviced properly, Rust is gonna be your main issue, closely followed by maiuing sure all the trim is present and in good nick, the ones with self levelling rear suspension are expensive to fix.
My dads been a cabby for years and we have borrowed a fair few of his various mates RR wedding cars over the years, if you buy one thats been worked it'll be showing its age, you need one of those lovely one owner, main dealer no expense spared ones really.
Obviously there are differences between models, but as you gave us no clues its a bit difficult to point at specific problems.
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Mar 18, 2010 20:45:38 GMT
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Rollers are very over-engineered, so anything wrong with them can cost £££, especially as most of the parts are OEM-only. For example, the PPC track-day roller has twin front brake calipers, powered by high-pressure hydraulics (think Citroen) and with a back-up master cylinder. Also, look for rust in the complex body structures. Front calliper internals are shared with a Ford. Can't remember which model though, but an old boss of mine took the old pistons etc from his Silver Shadow down to a motor factors & matched them up with parts that they had in stock. IIRC, he reckoned that the calliper itself was the same except for the position of the mounting lugs. Rear callipers on the other hand are 4 pot with handbrake so probably not cheap..... |
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hitman
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Mar 18, 2010 21:29:42 GMT
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sorry about the vague post,all i no at the minute is its an early shadow,all brakes have been done,caliper replaced,its had a brand new exhaust,body is needin attention,I'm gona modify it to my liking so paint/body ill deal with,just wondered if there was owt common/mega expensive to watch out for |
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bortaf
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Mar 18, 2010 22:33:54 GMT
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They use ford M16 calipers on the fronts with harder pads Rust is the enemy TBH I had 2 given me a few years back, sold em to a racer but he's already raced em and fragged long ago (firecracker fodder) if you get stuck for parts I know a polace that keeps a few parts (same place gave me the 2) he restores em as well so will know the best places for parts if he aint got em. |
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Kyle67
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Mar 18, 2010 22:49:34 GMT
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They use Mk4 Cortina pads, but 2 sets. I can only give my opinion on them and that is they drive like curse word, rust in various places, certain bits are expensive to fix, certain bits cheap if you know what else they fit, but they're on the whole totally overrated money pits. OOO I feel better for getting that off my chest |
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Mar 18, 2010 22:56:41 GMT
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yeah their not great cars but then i think i saw way to many of them when i used to do resto work . don't be put off by cars with lots of filler rollers had lots of filler as standard just look out for rot its usually harder to spot on them due to the amount of gob also early shadow rear window frames are wooden so look out for rot round the base of those very awkward and expensive to fix used to do quite a few when i was in the resto shop they are actually not that bad to work on bar a few areas . the bakes are twin transit calipers on the early ones |
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hitman
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Mar 18, 2010 23:07:08 GMT
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thanks for the replies ,much appreciated ,will post up the outcome tmoro ;D |
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hitman
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Mar 19, 2010 22:20:03 GMT
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went to look,an the outcome is,body is 80% bare metal(been inside last 6/7 years,dry),has filler round back arches but body is much better/solider than i was hopeing,had new pads all round,new caliper,new radiator,and complete exhaust and all hangers/rubbers,has also had every brakepipe and flexi replaced,so I'm avin it ;D,now gota decide what i gona do with it,gota be different/unusual,any ideas welcome |
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Mar 19, 2010 22:32:33 GMT
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 Do it! Do it! ;D |
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berny
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Mar 19, 2010 23:20:43 GMT
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do the bottom one!
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Volvo back as my main squeeze, more boost and some interior goodies on the way.
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dannyb
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Mar 20, 2010 13:45:59 GMT
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recently did a rolls royce and found the lower six inches of the shell to contain the most rot and the lead was also hiding quite a bit to. repair panels were made to order and very expensive, not sure where they came from as they were supplied by the customer. any spares that we needed were sourced from 'flying spares' I'm sure they have an add in practical classic   |
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