I sympathise about electro-mechanical voltage regulators. My recollection of them is they were utter wank. I get the commitment to originality but these were a poor solution based on the available technology at the time. In my book there are some things like seat belts, dual circuit brakes, radial ...

Think how many concubines you could fit in there though. You'd be outdoing Prescott.

On the contrary, Drum, I think that little Stanny is exactly what you need. Why else did you build an extension?

I am pleased I have provoked some lively and interesting discussion. I will persevere with the regulator and get there eventually. Its not exactly ever let me down. The last big Humbers were actually equipped with an alternator, but you know an alternator can develop faults too, just like dynamos an...

The Humber CVC regulator I set up in the summer wanted adjusting again, as it became apparent from the ammeter readings with the lights and blower on, which is common at this time of year. Although I haven't suffered a low or flat battery I still wanted to boost the output. It is practically impossi...

Now that is crying out for something a bit more potent than a barely 1200.

I'm trying to place the rear lights on the A-S without success.

Looks bloody straight but I just cannot get over the steering wheels fitted to these tubs. It was as if management grabbed a Car Builder Solutions catalogue and deliberately chose the most nondescript generic wheel there was.

The trouble, if you like, with some one make clubs is that there is invariably a core of people who have been in it since the year dot and see it as their own. For some, their lives revolve around club affairs. More often than not this can end up as a clique and I've seen it numerous times where som...

Way back when, Pop had saved up enough money and had two options. 1) Buy one of those Benzes. 2) Buy a house. He chose option 2). Given the relative appreciation of each it was no doubt the right choice.