Practically Classics Forum

I'm in bed last night , reading one of my Dad old books



And this fell out



I recognized it as my fathers style of drawing.. what could it have been for ?

Looked at the car pictures ...nice shapes these old Rileys








Then i saw the light !! The sketch fits on one of the Rileys !



Or like American Hotrod...



Dear old Dad !!

My dad left me his tools which I still use to fix cars. My dad was a corporal in the 8 th army as a tank mechanic. Some of the tools have been to El Alamein and back. He used to say we stopped the buggers at El Alamein.

Rileys of the 1920 to 1960 were quite good looking cars. The Farina A60 which went to 1971 was good looking but a badge engineered Oxford or Cambridge.

The more upmarket Riley models were a competitor of Rolls Royce up to about 1930.

My favourite Rileys are RM cars. A good one is almost as good as a Mk6 Bentley .

Bob.

I once did a fair amount of work on a Riley 9 Monaco with a wood frame and canvas covered body.

Canvas over wood (usually ash) is called Weyman construstion.
The ash members are joined with metal brackets and gussets. A gap is left between the ash members so the frame doesn't squeak.
Air frames can be built like this.

Surprisingly strong but point impact loadings are scarey.

Bob