Speed 14 steering, brakes & performance
Re: Speed 14 steering, brakes & performance
Luli, thanks for that comparison - confirms my suspicions about harmonic bumpers. My old car is now with the friend I bought it from in the first place. So maybe I should ask him for a test-drive - it might prove that actually I'm the problem!
Re: Speed 14 steering, brakes & performance
Probably a bit academic now, for me. The car I was interested in (Speed 14 Sports tourer) has disappeared from the sale site, so has probably been sold (6 days live!) I will try & find out if it sold again to a German owner, but I have so far had no reply from the seller
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Wow £61K for a Speed Pilot Streamline thats the highest Rover price I've seen outside of US I think! I think I am out of touch! It certainly looks very smart but some of the details look unfamiliar - then there is not many to compare it too. Sorry you missed it
Rob
Rob
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Asking price was €42000 that is £36000/£37000.Plus 5% VAT to bring it back to the UK. About what he paid for this car some 3 or 4 years ago as far as I could make out. Cheap compared to an SSI with it's Standard engine! And the Rover engine looks so much more impressive with no less than 3 SU's to make its 54 or so BHP!
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Re: Speed 14 steering, brakes & performance
Sorry I must have been looking at a different one- a 1935 black Speed Pilot Streamline Tourer still on Classics Trader from Fine Cars Bodensee germany. It has a rear end more like a Marauder, sculptured door tops, split screen I think and lots of aluminium in the cabin. It will be interesting to see if it sells
Hope you find another one you like
Rob
Hope you find another one you like
Rob
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This one has gone to Luxembourg apparently.....plenty of money there!
Re: Speed 14 steering, brakes & performance
David,
There is a Speed 14 Tourer for sale in RSR classified, unless already sold. From the pictures it looks like it requires a complete restoration, which is a lot of work and quite expensive. However, as the owner of a similar 12 Tourer, it is certainly a great car to own and it would be a real achievement for you to return another of these lovely cars to the road.
Tony.
There is a Speed 14 Tourer for sale in RSR classified, unless already sold. From the pictures it looks like it requires a complete restoration, which is a lot of work and quite expensive. However, as the owner of a similar 12 Tourer, it is certainly a great car to own and it would be a real achievement for you to return another of these lovely cars to the road.
Tony.
Tony Gilbert
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Re: Speed 14 steering, brakes & performance
Thank you Tony,
Yes I saw that one advertised & spoke to the advertiser. I sounds a great project & a sympathetic revival- I would love to take it on , but I need to stay married! I think if the mechanicals are put in order it could be a great "oily rag" car, everything seems to be there.
I have just completed a full on rebuild of a rare 1932 Austin Seven AG tourer (now about to go up for sale) and have lost my spare garage space as my ungrateful daughter has moved to a property without a garage at all, so my ZA Magnette is back living in my garage now! (The Seven is in an elderly widow's garage & this location is not available for a restoration)
A later 12 tourer would be a good option, or even better a 14 (did they do one?). I mentioned elsewhere when I joined the forum, that my father nearly bought a post war ten tourer in the 50's and I thought then what handsome cars the tourers are. Larger engines I do like on older cars, that is the only thing that puts me off a Riley 9 Gamecock which is tempting me!
First I have to market & sell the Seven!
I'll keep my eyes & ears open!
D
Yes I saw that one advertised & spoke to the advertiser. I sounds a great project & a sympathetic revival- I would love to take it on , but I need to stay married! I think if the mechanicals are put in order it could be a great "oily rag" car, everything seems to be there.
I have just completed a full on rebuild of a rare 1932 Austin Seven AG tourer (now about to go up for sale) and have lost my spare garage space as my ungrateful daughter has moved to a property without a garage at all, so my ZA Magnette is back living in my garage now! (The Seven is in an elderly widow's garage & this location is not available for a restoration)
A later 12 tourer would be a good option, or even better a 14 (did they do one?). I mentioned elsewhere when I joined the forum, that my father nearly bought a post war ten tourer in the 50's and I thought then what handsome cars the tourers are. Larger engines I do like on older cars, that is the only thing that puts me off a Riley 9 Gamecock which is tempting me!
First I have to market & sell the Seven!
I'll keep my eyes & ears open!
D