Rover Sports Register Forum

Hi Mike, I'm a new member & would like to fit telescopic front struts to my 14 P1
Could you let me know which strut & source etc
Many thanks
Kevin

Get in touch with Mike Couldry of Meteor Spares Service Ltd.: Tel.0115 9811222 ; meteorss@hotmail.com who also has a big ad. in "Freewheel". He may be able to advise you. The telescopic shocks and mounting brackets he supplied for my 1939 20 have made a marked improvement in the way the car drives and holds the road. Potholes are no longer so great a menace to road safety as they were before I fitted this useful modification.
Britain's roads are getting worse and that situation is unlikely to improve any time soon, so do yourself a favour and consider fitting Excelsior Sport radial tyres at the same time if they are available in your size. The difference is phenomenal.

Jim
Only just seen this, I very rarely visit the forum.
I've come across a couple of period fittings of telescopics in place of the little 2-bolt vane type front shocks; difficult to know if they were a professional after market item or locally made. Would be able to dig and detail if you wish.

Rear ones. both the illustrations were wrong for a 1935 car. I would expect it to have large two bolt vane type shocks on a bracket standing vertical on the channel cross member. Problem is the action tries to twist this cross member out of the chassis - I solve this by fitting a stay from the top bolt to the round cross member. These shocks are more common and should be available or reconditionable, but as an alternative could you fit a lever arm shock from a typical 1960s car? Would need some bracketry made of course.
Mike