rafrover
Member
Hi guys, good to see such an active forum.
I just bought a 1970 Auto with a very interesting history.
It was owned by a British diplomat in Singapore
in the 70s before it was shipped back to UK. It has
had anti rust work on it and re-leather and respray
done in 2000. It was then shipped to NZ and driven
by 1 owner till about 2007.
Two week ago bought it from an auction site without seeing her first.
She was a beauty to behold, even from crappy iphone photos,
she is all style and elegance but with such subtlety it
pleases everyone. The only major issue according to the
previous owner is that she was leaking water/fluid the last
time she was on the road and said the radiator might need
to be recored.
So I had her towed to the mechanic to revive her. He did
not had to do much, just new petrol, 8 new plugs
and new battery and she started right up. Lo and behold!
(He did not change the engine oil though, which I thought
is odd)
However as soon as he took her out on the road he said
he needed to nurse it back to the workshop as there was not
much power going to the wheels. I don't have a deep pocket so
I'm seeking opinion from the learned ones here.
He recommended that I recon the two carbs and doing up
two carbs can be quite expensive. The car had only
done 47K miles, but has not moved since 2007. Is this the most
rationale part to do first? What else could be wrong if it is not
the carbs?
Once again, thank you for any help.
raf
I just bought a 1970 Auto with a very interesting history.
It was owned by a British diplomat in Singapore
in the 70s before it was shipped back to UK. It has
had anti rust work on it and re-leather and respray
done in 2000. It was then shipped to NZ and driven
by 1 owner till about 2007.
Two week ago bought it from an auction site without seeing her first.
She was a beauty to behold, even from crappy iphone photos,
she is all style and elegance but with such subtlety it
pleases everyone. The only major issue according to the
previous owner is that she was leaking water/fluid the last
time she was on the road and said the radiator might need
to be recored.
So I had her towed to the mechanic to revive her. He did
not had to do much, just new petrol, 8 new plugs
and new battery and she started right up. Lo and behold!
(He did not change the engine oil though, which I thought
is odd)
However as soon as he took her out on the road he said
he needed to nurse it back to the workshop as there was not
much power going to the wheels. I don't have a deep pocket so
I'm seeking opinion from the learned ones here.
He recommended that I recon the two carbs and doing up
two carbs can be quite expensive. The car had only
done 47K miles, but has not moved since 2007. Is this the most
rationale part to do first? What else could be wrong if it is not
the carbs?
Once again, thank you for any help.
raf