Superb Flying 12 in Sweden

Top marks for the Flying 12 !

Hi Bo,

Many thanks for all this.

I guess you think you have the wrong ( earlier ) airhorns. Your car looks great!

If  I may offer a little advice, of which you are probably aware. The underbonnet shot shows that a small piece of wire connects the accelerator "arm" to the carburettor. The  hand throttle is not connected. This is the knob on the bottom left of the dashboard that has a cable with a vernier adjustment. The other end of the cable (outer) should be bolted to the accelerator lever, whilst the inner of the cable extends to the throttle arm. That allows the accelerator to operate the throttle and also the vernier to adjust the slow running speed.

I don't think the car will be reliable enough to get to England unless you put this right immediately !!

Kind regards,
Phil Homer

Hi Phil,

Thank you for your mail. You are really eagle-eyed to spot that throttle activation. It has been like that since I got the car six years ago and it has puzzled me a bit. The hand throttle had been removed and a fog lamp switch fitted in its place. I don't miss the hand throttle but do you think
I should replace that piece of wire with a rigid link?

I didn't mean the horns, I think they are right for a 1937. The thing wrong, although quite nice, is that it has both the old style winged radiator badge and the union jack motif. The chassis number is past the change point so the winged badge must have been retrofitted. It may not have been that apparent from the photos, so I send a clearer one with my Flyer posing with a stable
mate.

There is also a shot to show that I have the original optional extra heater ready in the boot to use if there would be an unexpected cold spell in Stockholm. (!)

Kind regards
Bo