From: Mike Tomlinson on
In article <c7seq55k59nifrau00fj2gek6a0a602g9b(a)4ax.com>, Fred <fred(a)no-
email.here.invalid> writes

> What do they supply instead

Run-flat tyres.

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From: Chris Whelan on
On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 19:35:41 +0000, Mrcheerful wrote:

[...]

> I did some work on some of those commers, I remember that the rods could
> get confuddled while driving. and the front wheel handbrake on the
> right of the driver so that you could knock the handbrake off as you got
> out, oh and the sliding doors that wouldn't lock back properly and
> slammed when you braked. the things we put up with! bizarre thing is
> that one of my neighbours has got one now !! luckily he maintains it
> himself.

Yep, the gear linkage must have been designed as the production line was
already running!

The gear change front to back moved about two feet, but only about half
an inch across the gate. The inevitable result was that changing from 2nd
to 3rd caught 1st gear, and destroyed it.

On the other hand, at least they had a 4 speed 'box, unlike their
contemporaries such as the Ford Thames, and CA Bedford.

I had a beat up, rusty one (that I bought as scrap!) for two years to
transport the motorcycles I raced, and went all over the country without
too much drama.

Chris

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From: Mrcheerful on
Chris Whelan wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 19:35:41 +0000, Mrcheerful wrote:
>
> [...]
>
>> I did some work on some of those commers, I remember that the rods
>> could get confuddled while driving. and the front wheel handbrake
>> on the right of the driver so that you could knock the handbrake off
>> as you got out, oh and the sliding doors that wouldn't lock back
>> properly and slammed when you braked. the things we put up with!
>> bizarre thing is that one of my neighbours has got one now !!
>> luckily he maintains it himself.
>
> Yep, the gear linkage must have been designed as the production line
> was already running!
>
> The gear change front to back moved about two feet, but only about
> half an inch across the gate. The inevitable result was that changing
> from 2nd to 3rd caught 1st gear, and destroyed it.
>
> On the other hand, at least they had a 4 speed 'box, unlike their
> contemporaries such as the Ford Thames, and CA Bedford.
>
> I had a beat up, rusty one (that I bought as scrap!) for two years to
> transport the motorcycles I raced, and went all over the country
> without too much drama.
>
> Chris

what did you race ? I had several friends that raced back in the early
70s -80s, one was into bantams, one outfits and a triumph twin, and one into
big production bikes and 24 hour races, plus classic racing and the isle of
man.


From: Fred on
On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 16:57:32 GMT, Chris Whelan
<cawhelan(a)prejudicentlworld.com> wrote:

>With a broken gear lever, use a big screwdriver through the top of the
>gearbox, or on the cable or rod mechanism to jam it in 2nd, then just
>drive it.

drive it but don't drive it fast, I suppose?
From: Grimly Curmudgeon on
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Chris Whelan
<cawhelan(a)prejudicentlworld.com> saying something like:

>I wouldn't attempt to drive home on a tyre that held no air!

I did; it got a bit lumpy.
Luckily it was 2am and back roads with nobody else around.
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