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Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
You could her the SD1 rusting away when it rained. Both were cheap to
run compared with my Vanden Plas 4ltr R saloon, a 1966 Princess body
with refined fins and a side-valve Rolls Royce 4L inline 6. 12mpg about
town 19mpg on a run.




side valve??????

OHV inlet, side exhaust. Just like most Rolls 6 cylinders - until the V8
arrived. Once difference was the engine was all ally - unlike the Rolls
cars.

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