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Fired up Nora today for the first time in a few years perhaps? YouTube link below

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5lThq8OG-E

I also had a poke about under the dash, so here is the cat's cradle of wiring and the Flash Gordon style heater...

A little more poking about and photos... The wheel boss is fixed and no longer operates the horn. Instead there is a bakelite button on the left of the dash that has replaced it. I tried to take the top off the boss, but the screw holding it on was very stubborn and so I left it. The tachometer is r...

And finally...

More of Nora's file.

Yet more...

Yet more of 'Nora'

More pics of 'Nora'.

Additional pics of 'Nora'...

Keith

Well, as it has been like that since 1965 and shows no ill effects so far they must have made some modification along the line somewhere...

You can rest assured I will not be undertaking my own steering wheel restoration.

Bash with hammer, scrub with wire brush, polish with mucky rag...totally fine

K

Bob LXT was first registered in London in 1951 and spent most of its life there, mostly owned through its life by a guy living in E17. The original log book records all of this and is a beautiful thing to have. Changes to fascia and column are not recorded in the history. This goes up to about 1970,...

Anyone any opinions?

Hi Keith I am afraid this weekend I am due to be working, and all I currently have in terms of wheels is a wretched Herald 13/60 that is waiting to be next in the paintshop after the Scimitar comes out. As for the steeing wheel, I found one topic dating back years describing a similar thing but with...

Hello Guys I am a Jowett newbie and the new owner of LXT 259. This was bought with the specific intention of being a project, and to be a vehicle to allow participation in the Historic Endurance Rallying Organisation (HERO). As the Jowett has a good track record (Monte, Tulip and so on) and I am fro...