Rolling Rolls while rolling.

"stuckMTB" (stuckmtb) 09/20/2020 at 14:51 • Filed to: Rolls Royce, Dots, Cycling, Detroit

7

5

Here on this week’s edition of cars I’ve spotted while cycling around Detroit , we have this gorgeous Rolls Royce, of unknown vintage, but sporting a spectacular velvet/ burgundy and silver two-tone paint job and seemingly no rust to speak of . It did leave behind a semi-sweet aroma leading me to think this guy’s still running on leaded gas. Is that legal somehow?

atfsgeoff > stuckMTB 09/20/2020 at 15:00

3

Re: leaded gas. Sale of leaded gas for use on highway vehicles was federally prohibited in 1996. You can get lead substitute additives, or if you want to be a scofflaw, use leaded avgas or race gas in your old road car.

That is a gorgeous Roller.

MM54 > atfsgeoff 09/20/2020 at 15:17

0

People will often dilute 100LL (meant for planes) with non-ethanol pump gas to get ‘regular ’ lead levels for automotive use. It’s expensive but if you don’t drive much, the gas will last forever in the tank, not rot all the rubber in your fuel system, and keep the engine happy as long as it was designed for leaded.

bison78 > atfsgeoff 09/20/2020 at 15:46

0

Amongst British car enthusiasts, there is a theory that, if a car has run on leaded gas for some time, it can run on unleaded with no additi ves. I don’t kno w if there is any hard evidence for this (there is anecdotal “evidence” to support the theory ) and of course, a valve job will probably set the engine back to needing additives.

MiniGTI - now with XJ6 > bison78 09/20/2020 at 23:25

0

Yeah my TR6 has done several thousand miles on unleaded seemingly without problems. The fuel system even seems to be holding together with ethanol.

Though if I had a vintage RR it would probably be worth doing it right. 

MiniGTI - now with XJ6 > stuckMTB 09/20/2020 at 23:26

0

Also there must be a good RR mechanic near my SAAB mechanic- I’ve seen MORE THAN ONE in the wild both times I was over there. And it’s not even an especially wealthy area.