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Hi All,
And hi, matt77. Best of luck on your ambitious project. The design of the Romfell armored car certainly sets it apart from the other cars of its era. In an age of slab-sided, boxy armored cars, the amount of effort needed to fabricate the curving metalwork for this handsome vehicle would have been too costly in both resources and time, rendering the car impractical. But that doesn't mean that I wouldn't want to have one in my garage, or on my model shelf.
For those interested in etymology, the terms Don used for the car's towing gear are somewhat different than what I'm used to. In the sailing world, the common hinge for a sailboat's rudder are made up of two parts, the pintle and gudgeon. The pintle, or pin of the male part is fitted into the hole in the female gudgeon. Gravity usually holds the two parts together. I had not seen the gudgeon of this simple connection referred to as the pintle hook before. I'm always learning something new around here.
Best of luck on the Romfell project.
Score and fold,
Thumb Dog
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