Re: Re: 1952 Paris built Normale RSJ 834

We have to remember also that these cars will never do what they were designed to do – meaning, they are not daily drivers, they are now mostly Sunday cruisers, so the amount of work they need to do has diminished significantly.

So the engine brackets will probably be able to suffer the odd trip around the country lanes where if they were subjected to the daily commute or delivering beer barrels then they might be a little fractured using the new rubber mounts over their lifetime.

Belt and Braces sort of comes to mind which I suffer from greatly when doing my projects. I have not yet changed to the rubber mounts and I recently changed my rear block so have at least the luxury of seeing if all the new fits are working correctly :o) If and when I decide to do a “BIG” rally then I will go for the rubber mounts which would coincide with an engine out preparation service anyway.

I know none of the actual committee would read this anyway, by maybe these Floating Power Technical articles could be “floated” on here for discussion, ripped to threads, added to etc. Just because it is printed in FP doesn’t mean it is the way forward…. I seemed to have learnt this over the past few years with all types of old cars on various forums.

You would have thought that after 60 to 80 years there would be a definitive way of doing it right ???