Hi Guys - this is a kit that always seems to pop up on ebay and goes cheap! This has always semed a shame to me because I've aways felt it should deserve more.
The Continental was a short chassis lightweight version of the Phantom II designed as a four seater fast touring car. It used a 7.6 litre 6 cylinder engine with dual ignition and the four speed gearbox had synchromesh on 3rd and 4th gears (in 1935 2nd gear was also given synchromesh). The new chassis design used semi elliptic springs front and rear and the four wheel brakes were servo assisted.
The 1/16 Revell kit rerpresents a Continental bodied by Gurney Nutting of London.
The dual ignition mentioned is shown on the kit engine but needs detailing, the plug leads were fed thru a tube on the 1:1 - the distributor was on the RH side of the engine. Added oil lines, scratchbuilt coil and a few other bits and pieces:
Six more plugs were installed via magneto ignition on the LH side of the engine. These could be switched in at will for fast touring - at the same time a knob on the transmission tunnel would retract the exhaust baffles which changed the car from a Pussy Cat into an entirelydiffferent animal. Fabulous!! Here's the other side: 
The kit builds a car which is too high on the suspension and tis just makes it look wrong.
After putting this right I added the truss braces to the chassis. These were from brass wire and show only from some angles - nevertheless I was glad I put them in.
Martin
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