Aha! The "3" suffix also explains the special speedometer gears and rear axle
ratios for the Bermuda cars! For what it is worth, Hillman and Singer
convertibles (often with "surrey tops") were used extensively in Bermuda as
taxis in the late fifties and early sixties.
Of course a higher axle ratio kind of negated the improvement in gas mileage
that was gained by using a smaller bore.
Jan Eyerman
"arnoud venema" <arnoud.venema@hetnet.nl> wrote:
Hi Ian,
The suffix RRX in our country (The Netherlands) means: Righthandrive,
Roadstar, X=nonstandard
The third letter could have the next values: M = ministry of supply
O = standard
X =
non-standard
P = police
specs
3 = small
bore
engines for Bermuda (reduced capacity)
regards,
Arnoud Venema
Alpine SV B395008811
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