Chris-R

Thanks Greg - it looks as though it should be mounted on the end of something though, rather than being a flush dash fit. How/where would it typically be mounted?

Interesting - would it have attached to the end of the column shifter? I have a stock-looking knob on the end of that.

...found rolling around on the floor of my 48 Windsor. It's not immediately obvious what it should be attached too - at least not to me. Who else has one?!

Thanks for all the welcoming messages - it's great to know there's a lot of knowledge and experience around to tap into, especially here in the UK. I'm based near Bognor Regis in West Sussex if anyone is local-ish. Great to hear the ownership insights too. The now deceased Rover brand in the UK was often considered the bank manager's car, I think, but perhaps English bank managers were a little more repressed - here's a Rover P3 from 1948 https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=36225128

Hi all, I'm a new forum member from the UK with a new toy - the 1948 WIndsor Highlander pictured. I've only had it a couple of weeks, and not touched it at all - it's been sitting at the front of the house with windows open, as a colony of rats was made homeless when it was pulled from a field. I once encountered a road-kill skunk in Wyoming, and thought I'd never smell anything that horrible... well now I have! Anyway, I can almost breathe in there now, and the workshop manual is on the way, so hopefully I'll get some things done this summer. It's currently a non-runner, so lots to do. Having lived in England all my life, I've no real sense of where the Windsor Highlander would have fitted into the automotive culture of its day. Was it considered a relatively upmarket model or trim, or something more mainstream? Part of what sold the car to me was pictures of how fabulous the Highlander trim looks in good condition - as you can see the my car's glamour has somewhat faded. If anyone has any thoughts on what driving a new '48 Highlander would have said about you, I'd be grateful. (And maybe what it says about a person now - haha!)