Pictures to Ghosty

[daz28]

yes but not the one in the dress 30yrs ago

[GHOSTHUNTER]

yes but not the one in the dress 30yrs ago

OK if you say so!

Nice car, can you remember any details of the car, what type or what coachwork builder it had. It looks like a 20-25 H.P. or Phantom 1 close coupled saloon wearing British index plates.

Ghosthunter.

[daz28]

yes but not the one in the dress 30yrs ago

Nice car, can you remember any details of the car
Ghosthunter.

All I can remember is it was beautiful to drive. easy as long as you never missed the gear change .
It was one of Johnny Bloors (measham) He had a good collection but only had 5 on show the rest in storage. he had a chap working for him called Shirley that did a lot of the restorations. John was a great chap to work for and never charged for the car hire.

[GHOSTHUNTER]

Is that the same Johny Bloors who has owned the Triumph motorcycle company?

Ghosthunter.

[daz28]

Yes thats the chap. learnt to plaster, built a house, built some more and just kept going.
he was at the auction for the old Triumph factory ground (for building on) and came home with the name

[Malibu]

Hi Kevin,

at the weekend there was a classic car meeting in Beuren.
There I made this two pics.

Stephan

(c) Malibu

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[GHOSTHUNTER]

Thank you Stephan. A lovely classic Rolls-Royce Silver Dawn from the late 1940's.

The first Rolls-Royce car entirely built by Rolls-Royce (engine, chassis and bodywork, all finished off with a Rolls-Royce grille).
The first small car by Rolls-Royce.
Only 760 made between 1949-1955.

With only One exhaust tail pipe showing, this is an early example and the owner has made the wheel trims extra shiny by having the colour matching inner trims Chrome plated.

Ghosthunter.

[Malibu]

Not a Rolls-Royc but somehow realated to RR.
Have seen this today at the Transport Museum in Coventry.
The Museum is really nice and in my opinion worth a visit.
They have a section with model cars too.

Stephan

(C) Malibu

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[GHOSTHUNTER]

Thank's Stephan.

Rolls-Royce brought many varried vehicles for different reasons but mainly for research as many commercial vehicles had Rolls-Royce engines (including the Commer/Karrier Fire Engines), because they were involved in a continuous programme of improvement.

"PWD 121" was made in Luton by the commercial vehicles section of the Rootes Group.

How nice to see something built in my Home Town that has survived, good ol' Rolls-Royce.

Ghosthunter.

[Ergomatic]

Hi Kevin,

I took this for you in the end of summer.

Cheers, Peter