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Re: Pictures to Ghosty
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2016 2:51 am
by daz28
yes but not the one in the dress
30yrs ago
Re: Pictures to Ghosty
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2016 3:07 am
by GHOSTHUNTER
daz28 wrote: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.
Re: Pictures to Ghosty
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2016 10:54 pm
by daz28
GHOSTHUNTER wrote:daz28 wrote: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
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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.
Re: Pictures to Ghosty
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2016 11:19 pm
by GHOSTHUNTER
Is that the same Johny Bloors who has owned the Triumph motorcycle company?
Ghosthunter.
Re: Pictures to Ghosty
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2016 11:51 pm
by 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
Re: Pictures to Ghosty
Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2016 11:09 am
by 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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- (c) Malibu
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Re: Pictures to Ghosty
Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2016 12:11 pm
by 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.
Re: Pictures to Ghosty
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 6:05 pm
by 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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- (C) Malibu
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Re: Pictures to Ghosty
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 6:33 pm
by 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.
Re: Pictures to Ghosty
Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2016 2:17 pm
by Ergomatic
Hi Kevin,
I took this for you in the end of summer.
Cheers, Peter