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I'm still a Rover fan.
ReplyDeleteNew model for 2020? Ha ha...
ReplyDeleteIt ain't Rolls Royce anymore ! It's a BMW !
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DeleteExqusite! Thank you so very much.
ReplyDeleteAn excellent example of the relationship of bespoke car manufacturing in the first half of the 20th century, with Rolls-Royce being the engine and chassis manufacture and Hooper and Mulliner being coachbuilders who worked directly with the individual customers. It wasn't until 1946 that Rolls-Royce started to build their own bodywork. Rolls provided chassis to be built out by coachbuilders in Britain, Germany, Spain, Australia, & the USA.
ReplyDeleteWow. That is a beautiful creature.
ReplyDeleteMaryAnne
Back then, if touring in, f ex the south of France, and one had a mechanical problem, the chauffeur (one never drove a Rolls by oneself) had to call Rolls in England and they would send a "mechanic" to wherever... the repairman would show up, impeccably dressed in a dark, three piece suit and his tools and take care of whatever the problem was...
ReplyDeleteReminds me of an old joke. A young fellow proud of the status he was purchasing with his newly earned money, asked a friend to take a ride with him to show off his brand new Rolls Royce. Getting in, he asked his friend "So, have you ever ridden in a Rolls Royce?" His friend replied "Not in the front."
ReplyDeleteNice car.
This is a really good one!
DeleteThat's what I say when asked if I've ridden in a police car.
DeleteYes. And why a gourmet's kitchen for your cook or housekeeper to use ?
ReplyDeleteTool tray photo ( bottom left hand ) looks like a brass shell for the elephant gun ! Wouldn't want to be caught short of a spare round whilst out on the Transvaal .
ReplyDeleteI believe that is the body of a small grease gun.
DeleteI was thinking the same thing, although there's another gadget in the upper left-hand corner that also looks like a grease gun. The item with the wooden handle is also very curious.
DeleteA similar set of tools came with the 1965 Land-Rover I owned decades ago, only not so many and not in a fitted drawer. It included some of those very cheap looking socket wrenches, which nevertheless work perfectly well. The Land-Rover also came with a starter crank.
Stunning. --Holly
ReplyDeleteWhat the? I don't see my name on that list?
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