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T H E I NT E R NAT I ONA L C L U B O F C H O I C E F O R R O L L S - R OY C E AN D B E NT L E Y C A R S

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R O L L S - R OY C E & B E N T L E Y N E W S • R O L L S - R OY C E FA C T O R Y 1 9 1 4 • S I LV E R C LO U D R E S T O R AT I O N S E R I E S

november/december 2014

NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2014 • issue B327

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ROLLS - ROY C E EN T HUSIAS T S ’ C LU B The Hunt House, High Street, Paulerspury, Northamptonshire NN12 7NA

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CHAIRMAN Duncan Feetham, 154 Magdalen Lane, Hedon, Hull, North Humberside HU12 8LB. Tel: 01482 891880. Email: duncanv8@yahoo.co.uk Deputy CHAIRMAN Johan Vanden Bergh, Overstraat 66A, B-3020 Veltem, Belgium. Tel: +32 475 717999. Email: jvb@edpnet.be Board of Directors Gerwald Anderle, Sales & Marketing Brucker, Bundestrasse 100, A-5700 Zell am See, Austria. Tel/Fax: +43 6642002028. Email: rrec-austria@aon.at Trevor Baldwin, National Flagship & Events The Brook, Stamford Road, Marholm, Peterborough PE6 7HX. Tel: 01733 262680. Email: atthebrook@btinternet.com Martin Carnell, Publications 22 St Alkmunds Close, Duffield, Belper, Derbyshire DE56 4ED. Tel: 01332 840262. Email: rreccarnell@outlook.com Ian Hick, Regional Flagship Events & Registers 4 St John’s Avenue, Kirby Hill, Boroughbridge, York, North . Yorkshire YO51 9DL. Tel: 01423 322133. Email: i3a2n@talktalk.net Rolf Kuhnke, Archives & SHRMF Kirchenweg 20, D-24306 Boesdorf-Niederkleveez, Germany. Tel: 0049 (0)173 6273055. Email: rrk@rrkuhnke.com Steve Lovatt, Seminars & Technical Support Hollandrowe, Main Road, Shelford, Nottingham NG12 1EE. Tel: 0115 9332971. Email: stevelovatt@live.com Lindsay Robotham, Tool Hire & Sections 7 Farley Road, Derby, Derbyshire DE23 6BX. Tel: 01332 600995. Email: lindsay.robotham@outlook.com Allan Rosetzsky, Business Planning Malmøgade 8, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark. Tel: +4535 262525. Email: ar@klifo.dk CLUB HEADQUARTERS General Manager............................. Jaclyn Smith, The Hunt House. Tel: 01327 810781. Email: jaclynsmith@rrec.org.uk Librarian.................................... Philip Hall, c/o The Hunt House Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation Limited Chairman ................................. Bob Riding, Ballakeil House, Smeale, via Ramsey, Isle Of Man IM7 3EQ. Tel: 01624 880151. Email: bobriding@manx.net General Manager....................... Graham Cottrell, The Hunt House. Tel: 01327 811048 Librarian.................................... Philip Hall, The Hunt House. Tel: 01327 811048. Email: pah.rr@btinternet.com ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION FOR 2015 UK membership............................................................................£77 Overseas membership (includes rest of Europe and Eire)................£77 Overseas membership airmail (includes rest of the world).............£104 Joint membership (add this amount to the above subscription)........£10

CLUB SERVICES Bulletin & Publications ............... The Hunt House. Email: publications@rrec.org.uk Club Shop Manager................... Lucy Walsh, c/o The Hunt House. Tel: 01327 811489. Email: lucywalsh@rrec.org.uk Events & IT Manager.................. Ailsa Plain, The Hunt House. Tel: 01327 810784. Email: ailsaplain@rrec.org.uk Chassis Cards & Car Build Histories ................................................. Gisela Lundstrom, The Hunt House. Tel: 01327 810786. Email: martikakennedy@rrec.org.uk. Cost varies with model. Valuations................................... Car valuation forms are available from Gisela Lundstrom (see above) on receipt of £40. Completed forms are to be sent to the Valuation Officer with photographs of the car. For cars insured on an agreed-value basis, Richardson Hosken requires a revaluation every three years. Valuation Officer........................ Allan Fogg, 43 Cyncoed Road, Cyncoed, Cardiff CF23 5SB. Tel/Fax: 02920 485331. Email: allanliz@fsmail.net Chief Instructor, Seminars........... Steve Lovatt, Tel: 0115 933 5447 Seminar Bookings........................ Penny Thorburn, The Hunt House. Tel: 01327 810783. Email: penny@rrec.org.uk Membership.............................. Lisa Alderson, The Hunt House. Tel: 01327 810782. Email: lisaalderson@rrec.org.uk Films and Photography............... Colin Hughes, 6 The Birches, Boxmoor, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire HP3 0LJ. Tel: 01442 269306 Annual Rally Chairman................................... Trevor Baldwin (see Board of Directors) Chief Marshal............................. Jane Pedler. Tel: 020 8394 0511 Lead Judge.................................. Rob Pedler, Tel: 020 8394 0511 Trophy Master............................. Linda Ball. Tel: 01525 860880 Trade Co-ordinator...................... Patsy Baldwin (address as Trevor Baldwin, above). Tel: 01733 262680. CONSULTANTS Insurance................................... For quotations apply to Richardson Hosken, Library House, New Road, Brentwood, Essex CM14 4GD. Tel: 01277 206912. Fax: 0870 420 4622 DVLA registration enquiries........ Please contact The Hunt House European Liaison....................... Gerwald Anderle (see Board of Directors) Rolf Kuhnke (see Board of Directors) Technical Support & Advice........ Email: technicaladvice@rrec.org.uk Shadow Help-line...................... Mike Hall: 6pm-7pm weekdays and 1pm-2pm Tuesday and Thursday, Tel: 07722 823447 or Email: michaelhall.shadow@virgin.net New member joining fee (add this amount to the above subscription)........................................................................£30 Junior membership (under 20 years). Note: New member joining fee not applicable..................................................................£20

Section Secretaries & Register Registrars contact details

Section Secretaries international AUSTRIA

Chairman: Mag. Helmut Goigner, Staatsbahnstraße. 58, 2136 Laa an der Thaya, Tel/Fax: +43 2522 2603. Email: goigner@utanet.at. Johann Vondra, Millergasse 11, 1060 Wien. Tel: +43 699 10 815 300. Email: secretary@rrec.at BELGIUM (Flemish) Chairman: Dirk Geerardyn, Lage Kaart 43, B2930 Brasschaat, Belgium. Tel: 0032 477 276975. Email: dirk@bruidsparadijs.be Secretary: Patrick Bergmans, Valstraat 2, B-3670 Meeuwen, Belgium, Tel: +32 478 532508. Email: patrickbergmans1961@gmail.com BELGIUM-LUXEMBOURG Chairman: Comte Evrard d’Ursel, Rue Bois-Eloi 38, B-1380 Lasne, Belgium. Tel: +32 26332307. Email: dursel@skynet.be Secretary: M Serge Baye, La Pierre 14, B-7890 Wodecq, Belgium. Tel: +32 475523059. Email: sbaye@skynet.be Czech Republic Chairman: Jiri Cerny, U Kanalky 1/1417, 120 00 Praha 2, Czech Republic. Tel: 420222 724319. Email: posta@jiricerny.cz DENMARK Jens Georg Hansen, Rosenlunden 9, Hasseris, 9000 Aalborg, Denmark. Tel: 9816 5865. Mob: 2164 5867 Email: jensgeorg@dadlnet.dk FINLAND info@rrec.fi FRANCE Antoine-Pierre Blondet, 2 rue Rossini, Paris 75009. Tel: (33) 01 48 01 95 65 direct. Fax: (33) 01 48 01 95 59 secretary. Email: rrec@tea-cerede.com GERMANY Chairman: Dr Michael Berendes, Postfach 261325, 55059 Mainz, Germany. Email: chairman@rrec.de Secretary: Antje Zogbaum, Auf dem Rott 7, D-49328 Melle-Buer, Germany. Tel: +49 1725 234685. Email: secretary@rrec.de IRELAND Chairman: Gerald Steinberg, Clover Lodge, 5 Ailsa Road, Cultra, Holywood, Co Down BT18 0AS Northern Ireland. Tel: 02890 422207. Email: gsteinberg@oasisrs.com Secretary: Carol Plunkett, 2 Fortfield Terrace, Rathmines, Dublin 6, Ireland. Tel: 0035 314 975118. Email: carol.plunkett@williamfry.ie ISLE OF MAN Don Plaster, 24 Brewery Wharf, Castletown, Isle of Man, IM9 1EU. Tel: 01624 824650. Email: donplaster@manx.net ITALY Davide Bassoli, Casella Postale No 47, Parma Centro, Via Pisacane No 1, 43121 Parma (PR), Italy. Mobile: 393490770183. Email: bassolidavide@libero.it JAPAN Keizo (Mark) Yuasa, Omori PO Box 14, Tokyo 143-8691, Japan. Tel/Fax: 813-5746-1520. Email: keiyuasa@nifty.com NETHERLANDS Chairman: Th A Th Welsink, Verl Dorpshuiswijk ZZ 5, 7891 GT Klazienaveen, Netherlands. Tel: 0031 591316297. Email: th.welsink@gmail.com Secretary: Klaas Staal, H J Kniggekade 69, 9503 RJ Stadskanaal, Netherlands. Tel: 0031-599614927. Email: rikastaal@hetnet.nl NORWAY Jens E Ronneberg, Niels Juels gate 14, 0272 Oslo, Norway. Email: jensroen@online.no PORTUGAL Vacant Romande Chairman: Gérard Le Clerc, 6 Rue de la Mairie, CH-1207 Geneva, Switzerland. Tel: +41(0)227351910. Email: president@rrec-sectionromande.ch Secretary: Sidharta Dutta, Rue Charles-Giron 1, CH-1203 Geneva, Switzerland. Tel: +41(0)227386422. Email: secretaire@rrec-sectionromande.ch SOUTH AFRICA Cape Town – Chairman: Douglas McClure, 4 Sytret Road, Rhondebosch, Cape Town 7700. Tel: (mobile) 082 650 9460. Email: mcclure@iafrica.com. Secretary: Trevor Komaromy, 23 Riverstone Court, Riverstone Road, Wynberg, Cape Town. Tel: 0793 150600. Email:trevor@komaromy.co.uk SPAIN Chairman: Sir Roger Fry, CBE, Avda Pío XII 92, 28036 Madrid, Spain. Secretary: Mario J. Hernáez, Larrabe Malloa 11, 48394 Murueta, Spain. Tel: 0034 608333353. Fax: 0034 946257678. Email: mjhernaez@yahoo.es SWEDEN Chairman: Lars Nord, Burvägen 2, 15270 Södertälje, Sweden. Email: chairman@rrec.se SWITZERLAND Chairman: Arthur G. Sutsch, Ober Geriwil 41, CH-1715 Alterswil, Switzerland. Tel: 0041 264 94 18 89. Fax: 0041 264 94 31 07. Email: asutsch@rrec.ch Jürg M. Bihn, Jonastrasse 17c, PO Box 406, CH-8636 Wald ZH, Switzerland. Tel: 0041 792 93 52 74. Email: jbihn@rrec.ch UPPER CANADA Chairman: Peter Neilson, 34 Kings Garden Road, Toronto, M8X 1S6. Roger and Eleanor Hadfield, Mazemoor, RR1, Milton, Ontario, Canada L9T 2X5. Tel: 905 878 6864. WESTERN CANADA Dr Nick Northeast, 2359 McNeill Avenue, Victoria B C, V8S 2Z2, Canada. Tel: 001 250 5956061. Email: nnortheast@shaw.ca

UK CENTRAL SOUTHERN EAST ANGLIAN EAST MIDLANDS ESSEX GREAT WESTERN MIDDLESEX NORTH EASTERN NORTHERN Oxford Founders & Thames Valley PAULERSPURY SCOTTISH SOUTH EASTERN SOUTH WESTERN SURREY WELSH WESSEX WEST MIDLANDS YORKSHIRE

Ted Meachem, Little Stammerham Farm, Two Mile Ash, Horsham RH13 0PG. Tel: 01403 731451. Email: emeachem@hotmail.com Richard Fenner, Highnoon Farm, Rose Hill, Withersfield, Haverhill, Suffolk CB9 7SE. Tel: 01440 709296. Email: rrec-anglia-secretary@outlook.com John D Newton, 64 Breach Road, Heanor, Derbyshire DE75 7NJ. Tel: 01773 768883. Email: john.newton2005@gmail.com Trudy Copsey, Silver Ash, Southend Road, Rettendon Common, Chelmsford, Essex CM3 8ED. Tel: 01245 400239. Email: ajcopsey@btconnect.com Margaret Ball, Chase Side, Kenn, Clevedon, Somerset, BS21 6TL. Tel: 01275 874077 Email: margaret.john@btinternet.com Darren Austin, 17 Danesfield Close, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, KT12 3BP. Tel: 07912 318272. Email: djaustin0812@hotmail.co.uk Martin Vinson, 11 Ripon Way, Carlton Miniott, Thirsk, Yorkshire YO7 4LR. Tel: 01845522416. Email: jmartin.vinson@btinternet.com Tony Flood, 97 Ernest Street, Crewe, Cheshire, CW2 6JZ. Tel: 01270 215057. Email: flood629@btinternet.com Gerald Garratt, Sycamore House, Tacks Lane, Thame Road, Haddenham, Buckinghamshire HP17 8EW. Tel: 01844 292481. Email: gerald.garratt@tiscali.co.uk Stephen Dolan, The Old Stables, Heathencote, Northants NN12 7LE. Tel: 01327 351460. Email: secretary@rrecpaulerspury.org.uk Nicol M Cleland, 23 Westport, East Kilbride, Glasgow, G75 8QP. Tel: 01355 238307. Email: nicolrrec@yahoo.co.uk Laurie Hammond, Marlesleigh, Thanet Place Gardens, Broadstairs, Kent CT10 1EE. Tel: 01843 865824. Email: laurence.hammond@btopenworld.com Beryl Stone, 25 Stover Court, East Street, Newton Abbott, South Devon TQ12 1GH. Tel: 01626 363722. Email: beryl.stone@btopenworld.com Michael Thackery, Little Fosters, Burwood Road, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, KT12 4AS. Tel: 01932 220915. Email: mthackery@cogans.co.uk Temporary: Rodger Morgan, 10 Glyn Y Swisdir, Swiss Valley, Llanelli, Carmarthenshire SA14 8EE. Tel: 01554 755770. Email: rodgermorgan42@sky.com Jean Marples, 11 Cranesfield, Sherborne St John, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG24 9LN. Tel: 01256 851116. Email: jean_marples@hotmail.com Anne Bremer, Chylowen, 9 Beechcombe Close, Pershore, Worcestershire, WR10 1PW. Tel: 01386 556945. Email: annebremer@me.com Audrey Booth, 44 Church Lane, Clayton West, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire HD8 9LY. Tel: 01484 861047. Email: audrey.booth@live.co.uk

Register RegistraRs Silver Ghost Andy Courtney, 25 Upper Teddington Road, Hampton Wick, Kingston-upon-Thames, KT1 4DL. Tel/Fax. 0208 977 5369. Email: andycourtney@btinternet.com 20hp Tom Jones, 11 North Hill Park, St Austell, Cornwall, PL25 4BJ. Tel: 01726 61180. Email: tom@chez-jones.demon.co.uk 20/25, 25/30, Wraith Tony James, Bengal Farmhouse, Greens Norton, near Towcester, Northamptonshire NN12 8BG. Tel: 01327 350145. Fax: 01327 350175. Email: james@bengalfarmhouse.freeserve.co.uk Derby Bentley Douglas Reece, Polcouta Farmhouse, Veryan, Truro, Cornwall, TR2 5QQ. Tel: 01872 501203. Email: dougeliz44@btinternet.com Derby Phantom Malcolm Law, 18 Herbert Road, Emerson Park, Hornchurch, Essex RM11 3LD. Tel: 01708 442394. Email: m.law123.law@btinternet.com Mk. VI and Silver Wraith Tony Jenkin, Nonsuch House, Glebelands, Bampton, Oxfordshire OX18 2LH. Tel: 01993 850801 (evenings). Email: uptheclump@btinternet.com Silver Clouds and S Types Davide Bassoli, Casella Postale No 47, Parma Centro, Via Pisacane No 1, 43121 Parma (PR), Italy. Mobile: 393490770183. Email: bassolidavide@libero.it Silver Shadow, T series, Terence Quinn, Sintra, Vicarage Lane, East Farleigh, Maidstone, Corniche and Camargue Kent ME15 0LX. Tel: 01622 726003 (weekdays between 1800hrs and 2000hrs). Email: terence.quinn01@btinternet.com SZ (Silver Spirit & Derivatives) Jürgen Büch, Schloss Allner, Schlossstr 32, D-53773 Hennef, Germany. Tel: +49 2242 8732080. Email: juergenbuech@aol. com - Marinus Rijkers, 16 Boksprong, 5683 LT Best, The Netherlands. Tel: 0031 653 545864. Email: info@rrsilverspirit. com

All new members are invited to contact their nearest Section Secretaries for information of local activities. You will be sure of a warm welcome among people of like interests! The opinions expressed and advice offered in the Bulletin do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Directors. R.R.E.C. Ltd accepts no responsibility for the results of following contributors’ advice

F O R R O L L S - R O Y C E & B E N T L E Y E N T H U S I A STS

Chairman’s Notes

s I write these notes, summer is a distant memory, but what a memory, some fantastic events in brilliant weather, for most of the time. I recently attended the International Rally held at Vaals in the Netherlands; fantastic hotel, excellent food, and best of all good company with members from many Sections including Ireland, Sweden, Germany and the UK. I’m sure all who were there would want me to thank Derek and Mona-Lisa Illingworth for all the effort and hard work they put in to making it the success it was and I feel sure the International Rally in Sweden next year will be just as good if not better. Many of you will have heard me mention previously about members being involved in the Club, well now is your opportunity; what about putting your name forward for election to the Board of the RREC? Soon Trevor Baldwin and Rolf Kuhnke will be standing down, so there are at least two positions to be filled. Whilst thinking about the future of the Club, membership is frequently in my thoughts. I always try to have information and application forms in my Club car; I urge every member to keep some information in their car just in case. I recently talked to a Croatian lorry driver who was very interested in the cars and their history, he did mention that his Lada could do with replacing. I’ve heard from a few Section officers that their Sections are struggling for volunteers and would benefit from extra support and some new ideas. Even if you don’t feel you could take on the committee role, many of you could suggest and organise an event, it doesn’t always have to be car related; for example the Yorkshire Section has visited a coal mine, power station and a flying club in their cars, to name but a few. Over the last few months I have been asked what it’s like being the Chairman. The answer is that it’s wonderful and a real privilege to represent this great Club at so many interesting events and meeting members who share their enthusiasm for our cars. D U N C A N F EET H A M

RREC B327 • NOV/DEC 14

Number 327 November/December 2014 The Bulletin is published every other month. Photographs, illustrations, features, members’ letters and announcements are always welcome. Deadline for material for the next Bulletin: 4 December 2014. Although every effort is made to ensure accuracy, we cannot be held responsible for statements published in good faith.

In this issue...

Chairman’s Notes.............................................................. 3 Publication Notes .............................................................. 5 Notice of AGM.................................................................. 5 Rolls-Royce & Bentley News.............................................. 6 Membership Renewal Notice 2015.................................. 10 Rolls-Royce Factory 1914 ................................................ 11 Club Shop Ad.................................................................. 16 The Bentley Continental GT3 & GT3-R............................ 17 HMS Illustrious................................................................. 21 RROC Annual Meet, Seven Springs PA............................. 26 50 years Celebration Notice............................................. 30 International Rally Notice................................................. 30 Silver Cloud Restoration Series - Part 3............................. 31 Annual Continental Rally................................................... 34 56th Annual Concours and Rally Notice............................ 37 North of England Rally..................................................... 38 Brakes............................................................................. 40 Book Review................................................................... 44 Silver Cloud Elegance Invitation........................................ 45 Section News.................................................................. 46 Registers.......................................................................... 65 Obituary.......................................................................... 75 Correspondence.............................................................. 76 New Members................................................................ 77 Events ............................................................................. 81 Advertiser........................................................................ 83 The name Rolls-Royce, the Rolls-Royce Badge and the linked RR Device are trademarks of Rolls-Royce plc and are used by the Club under licence. © 2014 – Reproduction of material published in this issue in part or in whole without written permission is expressly forbidden. Copyright is normally vested in the contributor and application should be made in the first instance to the Director for Publications. Designed and printed by Acanthus Press Limited, Wellington, Somerset. Produced by Martin Carnell and Jackie Robotham - with thanks to the Publications Team and Authors for their contributions.

Front Cover: Frank Reid with an ‘RNAS 1914 PATTERN’ armoured car. Frank Reid was a RR employee who joined up for the war. Back Cover: This 1912 chassis, probably 2648, with cabriolet coachwork was used by the Commander of Canadian troops in France during 1916-17.

Ordförandens ord inför

Notes du président

lors que je rédige ces notes, l’été est déjà un lointain souvenir, mais quel souvenir avec de fantastiques événements sous un soleil éclatant, la plupart du temps. J’ai récemment participé au Rallye international à Vaals aux Pays-Bas : superbe hôtel, excellent menu et la meilleure des compagnies avec des membres de nombreuses sections comme l’Irlande, la Suède, l’Allemagne et le Royaume-Uni. Je suis certain que toutes les personnes présentes se joindront à moi pour remercier Derek et Mona-Lisa Illingworth pour tous les efforts consentis afin de garantir la réussite de ce rallye. Je n’ai aucun doute que le Rallye international de Suède l’année prochaine sera de tout aussi bonne qualité, si ce n’est encore meilleur. Bon nombre d’entre vous m’auront entendu mentionner des membres qui s’impliquent dans le Club et vous avez maintenant l’opportunité de le Annual Continental Rally held at Vaals faire aussi. Avezvous déjà pensé à vous présenter à l’élection du conseil d’administration du RREC ? Avec Trevor Baldwin et Rolf Kuhnke qui vont quitter leurs fonctions, il y a donc au moins deux postes à pourvoir. Lorsque je pense à l’avenir du Club, je pense souvent aux adhésions. J’essaie de toujours avoir les informations et des formulaires d’adhésion dans ma voiture du Club et j’encourage fortement tous les membres à en faire de même, juste au cas où. J’ai récemment discuté avec un chauffeur routier croate qui était très intéressé par les voitures et leur histoire. Il a ajouté que sa Lada arrivait en bout de course. J’ai appris par quelques responsables de sections que leurs sections avaient du mal à trouver des bénévoles et bénéficieraient d’un soutien supplémentaire et de nouvelles idées. Même si vous ne souhaitez pas jouer un rôle dans le comité, vous pourriez toutefois suggérer ou organiser un événement, même sans rapport avec les voitures. La section du Yorkshire au Royaume-Uni a par exemple visité une mine de charbon, une usine électrique et un aéro-club avec leurs voitures, pour ne citer que quelques exemples.

Au cours de ces derniers mois, on m’a demandé ce que cela faisait d’être président. Je réponds toujours que c’est un véritable privilège de représenter cet excellent Club à ces nombreux événements et de rencontrer les membres qui partagent le même enthousiasme pour nos voitures. D U N C A N F EET H A M

amtidigt som jag skriver dessa ord faller sommaren i glömska, men vilka minnen den lämnar, fantastiska tillställningar i det sköna vädret, i alla fall den mesta av tiden. Jag deltog nyligen i International Rally som hölls i Vaals i Nederländerna: fantastiskt hotell, utsökt mat och bäst av allt, gott sällskap med alla medlemmar från flera olika sektioner, bl.a. Irland, Sverige, Tyskland och Storbritannien. Jag är säker på att alla som var där skulle vilja att jag tackar Derek och Mona-Lisa Illingworth för allt slit och hårt arbete som de lagt ner på att det skulle lyckas och jag är säker på att International Rally i Sverige nästa år kommer bli minst lika bra, om inte bättre.

Många av er har tidigare hört mig prata om medlemmar som varit med i klubben och nu är det din möjlighet; vad skulle du säga om att sätta upp ditt namn på styrelselistan till RREC? Snart kommer Tr e v o r B a l d w i n o c h R o l f Ku h n k e att sluta så det finns minst två platser som måste fyllas. Samtidigt som jag alltid tänker på klubbens framtid, medlemskapet finns alltid i mina tankar, så försöker jag alltid ha information och ansökningsformulär i min bil från klubben; jag uppmanar alla medlemmar att alltid ha information i sina bilar utifall att. Jag talade nyligen med en lastbilschaufför från Kroatien som var väldigt intresserad av bilar och deras historia, han nämnde att han Lada skulle kunna bytas ut nu. Jag har hört från en par sektionsledare att deras sektioner kämpar för att få frivilliga och skulle verkligen kunna få lite hjälp med extra stöd och nya idéer. Även om du inte känner att du skulle kunna ta på dig rollen som medlem i utskottet så skulle många av er kunna föreslå och organisera tillställningar. Det måste inte alltid vara bilrelaterad; ett exempel är sektionen i Yorkshire som anordnade ett besök till en kolgruva, ett elkraftverk och en flygklubb med sina bilar, bara för att nämna ett par exempel. Under de senaste månaderna har jag blivit omfrågad om hur det är att vara ordförande. Svaret är att det är underbart och ett sant privilegium att få representera den här klubben på så många intressanta tillställningar och träffa medlemmar som delar med sig av sin entusiasm för våra bilar. D U N C A N F EET H A M

RREC B327 • NOV/DEC 14

P u b l i c a t i on N o t e s / N O TI C E o f A G M

Publications

his is the third Bulletin that the Publications Team has completed and I thank everyone who has volunteered their services free of charge to make these Bulletins possible. I have received positive feedback in respect of the Advertiser included in B326 and it is believed that this may produce a cost saving too as an added bonus. A number of members identified the aeroplane in the photograph on p11 of B326 as a Hurricane and not a Spitfire as the caption states. We stand corrected and thank the ‘eagle eyes’ for pointing this out. The enthusiasm of contributors has been amazing and if you do not see your piece printed in this edition please be patient with us as space is limited and we are building up a database for future editions. Please carry on sending in your articles so that we can continue to keep the Bulletin varied and interesting for all our members. The publications team is working hard to bring to you a Bulletin not only full of interesting articles and technical advice but also containing all the information you need on future events and membership renewals so that you can keep your diaries up to date, along with The Hunt House shop sales and book reviews as Christmas gets ever closer.

We are considering new ideas for the development of the Bulletin and have different features planned for future editions as we continue to strive to keep this publication to a high standard. As from 1 October paper road tax discs were no longer being issued in the UK and those with an unexpired period do not have to be displayed in the car windscreen, since the relevant authorities have access to the DVLA database, and almost instantly can locate an untaxed vehicle. Failure to pay the requisite fee carries a maximum fine of £1,000 but what was not widely known is the inability to transfer unexpired tax with the vehicle on sale and the need to tax every second-hand purchase. Refunds of tax are now automatic both for unexpired tax on sale and on making a SORN declaration. After 93 years, technology has again made the paper trail redundant and as members will know, all vehicles made before 1 January 1974 (known as ‘historic vehicles’) are exempt from payment, but must be ‘taxed’. The DVLA is then capable of verifying insurance particulars. Enjoy the issue. Happy Motoring, M ar t in C arn e ll (Board Director for Publications)

NOTICE OF THE RREC ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING The Hunt House (in the CSR Wing), Paulerspury, Northamptonshire · Saturday 11 April 2015 at 10.30am

By Order of the Board, the Annual General Meeting of the R.R.E.C. Limited, operating as the Rolls-Royce Enthusiasts’ Club, will be held at The Hunt House, Paulerspury, Northamptonshire, on Saturday 11 April 2015 at 10.30am (in the CSR Wing), for the purposes of transacting the following business, namely to:1. receive the Chairman’s Report 2. approve the Minutes of the 2014 AGM (circulated in B325) 3. adopt the Financial Statements for the year ending 31 October 2014 4. reappoint the auditors, Messrs H W, Chartered Accountants and approve their remuneration 5. elect Directors At the Chairman’s discretion a general discussion may be held after the conclusion of official business.

Nominations, which must be in writing, should be sent to the General Manager at The Hunt House, High Street, Paulerspury, Northamptonshire, NN12 7NA by 5 January 2015. Nominees must be Club members with 5 years continuous membership and should be nominated and seconded in writing with the signatures of two paid up Club members. Nominations should be accompanied by a signed undertaking by the nominee that he or she is prepared to serve, lead a team if elected, and is IT literate with a good command of spoken and written English. Additionally a short CV not exceeding 200 words should be included together with a photograph. Voting forms will be sent out with Bulletin B328 (distributed early February 2015).

There are two vacancies on the Board Trevor Baldwin - who retires by virtue of years served Rolf Kuhnke - who is not offering himself for re-election

Joint members have full voting rights and will receive personal voting forms.

Planning has started for next year’s conference and will be based on the format of 2014 which seemed to meet with approval. As a reminder, the Club Conference is intended to be a forum where Section and Register Officers can interact with the Board and reach agreement on the

future direction of the RREC. As such, it is important that you raise any ideas or concerns with your Section Secretary who will collate your views for onward transmission to the Conference Chairman.

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Rolls-Royce & Bentley News D a v i de B a s s o l i

R o ll s - R o yc e N e w s Rolls-Royce sells the largest fleet of Phantoms for Louis XIII Hotel in Macau (19 Sep) Luxury entrepreneur Stephen Hung has purchased the largest Rolls-Royce Phantom fleet in the world, placing an order for 30 Bespoke Extended Wheelbase Phantoms for his Louis XIII hotel in Macau. This transaction represents the world’s single largest order of Rolls-Royces ever. Two of the fleet will be the most expensive Rolls-Royce Phantoms ever commissioned.

Each of the 30 Rolls-Royces has been e xtensively customised by RollsRoyce’s Bespoke design team at Goodwood working hand-in-hand with Mr Hung and Louis XIII to create truly distinctive vehicles. Newly created bespoke elements have been applied extensively both to the interior and exterior of the c a r s i n c l u d i n g b e s p o ke c l o c k s designed and created by Graff Luxury Watches. The two most expensive Phantoms will additionally feature external and internal goldplated accents.

The deal was formalised on 16 September 2014 at a signing ceremony at the Home of Rolls-Royce a t G o o d w o o d i n We s t S u s s e x , England. The signing ceremony was attended by Rolls-Royce CEO, Torsten Mueller-Oetvoes, Louis XIII Chairman, Stephen Hung, the Board of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, Louis XIII executives and a representative from Graff Diamonds.

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars has also helped to design the parking and driveways to house the fleet at L ouis XIII and will train L ouis XIII’s chauffeurs from Macau in the appropriate driving and handling of the unique vehicles. The Phantom fleet will chauffeur the guests of Louis XIII, located on the Cotai Strip in Macau, when it is opened in the first half of 2016.

Rolls-Royce at Goodwood (15 Sep) Rolls-Royce Motor Cars celebrated a record Goodwood Revival over the weekend. The local

Silver Wraith ALW47 in front of the Hooper building at Goodwood Revival Stephen Hung, Joint Chairman, Louis Xiii Holdings Limited and Torsten Mueller-Oetvoes, Ceo, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars

Hooper & Co were a British coachbuilding company synonymous with the marque, with an association dating from 1909. Revival guests were greeted by craftsmen and women – all employees of RollsRoyce Motor Cars – ‘working’ in the trim shop, and were able to closely e xamine the attention to detail that has hallmarked Rolls-Royce workmanship from the outset of the company. Outside the Hooper’s building, a handsome 1953 RollsRoyce Silver Wraith ALW47 sedanca de ville – built for Armenian Nubar Gulbenkian - with ‘Empress’ style coachwork was displayed. The car was originally specified with an electric division, electric windows and air conditioning, all of which are still fully functioning. The original

Silver Cloud II Cabriolet at Goodwood

manufacturer of super-luxury motor cars hosted customers, prospects and VIPs and also entertained the thousands of visitors to the world’s most popular historic motor race meeting in true Roll-Royce style. The Rolls-Royce Hooper’s building at the March Motor Works presented an authentic recreation of a trim shop from the Revival period.

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owner was known to prefer his chauffeur to drive in a brisk style, and the rear division features a speedometer to allow the gentleman to monitor progress from the rear compartment. Rolls-Royce was represented on the Motor Circuit throughout the event, with the beautiful 1961 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II 4-door cabriolet LLCB16 one-off, with bodywork by H.J. Mulliner, forming part of the Course Director’s entourage. Special guests of the Company were conveyed in period luxury, with the silence of the ‘magic carpet ride’ only marginally disturbed by the ticking of the clock. The car is the only model of its type in the world and was very kindly loaned for the occasion by a customer of RollsRoyce Motor Cars. Departing the Revival, invited guests returned to the current day in contemporary luxury, as they were conveyed in e xquisite Rolls-Royce Phantom, Ghost and Wraith motor cars handbuilt at the Home of Rolls-Royce, located within the Goodwood Estate, a short distance from the Motor Circuit.

New Technology and Logistic Centre for Rolls-Royce (8 Sep) Rolls-Royce Motor Cars announced today that a new Technology and Logistics Centre will be built at Bognor Regis, close to the Home of Rolls-Royce at Goodwood, West Susse x. The new 30,000m2 centre will consolidate a number of current logistics functions and allow for future expansion.   The Technology and Logistics Centre will be located on the Oldlands Farm Business Park on the northern edge of Bognor Regis, eight miles from Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. The Centre will be ideally situated to take advantage of the forthcoming Bognor Regis Northern Relief Road, due to open in 2015. Around 200 people will be employed at the Centre, with a number of new roles created in addition to those transferred from existing logistics functions. The Technology and Logistics Centre is planned to be fully operational in early 2016.  The site has been identified by Arun District Council as part of its ‘Enterprise Bognor Regis’ initiative.

Rolls-Royce & Bentley News D a v i de B a s s o l i

Rolls-Royce at Goodwood (15 Sep) Rolls-Royce Motor Cars celebrated a record Goodwood Revival over the weekend. The local

Silver Wraith ALW47 in front of the Hooper building at Goodwood Revival Stephen Hung, Joint Chairman, Louis Xiii Holdings Limited and Torsten Mueller-Oetvoes, Ceo, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars

Silver Cloud II Cabriolet at Goodwood

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The area is being developed as a new premier business location in West Susse x, reserved for mixed office, industrial and supporting development to deliver a new generation of buildings in a high quality environment to sustain both newly established and growing businesses. Rolls-Royce will be the first major business to take advantage of the initiative. The Technology and Logistics Centre will consolidate three current operations – an inbound warehouse for production parts; a distribution centre, including an inbound body store and finished car store; and a workshop for car preparation. The Centre will be managed on behalf of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars by an external logistics provider.

Bentley News Bentley wins in North America (16 Sep) Bentley made history again

with its first ever motorsport victory outside Europe. Taking first and third place at Miller Motorsports Park in Utah in the penultimate race of the 2014 Pirelli World Challenge championship, Bentley’s motorsport credentials continue to grow. 2003 L e Mans winner and longstanding Bentley Boy Guy Smith continued to prove that the Bentley Continental GT3 is a potent race winner, delivering the fastest lap in morning practice, pole position in the afternoon and a race win in the evening. His inaugural win in the Pirelli World Challenge came in just his third outing in the car in the U.S., and was the perfect celebration of his 40th birthday. The historic victory was made even sweeter by another strong performance by Butch Leitzinger in the second Continental GT3, who joined Guy on the podium by

finishing third. Bentley’s Director of Motorsport, Brian Gush, sees the victory as the next stage of progress for the Continental GT3 programme: “I’m delighted for everyone at Dyson Racing Team Bentley. Their operation has been impressive from the moment they took delivery of their Continental GT3s, and this first win is a fantastic and well-deserved result. The Continental GT3 is now a race-winner on two continents, and as we develop our plans to introduce the car in more countries around the world I’m hoping that’s a tally that we can add to.” Dyson Racing Team Bentley will now look forward to the 2015 Pirelli World Challenge season, with testing beginning in a month’s time. Meanwhile, Guy returns to Europe to complete the Blancpain

New Bentley Mulasanne Speed

Endurance Series with M-Sport Bentley, with the final round being the Nürburgring 1000 km. New Mulsanne Speed (16 Sep) Bentley redefines the fastest ultra-luxury driving e xperience in the world with a new pinnacle flagship. The new Mulsanne Speed is tailored for the driver, with 537 PS (530 bhp / 395 kW), 1,100 Nm (811 lb.ft) and selectable sports suspension and steering on demand. The re-engineered powertrain, featuring Bentley’s mighty 6¾-litre twin-turbo V8, propels the Mulsanne Speed to 60 mph in 4.8 seconds (0‑ 100 km/h in 4.9 seconds) and on to a top speed of 190 mph (305 km/h). In modern Bentley tradition, the e xtra performance is matched by markedly improved efficiency; a 13% gain means a range extended by 50 miles (80 km). New and contemporary styling features define the Mulsanne Speed as a statement in quintessential

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B r i t i s h l u x u r y. O n - b o a r d technology and connectivity are discreetly integrated beneath the finest materials, created with unrivalled craftsmanship and exquisite handcrafted details. The Mulsanne Speed was unveiled at the Paris Motor Show on Thursday 2nd October, and will be available for customer delivery this winter. At the heart of the Mulsanne Speed is Bentley’s iconic 6¾-litre twinturbo V8 engine, which has been re-engineered for the Mulsanne Speed as well as the signature Mulsanne. A totally redesigned combustion system (including combustion chamber, inlet ports, fuel injectors, spark plugs, and compression ratio) promotes a much faster and more controlled combustion process. Through combining these advances with new variable valve timing and optimised turbocharger control, torque output of the engine has been pushed to record levels – 1,100 Nm (811 lb.ft) from 1,750 rpm.

The new engine is paired with a recalibrated gearbox designed to enhance the driving experience of the Mulsanne Speed. The gear strategy is optimised for the new, higher wave of torque, and is designed for instant torque delivery on throttle application. The connection between the car and driver has been the focus, and extensive validation with both keen drivers and professional chauffeurs has proven the new setup. A new “S” mode gives the driver even more control, and maintains the engine speed above 2,000 rpm so that the turbochargers are always ready to deliver instantaneous performance. To deploy the effortless power and acceleration on offer in the Mulsanne Speed, an even more driver-focused Sport suspension mode is included. While the Bentley and Comfort suspension modes provide a comfort-focused and fully compliant chassis setup, the Sport mode stiffens the all-round air suspension for improved body control and adjusts the steering dynamics for greater

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Bentley News Bentley wins in North America (16 Sep) Bentley made history again

New Bentley Mulasanne Speed

Bentley wins in North America

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Bentley R Type which inspired Ian Fleming chassis no BC63LC

feedback and accuracy. The driver can also choose to individually match steering, chassis and engine tunes according to personal preference through the Custom setting. James Bond’s Bentley at Hampton Court Concours (2 Sep) The car that James Bond “loved more than all the women at present in his life” was among an array of stunning Bentleys exhibited at the Hampton Court Concours of Elegance this 5-7 September. The 1954 R-Type Continental Drophead Coupé is the car thought to have inspired author Ian Fleming to give his iconic British agent just such a model in his 1961 novel, Thunderball. Fleming, a keen petrolhead himself, is believed to have seen this Chapron coachbuilt Bentley in London while writing the novel, and subsequently had Bond taking his own fictional R-Type Continental coupé to H.J. Mulliner and converting it to “a

convertible two-seater affair”. The real-life car on display at Hampton Court was originally a Mulliner bodied fastback which was converted to a drophead coupé in 1956. Mulliner was approached at the time to perform the conversion but since the costs were deemed too high by its owner the project never progressed beyond the design phase, and French coachbuilder Henri Chapron was commissioned to carry out the work instead. Chapron’s final car didn’t fully resemble Mulliner’s elegant design work so the rear of the car was rebodied by a subsequent owner in 2005 to the original Mulliner specification, resulting in the stunning car on display. Also competing within the Concours were four other striking Bentleys – a 1925 Bentley 3 litre, a 1929 4 ½ litre, a 1930 4 ½ litre with coachwork by Vanden Plas, and a 1953 Mulliner Park Ward Saloon.

As part of the Crewe brand’s sponsorship of the event, Sunday 7 September was officially known as ‘Bentley Sunday’, showcasing a broad range of Bentley models from 1925 to the present day. Highlights within Bentley’s display included a 1931 Bentley 8 litre Park Ward saloon – widely considered the greatest car ever produced by the company’s founder, W.O. Bentley – and the double Le Mans-winning Speed Six racer, known affectionately as Old No 1. Showcasing Bentley’s continued commitment to creating hand-built luxury performance cars, the marque also presented its entire current model range, including the new Continental GT Speed, the fastest production Bentley ever. The Speed’s twin turbo 6.0 litre W12 engine powers the car from 0-60 mph in just 4.0 seconds, and on to a top speed of 206mph, while offering Bentley’s signature blend of timeless design and bespoke, hand-crafted luxury.

M E M B E R S H I P R E N E WA L N O T I C E 2 0 1 5 Membership subscription fees will increase in line with inflation; this means a £2 increase for 2015 renewals. We believe this still reflects excellent value for money and hope you will continue with your membership. We are aiming to send out renewals commencing 24 November. Please endeavour to renew promptly to save the cost of sending reminders. As always, there are numerous payment methods available; cheque, credit card, bankers draft, online (through the RREC website) or by direct debit (forms available from The Hunt House or can be downloaded from our website www.rrec.org.uk).

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Rolls-Royce Factory 1914 M i k e E va n s

he outbreak of WW1 caused panic in the short term at Rolls-Royce especially with the General Managing Director Claude Johnson. However, others – and in particularly Henry Royce – knew how they could contribute to the war effort. Claremont was off the mark early on to decree that Rolls-Royce would not avail itself of the opportunities now arising to build aero engines for His Majesty’s Government. Claude Johnson (CJ) was panicking - perhaps for the only time in his life. He held that the market for luxury cars was now at an end, telling employees effectively that, if they joined the Armed Forces and got killed, at least their widows might receive some sort of a pension. Employees should e xercise the utmost frugality - refuse to pay rent to their landlords - and, if necessary, they could bring their families into the factory to live. It did not take him too long to recover from the panic, but meanwhile we had lost a lot of good people to the Services. Once it was realised that the engineering industry was vital to the war effort, there was a real problem trying to get men back.

Memorial in the old canteen: In Memory of Rolls-Royce Employees who nobly responded to the call to arms in the Great War 1914-18

We have the super War Memorial bronze which lists the few who died and the massive number of RollsRoyce people who served, including their rank and units. The percentage who died was surprisingly small; one has to recognise that they didn’t serve as “poor bloody infantry”, but in the engineering roles behind the battlefields, or back here in the UK. The Night Superintendent, Arthur Biddulph, saw that the war would be won or lost on the performance of the supply industry behind the Armies and Navies. He immediately set out to find work (Dave Birch wrote on this in his book ‘Rolls-Royce Armaments’). I think the first things made were flechettes, silver steel darts to be dropped in handfuls over enemy trenches. They were tested

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Close up of the Memorial

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Spondon munitions factory 1914 Madsen automatic rifle

by dropping them off the walkway at the top of the water tower behind No.1 Shop; if they penetrated a 1” deal plank they were passed; and if they didn’t, so the story goes, they were scrap. From there, they went on to make shell cases of many sorts. The brass fuses were made just across Osmaston Road by the Midland Railway in the Chief Mechanical Engineer’s workshops, (now Bombardier) and the explosives were made in a purpose-built factory at Spondon, located a safe(ish!) distance from the village. The factory later became British Celanese, and was then taken over by Courtaulds. It is still there, but no longer operates. CJ soon came to his senses and asked the Government if they needed more machine guns - the reply being that there were “amply sufficient to meet the needs of the Army and Navy” or words to that effect. A few weeks later that view had changed dramatically, so CJ took Tommy Haldenby (Hy), who had tested the first petrol engine with Eric Platford in 1903, over to Denmark where the Company signed a licence from the DRRS to build the Madsen machine gun. This was very similar to a WWII Bren Gun, but the breech mechanism flopped up and down whereas in the Bren it shuffled backwards and forwards. The licence, drawings and a sample Madsen were taken aboard ship for the journey home, but the ship was stopped by a German U-Boat and its Captain ordered all on board to parade on deck with their passports. CJ instructed Hy to lie in his bunk on top of the gun and feign illness, which he did. CJ paraded on deck, and the U-Boat Commander

The building in the middle is the first experimental work shop built in 1912. Note the test track going around the building

Ernest Claremont

Claude Johnson (C J)

instructed him to step forward and show his passport. Apparently, when the Commander read “General Managing Director, Rolls-Royce Limited”, he stepped back and saluted CJ. At that stage, a British destroyer appeared over the horizon so the U-Boat crew members all got back on board and submerged ASAP.

H Ivan F Evernden, the original “Ev” - I was to become the second “Ev”. As far as I know, few if any MARs were built before it was recognised that all effort at Rolls-Royce should be aimed at making aero engines. I may be wrong, but seem to recall that the old Pattern Room collection from the Enfield small arms factory had one with Rolls-Royce markings on it - I saw it when the collection was on display in Nottingham when BAE Systems owned the small arms manufacturing facility there.

The big Car Repair shop on No.2 Yard was tooled up to produce the Madsen, and in my early days at Main Works there were still a few who remembered that it had been called “the MAR shop”. Among those recruited to work on the engineering side of the job was

Meanwhile, as all this was going on, from just a day or two after the outbreak of war, Henry Royce at St

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Pre-war photograph of the Rolls-Royce works’

Margaret’s Bay was busy defining what became the Eagle, his first aero engine. Even that was tinged by R’s dislike of building air-cooled Renault V8 aero engines and also the Royal Aircraft Factory derivative, the RAF 1a; he said he would rather go to prison than risk young men’s lives with them. Rolls-Royce had to build both; there are photos of them on production in No1 Shop, and we know how many were built. The first Eagle was running by February 1915; the first two pre-production Eagles were delivered to Handley Page for the O/100 bomber in September; and production engine deliveries had begun in December 1915. Of course, the 40/50 chassis continued to be built for staff cars, ambulances, armoured cars and normal export sales until all car work ceased in 1917 to maximise aero engine output.

A ca 1909 chassis 60955 (the eagle-eyed will notice the curved front axle of that period) rebodied as an ambulance in the Great War. Electric lighting has been added. This ambulance was donated to the Red Cross in January 1917, car 38 in the London District of the Ambulance Column

Eagle VIII engine. The first aero engine design began within days of the outbreak of war in 1914

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An early photograph taken in number 1 workshop

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Spondon munitions factory 1914 Madsen automatic rifle

The building in the middle is the first experimental work shop built in 1912. Note the test track going around the building

Ernest Claremont

Claude Johnson (C J)

Meanwhile, as all this was going on, from just a day or two after the outbreak of war, Henry Royce at St

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Pre-war photograph of the Rolls-Royce works’

Eagle VIII engine. The first aero engine design began within days of the outbreak of war in 1914

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An early photograph taken in number 1 workshop

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DN88 was 1913 chassis 2540E, Salmons tourer, and had a distinguished time in the hands of A. P. Barry as a King’s Lawrence of Arabia in his ‘Blue Mist’ ca 1909 tender after the entry into Damascus

Messenger car on the Continent during the Great War

Len W. Cox, ‘Cx’, joined C. S. Rolls & Co. in 1905 and was an important figure at the company’s London offices in Conduit Street until 1945. He is seen here in the Great War as Reserve Officer Lt. Cox, driving a 1914 Silver Ghost tourer for the Royal Naval Armoured Car Division in Alexandria, Egypt

1914 chassis 54RB Barker tourer started life as a Trials car with the company’s Inspecting Engineer Shane Chichester ‘Cr’ (whose records The 1914 armoured car named HMAC Victory was used by the RAF in

are in the Hunt House archives). But ‘Cr’ volunteered in 1914 to help

the Middle East (Iraq, Palestine) in the 1930s and is seen here in some

the British Expeditionary Force in France and so he and the car are seen

difficulties

during that period

1914 pattern armoured cars in Egypt during the First World War. They

1914 armoured car HMAC Cleopatra served in the 6th Light Armoured

were based at Mustapha Barracks a short distance on the coast east of

Motor Batteries (LAMB) and seen here serving with the RAF 1914 Mk.1 pattern armoured cars in Calcutta, India, probably in the 1920s after some modifications and the solid wheel upgrade

Alexandria near Ramleh

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Messenger car on the Continent during the Great War

are in the Hunt House archives). But ‘Cr’ volunteered in 1914 to help

the Middle East (Iraq, Palestine) in the 1930s and is seen here in some

the British Expeditionary Force in France and so he and the car are seen

difficulties

during that period

1914 pattern armoured cars in Egypt during the First World War. They

1914 armoured car HMAC Cleopatra served in the 6th Light Armoured

were based at Mustapha Barracks a short distance on the coast east of

Motor Batteries (LAMB) and seen here serving with the RAF 1914 Mk.1 pattern armoured cars in Calcutta, India, probably in the 1920s after some modifications and the solid wheel upgrade

Alexandria near Ramleh

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Bentley Goes Racing – the Bentley Continental GT3 & GT3-R D a v i d To w er s

Production GT3 R (left) with Racer GT3

his article looks at the Bentley Continental GT3 racer and the look-alike GT3-R (for road use). Production of the GT3-R is being limited to 300 units. Just a ‘handful’ of GT3 cars will be produced. Both cars use the new 4 litre V8 engine, which was introduced in 2011. It is almost as powerful as the familiar 6 litre W12 engine, but significantly more economical. Technical details are given in the two Appendices at the end of this article. These were obtained mainly from the Bentley Motors website. Many of the figures are used in the following discussion. Bentley Continental GT Coupe models

– The GT3-R and the GT3 (racer) are the subject of this article, with some comparison with the other models. Acceleration & Top Speed T h e ‘ s l o w e s t ’ GT i n t e r m s o f acceleration is the ‘basic’ V8 with 0-60 mph of 4.6 seconds. The V8 S has the same time as the ‘basic’ W12 at 4.3 seconds. The W12 Speed’s 0-60 mph is 4 seconds. The new GT3-R is even quicker at 3.6 seconds. On top speed, the W12s achieve around 200 mph with the V8s at 190 mph. I feel Bentley have depressed the top speed of the V8s to distance them from the W12s (the top speeds of the V8s are probably nearer to 200 mph).

The five production models: – C o n t i n e n t a l GT 3 -R – n e w l y introduced with a 4 litre V8 engine of 572 bhp – Continental GT V8 – with a 500 bhp 4 litre V8 engine – Continental GT V8 S – with a 521 bhp 4 litre V8 engine – Continental GT W12 – with a 567 bhp 6 litre W12 engine – Continental GT Speed (W12) – with a 626 bhp W12 engine

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It is clear that the V8s achieve their acceleration from less power than the W12, as the V8 S has 521 bhp compared with the similar accelerating W12 of 567 bhp (and the torque of the V8 S (506 lb ft) is less than the W12 (at 576 lb ft)). So, the V8 is a livelier engine than the W12 – possibly ‘sporting’ rather than ‘cruising’. Continental GT3-R The Continental GT3-R is a sporting version of the GT. Its styling is very similar to the GT3 (racer), mainly white with green highlights on the strake around the front wheel arch &

along to the door handle, and on the back wing. Bentley will produce 300 examples, making it more exclusive than the other production models, and thus more valuable, like the earlier Continental Supersports. Apart from the increased power, the most important factors which increase the car’s acceleration are the lower gearing and quickshift 8 speed automatic gearbox. And, there’s a 100 Kg reduction in weight (only 4.3%). The lower gearing is shown by the lower top speed of 170 mph. This suggests top gear is less than 30 mph/1000 rpm (if 170 mph was achieved at 6,000 rpm, top gear (8th) would be 28.3 mph/1000 rpm). This lower gearing will give quicker acceleration from rest, but has an adverse effect on the extra urban fuel consumption, being 16% worse than the other V8 models. All other GT models have a much higher 8th gear at over 40 mph/1000 rpm. The car’s ride height has been lowered by 10mm (the same as the W12 Speed). The interior is similar to a ‘normal’ GT, but with no rear seats. This saves a little weight and was a feature of the earlier Supersports (the Supersports was a special Mk1 2009 model with 621 bhp W12 engine and 6 speed quickshift automatic

B e n t l e y G o e s R acing – t h e B e n t l e y C o n t in e n t al G T 3 & G T 3 - R

cornering power and traction with rear wheel drive.

Shell of GT3 – production steel body plus roll-cage

View of Continental GT3-R

gearbox. The Mk2 facelift model was introduced in late 2009, and the Supersports model discontinued). It would be interesting to see if removing the rear seat is a ‘success’. For the Supersports, most customers asked for two ‘normal’ rear seats to be fitted! Other unique features of the

GT3-R are a titanium exhaust and a fixed carbon fibre rear wing (in other GT models, the rear wing is flush with the boot lid, and raised at about 90mph).

powerful 4 litre V8 engine, at 552 bhp and 516 lbft torque. Now, the new GT3-R has the most powerful 4 litre V8 engine at 572 bhp (with the same torque as the Audi models).

Until the GT3-R was introduced, the Audi RS6 & RS7 had the most

So, the new GT3-R is the fastest accelerating Continental GT model, it is the lightest and has the most powerful 4 litre V8 engine (of the Bentley/Audi models). T h e GT 3 -R c o s t s £ 2 3 7 , 5 0 0 , a premium of about £100,000 over the V8 models (£127,850 for the standard V8 and £139,000 for the V8 S).

different. In particular, it has the conventional inlet in the centre of the V and the exhausts on the outside. It produces about 600 bhp unrestricted. However, the GT3 regulations have a restrictor in the inlet, which will reduce its power (reported to be in the range 500 to 550 bhp). If the car performs well in races, the diameter of the restrictor is reduced, reducing power. This produces a complex strategy over winning races. If you win early races, the restrictor becomes smaller, limiting power and the ability to win later races. It could be better to perform less well in early races, allowing you more power in later ones. The body starts with a production shell, minus doors, bonnet, boot lid and ‘plastic’ parts, plus a roll cage. Lighter parts are added plus aerodynamic enhancements. Mechanically, the major change is to rear wheel drive, rather than four wheel drive (of the production GT models). This reduces transmission losses and saves weight. However, there might be a slight loss of

With only rear wheel drive, the engine has been moved back in the engine compartment. This reduces the ‘polar moment of inertia’ and the weight on the front wheels, so reducing understeer and making the car turn more easily. On the production GT models, the engine has to be ahead of the front wheel drive shafts. This moves the engine a long way forward, with the undesirable effect of increasing the weight on the front wheels and increasing the ‘polar moment of inertia’ (i.e. a car with an engine nearer the middle of the car has a lower ‘polar moment of inertia’ than one with it at a far end. This allows the car to change direction more rapidly. Mid engined cars are particularly good, including Formula 1 cars). High weight on the front wheels will tend to make the car understeer (go straight on), rather than have neutral handling. The radiators are in front of the engine, almost horizontal, with (probably) the intercoolers for the turbos at the front (the hot air from the turbos needs to be cooled before it enters the engine) and the engine water cooler behind. The car has a six speed racing transaxle gearbox (i.e. the gearbox is incorporated into the final drive) with a racing clutch, gear change paddles and pneumatic gear shift.

The road wheel diameter at 18 inches is smaller than the production GTs, but they are 13 inches wide. To s a v e w e i g h t aerodynamics, there front splitter, rear panels. The carbon 200 Kg.

and improve is a carbon fibre wing and body fibre doors save

Amazingly, the GT3 (racer) weighs under 1,300 Kg, a tonne (1,000 Kg) lighter (43%) than the production cars. From the picture, the interior is very ‘stripped out’. The cars are produced in Cumbria by M-Sport. Race Results of the Continental GT3 M-Sport Bentley is the official team of Bentley Motors. It is fielding two GT3 cars in the Blancpain Endurance Series. Car 7 won races at Silverstone and the Paul Rickard circuit in France. Car 8 has been less successful, although it ‘beat’ car 7 at Monza, gaining 7th place in front of Car 7’s 8th place. At the time of writing, two other teams are racing Continental GT3 cars: 1. Generation Bentley Racing of Banbury, which is competing in the British GT Championship (race results can be found on www.britishgt. com). Members of the Bentley Drivers’ Club have seen the car at a Continental GT breakfast at the Club’s headquarters in late March, at their Annual Rally in June, and at the Silverstone day in August.

Essentially, the GT3-R is similar to the other Continental GT models, but with a higher power V8 engine, lower gearing, revised interior, special paintwork (white with green additions) and other e xternal changes, such as the new fixed rear wing. The GT3 (racer) Although the GT3 (racer) looks very similar to the GT3-R, it is quite different. Both models use the 4 litre V8 engine, but the racer’s engine is very Rear shelf in GT3-R – no seats!

Rear position of the engine, with almost horizontal radiators in front

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The ‘stripped out’ interior of the GT3

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cornering power and traction with rear wheel drive.

Shell of GT3 – production steel body plus roll-cage

View of Continental GT3-R

GT3-R are a titanium exhaust and a fixed carbon fibre rear wing (in other GT models, the rear wing is flush with the boot lid, and raised at about 90mph).

powerful 4 litre V8 engine, at 552 bhp and 516 lbft torque. Now, the new GT3-R has the most powerful 4 litre V8 engine at 572 bhp (with the same torque as the Audi models).

Until the GT3-R was introduced, the Audi RS6 & RS7 had the most

The road wheel diameter at 18 inches is smaller than the production GTs, but they are 13 inches wide. To s a v e w e i g h t aerodynamics, there front splitter, rear panels. The carbon 200 Kg.

and improve is a carbon fibre wing and body fibre doors save

Rear position of the engine, with almost horizontal radiators in front

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The ‘stripped out’ interior of the GT3

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2. Dyson Racing Team Bentley in the USA, which is competing in the Pirelli World Challenge If you want to go racing, the Continental GT3 costs £368,000. Generation Bentley Racing plans to spend twice this sum on a year’s racing (this seems ‘optimistically’ low!). Conclusion & Summary Bentley Motors sold out the allocation of 300 of the new Continental GT3-R models in less than 2 months. The GT3-R is the quickest accelerating Continental GT model, and has the most powerful 4 litre V8 engine in the range. With the GT3-R ‘sold out’, Bentley Motors is considering

M-Sport Bentley win at Silverstone with drivers Steven Kane, Andy Meyrick and Guy Smith

launching a production rear wheel drive GT3 (like the racer). The GT3 (racer) is a far more stripped down version of the GT, designed for racing. It uses the 4 litre V8 engine, but with rear wheel drive and the engine much further back in the ‘cabin’. Amazingly, this race car’s weight is reduced by over 1 tonne compared with the production models. So far, it has achieved significant success in racing, with wins at Silverstone and Paul Rickard circuit in France. It is clear that Bentley is going back to racing, reviving the WO Bentley days of the 1920s to 1931.

APPENDIX 1 Dimensions, Technical & Performance

APPENDIX 2 The 6 litre W12 and 4 Litre V8 engines

The five production Continental GT models are listed below together with some technical and performance details:

From the Continental GT’s introduction in 2003 until 2011, all models used the 6 litre W12 engine. This is a complex engine. Essentially, it is two narrow angle V6 engines side by side on a common crankshaft, with the two V6’s at an angle of 72 degrees. The V6 comes from the VW Golf VR6 (and other models), and is a 15 degree V6 with a single flat cylinder head. The Bentley engine has a turbocharger for each bank of 6 cylinders (unlike similar engines used in the Audi A8 and VW Phaeton). All the W12 engines are manufactured at Crewe (including those for VW and Audi). About 50% of current Crewe production uses the W12 engine and 50% the new V8, The 4 litre V8 engine may appear to be simpler than the W12, but it has some unusual features. It is used in the GT Convertible and Coupe, and the Flying Spur 4 door saloon. High performance versions of this engine are used in the Audi RS6 and RS7. Initially, the engine may seem conventional, with a 90 degree V8 and 4 valves per cylinder. However, the inlet is on the outside of the engine with the exhaust in the middle of the V. This allows two turbochargers to be installed in the V, minimising turbo lag. In addition, at low powers, the engine stops using four of the cylinders by closing the inlet and exhaust valves (the valves are closed by moving the cam away from the valve heads). This reduces fuel consumption by about 10%. An engine of 2/3 of the capacity (of the W12) will have about 2/3 of the friction losses, so the 4 litre V8 is significantly more economical than the 6 litre W12. In the urban cycle, the V8 is 31% more economical than the W12, and it’s 23.7% better in the extra urban cycle. The lower weight and better economy of the V8 were probably the reasons why this engine was used in the GT3 ‘racer’, rather than the W12. The original W12 engine produced 552 bhp (92 bhp/litre). The first V8 engine produced 500 bhp (125 bhp/litre), 90% of the power of the W12 with only 67% of the engine capacity. And, the V8’s 0-60mph time is almost identical to the W12. This shows the rapid improvement in petrol engines from 2003 to 2011. At the extreme of turbocharged engines, the 2014 season Formula 1 engines produce 700 bhp from 1.6 litres (437 bhp/ litre).

GT model

GT3-R V8

V8 S

W12

W12 Speed

Engine

V8 4 litre

W12 6 litre

BHP

572

500

521

567

626

Torque (lb ft)

516

497

506

576

605

0-60mph (secs)

3.6

4.6

4.3

4.0

Max speed (mph) 170

188

192

197

206

List price

£237,500 £123,850 £139,000 £136,710 £151,100

Maximum torque is at 1,700 rpm (GT3-R 1,750 rpm), Max power is at 6,000 rpm The statutory fuel consumption (in mpg) and weights are: Model

GT3-R

V8 & V8 S

Urban

18.3

18.4

W12 & W12 Speed 12.7

Extra urban

30.6

36.7

28.0

Combined

22.3

26.8

19.5

Weight (Kg)

2,195

2,295

2,320

The dimensions (in mm) of all the models are: Length

Width (between mirrors)

Width

Height

Wheelbase

4,806

2,227

1,943

1,404 *

2,746

*The height of the GT3-R and W12 Speed is 1,394mm

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HMS ILLUSTRIOUS RREC WELCOMES LUSTY HOME 22 JULY 2014 J I M L O V E LL A N D D O U G R Y D E R

Officers on the Bridge as they enter Portsmouth

LUSTY AND RREC MEET DOCKSIDE On 22 July some seventy Club members and some thirty two of our cars both modern and classic gathered on the dockside of Portsmouth Royal Naval Base to be part of the reception for the return of HMS ILLUSTRIOUS for the last time before she was decommissioned in August. The backdrop to this homecoming was the modern building housing The Mary Rose, HMS Victory and HMS Warrior. Whilst we waited The Royal Marine Band played and marched in temperatures of 29â °C in full uniform. We who were dressed casually felt the heat and were very conscious of their predicament as they played and marched for over an hour. As we waited for Lusty, as she is affectionately known, a lot of interest was shown in the Club cars by the families of the crew who were

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waiting for their loved ones as well as people who worked in the dockyard who were preparing to assist in her docking. The variety of cars and the distance some of our members had come to be part of this day was heartwarming. These included one from Belgium and two from Holland as well as the Isle of Man and many places north of the Watford Gap. A variety of Rolls-Royce motor cars, 20/25s, a 25/30, Silver Clouds I and III, a Wraith, Silver Shadows and Spirits, an Arnage and a Corniche, and in the Bentley camp we had two magnificent open tourers from the 1930s, two Mk VIs, and two Brooklands motor cars. LUSTY COMES INTO VIEW Eventually Lusty came into view with her decks lined with Officers, Senior Ratings and Junior Ratings.

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The sensible ones who were able to make a choice were in a position where some shade was afforded by ‘The Island’ as the superstructure is known on an aircraft carrier. The crew had been given strict orders to ensure that they had drunk enough water and used enough sunscreen to protect themselves whilst the ship entered harbour. You can only imagine what it was like to stand still in 29⁰C on a deck of steel. As a point of interest it is a punishable offence to suffer from sunburn, it is classed as a self-inflicted wound. Although she was built to carry and fly fixedwing aircraft she is now an LPH (L anding Platform Helicopters). Lusty very gently came alongside, with as much care as we take when we park our cars. It’s no mean feat to park 685ft and 22,000 tonnes of solid steel with the eyes of the crowds and The Press on you. She was flying her ‘Paying-Off ’ or de-commissioning pennant which by tradition is the length of the ship plus a foot for every year of service, hence 668 feet or 203.61meters in new money. At last a line was put ashore at which point the Union Flag was hoisted at the Jack Mast; officially this is the only place that it should be called a Union Jack. This ceremony takes place directly the ship touches land, including anchoring when the anchor touches the sea bed. It then took another half an hour for all lines to secure the ship and the ‘Brow’ or gangway was secured. At this point off-duty officers and men trooped ashore to greet wives, sweethearts and children who had been waiting patiently for this moment. The captain, Captain Mike Utley RN, also came ashore to give a number of press interviews.

70 Members on the Flight Deck Ramp

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On the Bridge!

Ship’s company on parade as she arrives 5 minutes early!

WELCOME ON BOARD It was not long before our host Commander Tim Winter came ashore to greet his wife and two sons, and then to welcome and escort us aboard to the Wardroom for some very welcome liquid refreshment. Yes you could have had tea, coffee, or water if you preferred. Having been introduced to other members of our host’s team and chatted amongst ourselves in a somewhat cooler atmosphere than previously on the jetty, we then returned ashore to collect our luggage and find our allocated cabins. Having settled in we assembled on the Hangar Deck to be split into groups for a tour of the ship with one of our host’s team. We were shown almost all the operating areas of the ship from the Bridge, Flight Control, Engine Room Control, Flight Deck Movement Control, and Sickbay. We were encouraged to ask questions which were answered very

comprehensively by the specialist teams in the different departments. At 18:00hrs we gathered on the flight deck for a group photograph. It was then time for the metamorphosis into dress for the black tie formal dinner of the evening. I must say that RREC members scrub up well. A very smart group including our hosts in their “mess undress” (Yes that’s correct, “mess dress” is equivalent to white tie and tails) gathered on the quarterdeck for pre-dinner drinks. During this short time Captain Mike Utley, Mike after you had been introduced, tried to have a short chat, but time prevented him from completing the circle. At 19:30hrs dinner was announced and we all made our way to the officers’ mess where we all enjoyed good company and a first class dinner.

The Command Centre

we had the port to come. I had the privilege to be sitting at the head of one of the legs of the three tables and I suddenly found two decanters of port on the table on my right and an oblong of polished wood to my left with three holes and a voice behind me saying, “Don’t worry sir

1953 Silver Wraith ALW40 Hooper limousine

I’ll tell you what to do”. When the instruction came I was to remove the stoppers and place them into the holes in the block of wood and then pass the decanter to my left leaving myself last to pour my port when the decanters return, I replace the stoppers. It was stressed that at no

time were the decanters to move in an anticlockwise direction. I’m not sure whether the penalty for failing to follow the correct procedure was hanging, drawing or quartering - or even keel-hauling, but we felt it was important to maintain century-old traditions. Immediately the port had

Royal Navy tradition was not yet over;

636 ft of deck for members to explore

A BDC driver’s beautiful Bentley

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Rolls-Royce Cloud III with R06 in the background

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70 Members on the Flight Deck Ramp

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On the Bridge!

Ship’s company on parade as she arrives 5 minutes early!

The Command Centre

1953 Silver Wraith ALW40 Hooper limousine

Royal Navy tradition was not yet over;

636 ft of deck for members to explore

A BDC driver’s beautiful Bentley

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Rolls-Royce Cloud III with R06 in the background

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At Dinner in the Ward Room

been served The Loyal Toast to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth was observed whilst seated, this being a tradition going back many years to the time a reigning monarch was on board, the officers stood and hit their heads on the low oak beams and the monarch decreed the Loyal Toast was to be taken seated from that day forward. The speeches began. Speeches were made by Commander Keri Harris, Club Chairman Duncan Feetham and Wessex Branch Chairman Doug Ryder. Commander Harris welcomed us all on board and said that it was very appropriate for us to be there on this special day and impressed on us that affiliations like ours meant a great deal to the Ship. Duncan’s reply compared the qualities of the Ship and the Cars which both utilise the finest materials and technology in their construction. He thanked the Captain for allowing us on board and Doug Ryder for organising the event. Captain Mike Utley then presented Duncan with the Rolls-Royce Flag that has been flown above the Ship for many years; this generous gift was welcomed and it was affirmed that the Club would look after this at The Hunt House with pride. Doug spoke of his involvement with HMS ILLUSTRIOUS over the last eighteen years and congratulated Tim Winter on being able to organise the Royal Marines Band, and a fly-past of Helicopters and Spitfire to welcome the RREC on board. When the dinner was over we returned to the wardroom where a well-stocked bar and convivial company was the way to spend the

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Doug Ryder with Cmdr Tim Winters

rest of the evening. Commander Tim Winter led us in singing some sea shanties which ended with Land of Hope and Glory. Eventually we retired to our cabins and climbed into our 3’6” high bunks ready for breakfast at 07:00hrs. The Navy doesn’t have lie-ins even after a good night out. After a hearty English breakfast it was time to pack our bags, say our farewells, both to our hosts and fellow Club members and make our way home, both short and long journeys, but time to reflect on, with a tinge of sadness and some pride and privilege, the small piece of history of which we had been part. We should at this stage give a little

The RREC line to welcome HMS ILLUSTRIOUS

bit of background and explain how this event came about. Wessex Section Chairman Doug Ryder was (still is) a Bath Rugby Club supporter. Bath Rugby Club for some years had enjoyed Gold Affiliate status with HMS ILLUSTRIOUS. When Doug joined Wessex Section and became our Chairman he persuaded Lusty to give Wessex Section the same status and not willing to keep all good things to ourselves Doug thought that this celebration of the life of Lusty would be very appropriate for representatives of the whole Club to take part in given that Rolls-Royce engines had driven her for almost 900,000 nautical miles and her captain has been sitting in a chair on the bridge presented and

The Captain’s Chair on the bridge

upholstered by Rolls-Royce. A brief potted history of Lusty. Five other Royal Navy ships have borne the name ILLUSTRIOUS. The first won battle honours in the battle of Genoa when Nelson secured victory over the French. The current ILLUSTRIOUS was built by Swan Hunter and commissioned ahead of schedule in 1982 halfway to the Falklands conflict

The Royal Marines Band parade to greet the Ship

and only officially commissioned when she returned to the UK. She saw action in Bosnia, Iraq and Sierra Leone. She was also deployed off Afghanistan and Lebanon and helped aid effort after Typhoon Haiyan struck the Philippines in December 2013. She has sailed almost 900,000 miles, equivalent to 36 times around the Equator. Her motto “Vox Non Incerta” (No uncertain sound)

comes from Corinthians1, Ch14 V8 ‘For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself for battle?’ The baton was symbolically handed over to HMS Ocean (who has just completed a £65 million refit) in the Solent before Lusty entered Portsmouth for the last time on 22 July 2014. Goodbye Lusty well done.

Our welcoming group with HMS Victory in the background

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At Dinner in the Ward Room

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Doug Ryder with Cmdr Tim Winters

The RREC line to welcome HMS ILLUSTRIOUS

The Captain’s Chair on the bridge

The Royal Marines Band parade to greet the Ship

Our welcoming group with HMS Victory in the background

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RROC Annual Meet, Seven Springs PA.

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C O L I N H U G H ES

his year’s event was in SouthWest Pennsylvania, based at a ski resort a couple of ridges into the Alleghenies. We drove in Mermie’s Phantom III 3DL122 and stopped overnight at a B&B in New Oxford, an antique centre. Our round trip including driving during the event was around 600 miles: we drove back in one day. RROC Annual meets move around the USA: last year’s was in San Antonio TX and the next will be in Orlando FL. Because of the distances involved, they include activities so far held separately in RREC. They include board meetings and society meetings (societies are like our Registers), as well as technical sessions and keynote talks on historical themes or by longterm members; all these aside from the rally and Concours. It is a bit like the Club Conference, Technical seminars, Historic Weekend and Annual Rally all rolled into one. To achieve this, it ran from Tuesday to Saturday, included breakfast runs and dinners hosted by many of the societies, some in the hotel and some at locations nearby. You didn’t need to own the particular model to attend, but you had the chance of meeting those who did. The risk to one’s waistline was tempered by it being about 10 minutes’ fast walk inside the hotel to get to and from the meeting rooms or the rally car park. There was a welcome party sponsored by Bentley Motors, while the final dinner after the Concours judging was sponsored by

Bill Davis’ 1937 Phantom III Barker 2dr 4lt saloon de ville 3BT149

Bill Davis’ 1933 Phantom II Continental Barker open tourer 4PY. (shown in B325 centre fold)

Bill had brought another Silver Ghost than he had on the Alpine, 1797, a F. R. Wood landaulette, which went amazingly well with six or seven people aboard on the Wednesday morning event “Ride

in your Dream Car”. More than 20 cars were available, from Ghosts to Phantoms and Continental GTs. Unfortunately, my dream car, the R Type Continental H. J. Mulliner fastback 2 door saloon wasn’t present,

although I had seen a few at our Annual Rally. Several members had rides in several of the cars on offer, so their dream cars must have formed a virtual collection.

Davide Bassoli giving his presentation on coach-built Silver Clouds

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars and preceded by St James’s House’ launch of the RROC Yearbook and the Senior and Special awards presentation. For those with other than car interests, trips were available to two local Frank Lloyd Wright houses and other local places of interest, such as Pittsburgh’s Frick Art and Historical Center and the Johnstown Flood museum, as well as clay pigeon shooting and white water rafting. Trade stands were present in a smaller number than at our Annual, including Jack Barclay with Crewe genuine parts. Davide Bassoli and Bernard King were present with their books: Davide also gave an overview talk on coachbuilt Silver Clouds and S Types. Both RRMC and Bentley Motors gave updates on their ranges as part of the keynote sessions; the sessions included

an interview with Bill Davis, who has led the RR judging at Pebble Beach for more than 35 years: mainly on the cars he has owned or still owns (he brought two to the event), and Mermie Karger on “Silver Ghosts – so reliable even guys can drive them.” You can hear this one repeated at the Historic Weekend in November. Harry Tucci described the rebuild of an early 20hp 61H6 to the Goshawk Society.

The Silver Ghost University in progress A complete and running Springfield Ghost chassis, Mark Corigliano’s 1921 39AG, was on display and used as a teaching aid in the Silver Ghost

Each Annual Meet features a particular model: this year it was the Silver Ghost. As a result, there was a good number of Springfield and Derby Ghosts, with a larger number of Silver Ghost Association members present than in other meets I have attended. There was a two-day session of the “Silver Ghost University”, with Bill Kennedy and Steve Littin, who had both been on the RREC Alpine Commemoration last year, among the trainers.

University sessions

Ride In Your Dream Car: John Sweney in his 2011 Ghost saloon SBX49692, which won its class Touring Award, about to drive off with several riders. Bill

Bentley Continental S2

Kennedy, in 1797 in the background also was never short of passengers

Bill Davis (lt) being interviewed by Kemp Stickley of the Wilmington Trust, one of the event’s sponsors. Bill used to be a regular attender at

Interior of Bill Davis’ 1933 Phantom II

Harry Tucci describing his restoration of an early

Jon Leimkuehler, one of the meet co-chairs, in his 1931 Springfield

The other Co-chair, William Casey, with his 1933 Phantom II Continental

RREC Historic Seminars

Continental Barker open tourer 4PY

20hp 61H6 largely at Bob Shaffner’s instigation

Phantom I Brewster Derby open tourer S219PR

saloon with division 160PY

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RROC Annual Meet, Seven Springs PA.

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Bill Davis’ 1937 Phantom III Barker 2dr 4lt saloon de ville 3BT149

Bill Davis’ 1933 Phantom II Continental Barker open tourer 4PY. (shown in B325 centre fold)

Bill had brought another Silver Ghost than he had on the Alpine, 1797, a F. R. Wood landaulette, which went amazingly well with six or seven people aboard on the Wednesday morning event “Ride

although I had seen a few at our Annual Rally. Several members had rides in several of the cars on offer, so their dream cars must have formed a virtual collection.

Davide Bassoli giving his presentation on coach-built Silver Clouds

The Silver Ghost University in progress A complete and running Springfield Ghost chassis, Mark Corigliano’s 1921 39AG, was on display and used as a teaching aid in the Silver Ghost

University sessions

Ride In Your Dream Car: John Sweney in his 2011 Ghost saloon SBX49692, which won its class Touring Award, about to drive off with several riders. Bill

Bentley Continental S2

Kennedy, in 1797 in the background also was never short of passengers

Bill Davis (lt) being interviewed by Kemp Stickley of the Wilmington Trust, one of the event’s sponsors. Bill used to be a regular attender at

Interior of Bill Davis’ 1933 Phantom II

Harry Tucci describing his restoration of an early

Jon Leimkuehler, one of the meet co-chairs, in his 1931 Springfield

The other Co-chair, William Casey, with his 1933 Phantom II Continental

RREC Historic Seminars

Continental Barker open tourer 4PY

20hp 61H6 largely at Bob Shaffner’s instigation

Phantom I Brewster Derby open tourer S219PR

saloon with division 160PY

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a certain mileage since the last meet according to a formula. All senior class cars are driven on the road with two judges on board. A tie in class judging can be resolved by a drive as well.

Bill Kennedy in F. R. Wood landaulette 1797 – only 6 up!

Breakfast Run at King’s Mountain Golf Course, Pike Run: David Timmons’

Douglas Seibert’s 1958 Silver Cloud saloon LSJF48 being detailed in the

1939 25/30hp Wraith Windovers limousine WHC43, previously used in

marquee. His car regularly features in the awards and this year received the

WWII by Field Marshal Montgomery

Rolls-Royce Trophy

Steve Littin’s 1914 replica Portholme open tourer 18PB takes off from the

Andrew Rennie from Toronto and his wife Marcia getting down to work on

Breakfast Run at Pike Run

their 1964 Silver Cloud III Mulliner Park Ward two-door saloon LSGT605C

The original plan was to hold the concours on the final Sunday of the event on a mountain-top meadow location about a mile from the hotel, but we had had a couple of thunderstorms during the week and more were forecast for the day before and during the day. On the Thursday it was announced that the event would instead be held on the car park next to the hotel where the cars had been parked in class order all week. This was not welcome to a photographer like me, because the cars could not now be pictured individually driving to the judging field, but was practically very convenient in case one needed to take shelter or get food. Of course it turned out to be a dry and fairly cool day with a fair bit of sun, but made it much easier for the entrants. Most welcomed the change. I was at least able to photograph award winners

Jim Facinelli (rt) and Gary Moore with his 1936 4¼ litre B25GP carrying his own design of two-seater roadster head body built by Chalmers & Gathings based on Paulin’s Embiricos Bentley. During the week he gave a talk to the Derby Bentley Society on the design and building of the body. He also had to drive 100 miles during the week in order to qualify

away from the crowd. If you happen to be in the USA and wish to see cars that you seldom see in UK or Europe, think about it. Next year’s event in Florida is at the end of March, probably before you have got

your car out for the UK season, but there is an award for the best non-US entrant, and the Canadians really need, even crave, some competition. The pictures and captions tell more of the story.

Americans seem to like the “Woodie” look: Rodney Sala’s 1977 Silver Shadow II saloon SRF30130 Walter Blenko’s 1923 40/50hp Albany open tourer 18EM in the car park

For those who missed that event, the breakfast runs were a chance to sign up for a ride in a car of interest or have a ride with friends. Generally the routes were around 20 miles to breakfast and 10 miles back. On one run we passed Danni Suskin jogging in preparation for another marathon, while we were on the way to sausage, bacon and eggs, bagels, sour cream and other temptations. Throughout the week, the dedicated entrants either kept their cars in trailers or in a large marquee on the main car park. A number had

employed detailers to work on the cars, which were seen on jack stands with people under and inside hard at work. One Continental GT owner was overheard bawling out his detailer for losing the settings of his driving seat position, probably because other work had involved disconnecting the battery for safety. A feature of RROC judging is that you must have won first in class during one of the previous five years in order to win Best in Show or other senior awards. Effectively they build a fiveyear Masters Class with more awards.

The five year range is necessary because of the way the event moves around a large country: e.g. you might not wish to travel from California to Pennsylvania to compete the following year. In addition, the score sheet, a long list of categories of possible deductions, emphasizes the mechanical aspects of the car over immaculate coachwork. In all of the judgements, authenticity and originality are important, as is driving. A car trailered to the meet must drive 100 miles after arrival in order to be eligible; other cars must have driven

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Sheldon Hofferman’s 1936 4¼ litre James Young drop head coupé with parallel action doors B58HK. There were two of this body style present at Judges at work around Michael Sierra’s 1907 40/50hp Rippon limousine

the Meet: Bartley Millett had brought his 1937 4¼ litre B115KU, which won

60547, winner of the Jack Frost award

the Rolls-Royce of England award

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a certain mileage since the last meet according to a formula. All senior class cars are driven on the road with two judges on board. A tie in class judging can be resolved by a drive as well.

Bill Kennedy in F. R. Wood landaulette 1797 – only 6 up!

Breakfast Run at King’s Mountain Golf Course, Pike Run: David Timmons’

Douglas Seibert’s 1958 Silver Cloud saloon LSJF48 being detailed in the

1939 25/30hp Wraith Windovers limousine WHC43, previously used in

marquee. His car regularly features in the awards and this year received the

WWII by Field Marshal Montgomery

Rolls-Royce Trophy

Steve Littin’s 1914 replica Portholme open tourer 18PB takes off from the

Andrew Rennie from Toronto and his wife Marcia getting down to work on

Breakfast Run at Pike Run

their 1964 Silver Cloud III Mulliner Park Ward two-door saloon LSGT605C

your car out for the UK season, but there is an award for the best non-US entrant, and the Canadians really need, even crave, some competition. The pictures and captions tell more of the story.

Americans seem to like the “Woodie” look: Rodney Sala’s 1977 Silver Shadow II saloon SRF30130 Walter Blenko’s 1923 40/50hp Albany open tourer 18EM in the car park

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the Meet: Bartley Millett had brought his 1937 4¼ litre B115KU, which won

60547, winner of the Jack Frost award

the Rolls-Royce of England award

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Celebrate 50 years of the Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow & Bentley T Series Friday 2nd & Saturday 3rd October 2015 – Crewe, Cheshire

n the 30 September and 1 October 1965 Rolls-Royce demonstrated two extremely significant new cars to a small group of journalists; these were the first monocoque cars produced by the company, the Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow and the Bentley T Series. They were officially launched at the Paris Motor Show on 7 October where two cars were shown and then two weeks later at the Earls Court Motor Show where three Rolls-Royce and two Bentley cars were displayed. We are putting together a special weekend of celebration near Crewe on Friday 2 and Saturday 3 October 2015. We will be staying in the luxury of Crewe Hall, a magnificent Grade 1 listed Jacobean mansion. The weekend starts with a tour of Bentley Motors; then dinner in the magnificent Long Gallery at Crewe Hall with entertainment; after breakfast on Saturday, a drive through the beautiful Cheshire countryside taking in many of the company test routes of the time; followed by our Gala Dinner with entertainment on the Saturday evening; before leaving for home on Sunday.

If you would like to participate in this special weekend please send an email or SAE for the full programme and an application form to :- John Beecroft, Lilac Cottage Byley Road Byley Cheshire CW10 9NL or jcab1950@aol.com or Ailsa Plain at Hunt House or ailsaplain@rrec.org.uk J O H N B EE C R O F T Chairman Northern Section

“Hands Across the Sea” RREC INTERNATIONAL WEEKEND www.rrec-international.co.uk Saturday 23rd to Monday 25th May 2015 Westenhanger, Hythe, Kent, UK

lans are developing apace for the event with increasing interest being shown by both UK and Continental RREC and guest club members. Entries have already started to arrive. The (revitalised) SZ Register has announced that they will hold their “Inaugural meeting” at the International Weekend. The Swiss Section is making the International Weekend an official event in their 2015 calendar and will be attending. We have received positive responses, to our invitation, from the Aston Martin Owners’ Club, the Bentley Drivers’ Club, the Jaguar Enthusiasts’ Club, the Morgan Sports’ Car Club, Armstrong Siddeley Owners’ Club and Daimler & Lanchester Owners’ Club, also an acknowledgement from Healey Drivers’ Club. An Austrian collector of British motor cars is organising a contingent of Aston Martins to come to England and join us for the Weekend. We are pleased to confirm that the following companies have

signified their intention to attend the event next year: Guy Salmon, Richard Hollands/Med Classics, Taylor’s RR & B Specialists, Tony Copsey/Classic logistics, Vintage & Prestige Fine Motorcars, West Hoathly Garage, P & A Wood ‘Attention to Detail’. HOBBS-PARKER has kindly agreed to act on our behalf as auctioneers for the sale of cars at the RREC International Weekend. HOBBS-PARKER is the premier auction house in Kent for cars, as well as for livestock and property sales. The event website www.rrec-international.co.uk is periodically being updated, particularly on the News page. Please take the time to scroll through the pages (the Welcome page can be read in three languages by pressing any of the national flag buttons). As well as the downloadable entry Forms on the website there will be a printed Entry Form enclosed with the January/ February Bulletin. Secretary of the Meeting, Ted Meachem emeachem@hotmail.com

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Silver Cloud Restoration Series RREC Silver Cloud Seminar and the big decision - PART 3 C hri s B r o wn e

aving achieved the goal of preparing our "barn find" Silver Cloud I for the road, the first long journey in the car was to be to the RREC seminar for Silver Dawns, R Types and Silver Clouds held at The Hunt House in Paulerspury over the weekend of the 7 and 8 of May, 2011, a distance of about 70 miles. We left at about 8 a.m. which gave us a full two hours to make the journey. We headed out onto the M1 motorway and slowly started to increase speed as we had never taken the car above 40 mph in the time we had owned it so we needed to take things slowly. All was well and we saw no increase in water temperature nor decrease in oil pressure as the engine became thoroughly heated through. Typically for a spring day, the weather was cool and it started to rain heavily and as this was the first time we had driven the car in the wet, we were soon aware that we had no heating or demisting although there was some good news as the two speed windscreen wipers worked well. We were a little puzzled when the wipers did not seem to be clearing all the rain from the screen until we realised that much of the rain was running down the inside of the windscreen as a result of a leaking windscreen seal. We slowly built up our speed as the rain died down and found that the car would cruise quite happily at between 65 and 70 mph when conditions allowed. The engine was quiet and refined, even at speed and there were no undue vibrations, rattles or knocks from the chassis. As we had made good time, we were able to stop off at our regular greasy spoon cafe, on the A5 not far from Towcester, for the obligatory breakfast of bacon and eggs and a mug of tea. On arrival at The Hunt House, several Club cars were already there and we parked our Cloud with them in the certain knowledge that this was the first time our car had ever been to the Club headquarters. (Photo 1) The delegates all met up in the restaurant for preliminary introductions and then moved into the lecture theatre to

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1 In The Hunt House car park

2 'Cloud III chassis in the workshop

meet our seminar instructors. For this seminar, two of our instructors were to be Steve Lovatt and Eric Healey, two men with an absolute wealth of knowledge about our cars so we knew we were in for an interesting and educational weekend. Our prime reason for attending the seminar was to decide what, exactly, we were going to do with the car. At

this early stage, we were undecided about the level of restoration we were going to be attempting. We intended to gather as much technical information and advice as possible during the weekend not only from the instructors but from fellow delegates, some of whom had owned their cars for a number of years and so had considerable experience of maintaining them.

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3 One of the hydraulic body mounting jacks

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4 Sill cross section showing three separate panels

Our day started in the workshop where the Club have a Cloud III c h a s s i s o n p e r m a n e n t d i s p l a y. Although fitted with a V8 engine, whereas our car has a straight six, much of the chassis detail is the same so I took the opportunity of taking a large number of reference photographs to show what various parts should look like as the Club chassis is in very good condition, never having been fitted with a body shell or run on the road. (Photo 2) The photographs I took were to prove invaluable later on when we were restoring our chassis. As an example, the paint finish was original and clean and it would have been virtually impossible to photograph a complete car with a chassis as pristine as this one.

discussions the previous day, I paid particular attention to all the body mounts and their locations as I felt that we would need to be familiar with these if we were to be taking our body shell off the chassis in the not too distant future. We were aware that two of the areas which would need much repair work, on our car, were the sills. Coincidentally, this very subject was covered during day two and there was a cross section of a Cloud sill assembly available for examination in the lecture theatre. (Photo 4) We were taking every opportunity to discuss and photograph parts of the car which are not normally visible or on display as we felt that the more we had seen, the better prepared we would be when the time came to start dismantling the car. The final afternoon of the weekend was set aside for car appraisals on the four-post ramp in the workshop. Several cars were lined up for appraisal (Photo 5) and having the opportunity to examine the underside of cars on a ramp is very interesting, if a little nerve-wracking. As an owner, you welcome the fact that an expert is giving your car the benefit of their knowledge and experience but there is always the thought, at the back of your mind, that they may point out something on your car that is either potentially dangerous or expensive to repair. However uncomfortable this may be, it is the reason that the appraisals are offered.

5 Awaiting appraisal

Over lunch, we took the opportunity to speak with both Steve Lovatt and Eric Healey about our plans for the restoration of the car. The first thing we asked each of them independently was whether or not we should remove the body shell from the chassis when we started the work. Their responses were interesting in that one said that if we intended to carry out a thorough restoration, the body would have to be removed. The other said that if we were to remove the body, we would never be able to get it back on again properly as the body shells were fitted using a complicated series of air jacks to ensure that each of the fifteen body mounts carried exactly the right amount of weight. (Photo 3) On further discussion, we were told that it was possible to remove and refit the body shell but the door openings

would have to be braced and the floor supported during the lift otherwise the entire shell may twist, sag or collapse altogether, depending on its condition. As luck would have it, we were staying at the same bed and breakfast as Steve Lovatt so at the end of the first day, we were able to give him a ride in the car so he could experience it at first hand. He told us after the drive that, given the conditions in which it had been stored for the last few years, we had the basis of a good car, if a thorough restoration was to be carried out. The car had the advantage of the later higher powered engine with larger inlet valves and carburettors and power steering, both of which were desirable but no electric windows or

air conditioning which meant that the electrics were simpler with less to go wrong and the lack of these two features would make for a less complicated restoration.

We looked at an R Type and then a very late Cloud I both of which were in very good condition, mechanically and cosmetically. Then it was the

6 Appraisal in the workshop

turn of our Cloud. (Photo 6) Our fellow delegates had been told of our car's recent history and so had been forewarned about its rather second hand condition (or previously enjoyed, as we like to call it!). As we already had the benefit of a four post ramp to work on, we were well aware of the condition of the underside of the car but we had brought it to the seminar on the basis of it being assessed prior to a rebuild so it was interesting to compare our car with the first Cloud being appraised. Areas of corrosion were highlighted, which are common to most Clouds. One particular failing is the off side rear chassis leg which corrodes away due to the location of the battery immediately above it. Acid leaks out over the years causing varying degrees of corrosion which was especially bad on our car (Photo 7) but also noticeable, to a much lesser extent, on the almost pristine Cloud which

had preceded ours on the appraisals (Photo 8). Despite its obvious faults, none of the issues raised on the appraisal dissuaded us from taking up the challenge. If anything, the whole weekend had fired our enthusiasm for the project and helped us to decide to carry out a full restoration of the whole car. The Club experts had told us that we had the basis of a good car and with careful restoration, it could be brought back to its former glory. As we were saying our goodbyes, we were asked to give a commitment that once the restoration was complete, we would return to a future seminar with the completed car. We agreed to do this not really knowing what we had let ourselves in for but over the next weeks, months and years, we were to find out - but more of that next time when the restoration begins in earnest.

By the end of the first day, we were beginning to think that a thorough, long term restoration might be the way to go rather than a quicker and easier cosmetic refurbishment which had also been an option. We had also had the benefit of seeing two cars of a similar vintage to ours at the seminar but in far better condition so we had seen what might be achieved. On the second day, further reference photographs of the Club chassis were taken in the workshop. Given our

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8 Chassis leg acid damage evidence

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3 One of the hydraulic body mounting jacks

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4 Sill cross section showing three separate panels

5 Awaiting appraisal

air conditioning which meant that the electrics were simpler with less to go wrong and the lack of these two features would make for a less complicated restoration.

We looked at an R Type and then a very late Cloud I both of which were in very good condition, mechanically and cosmetically. Then it was the

6 Appraisal in the workshop

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8 Chassis leg acid damage evidence

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before dinner. We were entertained by a local jazzband during the evening.

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Tuesday we had an appointment in Germany and the museum "Zinkhutterhof", where they gave us an insight to the industrial history of the area. After the visit we were invited for lunch at "Gut Schwarzenbruch", a nice restaurant owned by Peter Schmidt, member of German section. On his courtyard his beautiful cars were parked and we also met the well known German Rolls-Royce and Bentley expert Klaus Josef Rossfeldt, who has written many books about Rolls-Royce and Bentley.

Parking in Mondo Verde

After a tasteful lunch, some of us took the road back via "the Mergeland Dutch Mountains"! Yes, there are mountains in Holland! An extremely beautiful drive.

Kassel Bloemendal, Vaals

Continental Rally - a main annual event under the direction of The Hunt House, organised by Derek & Mona-Lisa Illingworth.

his rally was based in the south-west corner of Vaals, just between the border of Holland, Belgium and Germany. We stayed at the luxurious Kasteel Bloemendal. From here excursions within the near areas were made, both in Belgium and Germany.

Desert area in Mondo Verde

Mondo Verde gardens

43 cars from 8 different nations participated, the oldest car being a RR Silver Ghost 1924 and the youngest a Bentley Continental 2003. It was also a honour to have the Chairman, Duncan Feetham and wife Vivien, on board this rally! On Sunday the members arrived during the afternoon, driving up to the imposing entrance of the hotel. A happy moment when old friends met again!

After receiving the list of participants programme and rally signs, we all sat down for a dinner together in the restaurant. Monday morning! After a delightful breakfast a leisurely drive through little Dutch villages to the ChâteauNercanne on the Belgian border. After parking nicely in the courtyard, we strolled around the premises until an aperitif was served on the terrace, where the hotel manager briefly told the story about the castle and surroundings, followed a tour through the wine cellar and sit down for a light lunch, accompanied by a troubadour, dressed in medieval clothing, - unfortunately his repertoire included only two songs (in variation) and two chords on the guitar - but he was a happy soul and so were we all anyway! After lunch, return to the terrace, some had coffee, and the lovely view from the castle called also "the balcony of Holland"! Afternoon was free for touring around and eventually everybody found their way back to the hotel and the traditional mingling in the bar

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The evening's entertainment, before dinner, was performed by our talented member/chairman of Romande Section, Gerard LeClerk together with soprano Corinne Favrod-Coune and on the piano Anne Chollet. A most enjoyable session! Wednesday: A drive to the UNESCOS "Mondo Verde" - World Gardens in Landgraaf! A drive of 40 minutes from the hotel! Well, most places are not too far away from each other! Here one can visit 12 different gardens from around the world and also a zoo with a tropical house with beautiful birds! A cheeky monkey grabbed a camera from one of our members in a blink of a moment. Maybe it wanted to take a "selfie"? After a grill-lunch buffet we enjoyed the afternoon there. As usual we all gathered at "the waterhole" in the evening, followed by dinner and a band dressed in "leather-trousers" - friends from last year's rally in Black Forest. Well, they got the dancing going! Thursday: A free day! We could do what we wanted! As the weather still was very "summery" and nice - which it had been all week, some took a stroll in Vaals, others took a drive around. Valkenburg a nice little town,

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Château Nercanne/ RR 20/25 1932, Cliff & Jennifer Curley

not far away (again distances are short) - was on some of the agendas, with its bridges in town with bronze statues. There were also caves to visit here. There was a "hide-away", sanctuary for people at the end of WWII. Dinner as usual, with an e n t e r t a i n m e n t " e xe p c i o n e l l " . A German team performed different musicals and ended with an ABBAtribute that got everybody jumping for joy! Mama Mia what a night! Last day - Friday! A cruise on the river Maas with lunch onboard. Going through the locks of Albert Canal into the river Maas. A nice and gentle sail

in beautiful weather! Back in the hotel, the Gala-evening started off with a wine auction in the bar! The wine was kindly donated by a club member, Henry Kunkers, from the Dutch Section, and the takings were then donated to a local charity. Together with some spare rallyplates, that also were bought by donation of the members, it fetched 1.370 Euros for this child-charity. Well done! Now, as tradition bids, there were prize giving after dinner. There were three main prizes. The first one went to "The Hotel's Favourite Car", chosen by the hotel staff and the winners were Derek & Sylvia Freeman from

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before dinner. We were entertained by a local jazzband during the evening.

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Parking in Mondo Verde

After a tasteful lunch, some of us took the road back via "the Mergeland Dutch Mountains"! Yes, there are mountains in Holland! An extremely beautiful drive.

Kassel Bloemendal, Vaals

Continental Rally - a main annual event under the direction of The Hunt House, organised by Derek & Mona-Lisa Illingworth.

Desert area in Mondo Verde

Mondo Verde gardens

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Château Nercanne/ RR 20/25 1932, Cliff & Jennifer Curley

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the Paulersbury Section UK, for their RR Silver Cloud III 1963. Second prize: The oldest car: RR Silver Ghost 1924 owned by Raymond & Hazel Moffat, from the Irish Section. Third prize: The longest drive, which happened to be two couples from Sweden! Tommy & Ann-Christin Mårder and Clifford and Siv Hellzen, both from Stockholm, Sweden Section. All that done, the evening was danced away to "The Week-End Band" from Strasbourg. A well known band from earlier events in international circles. Saturday = Departure! All good things come to an end and now it was time to fill up the car and be on the way! As the dust settled we thought it had been a very nice and happy week! Just for your information: be sure to book the next one, 2015 in south-east Sweden - we would love to see you all again!

Japanese Gardens in Mondo Verde

RREC CONTINENTAL RALLY 2015 6 – 12 September 2015

Blekinge, south-east Sweden “The garden state of Sweden”

e will be staying at the fashionable RONNEBY BRUNN HOTEL & SPA, - a natural place for relaxation, recreation and pleasure - a health resort where, in 1705 a spring with water containing iron was discovered on the west bank of Ronneby River. If you wish, you can still taste the water from a hand pump beside the old spring! The hotel is surrounded by a fine old historic park for fine promenades and its beautiful forest with lovely views and bandstands, and the Garden of A Thousand Roses, and yet just a “stones-throw” from the center of the town. The rally days will include drives to nearby attractions,: like a safari in a wild park – where you may just confront the King of the Forest, yes, there are elks about! An evening coach-trip to the glass-manufacturer in Kosta, a boat trip to an island or go back in time to a medieval village or board a submarine in the newly opened Marine-Museum, parking pretty on the town square, etc.

Further information, detailed programme, cost etc will be published in the Bulletin and issued to Sections.

Of course all including lunches, dinners, wine and entertainment Scandinavian way!

For info contact Derek or Mona-Lisa on continental.rally@rrec. org.uk

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56th ANNUAL CONCOURS and RALLY Friday 19 – Sunday 21 June 2015

BURGHLEY HOUSE, STAMFORD

lans are now coming together for the Club’s Flagship Annual Concours and Rally. Jane Pedler has been working very hard to produce an entirely new layout both for Class parking and the parade of winning cars to the prize giving area. All pre-booked Club cars will be displayed against the magnificent background of Burghley House. We try to keep the rally as compact as practicable, but with upwards of 1,000 large cars, trade stands, auction area, Club and catering village, and special parking areas – not to mention the important safety considerations - the event inevitably will occupy a large area. H&H Classics Limited have confirmed that they will be supporting us by holding an auction of automobilia and cars on the Saturday, and will invite members to their Friday evening pre-auction viewing and reception. They are offering us very competitive commission rates on sales of our cars and other items. The Rally team is actively pursuing additional activities and attractions, and Bristol Owners Club (BOC) and the Bristol Owners and Drivers Association (BODA) have both accepted our invitation to join us at Burghley.

A Gala Dinner is being arranged for the Saturday evening at The Holiday Inn Peterborough West, Thorpe Wood, Peterborough. PE3 6SG, where the Rally team will be staying. The hotel is only 12.5 miles from Burghley House, and they have agreed to offer a special discounted rate for a double / twin room of £60.00 per night bed and breakfast for members booking in advance for either the Friday, Saturday or Sunday nights. Room upgrade is also available for an extra charge. To obtain these rates, you must mention you are with the Rolls-Royce Enthusiasts’ Club when you contact them by phone: 44 (0)1733 289988, fax: 44 (0)1733 262737, or email: Peterborough@qmh-hotels.com Search Google to find alternative hotels in the Peterborough and Stamford areas, or to discover the many attractions of Rutland Water and these historic towns. The Rally team looks forward to your continued support for this, our flagship Rally and Concours d’Elegance for members from around the world. A request form for entry packs will be in a future Bulletin, or downloaded from the Club’s website from the end of January 2015. Trevor B a l d w i n , Event Chairman

Best Car in Show 2014 - 1934 Phantom II Continental (125RY) Gurney Best Car in Show 2013 – 1908 Silver Ghost (60922) Roi des Belges

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Nutting allweather tourer

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he Club’s reviving enthusiasm was very much in evidence at this year’s “picnic in the park” at Harewood House near Leeds. Some 240 cars arrived to occupy the North Front Lawn, which had hosted the Tour de France Grand Depart just a few weeks earlier. As can be seen in the picture above, the marshalling of Jim Clark (North East Section) and his team resulted in a spectacular sight, although not many would have seen it quite like this. In fact, it was only seen by myself and the estate’s head gardener, who allowed me onto the roof of the House via his apartment. It’s not what you know!! On display in the parade ring for the day was the new Wraith, which Andrew Ball from Rolls-Royce kindly authorised. Peter James and Morris Best worked very hard to present the car at its best after its journey north. The Wraith justified its presence, I am sure, as it was the centre of attention for Club members and visiting public for the whole day. But I’m ahead of myself. The weekend started for some on the Friday evening with early arrivals at the Majestic Hotel in Harrogate. The Hotel should be thanked for its continued support with discounted prices for an event which can’t guarantee numbers. But then, the cars do make a nice display in front of the Hotel. The Saturday drive in the Yorkshire Dales included some pretty hairy driving on narrow lanes through the beautiful hills in the north of the National Park, but that’s what driving was like 70 to 80 years ago. Those who preferred a more sedate progress took to the very scenic Bedale railway. Others enjoyed the genteel delights of Harrogate shopping. Saturday afternoon also saw the Yo r k s h i r e S e c t i o n s e t - u p t e a m

Club cars on the North Lawn at Harewood House

wrestling with mile-long lengths of rope (well they seemed to be that long, and knotted!) and juggling bundles of stakes to create the layout in front of the House. After all these years you would think that the holes would already be there. But we seem to have to reinvent the wheel every year. Still, it keeps us fit.

welcomed.

In the evening the Gala Dinner at the Majestic Hotel, Har rogate, was serenaded by singer Jimmy McWilliams, who performed a wide variety of songs and kept us very well entertained. Congratulations again to Jeff Dennis (East Midlands Section), the Club’s chief terpsichorean.

As Duncan was otherwise engaged on Chairmanly duties, Jim Clark stood in as Parade Marshal and duly organised all his ducklings into a row to waddle through the parade ring. Or maybe they should be called swanlings, as they glided past the control tent, with Roy Brooks (Northern Section), ably assisted by his cue-master Keith Duke (Yorkshire Section), commenting on the procession.

Now back to the Sunday, which started with fairly dull weather but, true to form, the sun broke through and the day ended with glorious sunshine. The Club Shop was present this year and thanks are due to Lucy Walsh and Ailsa Plain and their team. I understand that business was brisk and hopefully profitable, but I know that their presence was widely

Harewood Trophy, Best Overall Car In Show, Wojtek Kordel, 1932 Phantom

Appleyard Rippon Trophy, Best Pre-WWII Car, Terry Scott, 1926 20HP Park

II Hooper sportsmans saloon, chassis 60MS, registration YY6397

Ward saloon, chassis GUK18, registration YP2950

Lancaster Trophy, Best Post-WWII Car, Ian Dunford, 2001 Silver Seraph

Bentley Motors Trophy, Best Crewe-Built Bentley, Howard Booth, 2000

saloon, chassis CH08102, registration XCC1

Arnage saloon, chassis YCH04200, registration 24HB

Margaret Wiggins Trophy, Ladies’ Choice of Car in Show, Garth Isaac, 1933

JCT600 Trophy, Best Two-Door Car in Show, Christopher Bolland, 1954

20/25 Hooper landaulette, chassis GXB43, registration MG3053

R-Type Park Ward drophead coupe, chassis B310YD, registration TWH134

To n y F l o o d a n d M i k e B o n d (Northern Section), with their wives Christine and Joyce, did the honours in judging for the trophies available. Duncan Feetham and his wife Viv and Margaret Wiggins made the presentations.

Also presented were longmembership badges to: Ray Johnson, 20 years, Alan Ingham, 20 years and Paul Crowther, 40 years. As Duncan couldn’t very well present his 40 year badge to himself, this had been performed at a recent event. Congratulations to all.

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Thanks are due to all those who helped throughout the weekend and made the event as successful as ever. One compliment to all who took part: when I walked round the north front lawn on the Monday morning following the event, there wasn’t any litter anywhere. How do we do that? It is one of the reasons why Harewood and its staff like having us there (I think our smiley faces help as well). So, get out your diaries and make a note for Harewood 2015, August 8th and 9th, provisionally. We would love to see you there.

By the way, if you would like a copy of a photo of your car at the event, look on the website www.bluepigphoto.co.uk. Blue Pig Photography have supplied all the pictures for this article, unless otherwise specified.

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Graham Pearce Trophy, Highest Mileage Travelled to Rally, Andrew Green, 1988 Turbo R saloon, chassis JCH23844, registration 222AGG

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Club cars on the North Lawn at Harewood House

welcomed.

Harewood Trophy, Best Overall Car In Show, Wojtek Kordel, 1932 Phantom

Appleyard Rippon Trophy, Best Pre-WWII Car, Terry Scott, 1926 20HP Park

II Hooper sportsmans saloon, chassis 60MS, registration YY6397

Ward saloon, chassis GUK18, registration YP2950

Lancaster Trophy, Best Post-WWII Car, Ian Dunford, 2001 Silver Seraph

Bentley Motors Trophy, Best Crewe-Built Bentley, Howard Booth, 2000

saloon, chassis CH08102, registration XCC1

Arnage saloon, chassis YCH04200, registration 24HB

Margaret Wiggins Trophy, Ladies’ Choice of Car in Show, Garth Isaac, 1933

JCT600 Trophy, Best Two-Door Car in Show, Christopher Bolland, 1954

20/25 Hooper landaulette, chassis GXB43, registration MG3053

R-Type Park Ward drophead coupe, chassis B310YD, registration TWH134

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Graham Pearce Trophy, Highest Mileage Travelled to Rally, Andrew Green, 1988 Turbo R saloon, chassis JCH23844, registration 222AGG

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piece Dr, will not cause any problems. Make sure that washer on the end of the shaft is still there before you replace the cover. 1 Handbrake adjuster

n June we went on a most enjoyable tour of Northern Spain with the 20hp Register. The mou n t a i n s t h e r e a r e v e r y impressive and some we had to climb. Of course one tries to avoid stopping when on a steep incline, but when it is unavoidable, an efficient handbrake is essential. Mine wasn’t! In normal usage it seemed adequate, but there is no such thing as ‘good enough’ (to paraphrase Sir Henry). So, on our return, I set about improving it. The hand book has a section on adjusting the three components of the braking system – the rear brakes (including the handbrake), the front brakes and the servo. The instructions are carefully set out (but not quite detailed enough) and the illustrations are quite clear (but not quite detailed enough). When in doubt, go by the book, not my methods, but I hope my photos and labelling will make things a bit clearer than the book does. I began with the handbrake. Labels on the photos are as per the illustrations in the handbook. Note that mine are concentric brakes, not side-by-side. Handbrake The brake shoes should be just rubbing when the handbrake is pulled on one notch. If they do rub on one

2 Handbrake adjuster inside

notch, or even two, leave well alone. Mine did not start to rub until the fifth! Well is has been about 9 years since they were last adjusted. Sorry about the oily dirt – it has been about 9 years etc. etc. The first thing I did was to jack up both the rear wheels, although the book says only one. Axle stands in place I eased myself onto the garage floor (oh for a lift or pit!). The adjusting mechanisms are situated inboard of the rear wheels and protected by a metal cap (Photo 1). I removed the cap nut Dd and the washer, then, with a bit of persuasion, the cap came off, revealing the mechanism (Photo 2). After several tries at adjusting the brake by moving the teeth on the locking piece, I realised that it was the teeth on the ratchet on which I should be operating! First I marked both halves of the ratchet so that I could tell how many teeth I had advanced (it should be just one), or at least be able to put the teeth back where they were if necessary. The book talks about numbers on the ratchet, but I couldn’t see any. Mind you grovelling about on a garage floor at my age discourages close inspections which involve contortions! The locking piece is pulled back and held in place by use of the L-shaped

slot. (Photo 3). Then the nut Gr can be unscrewed away from the ratchet. The inboard half of the ratchet Rr must now be persuaded to separate from the fixed half Lr and this can be done by tapping one of the levers attached to Rr. Alternatively the shaft you are working on has a boss next to the back plate and I used a pair of grips to twist the shaft and this forces the two halves apart (Photo 4). When free of its opposite number, one will rotate by several teeth and the brake will be right off. You now need to re-apply the brakes until your marks go past each other by one tooth. When the marks are plus one tooth, hold the shaft steady and screw up nut Gr to hold the ratchet together. Now test the adjustment. There was no rubbing with the handbrake off and the offside brake started to rub at the third notch. I tried one more tooth on the ratchet, but that was a tooth too far, so I backed off one. I then went through the same procedure with the near-side and again settled for one tooth. So my handbrake is fully on at the third notch. I then put everything back together – note that the nut Gr needs only to be finger tight and backing it off a little to properly mate with the locking

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Footbrake Now I did not realise that the footbrake acts only on the rear wheels and I have owned my Phantom for 12 years! So the footbrake adjustment is done at the rear axle only. The front brakes are operated solely by the servo, although that is operated by the foot pedal of course. With the rear wheels still off the ground, I began the second part of the procedure. According to the handbook it is advisable to have someone on hand to turn the wheels and indicate when the brakes are applied. This is rather like the other bit of wishful thinking in the handbook - “An owner would do well to instruct his driver ….”. Well some wives are very reluctant to spend

5 Footbrake measuring stick

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4 Twisting the shafts

time in the garage on such tasks and, with Wimbledon in full spate, I was definitely on my own. I realised anyway that measuring foot-pedal travel at the pedal would be quite awkward down there in the foot well, so my volunteer foot-brake applier and measurement aid was a 1 metre length of timber jammed between the brake pedal and the rear of the front seat with ‘shims’ of various thicknesses. I marked my prop with three lines – brake pedal fully out; then 0.25 inches from there (required to take up the servo clearances); and then 1.13 inches (where the pedal should be to just apply the brakes). My marker was a 12” ruler jammed under the ignition switch and my measurements were somewhat approximate (can you mark 1.13 inches accurately?). (Photo 5). The first trial showed that the pedal travelled well past the 1.13 inch marker before the brakes came on,

so adjustment was necessary. This is done in a similar manner to the handbrake, with a slightly different configuration of the parts. (Photo 6). The knurled nut Bb has to be unscrewed first, but is locked by a spring locking wire wrapped around the groove in Bb and into a hole therein. My off-side locking wire obviously succumbed to rust years ago and was ‘temporarily’ replaced with a Jubilee Clip (before I bought the car). The nearside locking wire collapsed as I removed it, so a second Jubilee Clip came into use. I will eventually get a couple of the correct spring locking wires! With Bb unscrewed, the cover Cc can be pulled away, revealing the same type of locking mechanism as in the handbrake. (Photo 7) It is slightly awkward to operate as the cover gets in the way, but it can be done. Take up a tooth at a time in the same way as the handbrake. I took up two teeth

6 Footbrake adjuster

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piece Dr, will not cause any problems. Make sure that washer on the end of the shaft is still there before you replace the cover. 1 Handbrake adjuster

2 Handbrake adjuster inside

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5 Footbrake measuring stick

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6 Footbrake adjuster

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8 The wayward collar still inside Bb

7 Footbrake adjuster inside

9 Unscrewing Bb

retreat one tooth. It still came on slightly ahead of the nearside, but the compensating mechanism will take care of that.

I found that the nearside adjuster had no movement at all. This means that the brakes have worn unevenly (how?) and need relining.

One thing puzzled me – the nearside knurled nut Bb unscrewed as per e xpectations, but the offside Bb just came away with the cover Cc as soon as the Jubilee Clip was moved away. Closer inspection (Photo 8) revealed that the inner collar, onto which Bb was supposed to screw, was not fastened in place on the shaft (by two grub screws). It was screwed inside Bb and the grub screws had obviously failed in their duty. So a rusty spring locking clip was not to blame for the Jubilee Clip.

12 Front brake adjuster

13 Front brake adjuster ready to adjust

14 Servo adjustment

10 Bb and collar seperated

and then put the unit back together again. Wrong! You need to check the other side as both have to be adjusted the same.

Then I realised that my patent footbrake applier was still applying! Muttering darkly about incompetent assistants, I released the footbrake and found that there was adjustment available, but only one tooth possible, which means that re-lining is not too far distant. This one tooth applied the brakes at about 0.5 inches past the 1.13 inch mark. It would have to do, but meant that I had to go back and undo the offside unit and

11 The collar as it should be

It took a very long time to extract the collar from Bb. There is not much

space down there and Bb has to be firmly gripped while the collar is tapped with a drift (Photo 9). I used a large pipe-wrench and a lot of bad language! Eventually the collar started to move, reluctantly at first and the thread is quite fine (why?), so there was a long way to go. I suppose having to grip Bb so firmly, it was distorted, making my task all the harder. It clung on right to the end, but they did separate (Photo 10). The two holding screws were distorted and both had left their ends in the two holes in the shaft. So those holes had to be drilled out and new screws made. However the thread in the two holes in the collar into which the screws were meant to screw, were

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damaged. So I drilled them out and tapped a larger thread and made the new screws to fit. Finally the collar went back into position and was screwed down tight, ready to receive Bb (Photo 11) I have to admit that the Jubilee Clip went back in to position (I convinced myself that replacement spring locking clips would be unreliable!). Front brakes Pedal travel is no indication of cor rect adjustment as the front

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brakes are entirely servo operated. It is the amount of travel on the end of the cam operating lever Lf that has to be measured. (Photo 12). The handbook states that the lever should be ‘lightly depressed by hand’. Well the return spring stubbornly resisted any light pressing and measurement is very difficult when applying force to it. However, I did ascertain that the movement was definitely more than the maximum recommended 7/8 inches. So I removed nut J1, which released the cover J. Interestingly there is no provision for a split pin on the offside, although

there is on the nearside. Removing the cover revealed the adjustment mechanism (Photo 13). Mark the ratchet or observe the numbers. This time I could see the numbers stamped on the ratchet, which indicated that the front brakes had been taken up only two notches since relining – plenty of meat left there. Undo nut Gf sufficiently to separate the ratchet halves – tap the operating lever away from the wheel and then hold the inboard half of the ratchet while you tap the lever towards the wheel. The brakes will

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8 The wayward collar still inside Bb

7 Footbrake adjuster inside

9 Unscrewing Bb

retreat one tooth. It still came on slightly ahead of the nearside, but the compensating mechanism will take care of that.

I found that the nearside adjuster had no movement at all. This means that the brakes have worn unevenly (how?) and need relining.

12 Front brake adjuster

13 Front brake adjuster ready to adjust

14 Servo adjustment

10 Bb and collar seperated

and then put the unit back together again. Wrong! You need to check the other side as both have to be adjusted the same.

11 The collar as it should be

It took a very long time to extract the collar from Bb. There is not much

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spring right off. A spanner on the nut half hidden by Gf in Photo 13 allowed the mechanism to be taken back past the previous setting by one notch. Hand tighten Gf and measure the travel again. One notch was enough for the offside and I checked that there was no rubbing from lock to lock. Then I did the nearside. If the teeth on the cover J will not mate with those on the ratchet, try rotating the cover into a new position. Servo The servo should run 20,000 miles without the need of any adjustment says the book. Well mine has done nearly 50,000 miles since renewal, so it was overdue a check. There are

two ways of checking the adjustment – measuring the foot-pedal travel from rest to a point when lever A2 is just short of moving. (Photo 14). This movement, measured at the top end of the pedal, should be no more than 0.25 inches. The other method, which I chose, is to measure the gap between the teeth on the levers A1 and A2, when the servo is ‘lightly engaged’. It should be possible to insert a 0.025 inches feeler gauge in this gap (Photo 11). My thickest feeler gauge is 0.036 inches and that went in very easily. The adjustment is done with nut Z, which has teeth/ serrations meshed with a fixed set. Rotating nut Z causes the teeth to slide over each other into the next

meshing (force is NOT needed). Test the gap as before. My servo needed six clicks before the gap approached 0.025 inches. Road test It was several days before I had the opportunity (and weather!) for a road test. Choosing my road and moments very carefully I applied the brakes gently at first and then with progressively more vigour. I suppose there was a difference, but not a big one. Even a full emergency application did not produce wheel skid. Most disappointing. So the shoes were either glazed, or contaminated. Either way I had to have a look – but that’s another story!

BOOK REVIEw Rolls-Royce 25/30 and Wraith By Bernard L King Bernard’s latest compendium, an updated 2nd edition of the 1998 original, follows the excellent formula that has already proved so valuable to the owners of some twelve other models to emanate from Derby or Crewe. For the uninitiated, the book lists every chassis produced, with a myriad list of connected facts, from first owner to current owner and much else in between. The 288 page book is divided into four parts: Part1 history and general information, covering development and experimental cars, specifications and performance data, competition, road tests and reference sources, modifications and chassis outputs, handbooks and catalogues, tools, adjustments and settings, checking a car when buying, dealers, customers and survivors, and the cars used in TV and films. Part 2 contains all the details for each car produced, listed by chassis

number. It also informs the reader of the engine number, when it came off test, the coachbuilder, the style of coachwork, the body number, the design number, the first owner, the registration number, the country of original registration, and the country now in, the owner today and notes about any included photograph.

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Rolls-Royce Motors The Crewe Years By Malcolm Bobbitt

here is a man from Birmingham who is able to create sculptures so small that he can replicate in detail seven camels, or Snow White and the seven dwarves, or even a galleon in full sail, in the space encompassed by the eye of a needle. Malcolm Bobbitt’s latest RollsRoyce book is by no means that small in size, being of A5 format, but he has managed the motoring historian’s equivalent by squeezing into sixty four pages the entire history of RollsRoyce at Crewe. Everything, from its hurried construction in 1939 as a War Ministry Shadow factory producing aero-engines, to the last Rolls-Royce car, a Corniche whispering from the production line in 2002. All models are covered, including their Bentley sisters, as the two marques’ production at Crewe were forever entwined until 2003. There is little new here for the

enthusiast well versed in Rolls-Royce history, although one or two photos are unlikely to have been seen. Most notable is one of the Pyms Lane factory in wartime camouflage, as a row of houses. The author’s accuracy lets him d o w n t w i c e ; f o rg i v a b l y w h e n captioning a three-quarter front view of a Silver Cloud Long wheelbase car as a Standard Steel saloon, and less forgivably when stating that “The Silver Cloud was an entirely new design of car that owed little to its Mk VI, R Type and Silver Dawn predecessors, the rear axle and Hydramatic gearbox being the only major components that were carried over.” What about the engine Mr Bobbitt? These mistakes aside, Bobbitt’s book is most valuable as an introduction and reference to all that occurred at Crewe. If you have friends or family who want to know what lies behind your passion for Rolls-Royce, then this is a splendid explanation to the post-World War II years. As such, should you be called

upon to give a talk on the subject at a Rotary Club, or WI event, then this is your crib for the occasion. Recommended as a very complete, well written, quick reference guide to the Crewe years. M alc o lm Tuck e r

Calling Owners of those Elegant Silver Clouds

Part 3 covers coachwork and the coachbuilders.

Your Invitation to join us at the Silver Cloud Elegance!

Part 4 contains indices of registrations, and unidentified cars.

isitors to the 2013 Annual Rally at Rockingham remarked on how pleasant it was to see a large gathering of Derby Bentleys celebrating the 80th anniversary of the first of these wonderful iconic motor cars.

A good selection of car photographs support the written facts, demonstrating the myriad body designs produced. The Complete Classics series are produced in A5 size so that they can easily be accommodated in the glove box, and be readily available to check out whichever sister car an enthusiast might run across. Expect your copy to become dog-eared with use.

books of such accurate detailed information: Highly recommended for both the beginner, and those with a serious interest, in these cars, the last pre-war iterations of the small horsepower Rolls-Royce.

One must marvel at the perseverance that the author is able to command, in order to produce time and again

M alc o lm Tuck e r Available from the Club Shop £27.00 + p+p.

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Franay. We would hope to attract individual examples by these coachbuilders, such as those featured in Davide Bassoli’s articles in the Bulletin on the history of individual cars and their owners.

The elegance continued in 2014 with a celebration of the “Continental” and we were able to gather 60 examples from the Phantom II Continentals through the R-types, S Series, and through to the latest v12s.

The format will be similar to last year, starting with a welcome with a glass (or two) of wine on the Saturday around 12:00, in the Cloud reserved area at the centre of Burghley. Cars will be displayed in a special central area on the Saturday with a (weather permitting) parade in the Ring, with full commentary.

2015 is the 60th anniversary of the launch of the Silver Clouds, so we are inviting owners of these elegant cars (including of course the Bentley S-Series) to gather at the 2015 rally in the superb surroundings of Burghley on 19 - 21 June.

If you are the owner of a Cloud or S Series and would like to join us, please email Bernard Walker (adscan@tiscali.co.uk) to express your interest in taking part, simply mentioning your Name, Chassis number, and likely number in your party.

Many Clouds were coachbuilt by such famous names as H.J. Mulliner, Park Ward, James Young, Hooper, Graber, and

This event complements the event organised by Davide Bassoli in Bray on 24 - 26 April.

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Rolls-Royce Motors The Crewe Years By Malcolm Bobbitt

Calling Owners of those Elegant Silver Clouds

Part 3 covers coachwork and the coachbuilders.

Your Invitation to join us at the Silver Cloud Elegance!

Part 4 contains indices of registrations, and unidentified cars.

One must marvel at the perseverance that the author is able to command, in order to produce time and again

M alc o lm Tuck e r Available from the Club Shop £27.00 + p+p.

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Franay. We would hope to attract individual examples by these coachbuilders, such as those featured in Davide Bassoli’s articles in the Bulletin on the history of individual cars and their owners.

Many Clouds were coachbuilt by such famous names as H.J. Mulliner, Park Ward, James Young, Hooper, Graber, and

This event complements the event organised by Davide Bassoli in Bray on 24 - 26 April.

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Lancaster, as the Canadian plane failed to proceed. The show of shows was the Euro Fighter. This amazing aircraft danced, ‘stood’ on its tail and shook the ground, a very impressive sight, if not even a little unsettling. Hopefully encouraged by our experiences this year, we will surpass the fourteen cars that attended, with many more next year. The organisers were John and Gloria Forrest.

Central Southern Section: Lancing College l to r Ben Grew’s 1933 Phantom II, Jill Channing’s Continental 140MY and Robin Brailey’s Barker saloon

Central Southern Section: Mark Tidy being presented with his 50 year badge

CENTRAL SOUTHERN SECTION Mary Rose Museum, Portsmouth Naval Dockyards, 26 July 2014 It seems that my personal experience in trying to make sense of the MOD is not an isolated case. Access to the HMS Warrior in Portsmouth docks, which is regularly used for special events; used to be via Victory gate. That was ideal, in through the gate less than ten meters turn left onto the quayside for the Warrior, and you are there. But in the interest of security the access point was changed to Unicorn Gate. That means through the gate and then a longish drive, a quarter of a mile or so through the dockyard, past many of the serving naval vessels, the Victory and the Mary Rose Museum through another security gate, not I would have thought, a brilliant idea! Then another change, this time through Trafalgar Gate which is just about as far as you can get away in the dockyard from

Central Southern Section at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard

the Mary Rose or HMS Warrior and consequently at least another quarter of a mile through the dockyard. So it was with the visit to the Mary Rose A brilliant idea, a good location for the numerous visitors to view the display of cars, but security a nonsense, obviously designed to discourage such events. At that, it was most effective. With considerable patience, in small groups, we were escorted through the Naval Base to park within the Courtyard next to HMS Victory. Due to the early start the Museum staff waived the timed group tickets and we were free to take in the attractions at our own leisure. HMS Illustrious was alongside, having sadly ended her active service the week before, providing a magnificent backdrop to our location. HMS Victory to the right, HMS Illustrious to the left, and a short walk to HMS Warrior to the front, we were well and truly surrounded by naval history. Many thanks to Valerie Smallwood (BW for Great Western Section) for dealing with the Base security, which was not an easy task! Thanks to our neighbouring section members for attending and boosting numbers to make it a viable and enjoyable visit. CHRIS TWEEN & DARREN COLLINS Secretary’s At Home Day, 3 August 2014 Our Secretary obviously has influence in high places! Ted Meachem and Kate, affectionately know as the farm manager, by Ted, once again arranged

for the sun to shine, if a little breezy, on those who attended his at home day. As ever, there was a really good display of cars in the field, adjacent to the farm house. The event was also used to take the opportunity of presenting fellow member and enthusiast Mark Tidy, with his 50 year RREC membership badge, the presentation by Chris Tween and Ted Meachem. Our congratulations to Mark, on this amazing achievement. The organisers were Ted and Kate Meachem Lancing College, 17 August 2014 We did not have the best of weather for this return visit. Strong winds and the occasional heavy shower encouraged us to take shelter in the shade of the stunningly beautiful L ancing College Chapel, this, undergoing restoration externally. Eighteen Club members braved the weather and even went ahead with their picnics. Hardy lot Central Southern Section members! The organisers were Maurice and Pauline Pitchford Shoreham Air Display, 31 August 2014 Due to access and egress problems in the past, this event visited by us several times in years gone by, had gone out of favour. This was my first visit because of those reports. We saw replica Tri-planes in mock combat: Spitfires, Hurricanes, and Mustangs. Unfortunately just the one

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Section Annual Rally, West Country, Dartmoor, 7-13 September 2014 Hopefully not too obviously, this was my first attempt as organiser, and assisted by John and Gloria Forest, their first as number two organisers. Another ‘overseer’ ensured we had superb weather each and every day! We stayed at the Two Bridges Hotel near Princetown and deep in the heart of the moors. The hotel pulled out all the stops, the service, the staff, and the food was really quite exceptional. This hotel started life in about 1729 as a pub, The Saracen’s Head and is of that period still in some areas. Our days out included Morwellham Quay near Tavistock, the location used for the recent television series The Edwardian Farm. The venue is a living museum and there were numerous displays with timed demonstrations and talks on the many skills that were undertaken on the site. The most exciting was a train ride through the copper mine. This was unbelievably the largest mine of its kind in the world at the time, and its revenue quite considerable, so much so, that it attracted a visit from Queen Victoria. The working conditions were quite unimaginable! We visited Cotehele Manor on another day, fabulous grounds and a remarkable Tudor manor house, so remarkable in fact, looking as though the original occupants had only just popped out. Transport was available to take visitors down to the quay and back up the very steep hill to see the working flour mill. This is a most interesting NT place to visit, and typical quality NT restaurants for lunch. The Eden Project had to be on the list and was enjoyed by most. Quite a few members had already been, or had other things to do on the day, but we parked about twenty four cars in the banana car park, as usual, to the

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enjoyment of other visitors. The domes are quite amazing, all the more so if one has some horticultural knowledge, way over my head I’m sorry to say, which reminds me. Two of us, Ted Meachem and I, decided we just had to go on the Zip wire. Supposedly, the longest Zip wire in Europe. This decision did not go down too well with the ladies in our lives, so we had set off a pace to avoid confrontation. It has to be an experience of a lifetime, sad but true! The best £15 I have spent for a while, and almost worth going there just for that. A feeling I think reflected by my partner in crime Ted. Our last trip out was The Round Robin Trip to Dartmouth. Tide and time wait for no man and we had to be in Torquay by 10:00hrs in order to catch a Round Robin bus. The bus took us to Totnes, there we joined the pleasure boat the Cardiff Castle and enjoyed a delightful commentary from the skipper on our way down river, on an outgoing tide, into the beautiful town of Dartmouth. It was all the more attractive, when seen whilst approaching the town from the river. We stopped in Dartmouth for a bit of sightseeing, the inevitable shopping, a light lunch and then the ferry over to Kingsmear. Here we joined the steam train in our reserved carriages, which took us along the coast by Lime Bay, with its beautiful views, into Paignton. Lastly a bus ride back to Torquay. Friday evening was the Gala Night. For the Gala, the hotel pushed the boat out, dressing up the second dining room splendidly. We duly arrived suitably attired in our evening dress. It always has a magical effect seeing the guys and gals all dressed up to the nines! We had hired a folk group, Blue Jewel, based in Plymouth, who entertained us delightfully; at just the right volume throughout the 6-course dinner setting many a foot and finger a tapping, in time with the most commonly known tunes. It was another brilliant night and a great finale to our West Country experience. C H R I S T W EE N

EAST MIDLANDS SECTION It was a pleasantly warm and sunny day for our visit to Shugborough Hall

East Midlands Section: A new project for Brian Humphries, his newly acquired 20/25, GTZ22

and the Tom Telfer award. This award is for the Best Post 1965 Car. In third place was Nicholas Simons for his Bentley T2. In second place was Tony Williams for his Silver Shadow II. In first place and receiving the Trophy from Treasurer, Richard Haskings was Chris Browne for his Silver Shadow II. Some members then went off for a cream tea while others visited the House and Grounds. The August North of England Rally weekend was held, as usual, at the Majestic Hotel in Harrogate. Our cars were allowed to park in a line in front of the hotel. These ranged from a 1924 Silver Ghost, 20/25s, a Silver Dawn, Bentley Mk VI, Silver Spirits, Silver Shadows, Jack Barclay edition Azure to a modern Phantom. Raymond and Hazel Moffatt drove their Silver Ghost from Northern Ireland. During the afternoon and evening we renewed friendships both with members that we had not seen for some time as well as those from our local Section. The town is at the bottom of the hotel gardens, enabling visits to shops and the parks. The next morning members planned their day, some going shopping, while others set off on the drive around the Yorkshire villages and moors. The detailed route had been produced by David Towers and Richard Haskings. Members could use sections of the drive, if they wished to take it easy or if their wives needed part of the day for shopping. At teatime there was a flurry of activity as several members polished their cars in readiness for the judging at Harewood House on Sunday. The evening drinks reception was followed by the Gala Dinner. Chairman Duncan Feetham and his wife Vivien attended. He recounted that he is so travelled visiting each Section. Following the dinner we were entertained by the Scottish

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Central Southern Section: Lancing College l to r Ben Grew’s 1933 Phantom II, Jill Channing’s Continental 140MY and Robin Brailey’s Barker saloon

Central Southern Section: Mark Tidy being presented with his 50 year badge

Central Southern Section at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard

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EAST MIDLANDS SECTION It was a pleasantly warm and sunny day for our visit to Shugborough Hall

East Midlands Section: A new project for Brian Humphries, his newly acquired 20/25, GTZ22

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East Midlands Section: Chris Browne receiving the Tom Telfer Award for Best Maintained post 1965 car from Treasurer, Richard Haskings

tenor, Jimmy McWilliams. Initially he wore evening dress but, following the interval, he appeared in full Scottish regalia. He sang a collection of songs from yesteryear. In early August we joined Edwin and Linda Tipper at their pink farmhouse near Burton-on-Trent for a charity Classic Car Show in aid of a local hospice. We had a good turnout of cars from Silver Ghost to Bentley Continental GT. Jason Hunt brought his very stylish newly acquired Phantom II Continental, which received engine advice from our expert members. Its pearlescent finish initiated discussion on the fish scales, which it originally used. Roger Cockfield brought his Mulliner bodied, 20hp limousine for its first event. It has plenty of room inside for picnics and aperitifs. Roger now needs to titivate the engine to give more power. Vehicles at Lupin Farm ranged from scale model steam traction engines to coaches and lorries with all popular car makes represented. A week later we had a picnic at a Derbyshire member’s home, surrounded by a selection of cars representing a very full range of RollsRoyce manufacture. Denis Foster brought a Derby Bentley in bare

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aluminium, which he is refurbishing. Russell Taroni came in a nice 20/25, one of the three he owns. In September David Howard organised a visit to the Donkey Sanctuary’s Summer Fair, near Buxton in Derbyshire. The donkeys really appreciated the picnics around the cars! A week later we went to the Antique fair at Kedleston Hall, where we picnicked along the riverbank. Our thirty four cars ranged from Silver Ghosts to a Bentley Continental GT and Arnages. September finished with the RollsRoyce Heritage Trust open day in Derby. Denis Foster brought his bare aluminium, work in progress, Derby Bentley, 2-door tourer, other members bringing Silver Shadows and Silver Spirits. Lakeside Lords and Ladies, Spring Break, 31 May – 3 June 2015 The East Midlands Section Spring Break in 2015 will be in the Lake District and promises to be fantastic. We will be staying at the Beech Hill Hotel, a 4-star luxury hotel, just four miles from Windermere with spectacular views over the lake. We are planning a chartered boat trip on Lake Windermere, a visit to the Lakeside Motor Museum and a thirty two mile drive over stunning Lakeland scenery for a seven mile ride on the Ravenglass Steam train. Visits are optional, so you can follow your own itinerary. Each evening will commence with a free drinks reception followed by West-End quality professional entertainment. We guarantee evenings amongst friends, full of fun with excellent food. The cost is £516.50 per couple plus auxiliary costs of £37 per person

and visit costs of £26.25 per person. The East Midlands Section Spring Breaks are extremely popular with some eighty members from many sections (Jeff was given an award for these events at the 2013 Club AGM). Details can be obtained from our Newsletter, on the Section area of the Club website or by contacting the event organiser, Jeff Dennis on jeff@jeffdennis.co.uk or ring him on 07966 492333. To come to any of our other events, telephone either John Newton or George Milburn, on 01773 768883 and 01332 386259 respectively, who will put you in contact with the Event Organiser. Our pub nights are on the third Thursday of every month at The King’s Arms, Derby Road, Hathern, near L oughborough (unless we have another mid week evening event that month). G EO R G E M I L B U R N Future Events 14 December 2014: Christmas Lunch, Scalford Hall, nr Melton Mowbray 18 January 2015: New Year Lunch, Dovecliff Hall, nr Burton on Trent 22 February 2015: AGM & Lunch, Morley Hayes, nr Derby

FRENCH SECTION As part of the RREC (I have been a member for over twenty six years), I organised a rally in my village in the south east of France, in Saint Vallier de Thiey (Alpes-Maritimes) above Grasse, near Cannes. On Sunday 14 September 2014 fifteen Rolls-Royce and Bentley motor cars gathered to commemorate the anniversary of 110 years of the RollsRoyce brand. From all over the Cote d’Azur region, these beautiful cars

French Section: Silver Cloud I 1956 LSCC53 (ex-Marcel Boussac)

French Section: Bentley T 2-dr dhc 1972 DBH13528

and Bentley Mk VI lhd 1949 B107LEW

were displayed to a large audience. The owners and their friends were invited to a lunch at a lovely restaurant situated on the edge of the exhibition which offered a specially designed menu for them. I had the pleasure of welcoming participants from several neighbouring countries; members and friends of the RREC Sweden, Belgium and English Sections. Among the French members present, I had the honour of welcoming Mr Jean-Philippe Secordel-Martin, former President of the French Section (2000-2003), accompanied by an artist who paints in the Nice area, Ms Nicole Pino, specialising in paintings of our beloved cars. Among the cars present, there was a Bentley Mk VI 1949 B107LEW, a Silver Cloud I 1956 LSCC53 (e x-Marcel Boussac car), a 2-dr Bentley dhc MPW 1972 DBH13528 and several Silver Shadow lwbs plus a Silver Shadow II, Silver Wraith II, Corniche I, II , III, Silver Spirit,

Silver Spur and a Bentley Turbo R. See you next year to celebrate 60 years of the Silver Cloud and Bentley S Type. JEAN BERGER

GREAT WESTERN SECTION The Great Western Section had a super summer visiting Bletchley Park, and representing the Club at the Axford Fete, Tetbury Classic Car Show, Tredegar House, and Shalbourne Classic Car Show. Plans are progressing for 2015, with Thursday 7 May a visit to Fiennes Engineering then lunch at the nearby Five Alls followed by a visit to Cotswold Woollen Mills, then on Saturday 27 June we shall be visiting Cothay Manor, plus our annual presence to enjoy watching the Polo at Cirencester Park. Other ideas include factory visits, railway trips and lots more – all will be revealed in our New Year Newsletter which will also be

published on the website. Bletchley Park In August a large group visited Bletchley, an amazing venue with so much to see that many of us vowed to return. Our picture shows the 1928 Austin 18 Ambulance which was registered and used specifically as a works ambulance for Rolls-Royce at the Derby factory where it was based, this vehicle was later moved to the site at Crewe. Tetbury Classic Car Show In early September, in brilliant sunshine, members enjoyed this Charity Event held in the sports field adjoining New Church Street. Our picture shows the Phantom Is of Peter and Mary Morris and John and Margaret Ball, along with a visiting Radford Bentley S2, Brian and Jane Davies’ Bentley Arnage and Charles Rendall’s Silver Wraith. The owner of the Radford Silver Cloud II is not yet

East Midlands Section: Jason Hunt’s newly acquired ex-Malcolm Campbell Phantom II at Lupin Farm

French Section cars on the rally

Great Western Section: Bletchley Park

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Great Western Section: Tetbury Classic Car Show

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East Midlands Section: Chris Browne receiving the Tom Telfer Award for Best Maintained post 1965 car from Treasurer, Richard Haskings

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French Section: Silver Cloud I 1956 LSCC53 (ex-Marcel Boussac)

French Section: Bentley T 2-dr dhc 1972 DBH13528

and Bentley Mk VI lhd 1949 B107LEW

Silver Spur and a Bentley Turbo R. See you next year to celebrate 60 years of the Silver Cloud and Bentley S Type. JEAN BERGER

East Midlands Section: Jason Hunt’s newly acquired ex-Malcolm Campbell Phantom II at Lupin Farm

French Section cars on the rally

Great Western Section: Bletchley Park

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Great Western Section: Tetbury Classic Car Show

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a member of the RREC but after our chat will hopefully be joining soon. We were able to help him in his search for information about the Radford conversions. Tredegar House, 21 September The Great Western Section was represented by Gwynneth Harris, Keith Taylor, Malcolm Henderson and Charles Rendall. Thanks go to members of the Welsh Section for their warm welcome. Shalbourne Classic Car & Bike Show, 5 October Our cars were interspersed among an eclectic mix of vintage, muscle, motorcycles, American and classics, a truly impressive mix held on Shalbourne Sports Field, again for charity. We were entertained by a travelling brass ensemble and a Barbershop Quintet. Regulars Charles, Keith, John and Margaret were pleased to welcome Tom and Fiona Clark with their friends and Malcolm and Clare Tucker. We took the opportunity to chat with several members from other sections. M A R G A R ET B A L L

IRELAND SECTION Here we are again, another busy year behind us. By the time you read this our final rally of the year will have taken place in beautiful County Carlow which will be reported on in the next Bulletin. Our plans are well under way for the 2015 rally season and we are delighted that we are in the final stages of organising our Flying Rally with the Sweden Section. All members of the RREC will always

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be welcome at Ireland Section events. We have enjoyed the pleasure of the company of Club members from GB, many countries in Europe and even from as far as USA and Australia. Wherever you come from in the world, if you would like to join us at any of our events please do contact the event organiser. We look forward to seeing many members of the Ireland Section at our AGM on Saturday 24 January 2015 at 15:00hrs in the Heritage Golf & Spa Hotel, Killanard, County Laois followed by our gala dinner at 20:00hrs. Please book directly with the hotel 00353(0)578695020 or 00353(0)578645500 quoting RREC. Any rooms not booked by 20 December will be released back to the hotel. G E R A L D STE I N B E R G Future Events 24 January 2015: AGM, Heritage Hotel, Killanard, Co Laois - organiser Joe Clarke 15-17 May 2015: Harveys Point, Donegal – organiser Bill Dunne 17-19 July 2015: West Cork, Seaview House Hotel, Ballylickey – organiser Pat McSweeney 21 August 2015: Flying Rally, the Sweden Section will be joining us at Castleknock Hotel, Dublin – organisers Joe Clarke/Gerald Steinberg 16 October 2015: Final rally, venue tba

ISLE OF MAN SECTION New on the scene on the Isle of Man in August were a brace of Silver Ghosts – one black (midnight blue) and one white: a 1912 tourer chassis number 2142 and a 1920 Robinson body chassis number 26PE, known as Lady Moonpenny. If room allows, our editor might include a photograph of them coming together with their owners and

old friends. Fate moves in mysterious ways. Howard and Jackie Phillips have returned their black car to the island having campaigned it over many years and thousands of miles. Stuart Halsall and his wife Anne came back to the island to meet up with their old friend our immediate past Chairman and Life President, Derek Randall and his wife Carol. They had met in South Africa many years ago, a propitious meeting because it was Derek who came across Stuart’s car for sale in the UK. Thereafter Stuart bought it unseen and had it shipped out to South Africa. Derek already living in the Isle of Man was thereby, loosely speaking, shipping the Ghost out to Stuart, a born and bred Manxman living in South Africa. Stuart has since used Lady Moonpenny extensively, often undertaking long driving trips of a thousand miles or more though on this occasion he was driving to and from Norfolk where he and Anne now live in retirement. Stuart loves the Isle of Man and has very strong memories of his youth here. How enjoyable to find a mate for his car on this particular return visit. Equally enjoyable was the 75th anniversary of John Bentley’s 1939 Derby Bentley (Hooper sports saloon) chassis number B101MX. John and Anne threw a 75th birthday party at their house which many of us attended and we all signed a birthday card. We have now helped the joint South Western Section/20hp Register to finalise plans for their visit to the Isle of Man in September 2015. We very much look forward to welcoming them when the time comes. R O L A N D H A Y ES

NORTH EASTERN SECTION Congratulations to our section president, Gordon Blacklock, who reached fifty years of Club membership in September. By the time you read this he should have been presented with his fifty year badge by Yorkshire President, and long-time North Eastern Section supporter, Ian Hick. As mentioned previously our AGM has been booked for 10:45hrs for 11:15hrs on Sunday 7 December, at the Allerton Court Hotel, Northallerton, DL6 2XF, followed by lunch. We look forward to welcoming past Club Chairman, Trevor Baldwin, and also seeing as many members as possible, especially any new members, who would be very welcome, as would raffle prizes! We continue to meet on the third Wednesday of every month at The Old Mill, Metal Bridge, Coxhoe, DH6 5NX. Our last meeting for the year will be on Wednesday 17 December and will be a Christmas dinner. All are welcome, but you will need to book for this one. The bi-monthly newsletter has been

sent by email only, for the first time this year. We have email addresses for most of the north east members, but there are still some missing and some which are out of date. If you feel you have been missing out on the newsletter this year, together with all the other information received from The Hunt House and other sections, please let me have your email address. As usual please see the section website for news, or contact us if you need further information. I (Martin) will be retiring from the committee at the AGM and consequently this will be our last report to the Bulletin. M A R TI N & J A C KI E V I N S O N Future Events 7 December 2014: AGM, Allerton Court Hotel, Northallerton 17 December 2014: Christmas Dinner, The Old Mill, Metal Bridge, Coxhoe

NORTHERN SECTION As I write this the autumn days are now just around the corner and follow on from a very successful summer of delightful events. Looking back, these included the North of

Northern Section: Neil Hampson’s Silver Shadow at Powys Castle

Isle of Man Section: A meeting of old and new friends, l to r Howard Phillips,

Isle of Man Section: The Birthday Girl - 1939 4 1/4 litre B101MX

Derek Randall, Jackie Phillips, Stuart Halsall and Anne Halsall

Hooper saloon

Northern Section: Part of our winning stand at the Tatton Park show

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England Rally at Harewood House; the following weekend we enjoyed the steam traction engines at Astle Park and breathed in the smell of sulphur which as usual accompanies the experience of this fantastic steam e xtravaganza. Twenty eight Club cars were present along with many other interesting classic vehicles of both the four and two wheel variety from other clubs. These were from a Cyclemaster to the 1960s ex-BBC outside broadcast lorry owned and restored by member Steve Harris. It was certainly an enjoyable day at the show which included many side shows - from auto jumble stalls to rides on attractions such as the Waltzer; something for ages 5 to 95! As is the tradition with this event the George Norbury cup is awarded to the owner of the car our President would most like to drive home, this year Ian Warburton won with his delightful Silver Cloud III. Many thanks must be afforded to Elizabeth and Andy Earp for organising our stand. The next event was the Classic Car weekend held at Tatton Park near Knutsford where we had decided to adopt the World War I theme which was very much in everybody’s mind at the time. All our cars displayed a large poppy and we collected money for the Royal British Legion and we had a display cascade of poppies

Northern Section Weekend at Pale Hall

Northern Section: MPW drop head and Silver Cloud III at Plas Newydd

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NORTHERN SECTION As I write this the autumn days are now just around the corner and follow on from a very successful summer of delightful events. Looking back, these included the North of

Northern Section: Neil Hampson’s Silver Shadow at Powys Castle

Isle of Man Section: A meeting of old and new friends, l to r Howard Phillips,

Isle of Man Section: The Birthday Girl - 1939 4 1/4 litre B101MX

Derek Randall, Jackie Phillips, Stuart Halsall and Anne Halsall

Hooper saloon

Northern Section: Part of our winning stand at the Tatton Park show

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Northern Section Weekend at Pale Hall

Northern Section: MPW drop head and Silver Cloud III at Plas Newydd

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along the idea of that at the Tower of London. On the first day twenty eight Club cars attended and we not only were awarded the Best Club Stand in the show by the organisers, but in addition section member Wojtek Kordel’s Phantom II was awarded the honour of being the Best Car in the Show. This was no mean feat as he was given the best in the show only two weeks previously with this very car at Harewood House during the Northern Rally. Also on the same day members Phil Hayward and Chris Dunnington were also award winners with their Park Ward sports saloon 20/25 and Bentley R type taking second and third places. On the following day with another twenty seven cars we continued the success by seeing Graeme Calvert-Thomson, Gerry Cohen and Stuart Dennison with their Silver Spirit, Bentley R Type and Silver Cloud respectively all being awarded trophies. To complement these deserved awards, Peter Lakin’s Phantom II limousine was chosen as the Gentlemen and L adies favourite car. Many congratulations go to all winners which was a fantastic achievement for themselves and the section in particular. Thanks to Martin Sinclair for his e xcellent organising and coordination over the two days. Bringing the month of August’s events to a conclusion fifty eight members together with twenty seven Club cars attended a mid-week visit to Rufford Old Hall which is one of Lancashire’s finest Tudor buildings, the function being organised by Matthew and Marion Frayne. It has been the ancestral home of the Hesketh family for over 500 years and was even visited by William Shakespeare before he became famous. All who attended enjoyed the

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house and afterwards meandering at leisure through the Victorian and Edwardian gardens. Owing to its location it is one of the lowest lying National Trust gardens in England. Afterwards we went to the nearby Hesketh Arms for an excellent buffet. Many thanks to Matthew and Marion who always manage to organise special mid-week events so well. The section weekend took place over the first weekend in September and this year again as for last year’s L ake District weekend we had absolutely glorious weather. This year the venue was at the splendid Pale Hall, a luxurious Victorian mansion near to Bala Lake, situated in the picturesque Snowdonia National Park. This event was so popular that all rooms were booked many weeks prior to the event taking place. We met for lunch on Friday at Bryn Howell near Llangollen before visiting Plas Newydd, a splendid house that was home to the Ladies of Llangollen, Lady Eleanor Butler and Miss Sarah Ponsonby, from 1780 - 1829. They became celebrated throughout the country as the story of their friendship spread through Regency Society. The house retains the myriad of Gothic features they introduced. After settling into the magnificent rooms at Pale Hall we enjoyed a champagne reception and excellent meal. After a lovely Welsh breakfast we had a challenging driving day on narrow roads, many single track with passing places, through superb scenery. This took in Powys Castle and Lake Vyrnwy where cream tea was taken looking down the length of the lake. The following day we were able to explore the countryside on the drive to Llanberis and a trip on the Snowdon Mountain Railway with its breath-taking views up to the top

of Snowdon. We were blessed with what we were told by the train driver was the best weather they had had all year; this ended what had been a splendid weekend. September concluded with a driving day in the Peak District. This commenced at Fryer’s Rose Nursery near Knutsford, we then drove past Brae Cottage to Matt Pickles workshop for coffee and cakes where we had a very interesting visit seeing the pre-War cars he and his staff were working on. This included three Phantom IIIs, a Phantom II, two 20/25s and a 25/30, plus, a 1910 Bianchi. This was followed by an interesting drive in lovely sunshine through the steep countryside south of Buxton to an excellent lunch at the George at Alstonefield before returning home having seen many interesting sights en route. We are busy planning our 2015 calendar but can already announce another trip to Madeira and a return to the Lake District for our section weekend, plus, a special celebration of the 50th anniversary of the launch of the Silver Shadow & T Series. J O H N B EE C R O F T Future Events 29 June - 6 July 2015: Royal Savoy Hotel, Funchal, Madeira 2-3 October 2015: Silver Shadow & T Series 50 year anniversary Crewe

OXFORD FOUNDERS & THAMES VALLEY SECTION Picnic at Mapledurham House, 3 August 2014 A total of forty one members and friends gathered at Mapledurham House on the River Thames for a summer picnic. We had a wide range of Rolls-Royce and Bentley cars in

Oxford Founders & Thames Valley Section: Members’

Oxford Founders & Thames Valley Section: Members’ cars

cars in front of Mapledurham House

in front of Upton House

attendance including the Phantom Is of Steve Penny and Andrew Ayres right up to Malcolm Twitchett’s W12 Bentley Flying Spur. We were allowed to park our cars in the event field right in front of the house which provided a very fitting back drop. John Eyston, who owns and lives in Mapledurham House came over and inspected the cars, spending quite some time chatting to members as we picnicked in the glorious sunshine. After lunch we were able to visit the house and grounds and also explore the working watermill down by the river. Here we had the chance to see the workings of the mill and purchase high quality stone-ground flour from the mill shop. All too soon it was time to head for home after what can only be described as a quintessential sunny summer afternoon. C H R I S M OTT

of the House and a walk around the extensive gardens in various orders depending upon their hunger. Some took a picnic, others took lunch in the restaurant. The House, though fairly small, is very interesting being the former home of L ord and Lady Bearsted, who became 1930s millionaires through the family business known today as Royal Dutch Shell. In one room there was a large display of Shell advertisements. It proved to be a most enjoyable relaxed event and were made very welcome by the staff. In fact since the event we have been invited to return in the future. G E R A L D G A R R A TT Future Events

Picnic at Upton House, 17 August 2014 It was a showery morning as the cars arrived one by one, were greeted by the staff and parked in front of the House. By late morning we had twelve cars consisting of a 20/25, Phantom I, Bentley Mk VI, Bentley Mk VI Mulliner, Bentley Flying Spur, Silver Wraith, Silver Cloud II, Silver Shadow Convertible, Silver Shadow, Silver Wraith, Bentley Turbo R and a modern Bentley Flying Spur. Whilst waiting for the House to open, one resourceful member had a fried breakfast over a camping stove! By midday the weather had improved significantly and the sun shone brightly as we commenced with Champagne on the Terrace. Members then proceeded with lunch, a tour

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Paulerspury Section: David Clarke’s Flying Spur

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7 December 2014: AGM & Christmas Lunch, Hartwell House, Aylesbury February 2015: Valentine’s Lunch, the Quince Tree, date tbc 15 August 2015: Fete Champetre at Sandhurst with City Barge

Little Gransden Air Show and Classic Car Show The Section was present again at this magnificent event. The organisation required is enormous and with record attendance this year space and timings all became a little stretched. Some of our cars took a little longer to get on site than would have been ideal, but once we all got settled the show was amazing. As the day proceeded, we were treated to another awesome flying display from Mustangs, Pitts Specials, the Red Sparrows and a Spitfire and Hurricane. As ever the highlight was the formation fly-past of the only two remaining flying Avro Lancasters – one from the BBMF and the other

Paulerspury Section: Derek & Sylvia Freeman with their European Rally Trophy

from the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum. Equally we were again treated to another fly-past from the other Avro – the Vulcan XH558. Time is now running out to see her fly, as 2015 is to be her last year in the air as it is proving ever more difficult to meet airworthiness standards and remanufacture of key parts is becoming impossible. The day is organised to raise money for Children In Need and in 2013 they raised more than £25,000 and with the massive interest this year, I’m sure that total will be topped. Annual Picnic – Royal Masonic School for Girls Rickmansworth This year’s event was a picnic with a difference! Steve and Jan Dolan had invited the local Austin Seven Owners Club to join us for the day. Once assembled there were ten Austins all from the 1930s. The plan for the afternoon was that those willing – or daring enough – would swap cars for a drive round the school grounds. So, pre-picnic there was a general getting to know you and your cars session. For many of us it was the practicability of how to get into those tiny cars that occupied us most! We then adjourned for our picnic lunch. After lunch the day began in earnest.

Paulerspury Section: Mermie Karger’s 1913 40/50 hp 2442 Saoutchik tourer

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Oxford Founders & Thames Valley Section: Members’

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cars in front of Mapledurham House

in front of Upton House

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Paulerspury Section: David Clarke’s Flying Spur

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7 December 2014: AGM & Christmas Lunch, Hartwell House, Aylesbury February 2015: Valentine’s Lunch, the Quince Tree, date tbc 15 August 2015: Fete Champetre at Sandhurst with City Barge

Paulerspury Section: Derek & Sylvia Freeman with their European Rally Trophy

Paulerspury Section: Mermie Karger’s 1913 40/50 hp 2442 Saoutchik tourer

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The first Paulerspury member to get the ball rolling appeared to be the redoubtable Peter Nightingale, who nervously sailed past us in the passenger seat of his Bentley with a confident looking Austin owner at the wheel. That set everyone off and the sight of our Club members crouched behind the wheel of the Sevens was a joy to behold. Fortunately one of the Austins was of the larger variety, so our weightier members could participate. As the day progressed we all got a little bolder and not only asked the Austineers, but asked our fellow members if we could drive their cars. Colin Hughes and Mermie Karger were there and Mermie’s sumptuous 1913 Silver Ghost was one of the afternoon’s stars. A queue formed for trips around the grounds in this magnificent car and I lost count of the number of times Mermie made the rounds. This was a great day out, we had a superb turnout of cars, from the 1913 Silver Ghost and 1925 Phantom I limousine to a modern Silver Edition Goodwood Phantom, with most models in between represented. There seemed to be a general consensus that this is something we could well do again, in a couple of years though, as the calendar is so full already. Many thanks to the Austin Seven Club for their enthusiastic participation and to Steve and Jan for organising it all. Treasure Hunt and Lunch This year’s Treasure Hunt started from the Bedford Arms nestled in the quiet village of Oakley. Kathy and Mike Martin had taken time to put together a very testing route for all comers, requiring some excellent detective work en route if you were to be a winner. Club cars began to assemble at 10:30hrs and members were welcomed inside for a coffee (or tea). The clue sheets were handed out and soon cogs were whirring as treasure hunters tried to guess the answers. None of them managed a single answer and conceded that driving the route was the only way to do it and by 11:15hrs, they were on their way. Derek and Sylvia Freeman arrived in their Silver Cloud III, clutching a trophy they had been awarded on the European rally, from which they had returned

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just the day before. After an anxious wait the cars returned and the clue sheets were collected and marked. A sumptuous lunch was enjoyed by all and the service was e xcellent - certainly a venue to consider again. Thanks also to Barry and Ruth Gallafent for organising the lunch and Mike and Kathy Martin for the Treasure Hunt route and clues. M A R K WA R N O C K

ROMANDE SECTION Just Horsing About; Our day at the Geneva Polo Club Season Finals For many of us seven minutes is not a long time but if you are seated on a polo pony trying not to fall off whilst at the same time trying to hit a small ball, seven minutes can seem a very long time indeed, especially when you are surrounded by your three team members and four members of the opposing team! Members of our rather special Romande Section were very kindly invited by Xavier Tenorio of the Geneva Polo Club to be their special and honoured guests on Sunday 14 September for the Season Finals of the Geneva Polo Club whilst a running commentary was provided in French and English to enable all visitors to follow the progress of each stage of the competition. In his time-honoured way, Gérard Le Clerc, our Chairman, provided a most welcome aperitif before we all indulged in a ‘Asado-Argentinean’, an Argentinean-style barbecue with an absolutely splendid selection of Argentinean meats and salads. The weather was dry, warm and sunny which complemented a most enjoyable day, topped by unexpected gifts awarded to two of our members with an invitation for them to take part in a celebratory halftime presentation on the polo field in their cars while the two teams followed on horseback. Perhaps this should have been called the Geneva Polo Chevaux Vapeur! As always, the day was thoroughly enjoyable and unique as well for many of us; to follow the Polo matches while picnicking next to our Rolls-Royce and Bentley at some 10 feet from the action was breath-taking indeed! MICHAEL BRUCE

Romande Section Celebrates 110 Years of Rolls-Royce Celebrating the 110 years of RollsRoyce with a time-line of distinguished Rolls-Royce motorcars spanning all models from 1904 to the present day to an audience of over 20,000 visitors at Morges overlooking the lake of Geneva has been the enviable concept of the Romande Section. More than 100 Rolls-Royce and Bentley cars were present. Also included was the working Merlin Spitfire engine of Peter Grieve and Helen Thirsk. Careful planning with the close co-operation of our special sponsors and the firm involvement of the Swiss Rolls-Royce importers lead to the success of this important event. The Romande Section has spearheaded the development of partnership (a source of support hitherto rather ignored by the Club and its sections as a whole) with our characteristic emphasis placed upon elegance, culture and the mutual enjoyment of members which is the original essence of being a true RollsRoyce and Bentley Enthusiast. Putting this all together over the last few years has been the unfailing task of our rather special French language Section based in Geneva. With our small but effective committee under the Chairmanship of Gérard Le Clerc, Vice Chairman Georges Cots, Secretary Sir Sidharta (Sidhi) Dutta and Treasurer Pierre FavrodCoune plus the special assistance of Marketing Manager Nicole Aebi and our Honorary Member Walter Freidl, these arrangements have been very successful. The distinguished firm of Chopard is a principal Partner for the Morges event. The Swiss Classic British Car Meeting at Morges, organized by Keith Wynn, attracts over 1800 classic British cars and over 20,000 visitors each year. This year’s 23rd meeting held Rolls-Royce as the Marque of Honour to celebrate its 110 years of producing ‘The Best Cars in the World’ and our President Gérard and his committee organized the complete Rolls-Royce concept for this event. Celebrities flying into Geneva for the show included the immediate RREC Former Chairman Trevor Baldwin and wife Patsy as well as James and Annabel Hinchliffe, producers of the prize-winning Rippon Bros Rolls-

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Romande Section: Just horsing around

Romande Section: Morges event

Romande Section: John and Minty Goose

Romande Section: Sir Sidhi Dutta, Gérard Le Clerc, Trevor Baldwin and Walter Freidl

Royce book and unexpectedly a 1935 Rippon bodied limousine arrived from Lichtenstein too! The delightful Robin Dean drove himself over from Scotland in his 20/25 Tickford (1932) while John Goose and his lovely wife Minty joined us travelling from England with their 20/25 Park Ward tourer (1934). Our event began on the morning of Friday 3 October in Mollens with Michael and Antonia Bruce where our cars were parked in front of their lovely home for champers and a performance of classical music played by our President Gérard Le Clerc, the concert cellist, accompanied by Anne Chollet on the piano, which brought the tears to our eyes. Luncheon was held in the Auberge Communal de Mollens which specializes in game cuisine - deliciously served with glorious Swiss wines. After lunch we drove our cars through the picturesque vineyards, past Vufflensle-Château and on to visit Château Prangins (Musée National Suisse) where we parked our Rolls-Royce and Bentley motor cars in front of the castle entrance followed by a wonderful tour of the art treasures and

herb gardens. Then we were off to the Partners evening which was hosted by Thilo and the lovely Katya Martin, director of Rolls-Royce Motors Geneva at Nyon. Our Partners arrived in force with special clients, full of enthusiasm and ready to discuss the event of the next day at Morges around the Spitfire Merlin engine and to take their rides in the latest Phantom cars. Cigars, champers and fine food were on-hand backed up with impressive night-time views over the sparkling Lake Geneva. Morges was special! In pride-ofplace in front of the castle was our Rolls-Royce time-line arranged by Sir Sidharta Dutta, the International expert on Chinese and Japanese Antiquities, for this special event. Sidhi had selected seventeen distinctive Rolls-Royce motorcars spanning all models from 1904 to the present day. Our thanks also go to Ruedi Müller of the Swiss Section for joining us to complete the time-line with his Barker 1929 Phantom II. Other Members Rolls-Royce and Bentleys were also on-show by the delightful gazebo in the castle gardens, where English cream teas were being

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served by waiters in morning dress. Our member Stephen Forsey was present with his 1925 Bentley 3 litre Speed model. Over 100 Rolls-Royce and Bentleys (110 Rolls-Royce and Bentleys for 110 years of Rolls-Royce!) came from Switzerland and in France (our Romande Section area includes the areas of Alsace, Jura, Lyon down to Monaco and the French Riviera) as well as many others from as far away as Scotland. Many prospective Club members were also in attendance at Morges to see the show. The Merlin Spitfire engine of Peter Grieve and Helen Thirsk, brought over specially from the UK, was operating in the courtyard, cordoned off by the side of Morges castle and the joyful noise made by this historic motor could be heard all over the castle grounds. Blue Harvest was principal Partner for this remarkable Rolls-Royce Merlin engine display. In the VIP enclosure in front of the castle Gérard Le Clerc provided us with a concert of delightful classical music before speeches were presented by Trevor Baldwin and others. Trevor was the former Chairman of the RREC before handing over to Duncan

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Romande Section: Just horsing around

Romande Section: Morges event

Romande Section: John and Minty Goose

Romande Section: Sir Sidhi Dutta, Gérard Le Clerc, Trevor Baldwin and Walter Freidl

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SCOTTISH SECTION

Scottish Section cars visit Castle Coole in County Fermanagh

Feetham, now the current Chairman. In his speech Trevor told us that The Hunt House is the centre of our Sections, our Archives and together with the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation is our international presence for all interests in RollsRoyce and Bentley. Nicole Aebi invited each Partner personally to say a few words about their enthusiasm for this event. The proceedings terminated with a special presentation of 10 year Membership Lapel Badges by Trevor to Gérard and by Walter to Sidhi as a token of appreciation for all the admirable and hard work that has been done by them both for establishing the Romande Section upon the firm foundation of respect that it now holds in the Club’s regard. The Swiss TSR 1 Mobile TV team covered the event and made two 3 minute documentaries about our Rolls-Royce event: hosted on film by Gérard Le Clerc and Keith Wynn, which was shown on TV as part of the TSR 1 News. Our committee have always fostered close ties with the media both in Switzerland and France and we are confident that our membership will be steadily increasing in the future. The Morges Event finally drew to a close around 17:00hrs and as we motored off home in our lovely cars our thoughts turned to our next meeting which is the President’s Christmas Luncheon to be held on 29 November 2014. Our Partners reflect their esteem for the marque and the Rolls-Royce Enthusiasts’ Club’s Romande Section and we appreciate the generous help and support that they have provided. We look forward to their continued enthusiasm and support as our section progresses confidently into the future. W A L TE R F R E I D L

Romande Section celebrates Wow! What a weekend to remember in Switzerland! We have been privileged to attend a wonderful weekend organised by Romande Section in celebration of the 110 years of Rolls-Royce. Our Friday began being collected by the charming Walter and MarieRose Freidl and driven in their Silver Shadow to the home of the Bruces where the most beautiful and memorial classical/modern music was performed by cellist Gérard and Anne Chollet on piano. This was followed by delicious game cuisine in the nextdoor Auberge Communal de Mollens. The next day after rolling through bountiful vineyards we arrived at Castle Prangins and were escorted through the interior, after having lined up our cars perfectly in the courtyard entrance. This was followed by a quick dash to Geneva’s Rolls-Royce dealership for the evening’s cocktails, a perfect chance to meet other enthusiasts and sponsors with their guests. Again, we were kindly driven home in the evening to Morges by James and Claudia Cunningham in their most majestic Phantom III. Following ‘the big day out’ we reconvened at the Auberge de la Reunion, near Nyon for final farewells, again to which we had the privilege of being escorted in John and Minty Goose’s wonderful 1934 Park Ward 20/25 open tourer. Our final fling in a Rolls-Royce was to Geneva airport courtesy of Erwin in his Silver Shadow. We, the UK contingent, have all had the most marvellous time meeting everyone from the various sections. This is vintage President Le Clerc and team! J A M ES & A N N A B E L H I N C H L I F F E

We have enjoyed something of an Indian Summer this year and this gave us good weather for the second part of our series of visits to Northern Ireland from 5-8 September. This year’s trip was based in County Fermanagh and we enjoyed a very pleasant stay in the Killyhevlin Hotel on the outskirts of Enniskillen. John Cummings arranged some very enjoyable outings including visits to Castle Coole, The Marble Arch Caves and the Belleek pottery factory. John has already made plans for next year’s trip which will be based in County L ondonderry and details will be notified in the Section Newsletter in due course. We were not so fortunate with the weather on our visit to the Great Biggar Rally multi-make show on 17 August. We had a good display of ten Club cars from pre-War up to 1980 but it was a very windy and cool day with some showers in the morning. The strong wind caused some damage to our Club tent as well as those of some other stands but the day was enjoyed by those attending despite the weather. We were very pleased to be joined by Duncan and Viv Feetham who had made the trip to Scotland to join us at the event. As I write this report we are preparing for our visit to the new headquarters building of the Strathmore Vintage Vehicle Club at Glamis on 12 October which has been organised for us by Andrew Green. The committee will meet at the venue when we will discuss the programme of events for 2015. I hope that this will be in place by the time we meet for the final event of our year, the Section AGM and Christmas Lunch on 7 December. This year we are visiting a new venue for us, the River House Restaurant and Conference Centre in Stirling and it is hard to think that the event will only be a few days away when this report appears. I hope that there will be a good turnout at the event to bring our year to a close and send all members and friends good wishes for the Festive Season and the New Year. NICOL M CLELAND

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South Africa Section: Fred Phillips’ immaculate 1964 Silver Cloud III lwb limousine, next to Alan Lindhorst’s unrestored 1956 Silver Cloud to which

South Africa Section: 1981 Cottrell Silver Spirit and Mike Bampfield-

Alan quickly applies the shine

Duggan’s Silver Shadow II

SOUTH AFRICA SECTION We are always grateful to our events Secretary, Mike Bampfield-Duggan for introducing us to so many lovely restaurants and wine estates far from Cape Town; but the other side of the coin is that the cost of petrol to drive a Rolls-Royce or Bentley to these exotic venues can be as much as the cost of the meal and tasting for two! “But that shouldn’t be an issue if you own a Rolls-Royce”, I can hear some saying! Be that as it may, we enjoy a good mix of country and local venues, and the latter are easier on time and pockets, and attract some members who are averse to long country outings. Peddlars-on-the-Bend had been chosen for our August lunch meet. It is a popular up-market trendy watering hole in Constantia. It has a smart restaurant; a pub with fireplace, long counter, draught beer; and a large outside area under umbrellas. Peddlars has a ‘mink and manure’ setting, with a gravel road leading to stables and paddocks nearby. Our cars were parked close to the front entrance, with Hans Zwets’ yellow 20/25 standing in pride of place. Opposite were two Silver Clouds – Alan Lindhorst’s unrestored black on olive green Cloud I, next to Fred and Caryl Phillips’ gleaming blue Silver Cloud III lwb (ex-Brett Gage stable). Silver Shadows and Silver Spirits completed the line-up. The manager had arranged for a long table setting for our group of twenty and offered a complimentary glass of champagne prior to a threecourse buffet/carvery Sunday lunch. Our September meeting was also in Constantia and it is not often that one can say before we have even sat down, that the majesty of the ambience

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South Africa Section: Mike Watson’s 1939 Wraith WEC61 Thrupp & Maberly limousine

and the captivating perspectives in every direction, coupled with a charming welcome by the owner at the door, would make this a successful excursion. We were at Constantia Glen, the property of Gus Allen, a former merchant banker turned vintner who had taken an already compelling setting and developed it into a world class venue with internationally acknowledged wines, superb service, and excellent cuisine. A number of our cars were parked at the entrance to the restaurant and tasting facility adding to the lustre and panache of the already impressive facade and provided more than just a conversational backdrop to the outing for all those in attendance as well as our twenty members and guests. The first red wines were produced in 2007 coincidentally when the winery itself was completed. The Constantia Glen red wines have a fantastic freshness and elegance to them while at the same time being very plush and quite rich, as Gus explained to us. They strive for the right flavours but with the mineral rich soil and the cool influencing temperatures they can obtain wines which are lightly flavoured and full of body with excellent legs. All harvesting is by hand with meticulous bunch and berry sorting by twenty people sorting individual berries. All the tanks are

South Africa Section: Gerald Hagemann’s 1958 Cloud I

gravity fed without pumping. Blends are numbered which means that wines are identified by the number of blends in the bottle making the process, easy to understand, simple to implement and quick to order. It was a privilege to be so treated by the owner of the estate and we came away from an excellent light meal plus a fine appreciation for the skills, talents and expertise which combine to form one of the finest wine estates in the country. Any Club member who is visiting the Cape is very welcome to join our meetings which are normally held on the second Sunday of the month. Do contact the Section Secretary for details. TREVOR KOMAROMY

SOUTH EASTERN SECTION What a busy time the last few months have been! Our Section has enjoyed so many fine events. In August we visited Sheffield Park where the gardens and lakes never cease to delight us, followed by The Bentley Wildfowl Park with its house, birds, shop and Motor Museum,

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SCOTTISH SECTION

Scottish Section cars visit Castle Coole in County Fermanagh

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South Africa Section: Fred Phillips’ immaculate 1964 Silver Cloud III lwb limousine, next to Alan Lindhorst’s unrestored 1956 Silver Cloud to which

South Africa Section: 1981 Cottrell Silver Spirit and Mike Bampfield-

Alan quickly applies the shine

Duggan’s Silver Shadow II

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South Africa Section: Mike Watson’s 1939 Wraith WEC61 Thrupp & Maberly limousine

South Africa Section: Gerald Hagemann’s 1958 Cloud I

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(details inside back cover) for an application form and further details, including prices for variations to the base package outlined above. We are g ratefu l to th e IoM Committee and Howard Phillips for all their work in planning this event for us. B E R Y L STO N E Future Events

South Eastern Section: Some of the 2014 Normandy Rally

South Eastern Section: Bentley GTC owned by Keith & Susan Shaw

participants motor cars at Chateau du Bizy

at Sheffield Park House and Gardens

captivating. Finally our visit to a new venue The Hush Heath Vine Yard was a great hit with the members who enjoyed wine tastings and a tour of the production area and walk around the vineyard to view the grapes growing in their perfect lines across acres of beautifully maintained Kentish countryside. In September we moved abroad with a long week in Normandy staying at the 5-star Hotel de Bourgtherould. From the number of ‘thank you’ messages received, all participants enjoyed the Rally and are looking forward to next year’s South Eastern Section rally. Actually, there will be two Section Rallies in 2015, one to France for a long weekend – 1 to 4 May 2015 - and another in September based in Wales with a stop off hotel on the way there and another on the way home, the dates are 6 to 13 Sep 2015. Please contact me if you are interested stephen.beker@btinternet.com. Our last picnic event of the year was, as usual, the wonderful Lullingstone Castle with the World Garden next to the Church in the grounds. We parked on the lawns and over thirty cars attended - even the weather was kind. Looking forward, but still in 2014, our most important event of the year is our AGM at The Chart Hills Golf Club, Biddenden, Kent on Sunday 23 November. All welcome but booking is essential for the lunch. This is followed by an early Christmas Lunch on Sunday 14 December at the Holiday Inn, Wrotham. All RREC members are most welcome but please contact me if you wish to attend any of these events. Section Members will have received flyers in the SE Sections October magazine but if you did not receive them I have more! STE P H E N F A B M A N - B E K E R

Future Events 23 November 2014: Sunday AGM and lunch, the Chart Hills Club 14 December 2014: Sunday Christmas Lunch, the Holiday Inn

SOUTH WESTERN SECTION Cotswold Weekend, 22 – 24 August 2014 Upon arrival we all enjoyed a welcome glass of sparkling wine and canapés in a private room before d i n n e r. O n S a t u r d a y m o r n i n g we motored to Gaydon Heritage Motor Centre, displaying varied, predominantly British, of course, cars from 1896 to the present day. Surprisingly there were no veteran, vintage or classic Rolls-Royce or Bentley cars. We were given an interesting private tour, which was much better than simply wandering around, and had lunch in the restaurant. The afternoon was free; many of us visited Blenheim Palace at Woodstock near Oxford. It was very interesting and educational. There was a large separate display and information on Sir Winston Churchill and his paintings. One of his quotes was: “Champagne should be dry, cold and free”. We saw many valuable paintings, portraits, Chinese porcelain and vases, and tapestries; it was well worth the visit. The Long Library is 183ft long and 32ft high and the Great Hall with its wonderfully painted ceiling and stone carvings is 67ft high. As an added bonus, in the grounds, there was a display of cars from different clubs. The West Midlands Section were on show and picnicking beside their cars. The Three Ways House Hotel

is renowned for its Pudding Club evenings, established in 1985 to preserve the tradition of the great British pudding. We were supposed (and many succeeded) to sample all seven varieties of puddings available, accompanied with lashings of cream and hot custard. The puddings were all paraded around and displayed for our admiration and eating. Guests were called up, table by table, to select first one dessert, then another and so on, a ritual which was obviously the proprietor’s pride and joy. We had to mark each pudding on a score sheet – certainly a novel and amusing evening. M a n y t h a n k s t o To n y H u n t for organising this enjoyable and successful weekend. Short Rally to the Isle of Man, 13-17 September 2015 This is a joint 20hp Register/South Western Section event. The Ramsey Park Hotel has thirty rooms and is offering advantageous rates to those who want to stay extra days. The Isle of Man has much to offer the visitor: charming towns and villages; wonderful scenery and drives; historic working railways; arts, crafts and culture; ancient monuments; museums; nature and beauty spots; wildlife and animal attractions. The list goes on. The cost per couple sharing is £720 which includes four nights halfboard, welcome reception, gala dinner, entertainments, daytime visits and an afternoon reception at the home of Derek and Carol Randall. Please note it also includes your return ferry crossings from Heysham or Liverpool. Applicants from the South Western Section and/or the 20hp Register will take early precedence. If you are interested please contact Tom Jones

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Please contact Beryl for details 23 November 2014: AGM and carvery lunch at the Devon Hotel, Matford, Exeter 14 December 2014: Christmas Lunch at the Commodore Hotel, Instow nr Bideford. The cost is £27, and we have reserved rooms for the Saturday night so you can enjoy a pre-Christmas weekend in North Devon. 22 February 2015: Escape the winter blues. Our lunch meeting is at the Arundell Arms Hotel, Lifton near Launceston. The up-market Lifton Farm shop is nearby selling fresh local meat, and best quality home-made local food and sweets 22 March 2015: New members’ lunch. Venue to be decided 26 April 2015: Drive it Day. We visit Haynes Motor Museum 3 May 2015: Merton Classic Car Fayre 13-17 September 2015: Short rally to the Isle of Man

SURREY SECTION Firstly congratulations go to Len Meades for winning the mascot competition on the Twenty Rally to Northern Spain this summer. The award is made for the best decorated Spirit of Ecstasy and is judged by the manager of the hotel where the competition is held. Bright sunshine was with us all day on our second visit to Kingswood Golf Club for lunch on 14 September. Fifty nine members and guests attended an excellent carvery. Committee member Trevor Longley, who organized the meal, had not overlooked the fact that two of our members, Mandy Forrest and Glen Del Medico, had recently celebrated birthdays. Both were presented with gifts, by Trevor, from the Section. As the weather was fine the line-up of Rolls-Royce and Bentley motor cars included a number of drop heads proudly displayed with their hoods down. We did have one French visitor in the line, a 1928 Renault with leatherette covered bodywork. This very interesting old vehicle belonged to friends who attended with

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committee member, Henry Fitzhugh and his wife Rosemary. On 17 September Section members along with members of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers and the Royal Aeronautical Society attended an interesting lecture on the new Wraith and an insight into the way Rolls-Royce motor cars are customized at Goodwood. One particular skill was the hand painting of coach lines where, we were told, you would be unable to find a join along the whole length of the vehicle. In a departure from previous years our AGM will be held in the morning prior to our Christmas lunch on 30 November 2014. Due to its excellent facilities with a separate room for the meeting and our own dining room Kingswood Golf Club has been chosen for this year’s venue. Our programme of Events for 2015 has been virtually finalized commencing with a Curry Lunch on 15 January followed by, what has now become an annual event, the Film Night on 16 February. One of the highlights for the Section for 2015 is our Autumn Break to Stratford upon Avon, from Thursday 17 to Sunday 20 September. We will be staying at the Arden Hotel which is in the town centre, close to the river and opposite the Royal Shakespeare Company Theatres. There are numerous tourist attractions in and around the town including Shakespeare’s birthplace, Anne Hathaway’s cottage, Mary Arden’s house and Shakespeare’s final resting place, all of which can be visited via the ‘hop-on, hop-off ’ bus. We have also organized an optional trip to the Bentley factory in Crewe on Friday 18 September. The cost for three nights will be approximately £750.00 per couple (£525.00 for single occupancy) to include dinner, bed and breakfast. We have the option of staying on Sunday night for an additional cost of £190.00 per room (£145.00 single). Members from all Sections are very welcome to join us. If you would like to do so please send a deposit of £50.00 per person to Chas Forrest, Bridgehill Farm, Orltons Lane, Rusper, West Sussex, RH12 4RN to reach him no later than 31 January 2015. Email enquiries to chasforrest@live.com. MICHAEL THACKERY

Future Events 25 January 2015: Curry Lunch 16 February 2015: Film Night 15 March 2015: Pub Lunch 16 April 2015: Dinner at the Clink 25-27 May 2015: International Weekend, Folkestone 7 June 2015: Trophy Day at Brooklands

SWEDEN SECTION Well, here we are going towards the end of a very successful season with lots of activities in the Sweden Section. With the summer being more like the Mediterranean, it has been splendid for all the old and new cars for motoring around the country and Continent. Shortly after our AGM and rally in May, there was a tour in Rejmyre to the glass manufacturing place and a demonstration in the art of glassblowing. At the end of May we had a gathering of old English enthusiasts’ cars in Enhörna, mainly Jaguars and MGs but of course also a few noble cars of the make Rolls-Royce and Bentley. A visit to the Lithografic Museum by the lake Orlången was interesting with the old printing works. They still make/print labels for matchboxes, amongst other things. The island of Visingsö, in the lake Vättern, was the subject for another visit of our section, where also a Nostalgia-Museum can be visited. To get to the island one takes a little ferry from the mainland, from Gränna. Another favourite was revived on 23-24 August, the tour around Åsunden lake. This is a beautiful area in Sweden, west of Gothenburg. It was a weekend do and during that there were visits to The Glass-House, old castles, drives around the countryside. As one knows, all these outings are of course including nice lunches and dinners and excellent company and most beautiful cars, from very old ones to modern models of the Rolls-Royce and Bentleys. Sweden’s favourite garage - Rohdins in Trollhättan, now in new premises, had as tradition bids, their popular weekend 5-6 September. A lot of people gathering for a free test of their vehicles on Friday followed by the glamour-day on Saturday, with guided tours around the premises and a lot of beautiful cars parked

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South Eastern Section: Some of the 2014 Normandy Rally

South Eastern Section: Bentley GTC owned by Keith & Susan Shaw

participants motor cars at Chateau du Bizy

at Sheffield Park House and Gardens

Future Events 23 November 2014: Sunday AGM and lunch, the Chart Hills Club 14 December 2014: Sunday Christmas Lunch, the Holiday Inn

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up, some for sale, some not. They had the pleasure also of the guest appearance of Magnus Rose´n, one of the world’s best bass guitarists, to entertain during Saturday lunch. He is an enthusiastic Club member, but not yet a car owner (maybe seeing all the cars that may change?) The International Rally, previously organised under the Swedish Section flag, took place under the name of The Continental Rally this year in Holland, now in the shape of the main annual Hunt House event, - but with same organisers. It attracted members from Sweden, Germany, England, Ireland, Scotland. A total of forty three cars from 1924 up to modern models. At the Gala-night event prizes were given to: The oldest car, owned by Raymond and Hazel Moffatt from Irish Section, the longest distance driven went to two couples; Tommy and AnnChristin Mårder and Clifford and Siv Hellzen from Swedish Section and traditionally ‘the Favorit Car’ chosen by the Hotel went to RollsRoyce Silver Cloud III, 1963, owned by Derek and Sylvia Freeman, Paulerspury Section UK. Surplus of rally plates were put up for sale and through donations of members, as well as a wine-auction, a sum of Euros1.370 was achieved for a local children’s charity in Limburg. For your information: the ne xt Continental Rally 2015 will be in south east Sweden. Keep a look-out for advertising of the event. Wish you all happy motoring as long as the weather allows this season. MONA-LISA ILLINGWORTH

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Future Events 2014: Monthly lunches in Stockholm/Göteborg Every week: Classic Car meeting, Upplands Väsby December 2014: Christmas lunches in Stockholm/Göteborg 17-18 April 2015: Wine/Champagne tasting, Bjertorp 5-7 June 2015: AGM and Rally, Lunnsbrunn 19-20 June 2015: Annual Rally, Burghley House, England

UPPER CANADA SECTION The Upper Canada Annual Rally Sunday 21 September dawned wet with heavy showers persisting as the contestants were handed their instructions and left Mazemoor at timed intervals. However, good fortune prevailed as the sky cleared to a lovely blue just minutes into the rally. Our route took us into the Giant’s Rib country of the Niagara Escarpment for some of the finest motoring roads in Southern Ontario. Then it was on and up into Marmorite country to the Bridges and Rivers portion of the day. We traversed and followed the Grand River, the Nith River and finally the Thames as it winds its way toward London, Ontario. Lunch was at the Waterlot Inn in New Hamburg, overlooking a lovely millpond complete with geese, ducks and swans. Then we went on to the wonderful Bruce Greeniaus collection of cars and memorabilia. We then drove to Ingersoll, arriving at the Elmhurst Inn for our dinner and awards presentation for the day. There were fifty two clues to solve and find and about twenty five trivia

questions about early Rolls-Royce history. The rally was won by longtime tourers Gordon and Vera Kader. Their prize was a flight in a legendary Canadian Harvard aircraft, one of those that trained many thousands of pilots of the Commonwealth in World War II and later with NATO flight training in Canada. The flight took place at Tillsonburg Airport on Monday morning where we were given a fine historical review of the RCAF training command and their aircraft, including a Tiger Moth, a Yale and the Fleet Finch biplane of the time. A soft country drive was suggested for the return home to finish up a memorable two days. ROGER HADFIELD

WELSH SECTION Tredegar House Rally, Newport, Gwent, September 2014 It is sad to think that this year’s event will be the last, at least in the form we have come to know it. The scenic run on Saturday of some ninety miles around South Wales, this year supported from our ranks by Howard Cox in his delectable 1965 Silver Cloud III MPW drop head coupé, will continue we are told. However, there will be no more static rallies on Sunday in aid of the blood cancers Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research. After thirty four successful years the organisers have had enough and have failed to produce, from their ranks, younger volunteers to take on the mantle of this major event which has attracted some 1000 vehicles and developed into a large country fair.

The new custodians of the Tredegar House estate, the National Trust, are keen to see the event continue but cannot take on the organisational responsibility. It has become a popular event with Club members in a pleasant environment to picnic and exchange views in the thirty years of giving Club support. Nevertheless, for the final rally there was a bumper turn out on the RREC stand with nearly thirty vehicles attending. Robert Regan’s Silver Ghost was the oldest Rolls-Royce and Nigel Taylor mustered all his drivers to bring along no fewer than six cars – his award-winning Phantom I, 20hp, 25/30 all with landaulette coachwork backed up by 20/25 Barker limousine, Wraith Hooper limousine and his latest acquisition a Bentley Arnage resplendent in Wildberry livery. David Powell entered his eye-catching Phantom I H J Mulliner fabric sports saloon with his wife driving a recently acquired e x-Malaysian Embassy Silver Spur as a tender. Our numbers included several from Great Western Section including Gwyneth Harris in her H J Mulliner 1951 Bentley Mk VI and Charles Rendall’s Silver Wraith Hooper Teviot III touring limousine which was on the Rolls-Royce stand at the 1952 Earls Court Motor Show and owned first by the renowned plastic surgeon Sir Archibald McIndoe. Huw Lloyd, now feeling much better, and Helen did a splendid job marshalling the cars in a more restricted area than normal. Yours truly did a ring-side commentary in glorious sunshine which generated crowds greater than ever before all contributing to this vital charity with

a record return estimated to be in the region of over £80,000. It is gratifying to know that for thirty odd years Club members have played their part and the organisers are eternally grateful. Future Events Christmas Lunch, Sunday 30 November 2014 This is our last major gathering of 2014 at the Ty Newydd Country House Hotel, Hirwaun which needs little introduction. Booking forms have been circulated to all who subscribe to the Welsh Section Newsletter. There may be last minute vacancies so please ring Section Chairman, Robin Wayne Tel: 01792 232944 if you have not made a reservation already. Welsh Weekend Rally, 17-20 April 2015 Venue: Parkway Hotel and Spa, Cwmbran Drive, Cwmbran, Monmouthshire, NP44 3UW. Tel: 01633 871199. Fax: 01633 869160. Cost: includes dinner, bed and breakfast each night, gala evening on Saturday with entertainment together with use of spa facilities. 3 nights double/ twin room £501. For those only able to stay 2 nights, the cost for double/twin is £354. Reservations: Book direct with hotel stating you are an RREC member booking for the Welsh Weekend Rally. In case of difficulty ask for Lisa Brown or Jane Jones. Once you have booked please advise our Acting Secretary, Rodger Morgan, of your car model, year and registration number. Tel: 01554 755770. Email: rodgermorgan42@sky.com. Please book now to ensure we have the hotel for our exclusive use. In the meantime, our popular First Tuesday Lunch Meetings continue at various locations in the south of the Principality details of which appear in the Welsh Section Newsletter.

This being the last Section News of 2014, the Welsh Section Committee

Welsh Section at Tredegar House, UL 2019 Nigel Taylor’s 1929 20hp Barker

Welsh Section at Tredegar House, BDA 666 Nigel Taylor’s 1937 25/30

Wessex Section members with a few of our club cars in Salisbury, parked by

landaulette Chassis GWL29

Thrupp & Maberly landaulette Chassis GHO57

the Rifle Museum

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send all their many friends throughout the Club good wishes for Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year. K E LV I N P R I C E

WESSEX SECTION In the middle of the excellent summer that we have had this year, we held the Wessex Annual and Barbecue at Lepe Country Park. I think that it was held on the only Sunday in August when we had heavy rain and high winds! Not the most perfect barbecue weather, but despite some late cancellations we went ahead and showing true British spirit gathered around the barbecue with our picnics and Pimms, bunting blowing in the remnants of hurricane Bertha, and wellies and umbrellas at the ready. Many of those present had left their Club cars at home, and given that some members had driven through flooded roads this was probably a sensible decision. We were left with only a handful of cars eligible to take part in the judging, but as the sun came through just after lunch we perused the choice available with all the attention to detail that is given when a much larger choice is available. Awards were made in three categories and were won by Michael Dant, Simon Crofts and Richard Staple, but the Grainge-Jackson Trophy for best in show was not awarded this year because of the limited competition. In mid September we visited the English Oak Vineyard, at the edge of the village of Lytchett Matravers, and were welcomed by the owners Andrew and Sarah Pharoah who planted the vineyard in 2007 after a complete change of career direction. We picnicked in true Rolls-Royce style under a magnificent spreading oak tree on a day of perfect weather before Sarah took us on a tour of the vineyard where she proved to be a mine of information on her vines, their care and pruning and how to produce the perfect grape. Then Andrew gave us a presentation and tasting of three of their English sparkling wines. We were very impressed by their quality, and although Andrew explained carefully that they were not allowed to describe them as champagne it was clear that he considered them to be an equal. One of our members gave an audible sniff at this point, but then, she is

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This being the last Section News of 2014, the Welsh Section Committee

Welsh Section at Tredegar House, UL 2019 Nigel Taylor’s 1929 20hp Barker

Welsh Section at Tredegar House, BDA 666 Nigel Taylor’s 1937 25/30

Wessex Section members with a few of our club cars in Salisbury, parked by

landaulette Chassis GWL29

Thrupp & Maberly landaulette Chassis GHO57

the Rifle Museum

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send all their many friends throughout the Club good wishes for Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year. K E LV I N P R I C E

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French! Several bottles were heard clinking as we walked back to our cars which awaited us under the oak tree. October saw us meeting in Salisbury where, thanks to member Roger Higgins, we had arranged parking by the Rifle Museum and a busy day with no less than four venues to visit. We had a splendid tour of Arundels, the former home of Ted Heath, where we discovered much that we had not previously known; also the Rifle Museum itself which was fascinating and a tour of the National Trust’s Mompasson House. The day concluded, of course, with a guided tour of the magnificent cathedral. This was a packed and wonderful day. J E A N M A R P L ES Future Events 7 December 2014: Section AGM & Christmas lunch, Burley Manor Hotel, New Forest

WEST MIDLANDS SECTION Our Section Rally was again at the Pershore Plum Festival on Bank Holiday Monday 25 August 2014 In the twelve years Steven and I along with Brian and Anne Bremer have been the organisers of our Section Rally we had had ten very sunny pleasant years, one with a few drizzly showers – but oh boy this year made up for it – for most of the day it rained, and on and off the rain turned to torrents and then there were the occasional dry fifteen minutes! Good job we decided to have a 50% bigger marquee this year, a great improvement over last year and a focal point for members. It was already raining when Steven and I got up at 05:00hrs to make the

West Midlands Section Chairman presents the Coley Rose Bowl to Spencer Allen

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sandwiches for the picnic buffet. We arrived on site, in the rain, at 08:00hrs and Brian and Anne Bremer, Mike Ridley and Fil Gorseki were already on duty. However, you can’t stop an RREC event by just weather. We had a good turn-out of cars, and were pleased to welcome members of The Bentley Drivers Club, how nice that we are working together and can ensure good support for our events and theirs. We had George Simpson and Graham Neale’s RollRoyce Silver Ghosts, Peter Edwards Silver Shadow Mulliner Park Ward 2 door, Tony Billingham in his back up car, a Roll-Royce Silver Shadow Mk 1 (the Corniche was at the doctors along with my Arnage). Despite the weather David Kershaw brought the Rolls-Royce 20hp ‘Peacock’ but David Williams reverted to his Bentley Arnage, and a very nice Bentley 3 litre from the BDC owned by Mr and Mrs A Belcher, plus too many others to mention, a total of forty two proper cars. The General Classic Car Show of the Festival had over 1000 cars booked in but only around 600 came. The Chairman this year presented The Coley Rose Bowl to two Section members Jane and Spencer Allen for the keen support for many of our events throughout the year. We were pleased that The Chairman of The RREC, Duncan Feetham, and his wife Vivien came and stayed with us right through the day and into our evening supper where they were joined by seventeen members at The Yorkshire Grey for an enjoyable informal hot buffet. ST E V E N M AL E K Stop Press……Carry On in Clevedon Following the great success of our Section’s trip to Ross on Wye this year the organiser, Mike Ridley is arranging a further 3 day break for 2015 but this time we are venturing a little further off our ‘patch’. Mike has booked The Walton Park Hotel, Clevedon, just south of Bristol for the nights of 22-24 June 2015. (3 nights). The Hotel has stunning views over the Severn estuary and is a great base to explore and enjoy many local attractions, which will include some or all of the following; Brunel’s maritime masterpiece, the SS Great Britain; a drive across and visit to the Clifton suspension bridge;

the National Trust’s spectacular gothic mansion at Tyntesfield; visit to Wells Cathedral with a cream tea in the Bishop’s Palace; a tour of the Cheddar Gorge and caves. As this year, there will also be excellent entertainment on the evenings of 23rd and 24th. Mike says, “The programme is still being finalised, I cannot give you a final cost, but anticipate it will be of the order of £550 per couple. If you would like to join us, and you want to guarantee a room with a view, just telephone the hotel on 01275 874253, and tell them you are part of the RREC party and secure your room with a £50.00 deposit. Then, just send me an email to confirm your booking on mikeridley@hotmail.co.uk. I will update you on plans, cost and timings as soon as possible. Do come and join us.” Those who attended this year’s event (the report of which featured in our Section’s contribution to the August/ September Bulletin) will attest to the great time had by all and the super organisation, indeed we had a number of members from other sections – so if you would like to sample this ‘Carry On’, get your booking underway now! T h e We s t M i d l a n d s S e c t i o n Committee is working on the following programme of events for 2015. JILL MALEK

The Pershore Plum Festival 16 September 2015: Falconry Centre, Moreton-in-Marsh 11 November 2015: Men and Their Ladies and Their Motors, The Abbey Hotel, Redditch 6 December 2015: Christmas Lunch, The Glebe

Informal Lunches for the first three months will be held as follows: 25 February 2015: The Hornes of Bonningale, Shifnal 12 March 2015: The Bear, Berkswell 15 April 2015: The Yorkshire Grey, Earls Croome

This is the programme the Committee are working on – there are some other events being worked on but they are not yet sufficiently firm to include yet.

WESTERN CANADA SECTION Another year has flown by and here on the West Coast we have had excellent weather that certainly complemented the busy calendar of events. First up this year was the AGM/ dinner weekend in Vancouver held 1-2 February followed by our annual in

Future Events 25 January 2015: New Year Lunch, The Yorkshire Grey, Earls Croome 14 February 2015: St Valentine’s Day Lunch & Ladies Easter Bonnet Parade, The Wagon Wheel, Grimley 22 March 2015: Section AGM, The Abbey Hotel, Redditch 23 April 2015: St George’s Day Asparafest meet, The Fleece Inn, Bretforton 13 May 2015: Chairman’s day at The Hunt House tbc May 2015: Coventry Airport and Flight Simulator experience tbc June 2015: Presidents Day at Dorsington (we will not know whether this will go ahead until late January – so April Newsletter booking form if it goes ahead) 22-24 June 2015: Carry On in Clevedon (3 days away based in Clevedon with a variety of organised visits) 4 July 2015: USA Celebration Day, Croome Park 26 July 2015: Andrew and Jacky Lilly’s Music Picnic and Barbecue 12 August 2015: Stanway Fountain 31 August 2015: West Midlands Section Rally,

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Western Canada Section: David Stocks’ 1950 Silver Dawn LSBA86 on the Circle Tour

house fund raising auction 16 March - Club members donating items and fellow members buying them with proceeds to the section in the amount of $569 - less than prior years so we need to clear out the garages a little more thoroughly next year! Our innovative fuel economy run weekend took place 2-4 May this year on Vancouver Island ably organised by the efficient Steve Harris who with wife Barbara held a Friday evening reception at their home ‘Fawlty Towers’. Twenty three cars participated of which five were pre-War and two ‘traitors’: a VW and an Alvis! The monitored drive on Saturday was a ninety mile run from Parksville northwards to Campbell River. There the group checked in to Painters Lodge where the evening dinner and awards ceremony was held. Overall winner with the best index of performance was Tony May in his 1969 Silver Shadow SRX 6882. Best overall mpg award went to Gwen Page with her 2008 Bentley Continental Flying Spur 8CO51803. This year there was a ‘Worst MPG’ trophy which is hard not to win in a Phantom III despite the recent engine rebuild - Bill Fane taking the honour 3BT69. The All British Field Meet is always popular and held at the immaculate VanDusen Gardens, Vancouver. This year held on 17 May the forecasted showers did not materialize, which is always a bonus when parking over 500 cars on lawns that are normally only for foot traffic. Twenty six Rolls-Royce and Bentley cars took part - notable of which was David Cohen’s 1912 Silver Ghost Willis replica L/E tourer 1950E. Voted winner by the participants for ‘Most Elegant Car’ was John Waite’s 1929 Springfield Phantom I Brewster Pall Mall tourer S184FR. This year an addition to the calendar

was a summer Fun Run on 21 June in the Fraser Valley, east of Vancouver. Organised by John and Nicky Waite it attracted thirty four participants in fifteen cars. Starting off in Clayburn Village which was the first Company Town in British Columbia, the tour moved on to visit Bakerview Ecodairy, the first demonstration farm of its kind in Canada. The cows are milked three times a day by a robot which utilizes lasers to align the milking tubes to the teats. The cows make the decision when they want to be milked! Following lunch at the dairy, an afternoon visit was arranged to Trethewey House which was home to early Abbotsford pioneers in the lumber/milling industry. Another first this year were simultaneous picnics held on either side of the Georgia Strait that separates Vancouver Island from mainland city of Vancouver. The sharp rise in ferry fares over the last few years has unsurprisingly been driving down ridership - a fact not so obvious to the BC Government unfortunately. Hence the sensible idea of two gatherings as the Island membership is a healthy part of the Club. In Vancouver it was held at Cypress bowl, a winter ski recreational area on the North Shore mountains that look down upon Vancouver. Eighteen cars and forty six people took advantage of the views on a day of perfect weather. The picnic area had plenty of tables but the hot sun meant most people sat in the shade on the nearby grass. Meanwhile over at Gwen Page’s home in Saanichton just north of Victoria, a fine picnic was enjoyed by twenty three members and a group toast to the mainland colleagues was proposed. twelve cars and one of Gwen’s vintage fire trucks were suitably arranged in the driveway.

Western Canada Section: Pat Meehan’s 1951 Bentley Mk VI B252MD, Steve

Western Canada Section: Kissing Derbys together again at Fort Rodd Hill,

Harris’ 1949 Bentley Mk VI James Young saloon B141FU and Robin Hine’s

Victoria. Nick Northeast’s 1934 3½ B165BL and Mike Owen’s (ex-Ian

Bentley 3 Litre Vanden Plas tourer SR1409 at the Gwen Page picnic, Saanichton

MacQuarrie) 1935 3½ B90EF, both Park Ward saloons

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West Midlands Section Chairman presents the Coley Rose Bowl to Spencer Allen

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This is the programme the Committee are working on – there are some other events being worked on but they are not yet sufficiently firm to include yet.

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Western Canada Section: David Stocks’ 1950 Silver Dawn LSBA86 on the Circle Tour

Western Canada Section: Pat Meehan’s 1951 Bentley Mk VI B252MD, Steve

Western Canada Section: Kissing Derbys together again at Fort Rodd Hill,

Harris’ 1949 Bentley Mk VI James Young saloon B141FU and Robin Hine’s

Victoria. Nick Northeast’s 1934 3½ B165BL and Mike Owen’s (ex-Ian

Bentley 3 Litre Vanden Plas tourer SR1409 at the Gwen Page picnic, Saanichton

MacQuarrie) 1935 3½ B90EF, both Park Ward saloons

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Continuing with the idea of island events - see ferry woes above - a new event was organised on 24 August by David Stocks and Robin Hine. A solid days driving tour, the Pacific marine Circle Tour has been made possible because the logging road that connects Lake Cowichan, northwest of Victoria, to the south coast at Port Renfrew, has only recently been tarmac surfaced. Port Renfrew is located at the furthermost western point on the road from Victoria before it becomes a well-known difficult hiking trail - the West Coast trail. Twenty six members and two guests in eleven cars took part in the 180 mile drive on a glorious late summer day. David and Francis Stocks played sweeper car in their 1950 Silver Dawn LSBA86 which has since been sold to a collector in the USA. Leading the pack was Robin Hine in his 1926 Bentley 3 Litre tourer SR1409 a wonderful original oily rag car that has been in his family since his grandfather bought it as second owner for £90 in 1936. My own Derby Bentley B165BL, a magnificent 1933 Talbot James Young tourer driven by Rob and Niki Follows plus the R Types of Arthur Perjul B130YD and Gerry Sager B137YA made for a high percentage of older cars. The drive took us on lesser travelled roads culminating in the thirty five mile logging section that climbed over a mountain pass through old growth forest and river canyons from Lake Cowichan to the sea. A late lunch break at the Port Renfrew hotel on their waterfront deck and dinner back at the Howard Johnson Hotel in Victoria meant as usual nobody starved on this tour. A tricky quiz over dinner stumped nearly everyone with Rob Follows surprising himself as winner with a suitably low score! On 14 September the Old English Car Club of BC held its annual gathering of British cars at Fort Rodd Hill in Victoria, a national park that preserves an old lighthouse along with WWI and II marine gun emplacement defences for the naval harbour. Several members attended with their Rolls-Royce and Bentley motor cars including probably the last showing we shall see for David Stocks’ Silver Dawn but for me it was the appearance of the late Ian MacQuarrie Bentley 3½ Park Ward saloon B90EF that made it exciting. Ian died in January 2009 and the car finally emerged from his estate

early this year when it was acquired by Mike and Richard Owen of Owen Automotive, British car specialists in Sidney, BC. The backdrop is fabulous so we couldn’t resist posing the two Derbys together as both cars have been in BC since 1970. To cap off the season, our annual Fa l l m e e t c o m b i n e d w i t h t h e Washington/Oregon Pacific Northwest Region was hosted by the BC Region at the Pan Pacific Hotel in Whistler on the warm and sunny weekend of 19-21 September. Saturday the cars were judged followed by a treasure hunt style challenge and a quiz - all of which determined that BC won the trophy back this year. Attendance numbered forty six members and guests with eighteen member cars. Our annual Christmas party is scheduled for 6 December at Tony May’s home but meantime the executive is planning 2015 events which means we are certain to be looking at another successful motoring season. N I C K N O R T H E A ST

YORKSHIRE SECTION Winter cometh As you snuggle down to winter toasting your toes in front of the fire, eagerly reading this Bulletin - you may pause and reminisce. In the summer, we were blessed with many sunny events. Did you join us? If so, I hope we were friendly, as you should expect? At Lotherton Hall near Leeds it was almost tempting to grab a deck chair and enjoy chatting to visitors who enjoyed seeing our cars. The North of England Rally was well attended. It was good to see the Club Shop and The Hunt House lovelies. One special guest visitor was a new Rolls-Royce Ghost from the Goodwood factory. This magnificent car caused many to go home and check their piggy banks. The Proms at Castle Howard was very splendid. On a slightly windy evening we lined up in front of the beautiful house. New venue Wassand Hall was a very pleasant place to visit on a sunny day. The car show at Wentworth Woodhouse was graced by the sight of over thirty Club cars running the full length of the longest frontage of any stately house in the country. The Section Weekend at Sandsend,

Yorkshire Section cars at Wassand Hall Picnic

North Yorkshire, was a delightful sojourn in glorious weather. Raithwaite Hall was a gracious backdrop for our Club cars. It was a delight to welcome members from other sections. We made the news in the Whitby Gazette, with the headline: “Rolls-Royces roll into Raithwaite”. We visited the North Yorkshire Railway on a special steam weekend in TV’s Heartbeat Country – Aidensfield. We made a fine exhibition outside Burton Agnes Hall near Bridlington. We didn’t see Bram Stoker’s Dracula but the Gala Dinner included a murder mystery. At the last evening, the lovely ‘My Favourite things’ ladies group trilled out 40s and 50s songs for our delectation. We were sad to leave Whitby on a sunny day, especially when a family of porpoises swam by in the beautiful blue sea. The Thorpe Perrow Arboretum displayed the autumn colours; this reminded us that summer was ending. Liz Brown, our Membership Secretary, was outright winner of the ‘End of Picnic Season Conker Tournament’ with a ‘fiver’ conker. Only the thought of the lunching season beginning could cheer us up. At Woodhall Spa over eighty people gathered to gossip about happy times. Soon we will be dining at The Parsonage in York. On 14 December we will don Christmas hats at Rogerthorpe Manor. On 18 January we will ‘Beat the Winter Blues’ at a lunch at Healds Hall. Then, on 22 February, at the Thorpe Park Hotel, we hold our Section AGM, Lunch and Auction where we usually end up selling Duncan Feetham’s braces while he is still modelling them! Our Special Guest is Johan Vanden Bergh (what will he make of our shenanigans?) After all of this frivolity, on 15 March we are having lunch at Ripley Castle. It is a ‘true’ medieval Castle with a host of golden daffodils bobbing in the breeze. Hope to see you there. A U D R E Y B OOT H

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20hp REGISTER Ireland Rally, September 2014 We were fortunate to have amazing sunny weather during our whole 7 days in Ireland, and to have a local organiser, Sydney (and Dorothy) Cooper, who worked hard to arrange a rally to remember. Jane Else has written a report, but I would like to specially mention the hospitality we received from the hotel and from all Sydney’s friends, with their museum collections of machines and old cars. Also David and Jane Else have distributed a very professional DVD as a permanent memento of the event. 20hp Rally to Ireland Céad míle Fáilte - One Hundred Thousand Welcomes The customary 20hp September short break took place in the land of the shillelagh, shanachai and shamrock. Tom Jones summoned the faithful and our man in Ireland, Sydney Cooper, put together an action-packed four days based at the picturesque Rathsallagh House, Dunlavin, Co Wicklow. Thirteen 20hps, a 20/25, an Arnage, a Seraph, two Silver Shadows and a 3½ Bentley took part in this memorable event. Some crossed the Irish Sea from Holyhead to Dun Laoghaire, others from Fishguard to Rosslaire, not forgetting participants from Northern Ireland and the South. People’s enthusiasm knew no bounds; Spencer and Vicki Silverbach flew from California for the sole purpose of coming on this short rally while David Love drove his 20hp tourer from his home in Normandy to Roscoff for the crossing. David’s car had charging

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20hp Register: GYK85 Barker cabriolet

problems. Jim Boland recommended someone who soon had it sorted much to David’s relief. Unfortunately Roy Nelson also had problems with his 20/25 which was transported to Jim Boland’s garage to have its clutch and engine sorted. The ‘Welcome to the 20hp Ireland Rally’ signs along the splendid drive through the five hundred acre parkland were a foretaste of the warm hospitality which lay ahead. The 17th Century idyllic Rathsallagh House, clad in ivy and Virginia creeper its red brilliance enhanced by the afternoon sunshine, was a stunning sight at the end of the long drive. The evening began with a drinks reception courtesy of Tourism Ireland which also generously supported the event with wine and music at our final dinner. This was an opportunity to meet fellow RREC members including Jim and Breda Boland whose car collection we would be seeing next day, not forgetting Billi Carey who was here from Canada to organise a Silver Ghost Rally. We set off on a sunny Monday morning via Dunlavin, with its mid18th Century Courthouse in the centre of the road, for the Straffan Steam Museum at Lodge Park, the home of Robert and Sarah Guinness. Robert is passionate about machines and hearing that a 19th Century church was to be demolished he had it transported to Lodge Park and rebuilt to house his amazing array of working steam powered machines. The splendid Victorian building comprises two halls, one displaying portraits of the great inventors and engineers of the steam age with a

20hp Register: Autovac nut

fine collection of inventors’ models of steam locomotives, the other contains an array of steam powered machines, all in immaculate working order. Sarah’s passion is the beautiful 18th Century walled garden. From Straffan we proceeded to Naas and Jim Boland’s impressive collection of over eighty prestigious cars which he started collecting in the fifties, - RollsRoyce, Bentley, Lagonda, Jaguar, Daimler, Bugatti, Alvis, Hispano Suiza and Napier to name a few. The second collection we visited belonged to Brian King who also had a magnificent Burrell Traction Engine which caught the eye of Stuart Harrison, custodian of one or two. Hospitality and refreshments at these three venues was overwhelming. No visit to the Dublin area is complete without a visit to The Guinness Storehouse. After negotiating the early morning Dublin traffic on Tuesday, we arrived for a tour of the massive seven storey building, a former Guinness fermentation plant, where everything from how Guinness is made to the ancient craft of barrel making and how to say “Sláinte” (Cheers!) is learned. The tour began by standing at the bottom of the world’s largest pint glass which rises up through the centre

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of the building. Pride of place in the base of the glass is a copy of the 9,000 year lease on a disused brewery at St James’ Gate, Dublin, which Arthur Guinness signed 31 December 1759. It cost him an initial £100 with an annual rent of £45 including water rights. In the Gravity Bar at the top of the building we had a complimentary glass of the black stuff and enjoyed the 360º views over Dublin to the Wicklow Mountains. A lunch stop at the Newbridge Silverware shop with its interesting museum exhibiting clothes worn by the rich and famous was followed by a drive across the Curragh to the Irish National Stud. Our well-informed guide took us along the Tully walk where two retired stallions in one paddock and mares with foals in another were grazing. We continued along the Oak Walk to the covering arena and the stallion boxes where we could glimpse the million dollar champions. The skeleton of Arkle, the legendary Irish steeplechaser stood at the entrance to the museum. Sharing the same estate as the National Stud are the Japanese gardens and St Fiachra’s garden. The former was laid out in 1906-10 by a Japanese landscape gardener Tassa Eida and his son Minoru with forty assistants. We walked in this impressive array of trees and shrubs by stone lanterns, along stepping stones and across bridges all of which symbolise the journey from the cradle to the grave. The latter was created for the millennium and depicts St Fiachra, the patron saint of gardeners holding an acorn, symbol of growth and fruitfulness, as he sits on a rock in the lake surveying the tranquil scene of natural beauty, a tribute to the Irish landscape of woodlands, waterfalls, lakes and streams. Many chose to visit one of Ireland’s f i n e s t h o u s e s o n We d n e s d a y. Russborough House, built in the 1740s, has survived magnificently both inside and out. With views to the Wicklow Mountains and Blessington Lake, it claims to have the longest frontage in Ireland. Sir Alfred Beit bought the mansion in 1952 to house his art collection, famous for its Flemish, Dutch and Spanish Old Master paintings. Sadly the house has been associated with a number of art thefts. In 1974 Sir Alfred and Lady Beit were assaulted when several

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masterpieces were stolen by the IRA. They were eventually found in Cork. Some pictures are still missing after a robbery in 1986. We took a guided tour of the impressive interior with its ornate stucco decoration on walls and ceilings, its silver, porcelain and objets d’art, our guide locking the door after we had entered every room. The tour began in the reception hall with its Kilkenny black limestone fireplace and painting by Jean Baptiste Oudry, signed and dated 1745. We were led through mahogany doorways into rooms where the carpets were made by the Royal Carpet Factory, Madrid and into the saloon with its original mahogany and satinwood parquet floor and portrait of Thomas Connelly by Joshua Reynolds. Four marine scenes in the drawing room were painted for Russborough in the 1750s by Joseph Vernet. The baroque stucco mouldings were designed especially to enclose them. The paintings were sold in 1926 and returned to their original settings at Russborough forty years later. The bed dated 1794 in the tapestry room, was made in London and the Soho tapestry made around 1720 by the Flemish weaver, John Vanderbank, who founded a factory in London. In the basement of the house is a small cinema where Sir Alfred entertained friends with the films of his early travels to far flung places. At the press of a button we could also enjoy these very early films. On display are many photographs of family and famous friends who visited Russborough. One room is devoted to the 1974 robbery with newspaper cuttings and reproductions of the stolen pictures scattered carelessly as they were found. That evening we were taken by bus for a Hooley at the 18th Century Johnnie Fox’s, the highest pub in Ireland. The interior has to be seen to be believed: washing hanging above the fireplace, innumerable chamber pots hanging from the ceiling, a penny farthing and anything else one might choose to name hanging on the walls. A meal was served and the fun began as musicians played and sang Irish folk tunes. A request for ‘Danny Boy’ by the RREC was followed by Irish dancing with Billi Carey swept off her feet and presented with an Irish dancing diploma. It was an extremely enjoyable evening and

most fell asleep on the way back to Rathsallagh House. Clear skies early on our final day boded well for the planned drive in the Wicklow Mountains National Park. We crossed the Blessington Bridge over the Pollaphuca Reservoir and travelled south with stunning views of the reservoir below. The route took us through a landscape of wild beauty re-joining the medieval pilgrim’s route to Glendalough through the Wicklow Gap for a quick stop to glimpse Lough Nahanasan to the south, with Tonelagee (817m) to the north and Table Mountain (700m) to the west. From here we followed St Kevin’s Way through the Vale of Glendasan to Laragh and on to the Roundwood Inn for a light lunch. Having left Roundwood we took the mountain road with panoramic views of the rolling hills and Lough Tay far below. Breath-taking views of heather clad mountains and the vast area of peat bog unfolded as we approached Sally Gap where the road crosses the historic Military Road. We were pleased to see Robert and Sarah Guinness, Jim and Breda Boland, Brian and Sarah King at our final dinner. Tom presented Sydney with a pewter 20hp on a plinth suitably inscribed and Linda presented Dorothy with flowers. A bottle of champagne was presented to Tony Porter by Kay O’Flynn, of Rathsallagh House, as his car was the House’s choice. The party atmosphere continued to the witching hour with dancing to the music of two musicians who were joined by Adrian with his spoons and bodhrán. The following morning the rally drew to a close as we departed on the road to home with time to reflect on an unforgettable few days in Ireland when the glorious sunshine set the seal on a perfect rally. “Go raibh míle maith agaibh Sydney and Dorothy!” J A N E E L SE The Grand Tour; 20hps visit the Alps and Venice, 23 June-12 July 2015 The rally starts from Laon near Reims and we end with a Gala Dinner in a Champagne House back in Reims. Although the rally is fully booked, if you are interested in being on the reserve list, please contact Len Meades, the rally organiser, on 01306 730373 for details.

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25 Register cars at Hotel Groot Warnsborn

Short rally to the Isle of Man, 13-17 September 2015 This joint 20hp/South Western Section rally to the Isle of Man will be based at the Ramsey Park Hotel and the cost of £720 per couple includes four nights half board, all visit costs, and return ferry from England. See the South Western Section report for more details and contact the Registrar for an application form. Autovac Nut If your Autovac weeps petrol it may be because the large brass nut holding the petrol delivery pipe to the base of the Autovac is cracked, see photograph. (This is a CEI nut, Cycle Engineers Institute, later rationalised into British Standard Cycle with essentially the same thread profile. It has 26 threads per inch and requires a 7/16” BSF spanner.) Because this cracking is a common problem, the Autovac Company supply replacement nuts nicely made from stainless steel. The nut with its new brass ferrule costs about £15. GYK46 Klaus-Josef Rossfeldt sent information about GYK46 which was recently sold by Gwynneth Harris at the Annual auction. It now resides in Germany with the number plate UU 06255. Klaus-Josef has researched the factory records and concludes that the car was ordered by a woman who apparently cancelled, so Rolls-Royce put the car on stock, probably as a demonstrator. It has a typical Hooper body with Hooper’s patent chauffeur’s window, the bottom third of which can be pushed down to allow hand signals. More unusually it is also fitted with Barker patent dipping headlights. Klaus-Josef wrote: “The original brass-emblem declaring

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25 Register: The Bienemann collection

this a Barker-Patent is still riveted to the central rod. Perhaps this item from Barker on a car with Hooper coachwork is an indication that RollsRoyce for their demonstrator might have asked for this advanced extra and the coachbuilders did comply with the manufacturer’s desire?” GYK85 Charles Leith sent information about GYK85 which also has unusual features. It has Barker cabriolet de ville coachwork and was ordered by Mrs Gala Gubbay in India. It has a louvered bonnet in Continental style for the Indian climate and the running boards are slightly lowered to enable Mrs Gubbay to alight more easily. She specified a then-fashionable turned aluminium dash with nickel plated instruments. It has a wind up glass division, and unusually it is a 6-light cabriolet with special folding rear side windows. In 1967 the car was transferred from India to the Dutch Motor Museum by Evert Louwman, and in 1995 David Styles bought it and restored it to its former glory (see 20hp Newsletter 22). TO M J O N ES , R e g i s t r a r

25 REGISTER Gelderland Tour 2014 Forty two Register Ralliers set forth on our latest excursion, this time to Gelderland, a province of the eastern Netherlands. The Dutch look askance at rallies, equating them to Monte Carlo and the like; so we were on a tour not a rally! It appears that with the possible exception of France and Italy, who are more pragmatic, most European countries take the same rather dim view of Rallies. Other organisers may care to bear this in mind.

The main group travelled from Harwich to Hook of Holland. Our friends in the north went from Hull to Rotterdam, which is just the other side of the Maas estuary. Both groups took the overnight sailing. Our hotel was a mere eighty five miles away so we motored into Delft, home of the world renowned blue and white porcelain and china, to have a leisurely look round. If you’ve not visited it before it’s definitely worth a visit. In the afternoon we motored across the Netherlands to the outskirts of Arnhem to settle down in the tour hotel, the four star Hotel Groot Warnsborn, where we were given privileged parking on the lawns to the left of the approach to the hotel. The dinners were invariably e xcellent, service was good and the staff went out of their way to be helpful. All in all the hotel experience was first class throughout and it can be heartily recommended. The next day, Thursday, was a free day which we spent at the Nederlands Openluchtmuseum. This was the Dutch equivalent of the Weald and Downland Open Air Museum where old buildings are dismantled and transported to the museum there to be re-erected in appropriate groups and settings. Friday saw us leaving our cars behind at the hotel as we boarded a coach for a day out in Amsterdam, ninety minutes away. In the evening we were joined for dinner by Hans Bruetsch and his friends, who had just driven 600 miles from Switzerland in Hans’s newly restored 25/30. They were staying in the area just for the weekend. Saturday marked the 70th anniversary of Operation Market

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25 Register cars at Hotel Groot Warnsborn

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Garden. Consequently the roads in and around Arnhem were crowded with thousands of people attending the many commemorations taking place. Part of our group managed to watch the parachute drops from the glider museum at Woolfheze. Some then ventured into Oosterbeek and mingled with the Bren-gun carriers and jeeps, adding an extra dimension to the occasion! Sunday saw us motoring over to Huis Doorn, the home to which Kaiser Wilhelm II was exiled when he abdicated in 1918. He lived there until his death in 1941. Not surprisingly the house was filled with any number of mementos of Kaiser Bill. On Monday we visited the Bienemann collection of wonderful Rolls-Royce and Bentley motor cars as well as many other marques. Our host was Tony Bienemann, the managing director of the Peja group of companies, which includes, inter alia, Hooper International. The collection is very much a personal one and fills several large warehouses. One car, in course of restoration, was a very rare pre-war Alfa Romeo pillarless sports saloon. We were pleased to repay his generous hospitality by entertaining Toni to dinner the following evening. On Tuesday we motored over to the Palais Het Loo, the home of King William of Orange and his wife Queen Mary of England and their descendants. We enjoyed a guided tour and the formal gardens featuring many parterres and fountains. At our gala dinner, the following day, toasts were proposed, speeches made, and much praise heaped on tour organisers Malcolm and Janet Heath whose first essay in the gentle art of rally organisation this was. They were presented with a fine pair of Swarovski champagne flutes as a token of our thanks. Joanna Bridges Webb produced her end of rally rhyming report to great acclaim. (The nod was to Gilbert and Sullivan this time.) The cars gave remarkably little trouble. The northern group had one vehicle which failed to proceed before the ferry and they opted for their everyday transport. A battery died and was swiftly replaced with help from the hotel’s owner, Lammert de Vries. A recurrent problem was eventually diagnosed by the group’s experts as a gunged up carburettor.

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That car went home in better shape than it came in! A slipping clutch caused its owner some headaches and the only other problem was a car which had the courtesy to get off the ferry at Harwich, before breaking a piston ring. We arrived home with many happy memories of a splendid rally well organised by Malcolm and Janet. We are greatly looking forward to their next foray. R O D N E Y M A R P L ES

DERBY BENTLEY REGISTER Correspondence Following my note in B326 on the correct finish of Derby engine parts I have received some further thoughts on the correct detailing of rocker cover boxes. Will Morrison writes: I noticed your piece in the latest RREC Bulletin ref rocker cover finish etc. If you turn to my part of the report on the Annual, you will see that I have included that exact point on page 13 top right. The bottom rim of the rocker cover should be polished, along with BENTLEY, but the surround to BENTLEY should be black. I do not know whether you have a copy of the Derby Bentley Authenticity

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Guide produced by the Derby Bentley Society, but when that was being put together, we sorted this point out. From Tod Marshman: The D er by B en tley S ociety ’s assertion is that BENTLEY and the rim were bare aluminium throughout all the pre-war cars. I sent them a company photograph which is reproduced in the 3½ instruction book and on page 33 of Nick Walker’s book Bentley 3½ and 4¼ in Detail. I think it clearly shows BENTLEY and frame in aluminium, whilst the rim could be aluminium but is more probably reflection from shiny black paint. On page 15 of B326 you will see a photograph of P&A Wood’s 3½ chassis with BENTLEY, frame and rim all

Derby Bentley Register: Kingsley Sleep with B75JY Thrupp & Maberly sports saloon

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polished aluminium. They equally felt that this is the correct detailing on all pre-war Derby Bentleys. The Company photograph used in the 4¼ instruction book shows BENTLEY and rim (probably) in aluminium, and the frame in black. As a new boy to Derbys, the d i v e rg e n c e o f o p i n i o n o v e r a significant engine detail is puzzling. My own view is that the photographs for instruction books are probably the best source of information and that would give us: 3½ - BENTLEY and frame in aluminium and the rest black 4¼ - BENTLEY and rim in aluminium and the rest black Yo u r R e g i s t r a r h a s r e c e n t l y been corresponding with James Brotherhood who owned and ran Derbys as everyday cars back in the 1960s. He has kindly written an article about his experiences for our next newsletter. The subject of the type of original paint finish arose and he was under the impression that they were brush painted: I had always thought they were sprayed with cellulose. I asked James Tucker for his opinion and received this comprehensive reply: “As to brush painted Derbys if he had a very early Bentley - say around 1926; or one using a special coachbuilder who only made two or three bodies a year, then quite possibly it was brush painted. Cellulose spray painting was used as early as 1912 by Ford, and American mass production quickly adopted the approach as it was much cheaper, quicker and produced brighter, flashier coloured bodies. Flow coating and even dipping were also in use by then as was artificial drying. England was a little slower with Vanden Plas one of the first to adopt the cellulose approach around 1925. By 1929 it was almost universal across the major coachbuilders as instead of taking around six or seven weeks to hand paint a body, a better finish could be achieved in a matter of days rather than weeks. So unlikely many, if any, of our Derby Bentleys were hand/brush painted. “ A worried Club member telephoned me recently because he was losing considerable quantities of coolant every time he used his Derby. After some discussion, it became clear that both the copper sealing washer and the steam valve were missing from his

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radiator cap. The Derby Technical Manual section B/R/4 has a full description and overhaul procedure. Steam valves are often incorrectly assembled – is yours correct? Finally Elizabeth and I are meeting Kingsley and Ann Sleep to undertake a recce of the North Devon area in preparation for next April’s Register event. With very best wishes for the festive season and for many enjoyable miles of superb Derby motoring in 2015. D O U G L A S R EE C E , R e g i s t r a r

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MK VI REGISTER Finding and Preserving Sir John Black’s Bentley Mk VI, B342NZ Sir John Black’s commissioning of the design and construction of a 1952 Bentley Mk VI convertible had little public awareness in 1950. It was done in unusual semi-secrecy for its era; his reasons for its construction remain a mystery. Stuart Peck, its designer, was largely unknown, though not an amateur, and Mulliners of Birmingham, who built the body, were not frequent coach builders for Rolls-Royce or Bentley motor cars. These were the main actors in this drama of a car that experts in the field paid little attention to during its entire, short public life in England. Even Bernard King has little to say about this car in his comprehensive book on the Mk VI. This car is a rare one-off specimen in numerous ways. Sir John took delivery of the car in July 1952 and sold it in August 1953. We doubt if it had much public e xposure during these thirteen months. The suspicion is that its purpose was to serve as a prototype for the design and creation of a Standard Motor Company post-war entry into the sports car sector of the British motor industry. Frustrated by being unable to acquire ownership of Jaguar, then Morgan, and perhaps other car makers, Sir John decided to develop a sports car in-house for domestic and export markets. The sports car Standard introduced was the TR2, and then the TR3, which did achieve Sir John’s objectives for his companies. According to this theory, having achieved his objective, Sir John sold B342NZ and eventually it went to

Mk VI Register: B342NZ on delivery having just been washed

Mk VI Register: B342NZ interior

Mk VI Register: B342NZ with owner Lee Garoyan

L eslie Onslow, in Bournemouth, who raced it for about five years. Alternatively, some think he wanted a new car for use during the 1953 coronation. Nine years later, in 1962, the Bentley was sold by Jack Compton Ltd to C J Gelber, of California,

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Derby Bentley Register: Kingsley Sleep with B75JY Thrupp & Maberly sports saloon

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Mk VI Register: B342NZ as discovered

Mk VI Register: B342NZ on delivery having just been washed

Mk VI Register: B342NZ interior

Mk VI Register: B342NZ with owner Lee Garoyan

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where, by 1972, it had eventually had three owners. Its third California owner, Dr Kurt Hammerstrom, purchased the car from the marine climate of San Francisco to make a driver of the car. He quickly realized it required a full restoration, which he began but soon abandoned, leaving the dismantled car in dry storage for thirty seven years. His widow, Molly, decided to sell the car and in October 2010, I purchased it. In August 2014, the car was shown in its restored condition at Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, largely as we believe Sir John had seen it in 1952. The car’s original colour was black, but after it was sold for export it was resprayed two shades of grey, with maroon leather upholstery. The car’s odometer showed 33,517 miles, which was considered possible because the engine turned over smoothly by hand crank. Later we realized we were wrong; the engine required a complete rebuild, including all mechanical parts. At this stage it was impossible to make decisions about what spares were needed because our objective kept changing as we progressed with the project and we realized a more complete dismantling was required. By the time the body had been removed the restoration requirements became clearer. Of its sixty two years, it had been driven for only eighteen of them in England and California. With such low road mileage, the frame assembly was in good repair, with only soil and grease residues. There was no frame damage despite its having been raced for five years. We realized the chassis would clean well and we undertook removal of all attached components, cleaned and checked them for service and then had the frame powder coated. We hoped for an easy restoration as we turned our attention to the steel body panels. Though there was no salt damage to the frame and undercarriage from driving, the more we realized we were in for a longer than anticipated reconstruction of steel. We cut original external steel body panels to make new skin and as we did, we also found salt air had invaded inner panels. We rebuilt these foundation panels too. When done, our strategy of a complete tear-down of the car proved to be a wise decision.

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Tom Boutos, a metal fabricator with international credentials, devoted thirteen months to this responsibility, in essence forming new curves and reattaching new metal in e xact geometry as done by Mulliners of Birmingham workers in 1951-52. Nearing the end, I believe he had been communicating with these former workers through the style of work they performed and he did so with great admiration for their craftsmanship. He would often tell me, “This is a very strong body design”, or “This is creative construction”. A convertible has the advantage of being shown with the top down or up. I had intended to show the car in a top down view, as seen at Pebble Beach in August 2014. Then, as I was preparing publicity photographs with David Davies (a professional photographer who took nearly all of the photographs in this article) for another Concours in September, I was attracted to the view of the car with the top up. I think this display gives the car more sophistication, and preserves the elegance of the three shades of grey paint better than a photograph with the top down does. Time will tell what viewers think. The leather door panel has a sunburst design that continues into the rear seat panel areas, for a sweeping interior view. The interior wood trim is done with a medium shade of zebra wood which surrounds the fiddle neck design of the main panels. Were the years of effort worth the results? To date, the car has been seen publicly only at Pebble Beach, to a very impressed group of car enthusiasts. Personally, I dedicate this project to the memory of Sir John Black, an industrialist who contributed immeasurably to winning Britain’s air wars of WWII and who was deservedly honoured when he was knighted by King George VI. Sir John’s family crest as it appears in white gold on both doors of B342NZ, revealing our feelings for a wonderful car that was lost from enthusiasts for about forty years and might have been lost forever. The recognition to a worthy British Knight who also was a significant leader within the British motor industry might have gone with it. Nick Black, surviving son of Sir John, sums his feelings thus:

“Unbelievable, Leon, you must have such a feeling of accomplishment. It looks fantastic. You’ve brought pieces of motoring history alive with precision”. We believe his sentiments will be shared as the public exposure of the car continues. L EO N G A R O Y A N

SILVER CLOUD & S TYPE REGISTER The Silver Cloud on the American Market We are usually inclined to think about our beloved Silver Cloud and S Series when new in the London central roads or British countryside context. But the recent purchase of some interesting pictures on eBay about American dealers’ showrooms

Silver Cloud & S Type Register: In summer 1962, in Phoenix dealer Stewart Motors showroom was a Silver Cloud II, believed to be LSAE609

Silver Cloud & S Type Register: Another shot of Stewart Motors showroom: with the Silver Cloud II, were the Jaguar Mk II and the new Jaguar E-Type open two-seater and fixed head coupé models

Silver Cloud & S Type Register: In this picture taken in January 1962 for the Tournament Rose Parade in Pasadena, in the background is the Peter Satori Inc showroom

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has been the starting point to think about other territorial conte xts. With the launch of the Silver Cloud and S Type in 1955, sales on the American market were going strongly, although they mainly concentrated on the major metropolitan districts. J S Inskip Inc of New York, who had taken over before the war, had purchased all the spare parts of the liquidated Rolls-Royce of America, thus representing the main point of connection between the United States and Crewe in the early post war period. Over the years, John S Inskip did some important work for the Rolls-Royce branch in America, and opened new subsidiaries in West Palm Beach, Florida and Providence, Rhode Island. But Rolls-Royce needed a better distribution for their products and an efficient dealer network in the United States. So, in 1957 RollsRoyce Inc of America, a subsidiary of Rolls-Royce of Canada Ltd, was established, with headquarters at the Rockefeller Plaza in New York and automotive parts facilities at West Englewood, New Jersey. Since it was directly responsible to Crewe, it was the task of Rolls-Royce Inc to guarantee all the cars exported to the United States, while in 1958 the Executive Vice-President, Norman Miller, launched a quarter-million dollar advertising campaign, bearing the worldwide famous headline ‘At 60 miles an hour, the loudest noise in this new Rolls-Royce comes from the electric clock.’ The territory was divided between four distributors, one in New York, two in California (Los Angeles and San Francisco), and one in Texas. With the introduction of the Second Series with the new V8 engine, RollsRoyce made detailed plans to invade the American market. Not just technical reasons brought Rolls-Royce to choose the V8 engine for its range of models, since commercial aspects were considered as well. Exports to the United States market were by far the most important for Crewe and American customers would have liked this type of propulsion. The V8 was in fact the most popular engine for Americans and almost every European motorcar manufacturer saw the need to convert to this kind of engine if they were going to be successful on

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Silver Cloud & S Type Register: The Hinds Head Hotel in Bray where the Silver Cloud and S Series were originally launched in 1955

the stars and stripes market. The only exception remained Jaguar with its immortal XK straight-six engine, which continued to hypnotise the Americans. To demonstrate how strongly Rolls-Royce placed their bets on the American market for the new engine, it is interesting to point out how many Silver Cloud IIs were delivered to the United States for the launch of the new car in 1959: in the first batch of cars, having the chassis number starting with SPA, out of 163 cars built, 110 went to the other side of the Atlantic Ocean to be displayed in dealers’ showrooms! On United States territory, Rolls-Royce was represented by Rolls-Royce Inc, based at 45 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, who controlled four distributors: J S Inskip of New York for the East Coast area, Overseas Motors Corp in the Texas area, Peter Satori in the Los Angeles area and British Motor Cars Distributors in the San Francisco area. The distributors were responsible for every dealer in their area, covering the entire American territory with a total of fifty five dealers. The first two pictures associated to this article were taken in the summer of 1962 and are referred to the Arizona dealer Stewart Motors Co, of Phoenix. They were taken from outside the showroom. Inside was shown a Silver Cloud II, believed to be LSAE609. Painted in Shell Grey over Tudor Grey with grey upholstery, this car was delivered to Norman W Sheinman. Looking carefully at the pictures, it can be noted that the Silver Cloud II was equipped with the electric aerial and the Underwing Air Conditioning

Unit, clearly visible behind the right hand front wheel. Very interesting to note is that Stewart Motors was also an appointed Jaguar dealer and together with the Rolls-Royce were shown a Jaguar Mark II and the new E-Type, both in open twoseater and fixed head coupé version. In the last picture taken in January 1962 can be seen the Los Angeles distributor and dealer Peter Satori showroom. Actually, Satori was based in Pasadena, a city in Los Angeles Country, and the picture were taken during the Tournament Rose Parade in Colorado Blvd. In the background is visible Peter Satori showroom with all the banners: Rolls-Royce is the most visible under the dealer’s name, but also we can see MG, Jaguar, Austin Healey, DKW and Auto Union banners. It is interesting to note that the Bentley sign is not shown on the building. 60th Anniversary of the Silver Cloud & S Series, Bray, 24-26 April 2015 I’m noting with deep pleasure that huge interest for the 60th Anniversary of the Silver Cloud & S Series Rally for ne xt year. Several cars have already booked the event, many coming from the Continent and some from the United States also. At the moment, a few places are still available, but I recommend to book as soon as possible, as the number will be limited to sixty cars only. From the last Bulletin, Ailsa Plain and I have finalised the programme that I’m pleased to forward below. Friday 24 April 2015 Members arrive at Savill Court Hotel &

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Silver Cloud & S Type Register: In summer 1962, in Phoenix dealer Stewart Motors showroom was a Silver Cloud II, believed to be LSAE609

Silver Cloud & S Type Register: Another shot of Stewart Motors showroom: with the Silver Cloud II, were the Jaguar Mk II and the new Jaguar E-Type open two-seater and fixed head coupé models

Silver Cloud & S Type Register: In this picture taken in January 1962 for the Tournament Rose Parade in Pasadena, in the background is the Peter Satori Inc showroom

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Silver Cloud & S Type Register: The Hinds Head Hotel in Bray where the Silver Cloud and S Series were originally launched in 1955

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Spa, Windsor Great Park. Pre-dinner drinks and a Welcome Dinner will be held in The Orangery, overlooking the hotel’s serene grounds, at 19:00hrs. This informal gathering will allow members to meet up with those attending the celebration weekend in a more intimate surrounding. Saturday 25 April 2015 Morning/Afternoon: After a leisurely breakfast at the hotel, we will meet at the Bray Marina where we will begin our cruise along the River Thames to Windsor. Members will have some time to explore Windsor and nearby Eton at their leisure. We will then return to the boat for our cruise back up the river to Bray. Evening: As we will have group meals on both Friday and Sunday, members are able to dine at a restaurant or pub of their choice. There are dozens of highly recommended pubs and restaurants in the local area so the hardest decision you’ll have to make is where to go. Windsor is packed with the usual High Street eateries, however, if you go further afield you will find more quaint pubs and restaurants. Sunday 26 April 2015 (Please note that plans are subject to change as we are still awaiting confirmation from the Royal Household regarding the Parade.) 1130hrs: Parade of Silver Clouds and S Series motor cars in front of His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh KG, KT at Windsor Castle or Windsor Great Park. Our Weekend Grand Finale will take place at The Hinds Head Hotel, Bray, where the Silver Cloud and S Series were originally launched in 1955. Participants will have the unique opportunity for their cars to be photographed in the exact position outside the old hotel building where the original press photographs were taken in 1955. A quintessentially British luncheon will be prepared for us by Head Chef Kevin Love. The Hinds Head Hotel was awarded its first Michelin Star in 2013 and is owned by celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal. Members depart The Hinds Head Hotel and make their way home, or back to the hotel should they wish to stay an extra night. D A V I D E B ASS O LI , R e g i s t r a r

The veterans seem to enjoy this second stage as much, if not more, than the river cruise. Last year one ninety five year old Dunkirk survivor stated that, after spending two days soaked, scared, repeatedly straffed and thoroughly miserable in a Little Ship, he had little interest in boats and only attended these events to see his diminishing number of friends, eat a good lunch and enjoy a ride in a real Rolls-Royce! My thanks to everyone who came and supported this worthy event, not least Len and Beverley Horn who travelled over 100 miles in their 1926 20hp Connaught-bodied open tourer to help drive some very appreciative ex-servicemen on their eight mile return trip to Hampton Court. Silver Ghost Register members Len and Beverly Horn in their 1926 20hp tourer GZK71

SILVER GHOST REGISTER Concours of Elegance, Hampton Court Palace T h e imp o s i n g G r an d Fo un tai n Gardens of Hampton Court Palace saw an amazing display of prestigious vehicles from around the world over the long weekend of 5-7 September with the third annual Concours of Elegance, an event that now rivals the very best in international car shows. The setting, amid threehundred year old topiary yew trees on the lawns alongside the east facade of the 17th Century palace – the favourite royal residence of Henry VIII – was spectacular, as too was the amazing display of motor cars which covered just about every desirable model of vehicle from a horseless-carriage to the latest lavish super-cars. Member Darren Austin did an excellent job of ensuring that the RREC was well represented on the Saturday for the Club Trophy, an award supported by the RAC and sponsored by AIG. A panel of judges, which included HRH Prince Michael of Kent, the songwriter Mark Knopfler OBE, the Chairman of the Royal Automobile Club, Ben Cussons, and the TV presenter/ racing driver Amanda Stretton, took a great deal of interest in many of our cars but alas the top award went to an extremely rare and no doubt almost priceless foreign car. Ne xt year, I have heard, the

Silver Ghost Register: Registrar Andy Courtney giving a grateful Chelsea Pensioner a ride in his 1924 Silver Ghost tourer 6TM

Concours of Elegance is to be held at Holyrood in Edinburgh. If you have the opportunity to attend, it is a very special event not to be missed. Dunkirk Little Ships Veterans’ Day Over sixty assorted vehicles, including a large proportion of Rolls-Royce and Bentley motor cars dating from the 1920s through to the modern day, once again assisted the Association of Dunkirk Little Ships with its annual Veterans’ Day in Surrey on Sunday 7 September. The event – the fourth the Silver Ghost Register has supported – commenced mid-morning with some ninety British service veterans cruising upstream from the Royal Motor Yacht Club in Hampton Court on board a gaily bedecked flotilla of nineteen Dunkirk Little Ships, to enjoy lunch at a sailing club in Weybridge. In the afternoon, the journey back to Hampton Court was accomplished by road in the luxury of the assembled motor cars.

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French Rally, May 2015 The Register is currently considering a ten-night Silver Ghost Rally for next May which will take a semicircular route across northern France from Caen to Calais and then back to the UK in time to participate in the RREC International Weekend at Folkestone. The preliminary itinerary is as follows: – 16 May Overnight ferry from Portsmouth to Caen on the Normandie (departing 22:45hrs, arriving 06:45hrs). – 17–21 May Four nights hotel/ chateau accommodation (D, B&B) in the countryside inland from Dieppe, with daily excursions and sightseeing. – 21 May Overnight accommodation (D, B&B) at the Chateau Tilques near St Omer. – 22–26 May Return to UK via Channel Tunnel. Four nights hotel accommodation (D, B&B) at the Imperial Hotel, Hythe over the duration of the RREC International Weekend. In order to establish an approximate idea of numbers would anyone who feels they might like to join us on this rally please telephone or email me. Naturally, you will not be committed should you subsequently decide not to come. We would especially welcome members from overseas who might appreciate this additional attraction to the International Weekend and we will - spaces permitting - gladly welcome RREC members with later models of Club cars.

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Silver Ghost Workshops Ne xt June Graham Mead will be hosting a series of three day workshops on the Silver Ghost. Graham has had a number of Silver Ghosts for over twenty years. He is very knowledgeable on maintaining and driving these cars and is keen to impart this to other enthusiasts The other instructors are John Eastwood who has owned, used and maintained twenty one Rolls-Royce and Bentley cars over fifty four years, Roger Cockfield, who has owned a 20/25 for twenty five years and now has a 20hp and Martin Carnell who has owned a 20/25 for fifteen years and also has a Silver Dawn. The themes are how to get the car started, how to keep the car running (ie how to deal with a failure to proceed) and hopefully how to stop the car. The workshop will give hands-on e xperience at dismantling and, hopefully, re-assembling a variety of components for the Silver Ghost. Components available include a post WWI engine, rear hub, autovac, carburettor, distributor, clutch, water pu mp and sid e steering tube. Identification of likely faults and rectification for each of the components will be covered. There is no substitute for actually taking a component apart yourself compared to watching someone else do it. These workshops provide a meeting place for enthusiasts to discuss maintenance problems and hopefully find solutions. The East Midlands Section is especially fortunate in having one of the leading experts on the history, maintenance and driving of the Silver Ghost in Graham. Everyone has to start from near zero knowledge on the old cars; these workshops will provide an ideal opportunity to get to grips with the pleasure of owning and running the Silver Ghost. The proposed dates are Monday 17 to Wednesday 19 June 2015, being the three days at the start of the week of the Annual Rally. The start time is 10:00hrs and the finish time is 15:00hrs. Attendees can choose whether to come on one, two or three days and which days they prefer. Numbers are restricted to twenty members per workshop. There is a nominal charge of ten

pounds per day. For further information about the workshops, please contact the organiser, Roger Cockfield by email roger-cockfield@hotmail.co.uk. A N D Y C O U R T N E Y, R e g i s t r a r Future Events 16-26 May 2015: French Rally 17-19 June 2015: Silver Ghost Workshop with East Midlands Section

SILVER SHADOW REGISTER Silver Shadow 50th Anniversary April 2015 sees the 50th anniversary o f t h e S i l v e r S h a d o w. T h e celebrations will include the models derived from it, the Corniche and the Camargue, and special events will take place between April and September. The Club invites Register members and others to contribute ideas, advice, and help. The anniversary will coincide with the 60th anniversary of the Silver Cloud and the S Type, introduced in 1955. The two Registers will co-operate to make the double anniversary a very special event, so please watch the Club website for more news. T E R E N C E Q UI N N , R e g i s t r a r

SZ REGISTER The first issue of The Spirit is out now, says editor Richard Charnley. It is available as a free PDF to download from the RREC website or as a printed Collectors’ Edition from the Club Shop. All existing SZ Register members will also receive a free printed copy of their own. I became a member of the RREC at the start of 2013, just a few days before collecting my Bentley Turbo RT and I am very pleased that I joined. The Club provided just about everything I expected – affordable insurance, an enjoyable magazine, an equally good Annual Rally and a feeling of genuine camaraderie. But where was the SZ Register? The link on the website led nowhere and there was nothing about SZs in the Register pages of The Bulletin. But in the May/June issue this year (B324) things started looking up. Jürgen Büch, who lives near

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Silver Ghost Register: Registrar Andy Courtney giving a grateful Chelsea Pensioner a ride in his 1924 Silver Ghost tourer 6TM

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Cologne, had been appointed SZ Registrar in January and he was asking for help to produce a newsletter by the end of the year. “It is not too much work,” he wrote. So I volunteered. Now, let me tell you, Jürgen is a brilliant motivator who likes to make things happen. And he has a great sense of humour. Next thing I knew, that simple emailed newsletter was being transformed into a seventy six page printed magazine packed with information on every aspect of SZ ownership. We are going to produce “the Best Magazine in the World about the Best Cars in the World,” he proclaimed. And that bit about “not too much work”? That was just one of Jürgen’s little jokes. But he concluded his piece in The Bulletin by saying: “And don’t forget. This is all about enthusiasm and having fun.” Well, nobody has more enthusiasm than Jürgen and producing The Spirit has turned out to be a lot of fun. Fortunately I wasn’t on my own in all this. Before buying the Bentley I spent countless hours late into the night scrolling through the pages of www.rrsilverspirit.com and digesting the indispensible facts and figures compiled by Marinus Rijkers from The Netherlands, little suspecting I would soon be working with him and in almost daily contact. Marinus, who has an incredible knowledge of all things Rolls-Royce and Bentley and has written a number of books and articles, had already come on board to look after the membership data for the SZ Register. He has a full time job at a bank in addition to running three websites and writing for magazines, so “I will not be able to contribute in a big way to the magazine,” he explained. Well, nineteen pages of The Spirit including a feature on stretch limos resulting from days of research at The Hunt House and packed with previously unpublished information are entirely his own work. The RREC is a truly international club and it was incredible, the way stories came flooding in from all around the world as news of the Register spread. One of the first was from Ralph Bünger – a German with homes in France and Portugal – who wrote about bringing his beautiful Corniche convertible up to concours

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standard. Ralph is no newcomer to prizes, and took the Class 11 trophy with his exquisite Silver Dawn at the 2014 Annual Rally but he is also very modest and an absolute gentleman. SZ Register technical consultant Daniel Diewerge from Luxembourg tells the story of how he transformed his Bentley Eight from a basket case into the Douglas Wood Trophy winner for best personal restoration at this year’s Rally; and Andy Hurfurt e xplains how he masterminded a gathering of bespoke SZs for Hooperfest at Rockingham Castle all the way from his base in Japan. Add Belgian Emmanuel de Menten’s 32 year old Rolls-Royce with barely 15,000 miles on the clock; a photo story of Silver Spirits suffering from too much sun and sand in the Riyadh desert; and leading motoring journalist Martin Puthz’s driving impressions of a Continental T and you can see the magazine has something for every owner or enthusiast of 1980s and 1990s RollsRoyces and Bentleys. In total, The Spirit contains twenty one separate features from twelve international contributors representing nine different countries. An incredible seventy six different models qualify for SZ status and the magazine provides production data for every one of them. So, if, for example, you have ever wondered how many Bentley Brooklands R LWBs were built and when – you’ll find the answer in The Spirit. There

were twelve of them, by the way, and they were all built in model year 1998. Now the first issue is finished, we are already looking forward to the next edition. I am assured by youknow-who that it won’t be too much work. And being part of a team separated by around 700km and three countries makes the job even more fun. We are looking forward to meeting as many SZ Register members as possible at the RREC International Weekend from 23 to 25 May at Hythe. Come along and tell us about your cars and why you love SZs so much – and perhaps we may even talk you into providing a few words for the next edition. RICHARD CHARNLEY If you joined the SZ Register on or before 1 October 2014 you will receive a free printed seventy six page Collectors’ Edition of The Spirit as a Register benefit and all other RREC members can download a PDF of the magazine by clicking the link on www. rrec.org.uk. Additional printed copies are available from the Club Shop with every penny received going towards an even bigger issue next year. To join the SZ Register please fill in and return the form on the RREC website or contact juergenbuech@ aol.com or info@rrsilverspirit.com. It’s the most affordable thing you will ever do with your Rolls-Royce or Bentley – SZ Register membership is free! JÜRGEN BÜCH, Registrar

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Basil Lockwood-Goose

John Cowley

Basil Goose was born in Derbyshire on the 19 January 1929. Some four years later the family moved near to Felixstowe where Basil was bought up in the freedom of the countryside, was educated at Woodbridge School and learned to take responsibility for his own actions. In 1946 he became a student at the de Havilland Aeronautical Technical School. Shortly afterwards he was the victim of a traffic accident which nearly cost him his leg and, after hospitalization, he completed the course successfully by hobbling two miles to and from work in winter on crutches and with one leg in plaster. When a vacancy occurred in the Dunlop Company he, and a number of equally qualified compatriots, applied. He got the job because of the courage and single minded dedication he had shown in completing the course despite limited mobility. When he joined Dunlop it was, in his own words, “...the start of a journey that was to take me to over 80 different countries and to meet many of the cleverest and most interesting people who ever lived. It was to take me on over 100 Atlantic crossings, over 200 channel crossings and 6 circumnavigations of the world.” In the middle of 1950 he met a charming young lady called Joan Lockwood. She was the last of the line and the name would die when she did. When it became apparent that marriage was in the air, Joan’s father asked Basil to keep the name alive and thus they were married as Mr and Mrs Lockwood-Goose in 1954. In 1988 he retired from Dunlop and he and Joan moved to Wigtownshire. During his “retirement” he built two two-seater aeroplanes, a Denny Kitfox and a Europa Aviation Europa. Sadly he could not fly them solo as a freak accident in the garden had robbed him of his sight in the right eye. Basil was a very professional engineer with a profound knowledge of the materials he worked with. He was an expert on the Rolls-Royce and Bentley cars and, of the many examples of the marque that passed through his hands, the one that gave him the most pleasure was his last: a 1939 Thrupp & Maberly Wraith saloon which was totally original. Basil was a chartered engineer, a fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society and a trustee of the International Airworthiness Authority. He joined the Rolls-Royce Enthusiasts’ Club on 30 January 1990 and was a much respected member of Scottish Section where he will be greatly missed by his many friends. He died on the 1 September after a long battle with cancer and is survived by two sons and five grandchildren. R O B E R T B O L TO N - K I N G

John Cowley died aged 86 on 31 August 2104. He spent all his life in Stony Stratford, as had his father and grandfather, so he was very much a part of the local community. John’s grandfather had established a building and undertaking business, and John inherited this at the age of 16, due to the early death of this father. John became friendly with the late Peter Baines, and in 1973 Peter persuaded him to join the RREC. During the next 5 years John and Peter toured the country in search of a suitable car for John. In 1978 they came upon OV20, a yellow and black 20/25 limousine GOS27 which was to be a very familiar sight at RREC events for the next 30 years. This was the first of five Rolls-Royce cars that John owned, including his much-loved Silver Wraith WZB54 in which he and Wendy enjoyed many overseas tours. When the semi-derelict Hunt House was acquired in 1977, Peter Baines asked John to carry out the renovation. We all owe a lot to John for the high standard of work, and for the sound advice that he gave. John and Wendy lived opposite the Cock Hotel in Stony Stratford, where many members stayed during the early seminar weekends. When the bar closed at 23:00hrs, the Cowley residence was open-house to all members, who were often there well into the small hours. John will be sadly missed, not only by his many friends in the Club, but by the Stony Stratford neighbourhood generally. We offer most sincere sympathy to Wendy, their two sons Simon and Piers, and their daughter Jenny. P hilip H all

DEREK JOSEPH HARTLEY-BROWN 1 August 1927 – 23 May 2014 50 year member. I am sorry to report that our Wessex Section friend and long-time member, Derek, passed away following a long

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I was first introduced to John when I was a young teenager as my father was in contact with him at that time. I did not see him again until I became a member of the Club and we then met John and Wendy on many rallies. John and Wendy were always the life and soul of the party. As well as being much involved in The Hunt House, John was instrumental in the rebuilding of Stony Stratford church after a devastating fire. He also assisted his father in the building of Bletchley Park during the war. In his later years, John suffered ill heath which he bore with fortitude. Wendy was always at his side. R o dn e y G unn

illness. His funeral took place at All Saints Church, Branksome Park, Poole on Tuesday 10 June 2014. Derek’s support and sense of humour will be missed by all within the section. Our heartfelt condolences go to Valerie and the family. R ichard S t apl e

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SZ Register: The Spirit contains twenty one stories by twelve contributors from nine countries filling its seventy six pages

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Basil Lockwood-Goose

John Cowley

DEREK JOSEPH HARTLEY-BROWN 1 August 1927 – 23 May 2014 50 year member. I am sorry to report that our Wessex Section friend and long-time member, Derek, passed away following a long

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correspondence To Publications, Reading Chris Browne’s e xcellent Silver Cloud Restoration, one point which might benefit others: When starting an engine that has been idle for unknown periods, crank with the ignition disconnected until oil pressure is restored, to prevent what could be expensive damage. If inspection of the internals via OHV cover, side plates, sump, etc, reveals a ‘dry’ engine, camshafts, gears, rocker assemblies will benefit from oiling. An old time rudimentary method was to fill the engine to the top with oil, leave for as long as possible (when it’s likely that oil will enter the oil pump) before draining to the correct level. Be certain that the cylinders are drained or hydraulic pressurising will occur. Dav i d C h a r l e s

Page 11 Photograph B326 I should like to point out that the picture on page 11 of “The Spitfire close up” is in fact a Hawker Hurricane. Fortunately it was also powered by a Rolls-Royce Merlin engine so all is not lost! Kind regards P hilip M e a s ur e s

Bulletin issue: B326 I just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed the presentation and content of this issue. The Foundation inclusion is to my mind as it should be and also the incorporation of the Advertiser. A really good read from cover to cover. R o bin B rail e y

Annual Concours and Rally at Rockingham Castle Numbers of Trade Stands and cars attending this year. Bulletin issue: B326 Great new magazine - the Publications Panel are to be congratulated. However, the ‘Spitfire’ depicted on page 11 is actually a Hurricane. Best wishes to all, J am e s C o w e ll

I would like to correct statements made in the Annual Rally report in the last Bulletin that both Trade and Car entries were down at this year’s Annual Rally. The figures below show the attendances at the last 3 years and the trend is UP not down.

BODY WORK AND INTERIOR TRIM SEMINAR We were thrilled that everyone was so welcoming and enthusiastic about a 13 year old attending the course. It is sometimes hard to know whether bringing along a youngster will tread on toes or be accepted and encouraged. Without exception, the reaction we have had, both with the Jersey Old Motor Club and the RREC last weekend, has been the latter.

Trade stands in 2012 - 47 Trade stands in 2013 - 48 Trade stands in 2014 - 56

We had a fantastic time at the RREC, and came back full of enthusiasm for James’s project, with a much better idea of where to start.

– Booked cars attending and paid on the days in 2012 - 842 – Booked cars attending and paid on the days in 2013 - 982 – Booked cars attending and paid on the days in 2014 - 996

Watching James’s interest in vintage cars grow with the encouragement of everyone we have met has made me reflect on the fact that without nurturing a new generation of car enthusiasts there will be no-one to take over the care of these wonderful old cars in years to come! Hopefully you mentioning James in the Bulletin might encourage a father/grandfather into taking along a youngster who is showing an interest to get them more involved. Kind Regards L izzi e , R u s s e ll & J am e s B lak e , J e r s e y

Car numbers attending the Annual Rally has been increasing. 2014 was the highest attendance since the Rolls-Royce centenary year 2004 which attracted 1,000 cars.

The figures above are taken from booking receipts from both advance booking and payments made at entry gate. So clearly this indicates an upward trend that hopefully will continue now we are moving to Burghley House for 2015. Trevor B a l d w i n Annual Rally Chairman

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Littlehampton

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V Binder Esq

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1979

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1971

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Ardee

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Mr & Mrs J Crampton

Crowborough

GDX3

1933

20/25

Barker

AMD746

Mrs G Cryer

Frodsham

CRH11939

1972

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MPW

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N Culshaw Esq

Southport

M Dahlqvist

Sundbyberg

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S JC D’Angieri

San Lorenzo Di Parabiago

ITALY

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1960

Silver Cloud II

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Unknown

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ITALY

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1959

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Norwich

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1947

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M Davis Esq

Ilkeston

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Tönisvorst

GERMANY

DRH10732

1971

R-R Corniche

MPW

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Esme D Dawson

Filey

A Kasliwal

Bombay

SRH4257

1967

Silver Shadow

Rolls-Royce

GRD7500

A de Bloch

Charleval

FRANCE

Dr G Kaye

London

KCH24899

1988

Corniche

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Unknown

A Denison Esq

Hounslow

GHW1

1932

20/25

Vincents of Reading

TFF230

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Barton

KCH26639

1989

Silver Spirit

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H Doeringer

Stuttgart

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2000

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Florida

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1965 1991

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Monaco

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Mr & Mrs J Liput

Shipley

YCH04659

2000

Arnage

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Mr & Mrs R Llewellyn

Lichfield

B68MR

1939

4¼

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AHS998

Dr R Longo & Mr M Longo

Chieri

ITALY

SRH5373

1969

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Bilbao

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I Duarte Esq

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E Dunn Esq

Haywards Heath

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1936

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Rochdale

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1970 1957

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Uckfield

CRH14830

1973

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K Ellis Esq

Egginton

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2011

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Tärnsö

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B193HP

1950

Mk VI

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USG295

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Braunton

SRH14296 B15JN

1972 1950

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Pfungen

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Torino

ITALY

A Genders Esq

Newark

PCH46111

1993

Turbo R

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Angus

GUB51

1934

20/25

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VV2802

Mr & Mrs S Goldring

Tonbridge

GCH16350

1986

Silver Spirit

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C2SDG

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Esbjerg V

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Mr & Mrs R Grant

Aberdeen

TCH53033

1996

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GERMANY

B122BA

1955

Bentley

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1928

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Stoughton

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Canterbury

GLG60 GWN62

1935 1936

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BCD838 DVU627

Mr & Mrs R Harwood

Folkestone

SCH55490

1995

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VY4

Mr J Harrison & Ms L Morrison

Clitheroe

Mr J R Hather & Ms K Ross

Nottingham

KCH27443

1989

Mulsanne

Bentley

G802WCD

I Heard Esq

Chelmsford

RCH54900

1994

Turbo R

Bentley

TVV154

Dr P Head

Stowmarket

B372CF

1948

Mk VI

Bentley

JLY191

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Welford-on-Avon

B8EY B397DZ

1949 1949

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Beswick Ford Coachworks

CWE915 KLU997

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London

TCH57981

1996

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Bridgewater

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1936

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Durban

SOUTH AFRICA

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2007

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1939

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London

SCX655

1963

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Bolton

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Poole

XCH01219

1998

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Wrexham

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SWEDEN

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Ellingsoy

NORWAY

D Martlew Esq

Southport

GAE24

1934

20/25

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LCH32080

1990

Silver Spirit II

Rolls-Royce

YTQ519

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BGY908

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Ripon

SBH16520

1973

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Bentley

ANW492M

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Bexley

VCH61045

1996

Azure

MPW

P783YGJ

M Maurer

Zumikon

SWITZERLAND

M Johnson Esq

Bromley

SRH17084 FCX10279 GCX14029 SGT141

1973 1985 1987 1964

Silver Shadow Corniche Silver Spur Silver Cloud III

Rolls-Royce MPW Rolls-Royce Rolls-Royce

B Jones-Chapman Esq

Loughton

SRH18509

1974

Silver Shadow

Rolls-Royce

THW359M

Mr & Mrs K McCormick

Nottingham

7C046364

2007

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Bentley

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1947

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GERMANY

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1971

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MPW

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Esme D Dawson

Filey

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Bombay

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1967

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GRD7500

A de Bloch

Charleval

FRANCE

Dr G Kaye

London

KCH24899

1988

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Unknown

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Hounslow

GHW1

1932

20/25

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TFF230

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Barton

KCH26639

1989

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A3HCK

H Doeringer

Stuttgart

GERMANY

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2000

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Rolls-Royce

Unknown

K Komen

Bergen

THE NETHERLANDS

17TG

1922

Silver Ghost

Offord

W Douglas

Florida

USA

SJR379 MCX30507

1965 1991

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Rolls-Royce MPW

Unknown Unknown

Mr & Mrs R Lakschin

Monaco

MONACO

Mr & Mrs J Liput

Shipley

YCH04659

2000

Arnage

Bentley

L1PVT

Mr & Mrs R Llewellyn

Lichfield

B68MR

1939

4¼

Park Ward

AHS998

Dr R Longo & Mr M Longo

Chieri

ITALY

SRH5373

1969

Silver Shadow

Rolls-Royce

DA444DX

Mrs M López-Tapia de la Vía

Bilbao

SPAIN

SXC611 2531 LLCA44 S340RL SRH31007 SUJ88 WVH64

1961 1913 1960 1926 1979 1955 1954

Silver Cloud II Silver Ghost Silver Cloud II Silver Ghost Silver Shadow II Silver Dawn Silver Wraith

WRV800 R1745 YGP109 SV6561 WGD490R SVS635 JFY1

81MW JRH50353 GUK29 27PB WXA89 29LM 3AZ164 81NC 5BV79 86LF 3AX51

1933 1975 1926 1914 1938 1924 1937 1928 1961 1927 1936

Phantom II Camargue 20hp Silver Ghost 25/30 Wraith Silver Ghost Phantom III Phantom I Phantom V Phantom I Phantom III

76MS 5BG 1997 45NK GAR59 LRH35075 GKM18 1462 28WR JCX22546 82AG S383FM PRH4595 SGT103 GLG78 ALW32 HLW50 5GY 16NK GCH16601 B110CR

1932 1922 1912 1924 1937 1980 1928 1910 1926 1990 1921 1929 1970 1966 1934 1953 1958 1930 1923 1984 1934

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1970

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E Dunn Esq

Haywards Heath

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1936

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J Earnshaw Esq

Rochdale

SRH7827 SDD408

1970 1957

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Rolls-Royce Rolls-Royce

TBA135H TLP765

A Earl Esq

Uckfield

CRH14830

1973

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MPW

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K Ellis Esq

Egginton

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2011

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Tärnsö

SWEDEN

B193HP

1950

Mk VI

H J Mulliner

USG295

F Foster Esq

Braunton

SRH14296 B15JN

1972 1950

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Rolls-Royce Bentley

NYC999L PSY736

H R Frei

Pfungen

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Torino

ITALY

A Genders Esq

Newark

PCH46111

1993

Turbo R

Bentley

K804EDP

Lord J Glendyne

Angus

GUB51

1934

20/25

H J Mulliner

VV2802

Mr & Mrs S Goldring

Tonbridge

GCH16350

1986

Silver Spirit

Rolls-Royce

C2SDG

B Graakjær Lund

Esbjerg V

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Mr & Mrs R Grant

Aberdeen

TCH53033

1996

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GERMANY

B122BA

1955

Bentley

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R Hakim

Rougemont

SWITZERLAND

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Clanfield

DJ3564

R Hallam Esq

Stoughton

D Hanks Esq

Canterbury

GLG60 GWN62

1935 1936

20/25 25/30

Park Ward Hooper

BCD838 DVU627

Mr & Mrs R Harwood

Folkestone

SCH55490

1995

Flying Spur

Rolls-Royce

VY4

Mr J Harrison & Ms L Morrison

Clitheroe

Mr J R Hather & Ms K Ross

Nottingham

KCH27443

1989

Mulsanne

Bentley

G802WCD

I Heard Esq

Chelmsford

RCH54900

1994

Turbo R

Bentley

TVV154

Dr P Head

Stowmarket

B372CF

1948

Mk VI

Bentley

JLY191

Capt J Henderson & Mrs P Henderson

Welford-on-Avon

B8EY B397DZ

1949 1949

Mk VI Mk VI

Beswick Ford Coachworks

CWE915 KLU997

A Ho Esq

London

TCH57981

1996

Silver Spirit

Rolls-Royce

N575KYG

J Hollinshead Esq

Bridgewater

GRM54

1936

25/30

Barker

DYK479

Dr I Horesh & Mrs D Horesh

Durban

SOUTH AFRICA

7C047037

2007

Bentley

LF07FLW

WHC33

1939

Continental GTC 25/30 Wraith

Gurney Nutting

141UYF

Prof. V Mainetti

London

SCX655

1963

Silver Cloud III

MPW style

57TEN

J Howarth Esq

Bolton

J Manley Esq

Poole

XCH01219

1998

Arnage

Bentley

M77NLY

R Huelin Esq

Wrexham

V Man-Wernsten

Höör

SWEDEN

G Hundhammer

Ellingsoy

NORWAY

D Martlew Esq

Southport

GAE24

1934

20/25

New South Wales

AUSTRALIA

LCH32080

1990

Silver Spirit II

Rolls-Royce

YTQ519

Thrupp & Maberly

BGY908

Messrs J Hutchinson & J Bowers

A Marron Esq

Ripon

SBH16520

1973

T Type

Bentley

ANW492M

Mr & Mrs P JamesAshburner

Bexley

VCH61045

1996

Azure

MPW

P783YGJ

M Maurer

Zumikon

SWITZERLAND

M Johnson Esq

Bromley

SRH17084 FCX10279 GCX14029 SGT141

1973 1985 1987 1964

Silver Shadow Corniche Silver Spur Silver Cloud III

Rolls-Royce MPW Rolls-Royce Rolls-Royce

B Jones-Chapman Esq

Loughton

SRH18509

1974

Silver Shadow

Rolls-Royce

THW359M

Mr & Mrs K McCormick

Nottingham

7C046364

2007

Continental GTC

Bentley

RREC B327 • NOV/DEC 14

4KMM

N e w M e mb e r s

N e w M ember s / even t s

MEMBER

TOWN

COUNTRY

CHASSIS

YEAR

MODEL

MAKE

REGISTRATION

MEMBER

TOWN

COUNTRY

CHASSIS

YEAR

MODEL

MAKE

REGISTRATION

C McDonnell Esq

Dublin

IRELAND

DRH10371

1971

Corniche

MPW

6789Z

L Summers Esq

Poole

TCH53082

1995

Continental R

MPW

55WVW

J Milan Esq

Chagford

SRH38195

1979

Silver Shadow II

Rolls-Royce

MDD920V

W Swaan

Schiplaken

BELGIUM

B Mills Esq

Bitton

FCH13694

1985

Silver Spirit

Rolls-Royce

642JBM

R Taverner Esq

Colchester

B263LH

1951

Mk VI

Bentley

FUH800

Messrs E Moore & M Lamb

Northampton

SRH35676

1978

Silver Shadow II

Rolls-Royce

DIW475

Mr & Mrs N Taylor

Diss

GRF1

1935

20/25

Hooper

BXB864

Mr & Mrs M Morgan

Chelmsford

T Tonne

Oslo

NORWAY

The Right Reverend C Mugleston

Felixstowe

C Van Raemdonck

Schilde

BELGIUM

J Van Deursen

Waasmunster

BELGIUM

B88FB

1935

3½

Park Ward

WV9656

Mr & Mrs A Mundella

Chart Sutton

I Vermeeren

La Roche Bernard

FRANCE

Mr & Mrs J Walter

Dalkeith

AUSTRALIA

B392BH

1947

Mk VI

JYK5

3BT3 7CH12285 51FW BC25AF BC10XE

1937 2007 1920 1955 1965

Phantom III Azure Silver Ghost S1 Continental S3 Continental

Freestone & Webb Fry Bentley Fry Park Ward MPW

GCH15227

1986

Silver Spirit

Rolls-Royce

DCM76

M Mutters Esq

Haslemere

GOK2

1926

20hp

Barker

DS8882

A Oade Esq

Liversedge

JCH22190

1987

Eight

Bentley

7858TF

D O’Connor Esq

Dublin

IRELAND

BC31DJ

1958

Continental Flying Spur

H J Mulliner

ZV9278

P Otterwill Esq

Stranraer

D Owen Esq

Hoole

ECH08430

1984

Silver Spirit

Rolls-Royce

ODC991

Mr & Mrs S Weaving

Haverhill

GDK70

1925

20hp

Croall

SY2492

Dr T Parsons

Shrewsbury

SBH21670

1975

T Type

Bentley

OMY105P

P Webb Esq

Ipswich

GMD64

1934

20/25

Thrupp & Maberly

CZ6363

M Passmore Esq

Colchester

Mr & Mrs D Weir

Cheltenham

SRH2398

1967

Silver Shadow

Rolls-Royce

OMU105E

Mr & Mrs R Pegram

Chelmsford

SBH12305 S408FL JCH22138

1972 1927 1987

T Type Phantom I Turbo R

Bentley Inskip Bentley

WNK325 Unknown E208LUT

A D Weston Esq

Maldon

P Pennell Esq

Northampton

GMJ77 GAJ62

1927 1927

20hp 20hp

Barker Connaught

PM9188 KO5270

PCH46210 SBH31775 JCH24063 HCH20009

1993 1977 1988 1986

Silver Spur II T2 Eight Eight

Rolls-Royce Bentley Bentley Bentley

CEZ969 SGL6875 E632NUW D927ELF

Dr A West

Leicester

GUK22

1926

20hp

Unknown

DXV353

A Petronis Rand

Pennsylvania

USA

49HG

1922

Silver Ghost

Barker

Unknown

P Willis Esq

London

SRH8392

1970

Silver Shadow

Rolls-Royce

WOT708H

D Philippi

Saarbrücken

GERMANY

J Willaert

Erpe-Mere

BELGIUM

W Piggott Esq

Ludlow

B151WG

1954

R Type

Bentley

OXR683

F Wood Esq

Sheerness

RCH52116

1994

Continental R

MPW

KIW58

P Pinchbeck Esq

Lincoln

SBH26037

1976

T Type

Bentley

OAK123R

P Wouters

Wilrijk

BELGIUM

Messrs J Pollard & A Wallin

Ribchester

B204PV

1952

Mk VI

Bentley

MXY245

P Wright Esq

Waltham Abbey

T Wyman Esq

Hitchin

Mr & Mrs M Pratt

Lower Sunbury-onThames

7CO047396

2007

Continental GT

Bentley

5MJP

H P Ystenes

Skodje

NORWAY

Mr & Mrs M Prentice

Swadlincote

RCH54889

1994

Turbo R

Bentley

L5OGL

W Price Esq

Hereford

WCH01049

1998

Silver Seraph

Rolls-Royce

R22BLL

R Read Esq

Orpington

MCH35506

1991

Silver Spirit II

Rolls-Royce

H990TEP

P Rege

Stockholm

SWEDEN

GCX14706

1986

Eight

Bentley

PAM865

E Remans

Overpelt

BELGIUM

Mr G Renshaw-Smith & Mrs J Goodwin

Sheffield

TCH53797 SEV281

1996 1963

Azure Silver Cloud III

MPW Pilkington

B2URE BLV260A

Messrs G Robeson & A Gray

Norwich

B298CK SUJ30

1956 1955

S1 Silver Dawn

Bentley Rolls-Royce

JCL845 PLH776

S Robson Esq

Bournemouth

Mr & Mrs R A Rosenbloom

Blairgowrie

JCH24027

1988

Silver Spirit

Rolls-Royce

5676YMB

B Rosén

Mockfjärd

SWEDEN

SRH21110

1975

Silver Shadow

Rolls-Royce

DUC953

W Schuemichen

Dresden

GERMANY

R Schlager

Neustadt an der Aisch

GERMANY

GUJ15

1928

20hp

Mulliners

897EFD

H Schropp

Stadl Paura

AUSTRIA

Mr J Scott & Miss G Kimpton-Scott

Southbourne

FCH13672

1985

Turbo R

MPW

C979NGJ

Messrs. J Secordel-Martin & L Fouque de la Motte

Eze

FRANCE

LRX36506

1979

Silver Wraith II

Rolls-Royce

11WA06

Dr P Smith

Corwen

GAU56

1932

20/25

Park Ward

KY2750

J Stark Esq

Grimsby

Miss C Stevens

Tunbridge Wells

HCH21349

1987

Eight

Bentley

E65MLC

J Steller

Weilmuenster

GERMANY

XCX02264

1998

Silver Seraph

Rolls-Royce

Unknown

G D Strawson Esq

Retford

Mr & Mrs R Streether

Banchory

SRH41369

1980

Silver Shadow II

Rolls-Royce

FYX605W

E vents L ist December 2014

RREC B327 • NOV/DEC 14

7245M75 WAB958A 20GHOST BDC1955 BDC1965

7 7 7

AGM & Christmas Lunch. Scottish Section AGM, Allerton Court Hotel, Northallerton. North Eastern Section AGM & Christmas Lunch, Hartwell House, Aylesbury. Oxford Founders & Thames Valley Section Christmas Lunch, Chichester Hotel, Rawreth. Essex Section AGM & Christmas Lunch, Le Strange Hotel, Hunstanton. East Anglian Section AGM & Christmas Lunch, Corner 5 Restaurant, Box End Park, Kempston, Beds. Paulerspury Section AGM & Christmas Lunch. Central Southern Section President’s Chlaus Höck. Swiss Section AGM & Christmas Lunch, Burley Manor Hotel, Burley. Wessex Section

RREC B327 • NOV/DEC 14

14 14 14 17

Christmas Lunch, The Commodore Hotel, Instow. South Western Section Christmas Lunch, Scalford Hall. East Midlands Section Christmas Lunch, Rogerthorpe Manor, Badsworth. Yorkshire Section Christmas Lunch, The Holiday Inn, Wrotham. South Eastern Section AGM. Middlesex Section Christmas Dinner, The Old Mill, Metal Bridge, Coxhoe. North Eastern Section

January 2015 18

25 25

New Year Lunch, Dovecliff Hall, nr Burton on Trent. East Midlands Section New Year Lunch, The Yorkshire Grey, Earls Croome. West Midlands Section Annual Meeting and New Year’s Dinner. Dutch Section

February 1 7-8 15 21 22 22 22

AGM, Park Royal Hotel, Stretton, Warrington. Northern Section Mk VI, R Type, Silver Wraith & Silver Dawn Seminar, The Hunt House Valentine’s Lunch, Ferraris Country House, Longridge. Northern Section Post-war Brakes & Engine Tuning Seminar, The Hunt House Pre-war Brakes & Engine Tuning Seminar, The Hunt House AGM & Lunch at Thorpe Park Hotel Leeds. Yorkshire Section AGM & Lunch, Morley Hayes Golf Centre, Morley. East Midlands Section What to do if your car fails to proceed Seminar, The Hunt House

March 3

AGM & Lunch, Towers Hotel, Jersey

N e w M e mb e r s

N e w M ember s / even t s

MEMBER

TOWN

COUNTRY

CHASSIS

YEAR

MODEL

MAKE

REGISTRATION

MEMBER

TOWN

COUNTRY

CHASSIS

YEAR

MODEL

MAKE

REGISTRATION

C McDonnell Esq

Dublin

IRELAND

DRH10371

1971

Corniche

MPW

6789Z

L Summers Esq

Poole

TCH53082

1995

Continental R

MPW

55WVW

J Milan Esq

Chagford

SRH38195

1979

Silver Shadow II

Rolls-Royce

MDD920V

W Swaan

Schiplaken

BELGIUM

B Mills Esq

Bitton

FCH13694

1985

Silver Spirit

Rolls-Royce

642JBM

R Taverner Esq

Colchester

B263LH

1951

Mk VI

Bentley

FUH800

Messrs E Moore & M Lamb

Northampton

SRH35676

1978

Silver Shadow II

Rolls-Royce

DIW475

Mr & Mrs N Taylor

Diss

GRF1

1935

20/25

Hooper

BXB864

Mr & Mrs M Morgan

Chelmsford

T Tonne

Oslo

NORWAY

The Right Reverend C Mugleston

Felixstowe

C Van Raemdonck

Schilde

BELGIUM

J Van Deursen

Waasmunster

BELGIUM

B88FB

1935

3½

Park Ward

WV9656

Mr & Mrs A Mundella

Chart Sutton

I Vermeeren

La Roche Bernard

FRANCE

Mr & Mrs J Walter

Dalkeith

AUSTRALIA

B392BH

1947

Mk VI

JYK5

3BT3 7CH12285 51FW BC25AF BC10XE

1937 2007 1920 1955 1965

Phantom III Azure Silver Ghost S1 Continental S3 Continental

Freestone & Webb Fry Bentley Fry Park Ward MPW

GCH15227

1986

Silver Spirit

Rolls-Royce

DCM76

M Mutters Esq

Haslemere

GOK2

1926

20hp

Barker

DS8882

A Oade Esq

Liversedge

JCH22190

1987

Eight

Bentley

7858TF

D O’Connor Esq

Dublin

IRELAND

BC31DJ

1958

Continental Flying Spur

H J Mulliner

ZV9278

P Otterwill Esq

Stranraer

D Owen Esq

Hoole

ECH08430

1984

Silver Spirit

Rolls-Royce

ODC991

Mr & Mrs S Weaving

Haverhill

GDK70

1925

20hp

Croall

SY2492

Dr T Parsons

Shrewsbury

SBH21670

1975

T Type

Bentley

OMY105P

P Webb Esq

Ipswich

GMD64

1934

20/25

Thrupp & Maberly

CZ6363

M Passmore Esq

Colchester

Mr & Mrs D Weir

Cheltenham

SRH2398

1967

Silver Shadow

Rolls-Royce

OMU105E

Mr & Mrs R Pegram

Chelmsford

SBH12305 S408FL JCH22138

1972 1927 1987

T Type Phantom I Turbo R

Bentley Inskip Bentley

WNK325 Unknown E208LUT

A D Weston Esq

Maldon

P Pennell Esq

Northampton

GMJ77 GAJ62

1927 1927

20hp 20hp

Barker Connaught

PM9188 KO5270

PCH46210 SBH31775 JCH24063 HCH20009

1993 1977 1988 1986

Silver Spur II T2 Eight Eight

Rolls-Royce Bentley Bentley Bentley

CEZ969 SGL6875 E632NUW D927ELF

Dr A West

Leicester

GUK22

1926

20hp

Unknown

DXV353

A Petronis Rand

Pennsylvania

USA

49HG

1922

Silver Ghost

Barker

Unknown

P Willis Esq

London

SRH8392

1970

Silver Shadow

Rolls-Royce

WOT708H

D Philippi

Saarbrücken

GERMANY

J Willaert

Erpe-Mere

BELGIUM

W Piggott Esq

Ludlow

B151WG

1954

R Type

Bentley

OXR683

F Wood Esq

Sheerness

RCH52116

1994

Continental R

MPW

KIW58

P Pinchbeck Esq

Lincoln

SBH26037

1976

T Type

Bentley

OAK123R

P Wouters

Wilrijk

BELGIUM

Messrs J Pollard & A Wallin

Ribchester

B204PV

1952

Mk VI

Bentley

MXY245

P Wright Esq

Waltham Abbey

T Wyman Esq

Hitchin

Mr & Mrs M Pratt

Lower Sunbury-onThames

7CO047396

2007

Continental GT

Bentley

5MJP

H P Ystenes

Skodje

NORWAY

Mr & Mrs M Prentice

Swadlincote

RCH54889

1994

Turbo R

Bentley

L5OGL

W Price Esq

Hereford

WCH01049

1998

Silver Seraph

Rolls-Royce

R22BLL

R Read Esq

Orpington

MCH35506

1991

Silver Spirit II

Rolls-Royce

H990TEP

P Rege

Stockholm

SWEDEN

GCX14706

1986

Eight

Bentley

PAM865

E Remans

Overpelt

BELGIUM

Mr G Renshaw-Smith & Mrs J Goodwin

Sheffield

TCH53797 SEV281

1996 1963

Azure Silver Cloud III

MPW Pilkington

B2URE BLV260A

Messrs G Robeson & A Gray

Norwich

B298CK SUJ30

1956 1955

S1 Silver Dawn

Bentley Rolls-Royce

JCL845 PLH776

S Robson Esq

Bournemouth

Mr & Mrs R A Rosenbloom

Blairgowrie

JCH24027

1988

Silver Spirit

Rolls-Royce

5676YMB

B Rosén

Mockfjärd

SWEDEN

SRH21110

1975

Silver Shadow

Rolls-Royce

DUC953

W Schuemichen

Dresden

GERMANY

R Schlager

Neustadt an der Aisch

GERMANY

GUJ15

1928

20hp

Mulliners

897EFD

H Schropp

Stadl Paura

AUSTRIA

Mr J Scott & Miss G Kimpton-Scott

Southbourne

FCH13672

1985

Turbo R

MPW

C979NGJ

Messrs. J Secordel-Martin & L Fouque de la Motte

Eze

FRANCE

LRX36506

1979

Silver Wraith II

Rolls-Royce

11WA06

Dr P Smith

Corwen

GAU56

1932

20/25

Park Ward

KY2750

J Stark Esq

Grimsby

Miss C Stevens

Tunbridge Wells

HCH21349

1987

Eight

Bentley

E65MLC

J Steller

Weilmuenster

GERMANY

XCX02264

1998

Silver Seraph

Rolls-Royce

Unknown

G D Strawson Esq

Retford

Mr & Mrs R Streether

Banchory

SRH41369

1980

Silver Shadow II

Rolls-Royce

FYX605W

E vents L ist December 2014

RREC B327 • NOV/DEC 14

7245M75 WAB958A 20GHOST BDC1955 BDC1965

7 7 7

RREC B327 • NOV/DEC 14

14 14 14 17

January 2015 18

25 25

New Year Lunch, Dovecliff Hall, nr Burton on Trent. East Midlands Section New Year Lunch, The Yorkshire Grey, Earls Croome. West Midlands Section Annual Meeting and New Year’s Dinner. Dutch Section

February 1 7-8 15 21 22 22 22

March 3

AGM & Lunch, Towers Hotel, Jersey

E V E N TS Marine, Swansea. Welsh Section Ripley Castle. Yorkshire Section New Members’ Lunch, Venue tba. South Western Section 22 New Members’ Lunch, Sweetwoods Club, Holtye. South Eastern Section 22 AGM, The Abbey Hotel, Redditch. West Midlands Section 28-29 Silver Shadow & Derivatives, Silver Spirit & Derivatives Seminar, The Hunt House 15 22

April 11 CLUB AGM 11-12 CLUB CONFERENCE 17-18 Wine/Champagne tasting, Bjertorp. Sweden Section 17-19 Meander to Mortehoe, north Devon. Derby Bentley Register 17-20 Welsh Weekend Rally, Parkway Hotel, Cwmbran, Gwent. Welsh Section 18-19 Silver Clouds & S Types Seminar, The Hunt House 22 Memorial Meeting, West Wittering. Central Southern Section 24-26 60th Anniversary of the Silver Cloud & S Type Weekend, Bray, Berkshire. Silver Cloud & S Type Register 26 Drive it Day, Haynes Motor Museum. South Western Section

June 5-7

9 AGM & Rally, Lunnsbrunn. Sweden Section

Trophy Day, Brooklands. Surrey Headcorn Aerodrome. South Eastern

Section 7

Hartland Quay, Bideford. South Western Section

Father’s Day Picnic, Harewood House. Yorkshire Section

17-19 Silver Ghost Workshop. Silver Ghost

23 23 31

Bewl Water, Wadhurst. South Eastern Section

22-24 Carry On in Clevedon. West Midlands Section 23 Jun-12 Jul The Grand Tour of the Alps. 20hp Register 27

Cothay Manor. Great Western Section

Hickstead. Central Southern Section

Hog Roast. Yorkshire Section

Quex Park, Birchington. South Eastern Section

28 Jun-5 Jul Historic Austria Rally, Lienz, Eastern Tyrol. Austria Section

May Long Weekend in France, Chamouille nr Laon. South Eastern Section 3 Merton Classic Car Fayre. South Western Section 7 Fiennes Engineering & Cotswold Woollen Mills. Great Western Section 13 Chairman’s day at The Hunt House. West Midlands Section 16-17 20hp, 20/25, 25/30 & Wraith Seminar, The Hunt House 16-26 French Rally. Silver Ghost Register 17 Hall Place, Leigh. South Eastern Section 17 Special Lunch to encourage youngsters to join the Club, Waie Inn. South Western Section 19 May-2 Jun Sweden Rally. Swiss Section 23-24 Inaugural Register Picnic at International Weekend, nr Hythe. SZ Register 23-25 Hands Across the Sea, International Weekend, Westenhanger, Hythe. South of England Sections 31 Robin & Jacky’s Barbecue, Ash. South Eastern Section 31 Beverley. Yorkshire Section 31 May–3 Jun Spring Break, Lake District. East Midlands Section

Section 7

29 Jun-6 Jul Royal Savoy Hotel, Funchal,

1-4

Battle of Britain Memorial, Capel, nr Folkestone. South Eastern Section Stanway Fountain. West Midlands Section Fete Champetre with City Barge, Sandhurst. Oxford Founders & Thames Valley Section Great Dixter, Northiam. South Eastern Section Picnic, Michael Chipperfield’s Garden, Ash. South Eastern Section Shoreham Airshow. Central Southern Section The Pershore Plum Festival. West Midlands Section

Madeira. Northern Section

3-11

Boppard Rally. Central Southern Section 5-6 Derby Bentley Seminar, The Hunt House 6-12 RREC CONTINENTAL RALLY, RONNEBY BRUNN, SWEDEN 6-13 Welsh Rally 50th Anniversary, Llandrindod Wells. South Eastern Section 13-17 Isle of Man Rally. 20hp Register & South Western Section 16 Falconry Centre, Moreton-in-Marsh. West Midlands Section 20 Lullingstone Castle, Eynsford. South Eastern Section 26-27 Derby Phantom Seminar, The Hunt House

October

July 4

USA Celebration Day, Croome Park. West Midlands Section 5 Belmont House, Throwley. South Eastern Section 11 Yorkshire Air Museum and Elvington Airfield. Yorkshire Section 11-12 Powderham Castle with the Crash Box Club of Devon. South Western Section 12 Beningbrough Hall Picnic. Yorkshire Section 12 Godinton House, Ashford. South Eastern Section 19 Chiddingstone Castle, Tonbridge. South Eastern Section 26 Andrew and Jacky Lilly’s, Picnic & Barbecue. West Midlands Section 26 Ripon Racecourse. Yorkshire Section 26 Prize Giving, Aylesford Priory. South Eastern Section

August 2

September

Rochester Airport. South Eastern Section

2-3

Silver Shadow & T Series 50th Anniversary, Crewe. Northern Section

November 1

London to Brighton Run, Oak Barn, Burgess Hill. Central Southern Section Men & Their Ladies & Their Motors, The Abbey Hotel, Redditch. West Midlands Section AGM & Lunch, Chart Hills Golf Club, Biddenden. South Eastern Section

December 6 7 13

Christmas Lunch, The Glebe. West Midlands Section AGM & Christmas Lunch. Central Southern Section Christmas Lunch, Holiday Inn, Wrotham. South Eastern Section

April 2016 18 Apr-1 May Cornwall Rally. Swiss Section

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