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VOLUME 48 ISSUE 7 JULY 2012 8 RROC-SOCAL.COM July
OnMa Therketplace Ronny’s Garage • Maintenance • Repair • Inspection • Restoration Specializing in Rolls-Royce, Bentley, Jaguar and Classic Automobiles 1111 West 1st St. Santa Ana, CA 92703 714-953-0896 - [email protected] Owners: Robert and Nancy Ratinoff 1952 Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith Hooper Touring Limo (WOF44) Since 1995 this elegant motor car has been a shining star in their car collection. The Royal Coachbuilder’s razor-edge Pre- Family owned since 1979. War styling and Hooper’s signature teardrop quarterlites reflect light-years of sophistication far beyond her magical R100 We take pride in our work. headlamps. Nancy is fond of calling her “Our car, the movie star.” Her resume encompasses many film credits including “The Odd Couple II”, “Princess Diaries II”, “The Marlene Dietrich Story”, and “James Dean”, as Jack Warner’s limousine. Call for an appointment – 714-953-0896 Robert’s mother Paula adored this car and enjoyed being chauffeured in the luxurious backseat. One of her last wishes was that this beloved motor car would lead her funeral procession. This commanding, yet dear Rolls-Royce will always hold a special place in their collection and in their hearts. VOLUME 48 ISSUE 7 JULY 2012 8 RROC-SOCAL.COM July The Nethercutt Collection There are car museums and car museums and then there’s the Nethercutt. Starting with the restoration of just two cars in the 1950’s, the Nethercutt collection now showcases more than 130 of the world’s greatest antique, vintage and classic automobiles. July 14th marks the date for our visit to this jewel, followed by a lavish buffet at the well-known Odyssey restaurant. -
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Ghost Family 1907 40/50 Hp Silver Ghost
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Ghost Family 1907 40/50 hp Silver Ghost. London to Edinburgh Run of the Silver Ghost over 14,371 miles in top gear. Production moves to Derby. 1906 March 1906: Rolls-Royce the company is established. 1900 1910 1904 C. S. Rolls killed 1914 Collaboration agreed in aeroplane crash Aircraft engine between Rolls and Royce. in Bournemouth. production starts. 1904 1911 4 May 1904: The Spirit of Ecstasy Charles Stewart Rolls introduced. Design by meets Frederick Henry sculptor Charles Sykes. Royce at the Midland Hotel in Manchester. 1906 40/50 Silver Ghost. 1910 1920 1936 Phantom III: V12 engine, 25/30 hp. 1925 1931 New Phantom Acquisition of Bentley Motors. (later: Phantom I). Springfield closed. 1921 1929 1938 Manufacturing Phantom II: 20/25 hp. Wraith: last Derby plant opened made model. in Springfield, Mass., USA. 1922 1933 The 20 hp. 1930Sir Henry Royce dies. 1950 1959 Phantom IV: Silver Cloud II. only 18 built. Phantom V. 1965 Silver Shadow: first monocoque model. 1955 1962 1968 Silver Cloud. Silver Cloud III: Phantom VI. 1950 twin headlights. 1960 Rolls-Royce Motor Cars The Strive for Perfection Ghost Family All illustrations and specifications are based upon current information available as at August 2014. Colours may vary. Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Limited reserves the right to make changes at any time without notice. Images may show optional equipment and specific country variants may differ. Quoted speed and acceleration may vary. Model year designation on any particular model may be longer or shorter than 12 months. Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Limited makes all reasonable efforts to provide accurate information; however, there is no guarantee of accuracy. -
A Graceful Little Goddess, the Spirit of Ecstasy, Who Has Selected
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars The Phantom Family 1907 40/50 hp Silver Ghost. London to Edinburgh Run of the Silver Ghost over 14,371 miles in top gear. Production moves to Derby. 1906 March 1906: Rolls-Royce the company is established. 1900 1910 1904 C. S. Rolls killed 1914 Collaboration agreed in aeroplane crash Aircraft engine between Rolls and Royce. in Bournemouth. production starts. 1904 1911 4 May 1904: The Spirit of Ecstasy Charles Stewart Rolls introduced. Design by meets Frederick Henry sculptor Charles Sykes. Royce at the Midland Hotel in Manchester. 1906 40/50 Silver Ghost. 1910 1920 1936 Phantom III: V12 engine, 25/30 hp. 1925 1931 New Phantom Acquisition of Bentley Motors. (later: Phantom I). Springfield closed. 1921 1929 1938 Manufacturing Phantom II: 20/25 hp. Wraith: last Derby plant opened made model. in Springfield, Mass., USA. 1922 1933 The 20 hp. 1930Sir Henry Royce dies. 1950 1959 Phantom IV: Silver Cloud II. only 18 built. Phantom V. 1965 Silver Shadow: first monocoque model. 1955 1962 1968 Silver Cloud. Silver Cloud III: Phantom VI. 1950 twin headlights. 1960 Rolls-Royce Motor Cars The Strive for Perfection Rolls-Royce Motor Cars The Strive for Perfection The Phantom Family All illustrations and specifications are based upon current information available as at February 2013. Colours may vary. Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Limited reserves the right to make changes at any time without notice. Images may show optional equipment and specific country variants may differ. Quoted speed and acceleration may vary. Model year designation on any particular model may be longer or shorter than 12 months. -
For Release Midnight, 29Th April, 1954. ROLLS MET ROYCE 50
For release Midnight, 29th April, 1954. ROLLS MET ROYCE 50 YEARS AGO A Meeting that made Engineering History Fifty years ago this month, two men met in Manchester. From this meeting came a household word and a 20th century synonym for excellence - Rolls-Royce. Henry Royce, an electrical engineer, came up the hard way, helping to support the family at ten years of age. He worked, studied and starved - alternately and together - while he accumulated knowledge and a genius for'improving existing machines and instruments. He was quite a prosperous manufacturer of dynamos and electric cranes when, in 1903, he "bought a second-hand French car. Typical of its day, - noisy, unreliable, crude and inefficient - it appalled him. His urge to improve turned to motor cars. With little knowledge of cars and none of their manufacture, he set about making three 10 h.p. two- cylinder cars in a factory intended for making dynamos and cranes. Hand-picked mechanics and apprentices, some of whom are still alive, worked with him, making, adapting, experimenting and testing. Much of the precision work Royce handled himself. On April 1st, 1904, the first car was ready. A pull up on the starting handle and it started - an unprecedented occurrence with a car at that time. This easy starting was mainly due to the electrical system which Royce devised. The Hon. Charles Stewart Rolls, educated at Eton and Cambridge, was the third son of Lord Llangattock. The family had a large estate in Monmouthshire, a town house and an ocean-going yacht. But the conventional life of the leisured classes of Edwardian England was not for Charles Rolls. -
Rolls-Royce Ghost
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Ghost Family 1907 40/50 hp Silver Ghost. London to Edinburgh Run of the Silver Ghost over 14,371 miles in top gear. Production moves to Derby. 1906 March 1906: Rolls-Royce the company is established. 1900 1910 1904 C. S. Rolls killed 1914 Collaboration agreed in aeroplane crash Aircraft engine between Rolls and Royce. in Bournemouth. production starts. 1904 1911 4 May 1904: The Spirit of Ecstasy Charles Stewart Rolls introduced. Design by meets Frederick Henry sculptor Charles Sykes. Royce at the Midland Hotel in Manchester. 1906 40/50 Silver Ghost. 1910 1920 1936 Phantom III: V12 engine, 25/30 hp. 1925 1931 New Phantom Acquisition of Bentley Motors. (later: Phantom I). Springfield closed. 1921 1929 1938 Manufacturing Phantom II: 20/25 hp. Wraith: last Derby plant opened made model. in Springfield, Mass., USA. 1922 1933 The 20 hp. 1930Sir Henry Royce dies. 1950 1959 Phantom IV: Silver Cloud II. only 18 built. Phantom V. 1965 Silver Shadow: first monocoque model. 1955 1962 1968 Silver Cloud. Silver Cloud III: Phantom VI. 1950 twin headlights. 1960 Rolls-Royce Motor Cars The Strive for Perfection Ghost Family All illustrations and specifications are based upon current information available as at August 2014. Colours may vary. Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Limited reserves the right to make changes at any time without notice. Images may show optional equipment and specific country variants may differ. Quoted speed and acceleration may vary. Model year designation on any particular model may be longer or shorter than 12 months. Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Limited makes all reasonable efforts to provide accurate information; however, there is no guarantee of accuracy. -
E254105 RR Brand Book Ghost Condensed PT.Indd
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Ghost Family 1907 40/50 hp Silver Ghost. London to Edinburgh Run of the Silver Ghost over 14,371 miles in top gear. Production moves to Derby. 1906 March 1906: Rolls-Royce the company is established. 1900 1910 1904 C. S. Rolls killed 1914 Collaboration agreed in aeroplane crash Aircraft engine between Rolls and Royce. in Bournemouth. production starts. 1904 1911 4 May 1904: The Spirit of Ecstasy Charles Stewart Rolls introduced. Design by meets Frederick Henry sculptor Charles Sykes. Royce at the Midland Hotel in Manchester. 1906 40/50 Silver Ghost. 1910 1920 1936 Phantom III: V12 engine, 25/30 hp. 1925 1931 New Phantom Acquisition of Bentley Motors. (later: Phantom I). Springfield closed. 1921 1929 1938 Manufacturing Phantom II: 20/25 hp. Wraith: last Derby plant opened made model. in Springfield, Mass., USA. 1922 1933 The 20 hp. 1930Sir Henry Royce dies. 1950 1959 Phantom IV: Silver Cloud II. only 18 built. Phantom V. 1965 Silver Shadow: first monocoque model. 1955 1962 1968 Silver Cloud. Silver Cloud III: Phantom VI. 1950 twin headlights. 1960 Rolls-Royce Motor Cars The Strive for Perfection Ghost Family All illustrations and specifications are based upon current information available as at August 2014. Colours may vary. Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Limited reserves the right to make changes at any time without notice. Images may show optional equipment and specific country variants may differ. Quoted speed and acceleration may vary. Model year designation on any particular model may be longer or shorter than 12 months. Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Limited makes all reasonable efforts to provide accurate information; however, there is no guarantee of accuracy. -
The Story of the Spirit of Ecstasy INTRODUCTION History Publication 1 – 4/2011
The Story of the Spirit of Ecstasy INTRODUCTION History Publication 1 – 4/2011 This booklet records the text and illustrations of the lecture given on Thursday, April 7, 2011 at Rydges Hotel in Canberra during “The Centenary of the Spirit of Ecstasy Rally” of the Rolls-Royce Owners’ Club of Australia. The Rally Director, Ian Irwin, asked me to display and discuss the Spirit of Ecstasy mascots I have collected since the formation of our club on June 6, 1956. Back then, I owned a Rolls-Royce 20 H.P. GDK35 but it did not have a mascot. George Green, a fellow foundation member of the RROCA, allowed me to copy his kneeling Silver Dawn mascot. I used dental duplication jelly to make a wax pattern which was then cast in brass. I later learned that this was the technique used by the creator of the original ‘Spirit of Ecstasy’, Charles Sykes. He made the mascots and sold them to Rolls-Royce Limited from 1911 to 1928. His daughter Josephine (Jo) Phillips (nee Sykes) took his place from 1928 to 1939. The mascots were, over this period, always an optional extra and recorded as such on the sales cards. In 1957 we sold our 20H.P. and left for overseas. After six months in the U.K, we moved to Rochester, N.Y. where I was to undertake post-graduate study. Before our departure The 20-Ghost Club Australian Chapter (Inc.) from Australia, our club appointed me a vice-president so I could liaise with the U.K.’s The oldest Rolls-Royce Club in the World 20-Ghost Club and the Rolls-Royce Owners’ Club of America.