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For Rolls-Royce and Bentley Enthusiasts

PRÆCLARVMThe National Journal of the Rolls-Royce Owners’ Club of Australia No. 6-18 December 2018

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PRÆCLARVM The National Journal of the Rolls-Royce Owners’ Club of Australia No. 6-18 December 2018 Issue 299 Regular Items Features Events Calendar 7493 From the Editor 7494 From the Federal President 7495 From the Sir Henry Royce Foundation 7496 News from the Registers 7513 Book Reviews 7521

Market Place 7522 Tom Clarke’s (WA) car started its Australian life at Mt Mitchell, 47km North West of Articles and Features Ballarat, near the small town of Lexton. Boom time Rolls: the story of SDB26. Tom Clarke (WA) talks about his car a 7497 He tells its story on page 7461. 1950 Wraith delivered new to the early 1920s boom-time Wimmera region on the northern fringes of the Western District. Surprising ‘New’ Information On Silver Ghost / Armoured Car Production. 7502 In a sequel to the story in Præclarvm 4-18, August 2018, (Pages 7430-33) Ian Irwin (ACT) produces more on the “Irish Warriors”, 13 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghosts gifted to the Irish Government to help quell the uprising in 1921/2. From the Sir Henry Royce Foundation Archives - More Items from the 7506 SHRF Archives: Gilbert Ralph (Vic), Hon. Archivist of the SHRF, continues his presentation of more materials conserved within the Archives of the SHRF. Dawn Patrol XVI - 2018. Registrar Members; Alison Jones (Vic) on words 7508 with Linda Eames and Lloyd Missen (both NSW) on photos, report on another successful Dawn Patrol, held in Southern NSW in mid-September. British National Treasure: The 1920 Rolls-Royce The SMART Register Riverina Ramble. David Neely (NSW) reports on the 7511 Silver Ghost Armoured Car, (101WO), formerly SMART Register’s annual event run at short notice in the Wagga Wagga/ ‘Danny Boy’, and renamed ‘Tom Keogh’ in 1923. Forbes are of NSW in late October and early November this year. On page 7502 Ian Irwin (ACT) tells more of the “Irish Warriors”, of which it was one. Twenty Topics No 77 - Twenties to the Federal Rally: In this edition David 7513 Davis (NSW) talks of the nature of some parts of the 20HP that were complex in design without thought to the future and their long term viablity.

Front Cover: (Crewe, 26 November 2018) Bentley is introducing the all-new Continental GT Convertible. Designed, engineered and handcrafted in Britain – and representing all Bentley knows about creating the world’s most stylish and elegant Grand Tourers – the GT Convertible is the very essence of the luxury brand. (Photo courtesy of Bentley Motor Cars).

Cars on the XVI Dawn Patrol are captured here at one of their Motels which allowed for frivolity and friendship, both of which, the Dawn Patrols are know for. See Alison Jones’ (Vic) report on page 7508

Club Website: www.rroc.org.au Back Issues of Præclarvm: http://praeclarum.rroc.org.au/ The SMART Register Tourers were taken to Views expressed in Præclarvm are those of the individual writers. their Black Tie Dinner in a 20 seat, 1924 Vulcan Carabanc, one of very few left working in The deadline for the February 2019 issue is 15 January 2019. Australia. Read David Neely’s story on page 7511. 7492 Præclarvm 6-18 PræclarvmPræclarvm (ISSN 0159-4583) is ppublishedublished six times per year by the Federal Council off the Events Calendar Rolls-Royce Owners’ Club of Australia. Whilst Federal, Register & Overseas Events every care is taken to check information published, no responsibility can be accepted 1 - 6 May 2019 RROCA LXI Federal Rally, Toowoomba, QLD Frank Carroll 0418-775-963 for errors. 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Articles should 10 Feb President’s Run, Lunch at Henry Kendall Cottage, Gosford Margaret Gillings 0407-913 -533 preferably be sent as a text fi le, emailed to the Queensland Branch - President: Frank Carroll [email protected] (otherwise as typed hard 16 Dec Carpark Capers Brett Roberts 07-3353-9915 copy to the Editor’s address below). 13 Jan 2019 Carpark Capers Brett Roberts 07-3353-9915 Federal Executive President: Joe Quattrocchi, 10 Feb Carpark Capers Brett Roberts 07-3353-9915 PO Box 787, Bowral, NSW, 2576 South Australian Branch - President: Michael Henningsen 0416-304-027 Email: [email protected] 20 Jan 2019 Early Morning Run to Stirling Peter Forbes 0411-246-841 Secretary: Stephen Peoples, PO Box 21, Kew, Vic, 3101 10 Feb All British Day, Echunga Oval, Echunga Peter Forbes 0411-246-841 0408-672-222 Email: [email protected] Victoria Branch - President: Greg Wayman Treasurer: Bruce Duncan, 5 Fadden Place, Wahroonga, NSW, 2076 13 Dec General Meeting, BAH, Rowville, Club Shop Night Brian Williams 0458-888-767 0447-242-371 Email: [email protected] 16 Dec Christmas Party, ‘Yalambie’ Merricks Brian Williams 0458-888-767 The Sir Henry Royce Foundation 10 Jan 2019 General Meeting, Picnic, Jells Park, Wheelers Hill Brian Williams 0458-888-767 Russell Rolls, 20 Jan Great Australian Rally, Cruden Farm, Langwarrin Brian Williams 0458-888-767 PO Box 140, South Yarra Vic, 3141. 0418-325-086 3 Feb Technical Section Meeting, LGSI, Rowville Brian Williams 0458-888-767 Email: [email protected] Western Australia Branch - President: Diane Magrath Federal Publications None Advised please contact Branch Secretary: Alan Dickson, ph: 08-9246-3295 Præclarvm Editor: Tim Dean, 1630 Malvern Road, Glen Iris, VIC, 3146. 0401-987-808 Email: [email protected] Registrar (Chassis Plate): David Neely, 23/1 Bay Drive, Meadowbank, NSW, 2114. 02-8084-8465 Email: [email protected] Mailing list: Ian Dunn, 40 Murranji Street, Hawker, ACT, 2614. 02-6278-3763 Email: [email protected] Branch Secretaries Australian Capital Territory: Peter Hyland, PO Box 773, Mawson, ACT, 2606. 02-6286-4265 Email: [email protected] surrounding: The new Bentley has Bentley Rotating Display showing: New South Wales: Interim Contact, above left: blank dash, above right: instrument gauges and below: an LCD display Margaret Gillings, 0407-913-533 Email: [email protected] Queensland: Glenn Cuff e, 87 Kauri Road, Ashgrove, QLD, 4060 07-3366-6306 Email: [email protected] South Australia: Peter Forbes, PO Box 355, Welland, SA 5007 0411-246-841 Email: [email protected] Victoria: Brian Williams, PO Box 21, Kew, VIC, 3101. 0458-888-767 Email: [email protected] Western Australia: Alan Dickson, PO Box 590, Kalamunda, WA, 6926. 08-9246-3295 Email: [email protected] Section Contacts Northern Territory: Keith Preston, PO Box 1066, Palmerston, NT, 0831. 08-8983-1029 above: All-season open-top Grand Touring is enabled thanks to sophisticated luxury features. New Tasmania: Mike Williams Convertible GT cabin is as quiet as the previous generation Coupé model, while unique Z-fold roof offering 5 Caroda Court, Howrah, TAS, 7018 a sportier appearance and 3 decibel noise reduction while tailored convertible roof sweeps open in 19 0418-478-947 seconds to reveal the exquisite, luxurious hand-crafted interior. (photo Courtesy of Bentley Motor Cars) Præclarvm 6-18 7493 From the Editor Welcome to this Edition: the 1920s, this was an everyday experience, learn he wrote a column in the Australian his Christmas edition is fi lled, as are much as old lapsed plate numbers are Dental Association monthly bulletin Tmost, with good reading that enables reissued today, albeit by auctioning them for 37 years and 303 editions, another members to secrete themselves away now for considerable revenue. considerable eff ort. You will no doubt have for a time of rest and regaining of their Another piece of history ironed out. seen his columns when you are searching for shapely summer fi gures as the traditional Thank you to Bob and Ian for its resolution. something pithy to read at your dentist while waiting. I am sure his columns all concern enjoyment of the Christmas fare is allowed A Final Item: its time to be digested. vast, painful dental undertakings, far more In June next year I move to the heady A Sad Item: demanding and thus more upsetting than heights of 10 completed years of being your my simple descaling or fi lling works! Sad news has reached Praecalrum via Editor of Præclarvm. Of course, although I I thank Barrie as a mate who is David Berthon of the passing of Angelo lay claim to doing everything involved in responsible for the placement of correctly Notaras OAM of Bellevue Hill, NSW in its production, it is more true that many hyphenated words, one of his pet early November, aged 85 years. Angelo a back-room eff ort is made by other requirements and on your, our readers’, was a long standing member of the supporters in our Club in producing articles, behalf for all the time and eff ort each RROCA (NSW Branch) with a restored advertisements and of course our regular edition took for him to check, line by line, 1933 20/25 (GDX11) and a 1921 Silver contributors who bi-monthly eff orts give thus ensuring that every story was well up Ghost (35AG) under restoration. He would us a real feel of the important things which to the required standard. have been the oldest Silver Ghost restorer involve our Club and its members. On behalf of all members Barrie, thank in the country. One such unsung hero for Præclarvm you for supporting Præclarvm and its A delightful and energetic 85-year has been Barrie Gillings, who was early to Editor and I know everyone wishes you a old and an inspiration in everything he rise to my call for help in proof-reading well-earned retirement! tackled, he had nearly fi nished restoring each edition, a task not many could love! Happy Christmas: his Silver Ghost, which he had started in Barrie though, took to it as a duck to the 1980s. water, enjoying splashing about in the Margie and I join in wishing all members Not widely known is that Angelo was history of the Marques and our Club, and their families a Joyous Christmas and one of the underwriters of John Fasal’s correcting my, at times appalling typing a Prosperous New Year, we hope to again twin edition of the Edwardian Silver Ghost, and even my grammar and, of course, that meet many of you in Toowoomba in May launched many years ago and he also of our contributors. at the Federal Rally. Happy and safe motoring into 2019. helped to fund the vintage series which is Barrie now, as he too approaches a Tim Dean (Vic) still a work in progress. grand height, that of being 85, has decided GBK58, BSH20044 Detective Works: to hang up his red pencil, still with some Bob McGrath (Vic) wrote to your Editor lead in it (!), which he says he will use to to tell of some investigative work he has point out any errors in editions he receives performed subsequent to Ian Irwin’s story at home! Barrie has been a huge help to of Our First Australian Rolls-Royce in the me over the years, his knowledge of our 5-18 edition of Præclarvm. cars is inspiring and his feel for the Club’s He describes having a copy of the 1912 history and politics is second to none (I am Automobile Directory of Victoria which authorised to say that, as his wife may be lists all Victorian vehicles and their owners. the one to whom he is second! But I move By 1912 this was some 6600 motor vehicles on. including trucks, taxis, motorcycles etc. For those who do not know of Barrie’s he looked for chassis number 40509 and editorial leanings, you will be surprised to found there was no registration number 976 listed. The list gets to 975, then continues on at 977; No 976 and no hint as to why it was missing. So he looked up Mr Black, Archibald J. Sir Henry and there found Mr Black of Mt Noorat, Noorat had three vehicles registered in his name. Numbers 429, 876 and 3888. So, Royce Foundation 876, not 976. Having found this he then went back 2019 Calendar to the original registration numbers list and looked up 876 to fi nd that yes, 876, Mail order Calendars can be ordered from belonged to Mr Black, Archibald J, Mt [email protected] Noorat, Noorat. cost only: $25 Ian then replied that close inspection Copies can also be collected from our agents in the various states: of the car in the workshop was indeed 876 please contact your Branch Secretary to enquire who is your local agent, and he had a possible reason for the 976 handling sales locally. number being missing totally from the Reigistration Records. The Foundation is financed entirely by donations and all profits from the Ian went on that It was common to pull calendars are for the benefit of the Foundation to carry out its Charitable out a number when a car was sold, or de- Objects for the advancement of the science and technology of mechanical registered and it was possibly added in a engineering for the public benefit and the advancement of education. later list with a diff erent plate or a new owner. Plates began to be re-issued and by

7494 Præclarvm 6-18 From the Federal President

ike RROCA members, I was deeply of sweeping lawns and I suspect, under our Rally Director, Frank Carroll (Qld) Lsaddened to learn that some of our the watchful eye of the one-time Mayor of can be contacted on 0418-775-963 or fellow members in California suff ered Holroyd, George McCredie, who built the myself on 0416-304-027 if you have any total devastation when the wildfi res swept property in 1891. questions. through California in November. Homes, Never one to forgo a good time are As with this year’s rally, we need cars as well as the region’s trophies and our Queensland Branch members who no excuse to hit the open road in our archives were lost. gathered for the Derby Phantom Register, Rolls-Royce and Bentley motorcars. Sue Brooks, President of RROC whose Federal Registrar, Frank Carroll The legendary views along the Pacifi c (Qld), deftly arranged with his signature Coast Drive - the Pacifi c Highway, to the fl air. Frank also placed Ken Folliott’s [Qld] uninitiated, will undoubtedly add more 1936, 25/30 Rolls-Royce [GGM3] Barker sunshine, white sand and beautiful views Limousine in the spotlight in the last to the mix. Start planning your itinerary edition Præclarvm — and rightly so. Ken’s now! magnifi cent car was in a league of its own I want to end 2018 by extending my at Brisbane’s 2018 All British Day, and by very best wishes for Christmas to all all accounts, so too was Chris and Jenny RROCA members and their families and Sorensen’s 1929 Rolls-Royce Phantom II. take this opportunity to thank you all, The couple likewise scooped up an award including the Branch Presidents, Federal for their “Best Period Costume.” Secretary, Stephen Peoples (VIC), and In Monaco, Paul Blank [WA] undertook Federal Treasurer, Bruce Duncan (NSW), (USA) summed up the sentiments of all the ‘enviable task’ of viewing the Rolls- for your support and camaraderie. members worldwide when she extended Royce and teased RROCA members when Stay safe and happy motoring. See the organisation’s heartfelt sympathy. he unveiled its bespoke craftsmanship you in 2019! and sleek design in a series of travel “We hope that the members Joe Quattrocchi (NSW & ACT) snaps. Thank you, Paul, for sharing this themselves are safe and we off er them Federal President fantastic experience our support and help in any way we can. with us. Our Rolls-Royce Owners’ Club family is strong together,” she said. Sue could not For some news from have said it more profoundly. our ACT members, I would like to extend On a more positive note, the NSW a warm welcome Concours Judging Day on October 20, to newly-elected which was held at John Vawser’s workshop Branch president, in Seven Hills was a fabulous occasion. Martin Bennett (ACT) There were 13 entries with Kim Stapleton and I look forward heading the judging at the event. Thank to working with him you to John and his wife, Marienne, for and the other Branch their superb hospitality. Committee members The NSW All British Day at The King’s over the next years. School in Parramatta, NSW, got off to a As I speak of 2019, thrilling start under a marquee of blue we are now gearing skies, picnic hampers and an incredible up for the festive line-up of 1430 British cars of all vintages season as well as and makes. the 61st RROCA Of course, our stately Rolls-Royce Federal Rally, models gleamed among the pigeons and which will be held of the 68 models represented by the club in Toowoomba, was a handsome 1970 Phantom VI owned Qld, next May. The by Andrew Rowlands (NSW). Keeping registration forms company with Andrew’s beauty were four are out and ready luxury 2-door saloon Camargues and a for members to Phantom V; a throwback to the height of fi ll in their details. British dominance in car manufacturing The numbers are and culture. fi lling up fast, and Sydney also played host to the NSW Club Concours and Picnic Day at historic Linnwood House in Guildford. It was a befi tting setting for RROCA members to showcase 58 Rolls-Royce cars on a beautiful spring day amid fi ve hectares right upper: The NSW All British Day at The King’s School in Parramatta, NSW was an impressive event with 100s of cars on display. right centre: NSW All British Day at The King’s School also saw “4 little Camargues sitting in a row”. right lower: NSW Concours Judging day at John Vawser’s, Seven Hills workshop. Præclarvm 6-18 7495 From the Sir Henry Royce Foundation

Offi cial Opening of SHRF Coolum The Vin Kean Memorial Archive were undertaking a detailed technical Through the generosity of Trustee The late Vin Kean built a very successful assessment of the suitability of The Frank Carroll, The Foundation now has a motorcar dealership group with brands such Foundation’s Merlin engine for the Mosquito presence at Coolum, Queensland. Frank as Holden, BMW, Volkswagen and Ferrari. project. It is a great disappointment to the has established large, purpose built He was the instigator and fi nancier of the Trustees that this assessment has proven premises to store and exhibit his stable of Holden Dealer Team when General Motors negative. The Foundation’s Merlin is an cars and has made available, at no cost to withdrew from motor sport. engine built for the later de Havilland Hornet and is not suitable for the Mosquito. The Foundation, a signifi cant area in this The pinnacle of Vin’s career was his building. The Trustees attended the offi cial close relationship with Rolls-Royce and Given this outcome, it is the Trustees opening of SHRF Coolum on the afternoon Bentley through the dealerships in Adelaide, intention to display the Merlin at SHRF of November 17. Melbourne and Sydney. Vin was instrumental Coolum. The formality of the opening was in the preservation and donation to The Donations of material for The conducted by the local Member of Foundation of signifi cant archival material Foundation’s “Archive”. Queensland Parliament, Dan Purdie. There relating to these marques. The Vin Kean Recently, the following have made were some 40 people present, including Memorial Archive has been established donations of a wide variety of interesting Members of the RROCA Queensland to preserve and display the historical documentation and artefacts: James Branch and local people with an interest in documentation that Vin collected over some Baxter, Crail Douglas, Brian Harper and classic and historic cars. 60 years association with Rolls-Royce and David Neely. Bentley. The SHRF Coolum provides The F J Engish Award for Club Photography Foundation with a facility to store and In late September, along with past display cars and larger items of technical Federal President Neil Matthews and RROCA This Award is made possible through the interest. It is an adjunct to the Sub-Archive Victoria Branch Members John Reis and John generous support of 50-year Club Member, Queensland at Geebung. The fi rst item of Wilson, I travelled to Adelaide to collect Fred Engish. Fred has confi rmed that the The Foundation’s collection to be restored all this documentation. We transported Award will be made again for 2018 – refer and displayed at Coolum is a “C” Series some 20 fi ling boxes of valuable historic to entry details on page 7504 Rolls-Royce diesel engine, built in the early material back to Melbourne (Bill Allsep The Sir Henry Royce Foundation 1950’s and originally the motor for a Vickers House) for cataloguing and accession to The Research Award crawler tractor. Foundation’s Archive. Honorary Archivist, This Award, to encourage the use of The The SHRF Coolum has already been put Gilbert Ralph, and his group of volunteers Foundation “Archive” for research, will be to good use with a gathering of 70 people with undertake this task over the next couple available again for 2018. Full details of the for a Christmas function. The activities of months. Award can be found on page 7504 as well. at Coolum are attracting a deal of local Of particular interest is the collection of Russell Rolls interest with donations of automotive service records of the Rolls-Royce and Bentley Chairman of Trustees memorabilia already received or promised. vehicles that passed through the United The Foundation’s Phantom V (5VF155) Motors/Motors Limited dealership. is now at Coolum and after a minimum When these records have been sorted of detailing will be on permanent display and catalogued The Foundation will be in there. a position to supply copies to Members who own a SA delivered car. The Trustees thank Frank and Joan Carroll for their generous support of The It is the longer-term wish of The Foundation. Foundation that a suitable repository will be found in South Australia for The Vin Sub-Archive Queensland Kean Memorial Archive. The Sub-Archive Queensland, an The People’s Mosquito integral part of The Foundation’s activities, goes from strength-to-strength. The In the last issue of “Praeclarvm” Trustees visited Geebung on the morning I mentioned that engineering of November 17 to meet with and to “kick- experts from The People’s Mosquito off ” the operations of the Committee of (www.peoplesmosquito.org.uk) Management. This Committee, whose membership includes RROCA Queensland Branch Members and Geebung volunteers will assist Curator Barry Sparks with the administration and operation of the day- to-day activities. Thanks to the dedication and enthusiasm of Barry and Ann Sparks and the Geebung volunteers, the Sub- Archive Queensland has come a long way in a very short time and houses, in particular, a very impressive display of engines and associated technical items. right upper: The Coolum Sub-Archive’s 1950s, “C” Series Rolls-Royce diesel engine. right: At the opening of the Coolum sub- Branch were: (l-r) Queensland Parliament’s Dan Purdie, Trustees: Eric Henderson, Frank Carroll and Jean Eve, Federal Politician, Ted O’Brien and SHRF Chairman, Russell Rolls. 7496 Præclarvm 6-18 Boom time Rolls: the story of SDB26 Tom Clarke (WA) s a uniformed schoolboy, I watched in wonder as women in smart suits by Balenciaga stepped from Rolls-Royces to shop in the market ‘Atown’s Gray Street.’ Thus wrote Richard Zachariah about boom-time 1950s Hamilton in Victoria. His book The Vanished Land (2017) ranges nostalgically over the ‘disappearing dynasties of Victoria’s Western District’. My own car wasn’t owned by a dynasty, and it came from the Wimmera region on the northern fringes of the Western District, but the boom-time connection was the same. This is its story. he early 1950s saw an agricultural nothing on the homesteads themselves. The Centenary Jubilee Motor Show ran Tboom in the fertile Western District Their grand interiors gradually became from 18-28 April 1951 at the Exhibition and elsewhere in Australia. There was storage spaces. A housekeeper was Buildings in Melbourne, opened by the huge export demand for wool and meat, employed to sustain their simple lifestyle. Governor, H. E. Sir Dallas Brooks. Press especially when the Korean War began, and It follows that they never threw anything reports usually covered only the Silver wheat for the European market. Graziers away and make-do-and-mend was the Wraith by Park Ward on display (WHD77) and wheat farmers saw their incomes order of the day. when mentioning the two Rolls-Royces rocket to stratospheric levels and, to add to the bonus, their producing costs were relatively low. After a while a certain hubris and complacency set in – life was good, it would never end, why not spend up? Hence the good sales of Rolls-Royces and Bentleys, and the gracious or even lavish lifestyles in the grander country homes. Many years later it all ended badly. Wool prices collapsed and tax bills piled up. But let’s bask in some of the refl ected glory from those heady days. From ‘Mount Mitchell’ on the Sunraysia Highway at Lexton, 47km northwest of Ballarat, bachelor farmer brothers Frederick In this frugal context it seems above: ‘Mt Mitchell’ in 2009, rather parched George Muller (1896-1986) and John (‘Jack’) extraordinary that the pair would buy a Rolls ground but the grandeur of the portico very Ernest Muller (1907-81) often banked but they were looking for a sturdy car, not evident. £16,000 at a time during the boom. These luxury. At fi rst a Buick was considered but below: Some of the Crewe construction staggering sums in other hands would have at Kellow-Falkiner, the Rolls-Royce offi cial records for SDB26. led to life being lived high on the hog. But retailer in Melbourne, they were fi rst off ered their upbringing in the Muller family meant a secondhand Bentley. When they demurred money was always conserved, which is the salesman mentioned that a Silver Dawn probably why they could ride out the years was coming out for the Motor Show. ‘After after the boom ended. the Show you can have that’ they were told. There were actually three Muller And that’s how it turned out. For modest brothers, the middle brother Edward brothers a ‘standard steel’ Silver Dawn seems Rudolph (1898-1987) at age 54 being the more appropriate than a coachbuilt Silver only brother to marry. The family was of Wraith. SDB26 was a stock order car timed German descent, with forebears arriving for the Motor Show and so it had already in Australia in 1851. Their German name been chosen in black with tan interior rather meant they were ostracised during the than anything more brash that could have Great War despite being loyal second put off potential buyers. The brothers were generation Anglican Australians! All the happy with that specifi cation and paid a £500 brothers were born at Glenburn near deposit on 9 February 1951 and then waited. Yea, sons of August Rudolph Muller, and At Crewe the car was built with the usual the whole family remained religious, Colonial requirements, such as heavy duty their outlook probably coloured by the front springing, export heavier bumpers,bumpers, distressing treatment during the war. They a rear lamps external had a wheat farm, ‘Kinimakatka’, near Nhill override switch, oil- where Fred in particular promoted a high- bath air cleaner, heavier yield grain called ‘Dollar’. In 1923 Muller Sr. damper settings, and bought the ‘Woodstock Station’ pastoral dust proofed. She property (1,214 acres or 491 hectares) near was delivered to the Avoca to farm with his sons. In 1936, after company’s Lillie Hall their father’s death in 1927, the brothers depot in west London added ‘Mt Mitchell’ (2,590 acres or 1,048 on 8 January 1951 and hectares). Many years later, in the early shipped on the S.S. 1960s, a further property was bought at Ranchi on 9 February Rokewood south of Ballarat. The pair of (a month lost before farming brothers did not socialise much shipment). Looking the locally but did dispense sums to religious ship up on the internet charities. When younger, Fred participated I see she was launched in shooting competitions and Jack in in 1925 and scrapped cycling contests. They invested in livestock in 1953, getting on a bitt and machinery, and developed superfi ne when she had SDB26 inn merino wool. However, they spent next to the hold! Præclarvm 6-18 7497 and one Bentley. Kellow-Falkiner did well and took more orders, with 50 cars already on the waiting list caused by shipping delays (that slow old S.S. Ranchi again?!). They were also showing Riley, Wolseley, and Packard cars. The Australian Monthly Motor Manual May 1951 issue (that had somehow stayed with the car down the years) stated that ‘A Silver Dawn Rolls, and Bentley…make a very attractive showing’. The brothers would almost certainly have come to the Motor Show to see their SDB26 on display before making the fi nal payment of £4,256.9s.0d on 24 May 1951 after delivery, the car now registered UV- 603. The delivery almost one month after the Show, rather than immediately, seems odd. It was probably agreed at the time of the sale so that Kellow-Falkiner had a showroom car until the next one (already on its way) arrived. The brothers’ two previous cars had been Armstrong Siddeleys in 1929 and 1936 (both still at ‘Mt Mitchell’ in 1981). The Silver Dawn would have been quite a revelation by comparison but they used it modestly, reaching only 62,000 miles by 1981. Even when I got it the mileage was a reasonable 80,000. The car remains very original to this day, thanks to the brothers’ low mileage and no use of the back seat! The Silver Dawn was maintained at Kellow-Falkiner beyond the three-year guarantee period but August 1957 seems to be the last ledger entry. As with many cars supplied to Victoria, the tail and anyone escaping detection after a night- where Fred spent the following years. number plate lights were controlled by an time accident). Other than that, I don’t Richard restored ‘Mt Mitchell’ back to its additional switch above the number plate know how the car was maintained from early splendour and we were able to take box but this was bypassed in February the 1960s up to 1986, a local mechanic SDB26 back there in 2009, later being 1955, presumably when the prewar perhaps? Fred certainly did some chores given the cheque books (used in this requirement was revoked. (The switch is himself. article) that showed the purchase of the still there, a weatherproof press on/off ‘Mt Mitchell’ was sold by Fred Muller to car. (I’m grateful to Denis Deasey, a friend type, and it seems the aim was to prevent Richard Salter in 1981 and it is not clear

above:ab Two views of SSilveri Wraith WHD77 and SiSilver Dawn SDB26 at the MMelbourne Motor Show in AApril 1951. Curiously, the lalatter’s mascot is turned the wrong way. lleft:e The magazine that aactuallyc mentioned SDB26 at the Show. right:rig Cheque, mate! Proof of thet amounts paid and when.

74987498 Præclarvm 6-18 6 18 left and above: The guarantee sent from England in a cardboard cylinder (still with the car); and the encouraging letter sent from the factory at the start of the brothers’ ownership. of Richard’s, for springing into action on these relics.) In typical Muller fashion these had been left lying around the house! We saw the old large garage where the car had been kept for over thirty years. Yes, I scoured it in case any car parts had been left behind! Fred had been interviewed by The Age in 1981 and mentioned several things taken oﬀ the car for one reason or another. Amazingly, these items like the clock, radio, and arm rests had all survived. With ‘Mt Mitchell’ sold Fred held onto SDB26 and after his death it passed to his brother Edward. It was from his family that Dr George Tippett of Kew bought the car in 1987. George improved the car over many years, attending to the front suspension, repainting, and some chrome work as well as routine maintenance. I bought it in early 2008, with the intervention of my old W.A. Branch mate Andrew Brownell who had seen it for sale. It was fortunate that George included a lot of spare parts with the car. Andrew cared for the car at his Daylesford home until we arrived in early 2009 to use it for the ﬁ rst time. The time in between wasn’t wasted and Andrew gave the leather plenty of Connolly’s hide food and had the wheel discs rechromed.

left and left lower: Some Kellow-Falkiner servicing records for SDB26 up to 1957. (Courtesy of George Forbes) below: A later view of SDB26 during Muller ownership showing its dishevelled appearance and the homestead with its overgrown garden and verandah posts hidden in later wooden boxes (now restored). Also glimpsed are the oversize heavy duty tyres that the Mullers preferred!

Præclarvm 6-18 7499 lovely car to own and use even though the prewar cars are my fi rst interest. In the years since the car has been in England (not necessarily permanent!) I’ve had more chroming done, fi tted a new radiator, new master cylinder, had the doors insulated as Lex suggested (to stop the tinny sound of all-steel bodies) and fi tted a new exhaust system. I hope to rebuild and refi t the original system with its nicer fi ttings. I retain original fi nishes where I can. For example, just wax on the interior woodwork creates a lovely appearance rather than redoing it in high gloss. One of the pleasures of owning a classic car, particularly a Rolls-Royce or Bentley, is ensuring it is complete in its fi ttings and accessories. For a pre-war car this is a huge task quite often, but the post-war cars also came with a fair number of things that often get lost or overlooked. SDB26 is fortunate, despite the brothers’ rough and ready ways (!), of remaining largely Yokohama radial tyres were fi tted to was done on it by Lex Lynch. He undertook complete. Today it is fully complete, as replace the Dunlop crossplies. After 20,000 a total brake overhaul, installed seat belts, these detail photographs attest. miles they are still very serviceable. and sorted out the carburetter. His Bentley The biggest task was undertaken by Doug MacKay of Ballarat in 2008, fi tting new pistons and rings because several of the original pistons had broken landings and rings. The hard chrome inserts in the bores were in fi ne condition with no ridge where the inserts ended so I opted to keep them in situ. In hindsight this might have been a purist choice too far because the new J.P. pistons and rings didn’t bed well, U.K. rings ditto, but Doug persisted and eventually American-made Egge pistons bedded in and we got back the smoothness and normal oil consumption that eluded us for quite a while. New big-end bearings were fi tted at the same time. Andrew had meanwhile arranged a slap-up picnic at ‘Mt Mitchell’ as a sort of blessing for my union with the car! Along with Fiona and me, the is the role model for all of us! Prior congregation included Peter and Elizabeth to shipment I ensured I could keep Crauford, Denis Deasey, Darren Overend, the original UV-603 on retention, Andrew as culinary choreographer, and and for a while we had WXU-518 on Richard Salter our host. What an evocative the car and then 08179H. Here in occasion to start off my custodianship. England it is now YVL-587, luckily no annual ‘road tax’ for older cars. The Fiona and I came from England to use car has let us down only once, on the it every couple of years until 2014 when I overlander to Albany in 2009 – a rear shipped it to the U.K. after much useful work wheel bearing. Overall it has been a

top: The only picture of Fred Muller, and a bad one, showing him in 1981 at ‘Mt Mitchell’ with SDB26. above upper: SDB26 back at ‘Mt Mitchell’ on 16 February 2009 with the house very shipshape. above: The holy grail, SDB26’s garage attached to the house but no longer the original doors. left: Dr. George Tippett reunited with SDB26 in Kew, 2009. In the background Naomi Tippett and Fiona Clarke. The modern rear indicators were later removed and instead the reversing lamps have been pressed into service as fl ashers. 7500 Præclarvm 6-18 right, right centre upper and right centre lower: Views of SDB26 in England, showing off the original interior, the luggage straps all these cars had, the period rear refl ectors that were the subject of a Rolls-Royce Service Bulletin, and the well preserved exterior. below: Tools and handbook for the cabin. below lower: Under-bonnet tools below bottom: Tools fi tted in the spare wheel area

And what of SDB26’s ancestral home, ‘Mt Mitchell’? After the departure of Fred below: Useful manuals and special tools for the garage Muller it was painstakingly restored by but not supplied with each Richard Salter, the site now being a smaller car when new. The long tool 766 acres (or 310 hectares). Since 2015 it is for removing inlet valve has been owned by Kate and Simon Tol springs in-situ and (left who have improved the house and grounds inset) is its companion which even more (the homestead site itself being threads into the spark plug 10 acres or 4 hectares overall). You can holes; the L shaped tool is for now enjoy the house and its farm yourself extracting the exhaust valve with holidays at the property. It truly is springs. a distinguished home, built in bluestone and designed by noted architect Charles Webb who also created the Windsor Hotel in Melbourne. It was built during 1860-61 with 14 rooms and greatly enlarged in 1910- 12 by architect Percy Richards, doubling its size. One day I really will have to take SDB26 back there again and let the car grace the house and grounds to rekindle its memories. Acknowledgements: My thanks to Bentley MkVI enthusiast R. Andrew Brownell of Ballarat for checking over so many details and for looking after my car some years ago; and to George Tippett for his preservation of the car over so many years. Præclarvm 6-18 7501 Surprising ‘New’ Information On Silver Ghost / Armoured Car Production Ian Irwin (ACT) In Præclarvm 4-18, August 2018, (Pages 7430-33) the author’s article ‘The Irish Warriors’ investigated some background to the 13 Silver Ghost armoured cars that were assigned to Northern Ireland and gifted to the Irish Government to help quell the uprising in 1921/2. Those Post-War Armoured Chassis were drawn from the hundred chassis comprising the largest order ever placed with Rolls-Royce Limited. In this sequel article, the author, inspired by materials recently received from the UK, pursues subsequent post- War Armoured Car Rolls-Royce chassis, and unearths what he believes to be some hitherto unpublished facts. If this is not correct, he would be delighted to be provided with chapter and verse on where related material has been published previously. Readers who are not familiar with the research into the Irish cars, in Praeclarvm, Then, having cracked new ground, it was article ‘The Irish Warriors’, would do well 4/2018, has aroused interest, with the most desirable to investigate the matter to read from there fi rst, to obtain the article now published and circulating in New further from the Factory Order Sheet background to the unfolding story, for this is Zealand, the United States and the United records, for hidden within the documents merely a sequel. Well perhaps not ‘merely’, Kingdom. were facts previously unknown. for it is almost certainly ground-breaking in Clearly there was a higher than usual It can now be said that following on the context of knowledge on the history of level of interest in this topic. But it is curious from Chassis WO101 to WO200, the last Silver Ghosts. how sometimes new avenues open up chassis number of the sequence covered As I write, our nation is paying tribute unexpectedly, that justify further research. in ‘The Irish Warriors’ history, there were to those who gave their lives in WW1, and At the RREC Annual Rally in July 2018, Martin fi ve subsequent Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost commemorating the return to peace brought Bennett, a former Editor of Praeclarvm for armoured car order placements in the by the Armistice of 1918. Most readers will 20 years, and a fellow-ACT Branch colleague, 1920/23 period, accounting for an additional be familiar with the magnitude of the scope was given a folio of factory documents, all of 62 such constructions. Of these 40 were of the confl ict, and most will certainly have which are hand-written records. These were ordered by the War Offi ce, others for the some background to the battlefronts and created over a decade or so from the early India War Offi ce, and four for the Persian territories in which the World War 1 Rolls- 1920s, into the early 1930s. The express wish Government. (see TABLE 1 below) Royce armoured cars participated. was that they be given to me, for which I am Each of those post-War armoured car But the years that immediately followed exceedingly grateful. chassis was a standard car chassis removed the Great War were not entirely peaceful. At fi rst glance, it seemed to be little more from constructed stock, and renumbered Threatening issues arose in various zones, than a record of works undertaken on cars, with the original chassis number of each is and ever vigilant governments went to (with all chassis numbers documented) at the on record. The selected chassis were taken considerable lengths to ensure that the special request of owners, throughout those from Series LG, SG, TG and EM. There were peace settlement was upheld. The writer’s years. On closer inspection, however, there minor detail diff erences between orders in father was a soldier in the fi rst Irish Guards were some absolute gems of information, respect of equipment, wheels, tyres etc. Contingent ever to be deployed overseas, that could well have been overlooked by Six further chassis with WO series serving in both Constantinople and Gibraltar any but those who are involved deeply in chassis numbers Chassis WO260-WO265, in those troublesome early Post-War years. the research of the Silver Ghosts, or more ordered by the Air Ministry in 1920 were As noted in ‘The Irish Warriors’ article, the particularly the armoured versions of these also constructed, but these were fi tted with placement of an order for 100 chassis, by the cars. These Sheets are headed ‘LOPs,’ an conventional ‘Open Tourer’ coachwork. in-house abbreviation for ‘List of Parts’, War Offi ce, was a response to continuing We are advised that there were fi ve and constitute an index of part numbers concerns in Mesopotamia in 1920. variants of the post-war Silver Ghost of drawings for factory-manufactured armoured cars, on the Wikipedia website We have long known that additional parts for cars with those specifi c customer and other sources. placements of orders occurred in those tense requirements. post war years. Just how many were built These are listed as the 1920 Pattern At times it was necessary to decipher the was not something to which the writer had Mk 1 with thicker radiator and new wheels), compression of some handwritten words to given much thought. But publication of the the 1920 Mark 1A (with Commander’s establish the signifi cance of the text.

7502 Præclarvm 6-18 cupola), the 1924 Pattern Mk 1, (turret service, were given a renewed lease of life above: A clip from the long and detailed Commander’s cupola), the 1921 Indian with the armoured bodies re-fi tted onto order dated 30.7.27, for the 1927 Silver Pattern (based on the 1920 Pattern (with military Fordson truck chassis. Ghost Chassis WO270, with engine Num- extended hull armour to provide extra ber OW01. Up to this point, (with the exception space beneath, and a domed turret with OPPOSITE PAGE - bottom: TABLE 1 The Post- perhaps, of the last version,) is as we have four mounts for machine guns). Finally, it is understood it to be for many, many years. War Silver Ghost Armoured Car Production recorded that some of the earlier armoured from 1921 to 1927. But, the discovery in the historic factory cars, of the 1914 Pattern, in the Egyptian documentation recently received, reveals Præclarvm 6-18 7503 that there were a few more Silver Ghost above: Instructions for Special Road Test of WO270, WO270 loaded to weighbridge limit, limit to be conducted chassis ordered, constructed, completed over the same rigorous 20-mile route where previous armoured cars were tested. quickly, and delivered in late 1927. No, not below right: It was from the Factory L.O.P. Sheet, recently received from the UK, that came the Phantom I Armoured Cars, but a new batch surprising revelation of the assembly of Silver Ghost Armoured Cars for the War Offi ce, late in clearly designated in the orders as Silver 1927, several years after the known end of Silver Ghost chassis production. Ghost Armoured Cars, but factory-fi tted to above, while the recently received ex- with the OHV New Phantom engines. To factory documentation refers to there being the writer’s knowledge, this information 12 chassis. There is no record amongst the has never previously been published in any Chassis cards of what for now, we may call of the Rolls-Royce club journals around the ‘missing two’ chassis. Whether that the world, nor in any of the well-known is a clerical error or not is unknown at this reference books on the history of Rolls- stage. Maybe further research will bring to Royce. light more information. The Order Sheets record the details thus: But the revelation of Silver Ghost ‘40/50 HP 6 Cylinder “Silver Ghost” type Armoured Cars being manufactured in chassis, similar to those supplied under late 1927, led to the research to fi nd the Contract 33/522/22 dated 14th March, relevant Factory Order Forms, which do 1922.’ indeed, confi rm that there were at least ten These cars were recorded on the factory late constructions. Not perhaps as exciting L.O.P. sheets thus: “12 Silver Ghosts as discoveries in Tutankhamun’s Tomb, but Chassis were produced for War Offi ce nevertheless, an extraordinary discovery of under PI Programme. (“V” to ‘H.2.B. Ser”). new information after the passage of over Subsequent reference to the individual ninety years of silence on this happening. chassis Orders reveal that seven of these, Hopefully someone will be able to throw Chassis WO270 to WO276 inclusive, more light on these 1927 Silver Ghost were ordered on 30 July, 1927, by the Air chassis. This much belated construction of Ministry, (‘Contract ref No: 770773/27, with armoured car Silver Ghosts, establishes a date of sale recorded as 30 July, 1927’) and new end-date to the factory’s Silver Ghost ’For delivery 9 weeks,’ but delivered on 28 production. This extends the production September, 1927 to the Royal Air Force span of Silver Ghosts by some two years, Packing Depot, Ascot, Berkshire. The last with the last Silver Ghost chassis now known three in the sequence Chassis WO277 to to have been delivered on 11 October, 1927. WO279 inclusive, were ordered on 11 August, 1927, and delivered on 11 October, Acknowledgements: Rolls-Royce Ltd. 1927, to the Chief Ordnance Offi cer, Factory LOPs, (List of Parts Indexes), (Storehouse B37) Royal Arsenal, Woolwich. c1921-1932; Rolls-Royce Ltd, Chassis Order Chassis Order Sheets exist for each Forms. RREC, The Hunt House; Wikipedia. individual car of those ten chassis referred Martin Bennett.

The Sir Henry Royce The Sir Henry Royce Foundation Foundation Research Award F J Engish Award for The Foundation “Archive” has a significant collection of historical Club Photography for 2018 material on both Rolls-Royce and Bentley in Australia in general and on RROCA and individual Branch activities in particular. Entries are invited for the 2018 F J Engish Award for Club To encourage the publication of research based on this important Photography. The winner receives a cash prize of $500. archive material, the Trustees have initiated The Sir Henry Royce The competition is open to members of the RROCA and the Foundation Research Award. This Award, with a prize of $500, will be photograph must be taken at a RROCA event in 2018 with one awarded annually to the person who, in the opinion of the Trustees, has photograph per member. The criteria being a photograph that made the best use of The Foundation “Archive” to research a topic of exempliﬁ es the “spirit” of Rolls-Royce and Bentley motor cars and of Rolls-Royce and Bentley interest and who has published this research in “Præclarvm” or in wider distribution, publicly available media. the “friendly atmosphere” of Club outings, taken into account will be the “artistic composition”of the subject material. The key driver of this award is the use of The Foundation “Archive” as the basis of the research and the publication of the results of this Entries close on 28 February 2019. research. The Award is open to all, not just Members of the RROCA. The Winner will be announced at the 2019 Federal Rally at Awarded annually, the Research Award Winner Toowoomba, QLD, in May. for the previous year will be announced at the Please email entries to the Annual RROCA Federal Rally Præclarvm Editor at [email protected] 7504 Præclarvm 5-18 2019July 22 Through July 27 Meet Hosts: Richard Vaughan and Jon Waples email: [email protected] website: www.rrocdetroit.org DETROIT The Motor City Car Capital of the World Site of the RROC Annual Meet

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In this edition we will continue to draw on the professional photographer Vicki Jones, daug Not only did Vicki donate her time and techn but she also waived the normal reprodu exclusive rights for public

The Foundation’s Photograph Collection (above) Amongst the thousands of photographs in the Archive the largest collection is that donated by Fred Engish formerly from Melbourne but now a resident of Sydney. Fred joined the Club in 1964 and he has been a frequent attendee at Branch and Federal events since that time. His carefully catalogued collection of 12,006 photographs of motor cars and 4397 people pictures is an unrivalled resource for researchers and historians. All of these prints are fi led in drawers as shown here. In addition to these there are thousands of other photographs which have been donated by other members from all over Australia. Another important donation of fi ve USB sticks containing hundreds of high quality colour images taken at recent Federal Rallies were added to the pictorial collection during the year thanks to the generosity of RROCA member Brian Carson, a professional photographer from Queensland. Rolls-Royce Eagle Aero Engine (above) At the request of the British Government at the b The Periodicals Collection (left) aero engine for use in Royal Flying Corps aircraft. In The Foundation’s extensive library the twelve-cylinder, 60° vee formation, water-cooled of books, magazines, journals, tested within six months. It was named the ‘Eagle’ an catalogues and manuals amounts to from 225 horsepower to 350 horsepower. It proved to b 33 metres of shelving. An important Alcock and Brown’s Vickers Vimy bomber which mad part of the collection is RROCA June 1919. Later in the same year Australia’s Ross a publications. Vimy aircraft, were the fi rst aviators We have a complete bound set of Præclarvm and Branch newsletters Silver Ghost P including Early & Late (NSW), Winged Bryan Harpe Messenger (WA), Northern Spirit (QLD), 1923 Silver Ghos Newsletter (VIC) and we are hopeful of the RROCA – completing those of other Branches seized briefl y ne when the few missing copies are drivable located. In addition we have bound com copies of magazines from kindred en clubs including Rolls-Royce Ltd Quest, seat RREC Bulletin, RROC Inc Flying Lady, pe Bentley Drivers’ Club Magazine, SGA Silver Ghost Tourer and Restored Cars. There are dozens of other motoring journals and magazines containing a wonderful resource of interest to researchers and historians. The earliest magazine in the collection is an AutoCar dated April 1907.

RROCA Federal Rallies (right) Participants in the 35th Annual Rally in Wagga-Wagga in 1993 received a crock of Port from a local winery. Five of the fi rst six Annual Rallies were held in Wagga-Wagga during the Queen’s Birthday holiday weekend in June between 1959 and 1964 as it was almost equidistant from Melbourne and Sydney. As more Branches were established in other States the rallies tended to rotate and the June weekends were abandoned as other seasons were deemed more appropriate. Of the sixty Federal Rallies held to date eight have been in Canberra, seven in Perth, six in Wagga-Wagga, fi ve in the Gold Coast, three in Mildura, Shepparton and Barossa Valley, two in Albury, Adelaide and Bendigo and one each in Albany, Ballarat, Bathurst, Berri, Brisbane, Broken Hill, Clare, Coff s Harbour, Hobart, Hunter Valley, Leura, Marcoola, Melbourne, Mount Gambier, Orange, Phillip Island, Toowoomba, Wollongong and York. 7506 Præclarvm 6-18 e Foundation Archives

the SHRF Archives Berri Rally Souvenir (right) Organizers of Federal Rallies HLM, Hon. Archivist SHRF endeavour to include some sort of unique memento of the rally in the ‘goodies’ bags distributed n the large collection of photographs taken by to participants. In this case the daughter of Hon Life Member, David Jones. South Australian Branch, which technical expertise to produce these images organised the 1983 Federal roduction fees and gave the Foundation Rally at the River Murray town ublication of the images. of Berri, included this nicely crafted plaque as a keepsake. Berri was chosen as a location to attract members from the Eastern States and yet not too far as to discourage SA members. As I recall it was a relaxed event with visits to nearby attractions. It was a successful event for Eric Rainsford who won the Overall Trophy and the Age & Authenticity with his 1912 Silver Ghost 1997. Gavan Sanford- Morgan’s 1914 Silver Ghost, 34LB, must have appealed to the female attendees as it won the Ladies Choice Award.

the beginning of World War 1 Henry Royce designed an ft. In Bill Allsep House we have a sectioned example of ooled 20.3 litre capacity engine which R-R produced and le’ and over the next few years its output was increased d to be very reliable engine and ‘Eagle’ engines powered made the fi rst direct crossing of the Atlantic Ocean in oss and Keith Smith, using an ‘Eagle’ powered Vickers ators to fl y from England to Australia. ost Piston (below right) arper, who donated this well-worn piston, says it is from his Ghost, Chassis No 65LK which had been restored for use on CA – SGA Outback Rally to Alice Springs in 1998. The engine fl y near Wollongong but after examination he found car was vable and not lacking in performance so they continued and completed the Tour without any further trouble. Later the engine was overhauled because of the collapse of a valve seat due to sand inclusion in the original block casting. This performance simply speaks volumes for the strength and durability of Roll-Royce engines.

Commemorative plate (above) A limited number of this dinner-sized plate were produced by Bryan Inder for the RROCA NSW Branch to commemorate the meeting of Frederick Royce and Hon Charles Rolls at the Midland Hotel, Manchester on 4th May 1904 at which an agreement was reached that Rolls would market cars manufactured by Royce and that they would be called Rolls-Royce. The other person depicted is Henry (Harry) Edmunds a fellow member of the Automobile Club who Rolls had charged with the task of fi nding a British manufacturer capable of producing a high-quality motorcar to meet his exacting demands. Others at the meeting were Ernest Claremont, partner and the business brains of Royce Ltd and Claude Johnson, former Secretary of the Automobile Club but at the time Joint Managing Director of C S Rolls & Co Præclarvm 6-18 7507 The Silver Wraith, Silver Dawn, Bentley MkVI and R-Type Register Dawn Patrol XVI - 2018 Alison Jones (Vic) photos: Linda Eames & Lloyd Missen (NSW) he 2019 Dawn Patrol, number XVI of an increasing Tnumber of fun events for the Wraith/Dawn/MkVI and R-type Register, was held in Southern NSW during mid- September 2018. Alison Jones (Vic) takes up the report: The fi rst bad news of a car’s failure to proceed came early as we assembled at the Kalkallo meeting point. John Harriman’s Harriet was coughing and spluttering, kangarooing as though being driven by a learner driver. The ever positive John allowed some time for this to settle down but eventually decided to return home, unpack all the bags and set out again in the modern car. Kate remained patient and consoling throughout. Like the good friends we were, we all waited for their arrival. As we were planning on staying in Albury for the night, we did not have a long drive ahead of us for this fi rst day. We later found out that David Bick also had car trouble and had to turn back, which is a shame when you are looking forward to a planned trip away with the club. right top: Mal Henderson (facing camera at rear) generosity was appreciated by many (the famous bottle is just visible between the roof supports to his left). right: (l-r) Robyn Henderson and Robert Whitehead deal with the serving of their birthday cake. below: The Dawn Patrollers pose before Register cars in front of Mt Oriel homestead. bottom over 3 pages: The Dawn Patrol cars showing the shared nature of the Register event experience in the Club.

7508 Præclarvm 6-18 Breakfast was the unlikely setting for a semi-tuneful rendition of happy birthday for Robyn Henderson. Robert Whitehead was supposed to be included in the birthday celebration but was a no-show for breakfast (“Who wants to be up at 7.00 am on their birthday?”). We therefore had to break into song more publicly in the café over lunch. Robert enlisted some sympathy for his mal-functioning arthritic hip. In fact the plethora of conversations about our ailments and operations past and future gives a clue to the aging nature of our members. Saturday morning’s activities began with a technical workshop in nearby Murrumburah hosted by club member Phil Sproston in his workshop. Mike and Linda’s notes were clear and concise and kept us on sealed roads. The only Dawn was soon up on a hoist to have an oil leak checked out and Phil shared the highlights of years of experience with the assembled gathering. Although this session was very informative I’m told that there was as much technical information traded in the car park as there was in the formal technical session as members shared their expertise. This small town of just 2000 inhabitants surprised with the number of activities available for tourists, so those not interested in matters technical were free to indulge in some retail therapy (just to support the local town of course.) Cafes all seemed to have displays of quality local art work and local produce and a museum gave us the history of the local area for a $2 entrance fee. A local shop also provided tastings of a huge range of diff erent honeys though I couldn’t fi nd any with additional Chinese ingredients like the ones we have in the big smoke. After the technical session fi nished we adjourned to the Terracotta Chow Café for lunch. The meal was enjoyable though one member was seen to carefully remove the cheese above top: A mechanic at Phil Sponston workshop made running repairs to a slices from the made-to-order “dairy free” sandwiches. parts table at his workshop (although it could have been to a Bentley T!). Following lunch we walked across the road to meet above: (l-r) Ralph Plarre presents Robyn Henderson and Robert Whitehead with sculptor Carl Valerius. He is a stonemason and with their second Patrol birthday cake. sculptor with decades of experience in designing, bottom over 3 pages: The Dawn Patrol cars. creating, restoring and building monuments, sculptures Driving in convoy to Albury we had the Mark VI up to 110 km/h. It had and feature pieces. His seminal work was in building the power but showed a tendency to lose directional stability. John was the Chinese Gardens in Darling Harbour, which opened unphased but in my opinion a steady 100 km/h adhering more closely in 1988 and is defi ned by the use of balancing rocks, to the road is preferable to that fl oating feeling when travelling that bit techniques he learned from Chinese stonemasons. He faster! has also created a life-sized bronze statue of cricketer Sir Our approach to Young was lined with yellow splashes of colour in the Donald Bradman which is currently on permanent display fi elds of canola and the cherry blossoms did not disappoint but we heard at Jubilee Park in Cootamundra, NSW. He spoke to us while there that the canola crops were much sparser than normal due about a monument to Australia’s greatest warhorse Bill to the drought. We saw a large number of kangaroos, some foxes and the Bastard a packhorse that in war carried prodigious a couple of wombats by the side of the road – presumably the lack of loads and saved the lives of soldiers caught in heat of feed was bringing them closer to the main roads. John had his “Road Kill battle but earned his nickname because he threw off even Cookbook” to hand, but I pointed out that the weekend was pretty well the best of riders. catered already! Saturday night we adjourned to a local Chinese It was lovely on arrival to catch-up with many of the regulars from past restaurant for tea. Excellent venue. The meal was followed Dawn Patrols, as well as to meet some new participants. Mal Henderson by a birthday cake donated by the ever generous patron generously shared a bottle of excellent malt whisky in a long standing of things sweet and rich. Thank you Ralph. tradition in the car park of the motel – a convivial start to our weekend The following day dawned crisp but with the same away. Thank you Mal. For those who needed evening drinks as well, the blue skies we enjoyed for the whole trip. A perfect day local RSL was conveniently located across the road from the motel. They for a Sunday drive. Our fi rst destination was Mt Oriel accommodated us with daily breakfasts as well as two of the evening homestead, locally known as Iandra Castle. Flights of meals in an area separated from the rest of the dining room. fancy in the design with turrets and balconies and the

Præclarvm 6-18 7509 size of the homestead defi nitely qualifi ed it for “castle” status. But it was the fi rst castle I had ever seen totally rendered in concrete! The manager explained its many features which were technologically advanced for the period with hot and cold water, rainwater collection systems and a sewerage system. (Had John Harriman informed me earlier that I would be writing this report, I would surely have diligently taken notes!) The house started smaller but various additions were made over the years. In later years the house was used as accommodation for youth who had transgressed the law, to give them a chance to learn farming skills and help them gain work on neighbouring farms. After the talk we enjoyed a self-guided tour of the property. The magnifi cent central staircase and the stained glass windows were a feature for me. Large stables out the back catered for half a dozen or more horses. The gardens are also magnifi cent, extensive and well-tended with towering Morton Bay fi gs dwarfi ng the cars parked underneath. I always think our cars look their best in such surroundings. Lloyd excelled himself in quickly organising the cars Brady was on the short list for getting lost momentarily to best eff ect and recording the event. on the Sunday drive.) However Mal Henderson avoided From here we proceeded to the Grove Estate Winery conveniently choosing someone directly by the novel tactic of drawing located just outside Young so we didn’t have a long drive home after another raffl e ticket from the barrel. their generous tastings. They had a large selection of wines available Keith Mortimer surprised all with his enthusiastic off er for tasting. I cannot attest to the quality of the whites as I headed to organise next year’s Dawn Patrol. Cathy was heard to straight for the reds which Lynda had told me I would love. It is at mutter under her breath “He’s forgotten that I’m going this time I really appreciate having John as my designated driver. The to be in Italy at that time next year”. The location of next wines were excellent as attested to by Robert Whitehead’s eff orts to year’s Dawn Patrol is yet to be decided. single-handedly load two cases into the boot of his car, unimpeded All in all it was a fantastic weekend. All participants join by the hip which had caused him to limp through the fi rst two days. me in thanking Linda and Mike for the tremendous job they Restorative power of the wine? did in organising this year’s Dawn Patrol. The attention to Lunch was enjoyed in these very pleasant surroundings followed detail from the organisers meant that everything fl owed by a second birthday cake then we headed for the distillery for more smoothly without members feeling rushed moving from tastings. A surprise addition to the itinerary was a late visit to a activity to activity. Exquisite timing. They are in danger of miniature railway within Young but unknown to many locals. The set getting a reputation for hard work and competence which up was extensive and the attention to detail was exceptional. The could lead to future requests. Very unwise. long suff ering Roberts children were suddenly in their element – above: Tierney’s Ridge Railway in Young was a treat for some age-appropriate entertainment at last! Some adults regressed children of all ages. to childhood dreams and were similarly enthralled. below right: Behind the Patrollers on page 7508 were the 4 Sunday night dinner was back at the RSL. The fi nal dinner attending Register cars: (l-r) Stephen Smith’s (NSW) 1950 Silver involved the drawing of the raffl e to raise money for drought aff ected Dawn (SBD30), John Brady’s (Vic) 1951 MKVI (B216MD), Lex farmers. The raffl e raised $440 which was passed on to Coles who Lynch’s 1950 MKVI (B111JN) and Denis Deasey’s 1951 MKVI are matching donations dollar for dollar. This unusually serious note (B152MD). was lightened by the presentation of the Missen award (named after below left: Robert Whitehead showing the way to load wine to Lloyd and Shirley). Usually a participant would have to stand out in your car with a damaged hip. some way to receive the award. (I heard on the grape vine that John bottom over 3 pages: Final page of the Dawn Patrol cars.

7510 Præclarvm 6-18 The SMART Register Riverina Ramble David Neely HLM, SHRF Historical Consultant (NSW)

MART is an acronym for “Silver Spirit, Mulsanne and below top: SMART Register cars, left to right: Ralph Poppenbeek’s Bentley SRelated Types” of motor cars. Six Register cars were in Mulsanne S; David and Linda Neely’s Silver Spirit; Peter Hyland’s Silver Spirit; attendance. However, as with other Registers, all Club cars Steve McDonald and Rey Abarquez’s Silver Spirit; Bruce and Jeanette Duncan’s are very welcome and a Bentley S1, Silver Cloud II and a Silver Spirit; and, David Ross and Bruce Gibbs’s Silver Spirit. Cloud III added their special style to the gathering. The ﬁ rst [Photos David Neely] SMART Register rally was held in 2001 at Echuca and in a below middle upper: Club cars, left to right: Mike Mulvihill’s Silver Cloud II; nod to history the Riverina Ramble returned to this historic Bob and Kerry Adby’s Bentley S1; and, John and Lorraine Bidgood’s Silver Murray River port town. Cloud III. Bruce Duncan, our SMART Registrar, chose the excellent below middle lower Victoria Branch members: John and Jill Dickson, seen here with Jeanette and Bruce Duncan, joined us for facilities of the Wagga Wagga RSL Motel for our ﬁ rst night dinner in Deniliquin. on Monday 29 October. Our group included Club members below left: Transport to the black tie dinner on board the paddle steamer PS from the NSW, ACT and Victoria Branches. Hero was a Vulcan charabanc. Our destination on Tuesday was Deniliquin Country bottom: A black tie dinner is a tradition with SMART rallies, left to right: John Club. Lunch was in Jerilderie at the Royal Mail Hotel, Bidgood; Peter Hyland; LeRoy Jones; Bob Adby; Bruce Duncan; Jeanette Dun- surrounded by sites related to Ned Kelly and his gang. can; Steve McDonald; Rey Abarquez; Anderson Leong; John Robison, Lorraine From Saturday evening on February 6, 1879 until Monday Bidgood; Mike Mulvihill; Kerry Adby; and, Linda Neely. evening on February 10, 1879, the Kelly gang carried out an audacious raid on the town of Jerilderie NSW, robbing the Bank of New South Wales of £2140, holding more than thirty residents hostage and locking the police in their own cell. Laurie Henery, a local historian, took us on a walking tour of the sites. Deniliquin was a chance to catch up with locals, Jill and John Dickson, Victoria Branch members, who joined us for dinner. Echuca was our stop for the next two nights, Wednesday and Thursday. The morning tea stop at Pretty Pine included fresh scones in the pub! In Echuca Bruce selected the old world elegance of the Steampacket Inn, dating from the early 1870s. Thursday was a free day and Euchca has many attractions to enjoy. Continuing

Præclarvm 6-18 7511 the old world theme Bruce arranged a vintage Vulcan charabanc to take us to the fabulousy restored paddle steamer PS Hero. The polished steam engine hissed as we enjoyed the black tie dinner – a tradition of SMART rallies. Friday morning saw us at the Federation Museum in Corowa. For lunch, it’s hard to go past Parker Pies in the main street of Rutherglen - so we didn’t. Our fi nal night was back at the Wagga RSL Motel and dinner was in the picturesque grounds of Magpies Nest, just out of town. Before dinner Peter Hyland conducted a well researched quiz on SMART cars and Steve McDonald was the SMARTest person. Peter also proposed a warm vote of thanks to Bruce at the fi nal dinner. One of the delights of Register rallies is that they take us to unexpected places. On this occasion Bruce took us to a tree near Deniliquin! A tree that has an unusual connection with World War I. On the eve of the centenary of Armistice Day on 11 November, it was a poignant reminder. Percy Morran, aged 18, was a farm labourer in Deniliquin when he decided to enlist. Before he left Deniliquin to enlist, he embedded his hand shears in a tree, saying that he would not need them anymore. They are still there, 103 years later! Percival James Morran enlisted at Echuca on 19 July 1915 and joined the 7th Battalion, an infantry battalion of the AIF. Raised in 1914, the battalion was completely recruited from the state of Victoria. It served in the Gallipoli campaign and in 1916 it was transferred to Europe, fi ghting in the trenches along the western front for the next two and a half years. Percy was wounded in action in France in October 1917 and lost his right eye from a gunshot wound. He was discharged in Melbourne in October 1918. He survived and died at the age of 87. His shears in the tree are a sentinel to this young man’s service to his country. The Riverina Ramble was Splendid Motoring And Redoubtable Travellers. That’s SMART

above top: Bruce Duncan pointed out the tree, outside Deniliquin, where the 18 year old Percy Morran stuck his hand shears 103 years ago before he enlisted at Echuca in World War I. The shears sticking out on the left of the tree look to be about 10-12 feet above the ground. Percy was 5 feet 3 inches tall. above left: The shears embedded in the tree. Note how the bark has completely enclosed one half of the shears above right: Percy Morran’s hand shears would have looked like these. left bottom: Steve McDonald’s 1984 Silver Spirit outside the Royal Mail Hotel in Jerilderie where the audacious raid by the Kelly gang took place in 1879. below: Ralph Poppenbeek’s 1988 Bentley Mulsanne S, BSK25451, added sporting style and the “M” in SMART

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tested in 1920 and 1921, but abandoned as Whiteman Park Museum and viewed its Twenty Topics No. 77 a cost cutting measure in February 1921. Twenty, GLK62. It is a Windovers open drive limousine formerly owned by the Twenty Maintenance: Royce continues: “Apparently the dynamo with third brush and single field for the Misses Simmonds of Nareeb, Toorak. I saw igel Steel Scott missed the last Federal third brush will do all you desire, and is the it there several years ago and felt that cars Rally in 42G7 because of problems N simplest arrangement”. Maybe, but it has in museums often seem to need a friend. with the overdrive. It turned out that the given we Twentyists lots of headaches over I remember driving it in the 1960s when input shaft into his car’s overdrive was too the years resulting in burned out generators owned by Terry Bruce and experiencing tight. and exploding batteries! Had the Twenty what a Twenty must have been like when Nigel is restoring 53S7 as well and had a voltage regulator, it would not have new. I have never forgotten that drive and presently is awaiting new timing gears. been necessary to have the charging switch have striven ever since to have my Twenty He has also had to redress former efforts referred to above. in a similar condition which, I am happy to with regard to the fitting of the main and say, I believe it now is. Bob travelled on to The RREC Bulletin no175 of 1989 has a big end bearings, so all should be back to the Margaret River and caught up with Max fine photo of Henry Royce on the front and, standard when completed. There is no Cuypers who has two Twentys: the 1928 in the Technical Section, has advice and doubt that any Twenty restoration project GKM66 which is a Hooper Landaulette notes from “official sources” (not quoted) today may have had the attention of those and 1923 80K9 which was owned for many among which is: “Repeated failure of the not familiar with the finer points of Rolls- years by Mrs Mary Gray. It has a Waring clutch. Particularly 20, 20/25 and Bentley 3 ½ Royce methods. Perhaps there is a reason Bros. open drive limousine body and is litre. The Clutches on these cars are perfectly why barn finds are just that. in original condition with the engine and adequate, but will slip under severe strain gear box presently out of the car being The repair of the Twenty Switch Box is even when in perfect condition. Any of the repaired. These cars clearly illustrate that not an easy matter as it has many parts, following faults will lead to scuffing of the the Twenty chassis was over-bodied from particularly in the switches themselves. linings and consequently excessively rapid the start that was usually overcome by the Each double contact is made up of a wear accompanied by a strong tendency to fitting of a low differential ratio and thus complex stack of 10 flexible blades with slip: toggles set with no free play; worn spit spoiling the driving experience, by making separate washers, spacers and insulators. bearing; corrosion of the splines on the clutch progress so tedious. The number of parts which make up the shaft; misalignment of the rotating parts; box covers the whole of page 177 in the engaging the clutch with too many revs.” The RREC Twenty Registrar Visits: Catalogue of Parts 20 H.P. Chassis 1924. Concerning the latter, my brother, in the Tom Jones, the RREC Twenty Registrar The switch likely to give trouble is the early 1960s, persuaded me, very reluctantly, visited Sydney recently and with Richard charging one and Electricians advise that it to lend the Twenty to one of his friends Burke who flew up from Melbourne, is best practice to turn the charge on and off while I was away from Sydney. Upon return we were able to be updated on Twenty when the engine is idling and the charging I asked the friend how he coped with the happenings in the UK. Tom said that the current is low so as to avoid a strong spark gear box to which he replied that he slipped Twenty Register Tours to the Continent are inside the box. the clutch and was able to keep up with the well attended, the next is to Spain and Mal I have believed that the weakest point in Holdens at the lights! Luckily, he only had and Robin Henderson, from New South the Twenty’s electrical system is the third the car for a few days. Wales are booked to attend. Tom said that brush voltage control. Voltage regulators Bob Clarke Tours WA: the reliability of the cars on the Tours was were only introduced after the Twenty. impressive. We discussed the new look Bob Clarke has visited Western Australia Internal memos between Royce and the RREC magazine and Tom said that there recently and when travelling, tries to catch Experimental Department indicate that was a proposal to re-commence the Twenty up with Twenty owners. He visited the vibrator regulators were considered and Register Magazine. He mentioned that the parts positon is ever improving. Registrars Tours, Troubles and Toil in NSW: Bryan Inder, Registrar, 7 Pibrac Avenue, Tel: 02-9487-4153 Clare and I drove down to Merimbula Silver Ghost Register Warrawee NSW, 2074 Fax: 02-9489-8323 in the Twenty recently, a great trip despite [email protected] the dry look of the countryside. On the Peter Jordan-Hill, Registrar, PO Box 54, Tel: 0412 204 321 way back we drove up the Kingsway from Small Horsepower Register Kalista, VIC, 3791 [email protected] Bateman’s Bay, the last part of which is seriously steep, requiring the engagement Frank Carroll, Registrar, P.O. Box 6007, Tel: 07-5446-6881 of First Gear in anger, which means that Derby Phantom Register Upper Mt Gravatt, Fax: 07-3343-4299 the foot is very near the floor! We stayed QLD, 4122 [email protected] the night in Goulburn and the following Mal Henderson, Registrar, PO Box 150 Tel: 02-9542-8401 morning I forgot to replace the petrol Derby Bentley Register Caringbah, [email protected] cap after refuelling. The chain holding NSW, 1495 it broke on the next leg of our trip so the John Harriman, Registrar, 5 Moor Street, Tel: 03-9598-6702 cap was lost. I had no luck in obtaining a Silver Wraith, Silver Dawn, Sandringham, VIC, 3191 [email protected] replacement, neither here or in England, Bentley MkVI and R-Type so I have had new caps made out of solid Register brass, the originals being pressed. It is Geoffrey May, Registrar, 38 Gordon Street Tel: 03 5985-4774 difficult to tell the new from the old. The Silver Cloud, Bentley S Series, Rye, VIC, 3941 [email protected] petrol and oil caps are the same except Phantom V and VI Register that the petrol cap has a centre hole for the attachment wire. The making of them was Bill Coburn, Registrar, PO Box 1775 Tel: 02-6161-7316 expensive and there are a few left for sale Silver Shadow, Bentley T Series Fyshwick ACT, 2609 Fax: 02-6296-5892 and Derivatives Register [email protected] at $600.00 each; so should anyone need a cap, please contact me at 02-9953-2031 or Bruce Duncan, Registrar, 5 Fadden Place, Tel: 02 9487 3095 [email protected]. I also have one Silver Spirit, Bentley Mulsanne Wahroonga NSW, 2076 [email protected] carburettor float left from the few that I and Related Types (SMART) had made some time ago should anyone Register need it, price $100.00. Præclarvm 6-18 7513 News from the Registers

Our latest trip was a week-end in the Letter dated 26th April, 1965 from and the basic maintenance required. The Blue Mountains to see the gardens at Maurice Olley: day would be to instruct and encourage Mount Wilson. Wonderful! The time and A 20 HP was brought over from Derby all members both senior and junior family money the owners put into their gardens with a British driver (Leslie O. Wright in members the joy of driving and owning a to great effect outstrips anything we 1923). When he applied in Springfield for a Silver Ghost, brainchild of Henry Royce. spend on our cars. Like all Twentys, ours Massachusetts driving licence, and drove Venue chosen for this school of loved the cool humid air. the local police around the city, he was at instruction was the lovely Sydney home of Over the last few months, my Twenty first presented with a licence for driving an Rex and Nora Vincent almost nestled in the developed an occasional popping noise electric car, and he had to show them the country. Rex welcomed us to his property in the carburettor. The RREC Twenty engine before they would believe that this and reminded us as to why the Rolls-Royce Newsletter of May 2009 notes; ”The 20hp was a gasoline car! Silver Ghost was ‘the Best Car in the World’ Instruction Book refers to popping back David Davis (NSW) 42G1 especially realising and remembering that through the carburettor. This is caused by a the alternate means of transport in 1906 very small amount of residual combustion were horse drawn carriages and some very gases in the cylinder still actually burning Silver Ghost Register much smaller and more unreliable vehicles. when the inlet valve opens as the piston Thirty enthusiastic potential Silver Ghost reaches the top of the exhaust stroke. custodians of all ages were in attendance. The gases in the inlet manifold are n May 2018, in South Australia’s Clare Valley For comparison and instruction three Silver thereby ignited and pop back through the Iat our Federal Meeting of Registrars, I was Ghosts were present these being 1921 carburettor.” In brief, the cause is likely asked about the interest, growth and age of Chassis #8CE Peter Moran, 1922 Chassis to be air leaking into the inlet manifold. I members, together with the use of vehicles in #12HG Bryan Inder, and 1924 Chassis traced it to a loose bolt holding the top of the Silver Ghost Register? Yes, our members #123EM Rex Vincent. the Autovac . are ageing and their vehicles are now rarely The instruction lesson started with a I have been referred to work by Mike seen at events, so what can be done to help cold start for Silver Ghost Chassis #12HG Clark concerning the Twenty carburettor. correct the situation? After the meeting I so all could see the procedure this entailed. An air/fuel ratio gauge has been fitted thought about it and continued to consider it to his car to analyse the operation of long afterwards! below upper: LeRoy Jones successfully the carburettor and so to adjust it to I then thought the answer could be to mastering 1922 Silver Ghost Chassis #12HG advantage. The Silver Ghost Association arrange a “Silver Ghost Register School Photo: Linda Eames has carried out similar exercises too in the of Instruction”. This would be to show all bottom: Rex Vincent explains the engine of his interests of fuel efficiency. The material members the inner workings of the Silver is on the web. ”The gauge shows the air 1924 Silver Ghost Chassis #123EM Ghost, how to start and drive the vehicle Photo: Bryan Inder to fuel ratio (AFR) on a digital display. For petrol the AFR should be 14.7 to 1 to give a stoichiometric burn (i.e. when the amount of air supplied is just that which is needed to burn all the fuel)”. The gauge shows accurately the effect of up and down hill fuel usage as well as the effect of moving the mixture control. While I am a believer in having the carburettor adjusted correctly, I have learned that to overdo the economy bit runs the risk of burning out exhaust valves, particularly on a long run. Ian Irwin’s Article in the last PRÆCLARVM: Ian Irwin, in his article on The 1906 Heavy Twenty, Chassis 40509, Our First Rolls-Royce in the last PRÆCLARVM, refers to the announcement of the car’s arrival in Victoria being noted in the newspaper, The Referee. The Referee was started in 1885 and not long after, my Grandfather, John Corbett Davis, Jack, as he was known, joined it becoming Editor in 1913, a position he held until 1939, when he retired. He was particularly interested in cricket writing under the alias of “Not Out”. He was instrumental in the formation of the cricketing authority and travelled overseas with the Australian Team during the between Wars period. He would have been on the staff of The Referee when the report of the arrival of 40509 was reported. He did not buy a motor car until the 1920s and never learned to drive. His substantial collection of material covering his time at The Referee is among the collections of the New South Wales State Library.

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Nora Vincent and Liz Cuming then provided club members and their families to aspire the group with a great buﬀ et lunch with the to owning a Silver Ghost or some other help of Rex who manned the BBQ. Our very interesting pre World War II Rolls-Royce or enjoyable lunch included desserts. Then Bentley. My aim for the future would be to after much socialising many of the senior have a similar ‘School of Instruction’ in each and junior members participated in driving Branch of our club. Then a second follow up my Silver Ghost #12HG, each managing to school later? Any interested Silver Ghost double-de-clutch when changing the gears. volunteers from any Branch please contact This was achieved by driving along the me. Let us see if we can start in Victoria and quiet and safe roads of rural Kenthurst. All work through each State Branch. participants mastered the gear change and it All that remains for me to do in 2018 is was a delight to see LeRoy Jones’ face on his to wish every member of our great Club a world-class driving the Silver Ghost! It is his safe and happy holiday season and great new aim to purchase a pre World War II Rolls- motoring in 2019 in your Silver Ghost or Royce vehicle! other special Rolls-Royce or Bentley vehicle. I am hoping that by having ‘School of Bryan Inder (NSW) 12HG Instruction’ days like this we can inspire

Members present at the Silver Ghost Register School of InstructionTraining Day top: Participants in “Silver Ghost Register School of Instruction”. Present were: Photo: Bryan Inder Peter Moran and Jenny Dempsey [S.G. #8CE] above: LeRoy Jones at the controls of Silver Jeanne Eve [S.G. #64EU] Ghost Chassis #12HG after a successful drive. Ken Swinbourne Time was taken to explain intricacies and Ross Edwards workings of the carburettor remembering Wendy Friezer and Les Springett that the Royce Carburettor initiated on the LeRoy Jones and Anderson Leong little two cylinder Royce car automatically Mike and Linda Eames adjusted petrol fl ow with change of speed of the engine, eliminating the previous need Martin Kass to fi ddle with knobs and levers to adjust Bob Adby the petrol fl ow. Explanation was given of Sally Warneford [Green] and son Tom [S.G.# 56AG] controls on the steering wheel including Dr John Warneford the battery and magneto, petrol mixture, John Warneford advance and retard and a throttle control. Rex and Nora Vincent [S.G. #123EM] On the dash is a starting carburettor control Bryan Inder and Liz Cuming [S.G. #12HG] for initial cold starts and the electric starter button is foot controlled on the fi rewall. Bradley Inder and Megan and Jackson Previously vehicles were hand cranked. Jeremy Inder and Jenny 12HG was then started and reversed out of Prudence Inder the garage where it had been the previous night. We then moved onto Rex’s vehicle I was delighted with the Members present, there were others who 123EM for more detailed information on made short visits so please excuse me if I missed listing other im- workings of the Silver Ghost engine. He portant attendees. explained the water pump, how to check oil in the sump and the braking system. Præclarvm 6-18 7515 News from the Registers

fi rst looked at her several months before. We have already attended the Queensland RROCA Derby Phantom Register 2018 Ormiston Concours, and displayed her at the RACQ motor show this year. Vehicle Details Information: The Thrupp and Maberly, Sedanca de Ville, ur Branch work in Queensland continues body attracts a lot of attention and we are Oon the 2019 Federal Rally in Toowoomba, planning to do a lot more Rallies in her. so my work as Registrar has been slightly Jenny says that she is going to learn to deviated, however in this edition we are lucky drive her and to date she has done pretty to learn about some new Phantom owners of well. The only issue is that in 1929 Rolls-Royce the Branch. Chris and Jenny Sorensen observed had not introduced synchromesh gearing so an advertisement for the car in Canada and that double shuffl ing the clutch is a bit of a before long it was home in Bundaberg. challenge for her. I take this opportunity to wish all Phantom Chris and Jenny Sorensen owners, their partners and families a Happy Christmas and a Magnifi cent New Year, see you all in Toowoomba in May. Frank Carroll (QLD) 39LF 1929 Rolls Royce P11 Sedanca de ville (74WJ) “What does our Rolls-Royce have in common with a 1911 Stanley Steamer.” In 2016 we sold our Stanley. My reasoning at the time was that I had three steam cars, I did for some time regret that decision however along came our Rolls project which has well and truly fi lled that void. Jenny has always wanted a big vintage car that she could sit in the back seat and enjoy the ride so when we were visiting our car enthusiasts friends in Pennsylvania. She was shown a photo of this car, which she immediately fell in love with. Jenny called the owner who lived on Vancouver Island in Canada and after some long discussions and a plane fl ight across to look at the car it is now in its new home in our garage here at Bundaberg QLD. The previous owner was an English surrounding on this gentleman who migrated with his brother to page: Photos of Chris Canada many years ago and it was passed on and Jenny Sorensen’s to his brother when he died. The Rolls-Royce 1929 Rolls-Royce records show the original Owner was a Mr Phantom II (74WJ). Miller who lived at Minewood cottage, ”Bridge of Allan” Scotland. (This is a very large estate which still exists today) We were told that the car had the name of Henrietta, which it had inherited from its original owner, who passed on a lot of paperwork and maintenance records including the original bill of sale which adds to the car’s provenance. Both he and his brother had Rolls- Royce motor mechanic training and this is evident from its condition. Once Jenny had decided the car was to be ours we considered the logistics of getting her to Brisbane. From the island, she was transported by road and ferry to Vancouver and then loaded into a 40ft container for the long sea voyage to Brisbane. Asbestos in imported cars was and still is a big issue. However in Henrietta’s case the owner had asbestos free certifi cates for brake linings and engine gaskets which made customs and quarantine clearance here much easier. When she came out of the container here in Brisbane she was as sparkling as the day we

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is necessary to ensure that the fi nal water content was lower than the 3% maximum. To determine the water content of the waterless coolant, a refractometer is required to be used. However this device was not available from Evans distributors in Australia despite Evans’ USA division selling refractometers and recommending their use. However, I purchased one on the internet relatively easily and overcame this situation. Once I had replaced the Wraith’s coolant with the Evans Waterless Coolant, the car ran surrounding: Photos of Chris and Jenny between 2 and 4 deg C higher than normal Sorensen’s 1929 Rolls-Royce Phantom II during a couple of runs. The water content was (74WJ) at the 2018 Queensland around the upper limit of 3% so I recharged Branch Concours. the coolant again which brought the water content down to about 0.5%. This additional fl ush also added signifi cantly to the expense. Soon afterwards, I started the long drive from the Gold Coast to the RROCA National Rally in Clare, South Australia in April 2018. The day was around 30 deg C, and the car appeared to run about 3 to 5 deg C higher than normal with the water content in the coolant now at the revised lower level, but I persevered. Our fi rst stop for a break at Grafton, NSW was a disaster! When I stopped the car, the temperature gauge rapidly rocketed over the dial maximum (100 deg C) and the needle fl ew into the neighbouring oil pressure gauge area! What the actual temperature was, no-one will ever know! Then an almighty release of coolant occurred which covered the engine bay with coolant, and the release washed residual oil everywhere. Where it escaped from, I really Small Horsepower Register predominantly water environment. Originally, couldn’t tell, but it looked like it escaped from in cars of this vintage, only water was used in every joint in the cooling system as well as the the cooling circuit, although in cold climates, overfl ow piping. ur Register Report this edition is written ethylene glycol would have been added to Anyway, I allowed the engine to cool down, by John Rowney from Queensland, prevent freezing in the system. Early manuals O cleaned up the mess and topped up the coolant who had tried Waterless Coolant and some do not mention potential corrosion problems level. As it was a hot day, I gingerly drove on other diff erent chemicals in his 1938 Wraith arising using straight water. until Port Macquarie where I mulled overnight (WXA68), starting just before his drive to Water is the best fl uid to use for cooling, the Federal Rally in Claire this year. His story about what to do. In order to prevent another but it also needs corrosion inhibitors as well disaster occurring, the next morning I decided of the material issues and his fi nal decision as antifreeze. These days, many proprietary follows below. to drain the Evans Waterless coolant at the coolants are available which have claims Hacienda Motel where we had stayed the At this time I take the opportunity to wish to cater for corrosion and extremes of night. With the much appreciated assistance of all our Register Members, their wives and temperature. the owner of the motel, classic car enthusiast partners, plus their families all the best for the I had the inlet manifold weld repaired as Rob, I bought some conventional Nulon festive season. I hope everyone has a secret described in the earlier Praeclarum articles coolant and refi lled the system. visit from Santa and that peace and love is in and I replaced the water pump with a new their houses for them to relax and be merry. As we drove on, the operating temperature pump from Fiennes. Following advice from of WXA68 maintained more reasonable levels, Peter Jordan-Hill (VIC) Tom Clarke, I repaired the outlet piping with and we even survived the dust storms and GYD29, GNS60, WRB60, 56MC. epoxy-metal since the local aluminium welding almost 40 deg C. during the last day as we company would not repair the piece due to the limped into Clare. The return home from Clare extremely thin wall remaining. in much cooler conditions, was uneventful A Tale of Coolant Trials in a Wraith I had been using a 50:50 green Nulon/water apart from problems with my overdrive (but Background mix as the coolant for about 12 months in that is another story). Winnie, my 1938 Rolls-Royce Wraith, WXA68, but I was unsure about the long term Soluble Oil Trial eff ectiveness of this mixture as a corrosion WXA68, had suff ered severe corrosion in the Upon returning home, I was determined prevention agent. The earlier coolant history inlet manifold hot spot (see Præclarvm; p7338, to fi nd the best coolant which would give for the car is not fully known. 1-18 edition and p7374, 2-18 edition). Later, excellent corrosion as well as optimal after fi nding this corrosion, I also found similar Waterless Coolant Trial cooling performance. After much research, I severe corrosion in the water pump housing After all the repairs were completed, I contacted Peter Maher at Liquid Intelligence and in the outlet piping between the water trialled Evans Waterless Coolant, which is in Minchinbury, NSW. Peter recommended pump and the engine block. reputed to give good corrosion protection that I use his Liquid Intelligence 600 (LI 600) This corrosion occurred in aluminium particularly as it has minimal water content. The which is a soluble oil based coolant specifi cally parts of the cooling system due to galvanic Evans Waterless Coolant was very expensive, formulated for classic and vintage cars. I had reactions between the aluminium and the particularly when a fl ush was required before heard of the use of soluble oil coolants from cast iron block and the cylinder head in a the fi nal charge was added. This fl ushing several old hands (including Peter) whose Præclarvm 6-18 7517 News from the Registers

parents had cars which used soluble oil as a The 50:50 Nulon:water fl uid has less ability coolant decades ago. to absorb heat than LI 600 and water. Its heat above: WXA68 at Robe on the way to Clare after the disastrous coolant episode. After ordering it, I waited patiently for the transfer properties are such that its ability to delivery of the LI 600, but somehow I seemed transfer heat within the engine and through below: The short-lived waterless coolant to miss the delivery. Peter found from his the radiator is similarly worse. The engine warning. records that I had picked it up at my post offi ce tends to run hotter as a consequence, but box, but I had no memory of it. Imagine my within acceptable limits. below bottom: Draining the waterless coolant embarrassment when I eventually found that The Evans Waterless coolant has even less at Port Macquarie. I had picked up what I thought was a box of ability than the Nulon/water mixture to absorb wine (not wearing my glasses as an old fool heat for a given volume and its heat transfer sometimes does) weeks before. I found the properties are also worse that the Nulon based box containing the LI 600 in my garage where coolant. The engine runs noticeable hotter than I store boxes of wine. I don’t know how my with the other coolants, and of course, it had guests would have reacted to having a glass of the disastrous occurrence in WXA68 outlined soluble oil coolant served up instead of a good earlier. shiraz! Why did the Waterless Coolant temperature Finally, I put the LI 600 into the cooling go sky-high and erupt? circuit of WXA68 and I am pleased to report The best explanation I have is that the poor she now runs cooler than with the Nulon/ ability of the Waterless Coolant to absorb heat water mix and has virtually the same cooling and its poor heat transfer properties allowed performance I would expect with straight a region of very high temperature to form in water. A real success! Whew! the engine jacket. The temperature must have Explanation of the diff erences between the been so high that the Evans Waterless Coolant various coolants performance boiled and the eruption occurred. The stated I conducted a basic theoretical examination boiling point for the Waterless Coolant is 191 of the heat transfer of coolants I have used, and compared the performance to that of water. I am a retired chemical engineer and this was the sort of calculation I used to do as a student and in the early stages of my career. However, this is a relatively complex analysis and will not be given here. If anyone wants to get the details, please contact me on [email protected] and I will forward them to you. A summary of the outcomes is given below. In simple terms, water is the best coolant due to its ability to absorb the most amount of heat in a given volume, and its heat transfer properties are such that it transfers the heat within the engine and through the radiator effi ciently. However, plain old water promotes corrosion and should never be used without additives. The soluble oil coolant LI 600 has heat transfer properties almost the same as water and works almost as well in all respects for cooling properties as water, but with the benefi t of good corrosion protection.. 7518 Præclarvm 6-18 News from the Registers deg C and the temperature gauge indication is engine coolants. Other coolants also meet consistent with this. the Australian Standards, but comparative Others may have ideas and I would welcome performance between various types of coolant Derby Bentley Register any input to explain this phenomenon. is not available. It would be interesting to see a comparison of the tests for various coolants to Corrosion Protection see if there are any outstanding products. Overseas Trip: I am now committed to the long term The Future have moved into the realms of a trial with LI 600, as it is the best heat transfer professional restorer. performer of the coolants commensurate with I aim to run the LI 600 for the next 2 years I then remove the water pump and outlet piping Nothing is happening to the white Derby good corrosion protection. However, I do not which I am ignoring while looking after work. have proof that the corrosion protection by LI to examine how much corrosion has occurred (hopefully none!) So no change in about 12 weeks. The car 600 is any better or worse than Nulon or Evans B111EJ is from 1935 with a Park Ward fi xed Waterless Coolant. I am now confi dent enough to use LI 600 to drop head body. replace the green Nulon/water coolant in my Peter Maher has published results showing The green 1936 Derby, B201HM, Gurney electrical conductivity tests which show that the Bentley Mk VI special (B25KL), since it currently tends to run relatively hot despite having a Nutting Coupé, is proceeding with its bare LI 600 has much lower electrical conductivity metal respray as the photos show. than water and conventional coolants. This new radiator fi tted and the system completely may be correct, however commercial coolants fl ushed out. As part of the modifi cations to There is no corrosion and the frame is have corrosion inhibitors added, and thus the make it a Special over 35 years ago, my Bentley all in good condition so no structural work full relevance of the electrical conductivity and has a cut-down radiator. Therefore, the radiator is needed. Its about 30 years since the last its impact on corrosion prevention properties size is probably marginal for the car’s original signifi cant body work so some timber repair could be the subject of debate. motor. This will be a further test to see if the LI would not have been a surprise. A couple of 600 has a positive impact. spots had a bit more bog than I anticipated Peter has also published results of his but that is reality. testing for corrosion performance using metal John Rowney (Qld) samples in the coolant under rigorous and There are 4 or 5 Derbys for sale at this severe conditions. His testing confi rms that time and they are all “good cars” and well the LI 600 meets Australian Standards set for worth consideration. I trust that everyone has a good “bah humbug” season even if I think Scrooge got it right. Mal Henderson (NSW) B111EJ, B201HM

left: Registrar Mal Henderson’s 1936 Gurney Nutting Coupe, Derby Bentley, B201HM, looking a tad unwell during its repaint. left lower: A door from the Bentley, B201HM, being prepared for repainting.

Silver Wraith, Silver Dawn and Bentley Mark VI/R Type Register

his edition’s Register Report comprises Tthe full report of the 2018 Dawn Patrol XVI, written by; Alison Jones (Vic) with photos by: Linda Eames and Lloyd Missen (both of NSW) which appears on page 7508 of this Præclarvm. This year’s Dawn Patrol was held in Southern NSW during September and was again a highlight of the year for the Register. Well done and a big thanks to Linda and Mike Eames (NSW) for helping the Register and Registrar when organisation became diﬃ cult during the previous few months. Kate and I join in wishing every Register member a great Christmas and a fabulous New Year and we look forward to seeing you in 2019. Happy motoring to all John Harriman (Vic) SBA74

Præclarvm 6-18 7519 News from the Registers

the subsequent coatings applied. SWA148 friendships were made. Meticulous planning Silver Cloud, Bentley S Series, spends most of the time in the motor-house and wonderful weather made this a most en- Phantom V and VI Register and never left for long periods in the hot sun. joyable rally. The leather and carpet were replaced 3 years inter gave me the opportunity to If you have any CaSPer experiences you ago so after the timber became too ugly to would like to share please contact me. Wget some jobs done on SWA148. The bear the decision to repair and re polish was plan was to remove all the timber-work for a no brainer. re-polishing and re-install. Some bodywork Geoff rey May was needed after an altercation with one of Now the old girl is looking a picture! SWA148 those out of sight low level bollards. On another matter I spent a With time frames locked in and Crafts- wonderful fi ve days in October with men notifi ed the unbelievable happened, the Bentley Drivers Club at their and take this as a warning, as I was reversing National Rally in Wangaratta. Over out of my garage an item on the front seat sixty Bentleys from 1924 to current fell on to the remote control unit. A decision models attended and lots of fun and was made to quickly exit. Nearly clear, the conviviality prevailed. Many new tilt a door came down as I was reversing and right: Part way through the removal ripped the Spirit of Ecstacy from the radiator of the interior paneling to access the shell causing damage to the top and front of door woodwork.. the shell. Robert Mc Dermott came to the below: (l-r) The front and back rescue by lending me one of his shells while door wood cappings in beautifully he repaired mine. The result after three refurbished condition after Cloud months saw the repaired shell and Spirit of Registrar Geoffrey May’s winter Ecstacy refi tted. Thanks to Robert’s expert relaxation activity. repairs it looks brand new. I now place the remote control on the verandah and put it in the glove box when the door is down. It took two men, Edward Zygmont and myself as a willing apprentice, two days to remove the timber. After about four weeks the magic of Rob Brewer at Carwood saw it all returned, repaired where necessary and gleaming. We took three days to carefully re install. It was 18 years ago that I had the timber re polished by a so-called expert and after six years it began to crack and peel. Possibly due to coatings not drying properly before

left: Part way through the disassembly of Geoffrey May’s 1955 Silver Cloud (SWA148) the sight that frightens many Cloud and S Mechanics; the wiring at the rear of the dashboard with the main board of the dash removed.. left lower: The Dashboard returned to its former glory of 1956.

SMART Register

Report on SMART Outing 29 October to 3 November 2018 ineteen members enjoyed the SMART Nrun to the Riverina area as reported in David Neely’s article in this issue. We were pleased to have a number of NSW members plus one from the ACT branch and three from Victoria. It was a friendly and garrulous group who seemed to enjoy the venues and back road driving. Thank you for joining in and contributing to our few days away. See the Report on Page 7511 of this edition. Now to start planning our next adventure. I take this opportunity to wish all our Register members a happy Christmas and great 2019, see you at the next SMART event. Bruce Duncan (NSW) B255LH, ASK26816

7520 Præclarvm 6-18 Book Reviews

information and images have surfaced. airline employees, some who regularly correspond with Vaughan, photograph the cars in transit. A Bentley enthusiast sees a Brunei car in front of a posh shop in London and employs his cell phone. Contributors to the Australian website Bentley Spotting post their fi nds. An employee surreptitiously brings a camera to the warehouse. Having worked in automotive design, Vaughan also knows and relies upon colleagues in several design studios worldwide. Thus this book. Brunei can be considered as an addendum to Vaughan’s previous book, Rolls-Royce and Bentley Coachbuilt Specials in the Modern Era.** That book devoted a chapter to the Brunei cars and there spected Rolls-Royce and Bentley scholar. His Brunei’s Bespoke Rolls-Royce is an overlap of photographs and information, Coachwork On Derby Bentleys, 1933–1940 and Bentleys inevitable given the scarcity of either. and his Bentley Since 1965 have been well Unlimited Money, Automotive Pas- But that doesn’t mean that the current received. They are well researched and sion, and No Regulations book should be considered superfl uous; it handsomely done. So is this book. But the problem is that unlike the two mentioned, by Richard Vaughan should not be ignored. Unlike Coachbuilt this one is not a large hardback book. Lulu.com, 2018 Specials, Brunei off ers lists of chassis Because it is slightly smaller than 7.5 x 10 142 pages, b/w & color illustrations, numbers, de rigueur for Rolls-Royce inches, quite thin and being bound in pa- softcov scholars and enthusiasts. There are more per, it may not be taken seriously by those List Price: US $76 photographs in the new book - with a few amassing books on the Rolls-Royce and ISBN-13: 978-1387694587 under-construction shots, and Vaughan has gathered many more interior images. A few Bentley marques. It easily could get ignored or even lost on their shelves. This is realistic, It unfolds as a contemporary, surreal, reproductions from the uber-rare factory bro- but unfair. Unfair because of its high quality. Indonesian, Conradian adventure. Sail south- chures are included, as are illustrations and line This book is up to date, mentioning east from Vietnam over the South China drawings from coachbuilders. It is safe to say the Phantom VII, and Taylor tells the story Sea. You pass through some tiny islands and that Vaughan covers the subject as completely of Rolls-Royce motorcars accurately and eventually dock at Bandar Seri Begawan, the as anyone could do. succinctly. His prose is always clear and capital city of the Sultanate of Brunei. The white Be warned, however, that because he smoothly incorporates statistics and marble and the golden dome of the Omar Ali the photographs were often taken with specifi cations into the text. Obviously he is a Saifuddien Mosque, some say it is the most inferior cameras and often taken on the sly seasoned and literate writer. beautiful mosque, gleams like a fantasy on the and/or in unsuitable circumstances, many are What makes this book signifi cantly horizon. The Ceremonial Ship glides by. sub-par. The design and aesthetics of the better than other small paperbacks on this With its onboard pagoda and sculpted prow, book could stand improvement, and the subject is both an attractive layout and a very you are transported back through time to a book is not without typos. But the copious good selection of photographs. The pages mythical, exotic, romantic age. And if you information, both textually and pictorially, never feel cramped or rushed, and the font are an automotive enthusiast, especially more than atones for these shortcomings. is well chosen. Many of the photographs are one interested in Rolls-Royce and Bentley Highly recommended. from the manufacturer and auction houses. motorcars, you would just as soon return *From 1931 - 2004, Rolls-Royce and This means they were shot by profession- to the present to somehow be given access Bentley motorcars were built by the same als using the best equipment - and it shows. to the fantastic automotive collection of company, often using only badge Photos from the author’s collection and from Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah and his brother engineering to diff erentiate the two. Since other enthusiasts are also attractive and Prince Jeff ri. the end of World War II to the turn of the clear. For those who have read most of the “Fantastic” here is neither a throwaway century, they were produced, side-by-side, important books on the marque some of the description nor is it hyperbole. Imagine huge in the factory at Crewe, England. It is said photographs may be familiar, but there are warehouses fi lled with thousands of cars, that the Sultan of Brunei and his family more than enough new photos so as to not sorted by color, rows upon rows of ordered so many cars during the 1990s that compromise the book’s integrity. sunshine yellow, vivid green, glistening teal, they kept the company afl oat. Considering his background, and also and fl aming orange. More somber the audience these little Shire books target, colors are also in the mix, silver, deep **The latest edition of this book has a I assume that Taylor’s leaving out chassis blue, claret and black. The collection handsome cover photo of the new $10,000,000 numbers was intentional which elsewhere is includes many marques, most prestigious, Rolls-Royce Swepttail. de rigeur in the Rolls-Royce/Bentley world. some prosaic. But as the Rolls-Royce and Bill Wolf (speedreaders.info). Truth be told, non-specialist readers will fi nd Bentley brands, historically and presently*, it refreshing not to get bogged down with maintain their exalted status, it is good that such minutia. Those who need their chassis the author has researched these cars of the Rolls-Royce number fi x can fi nd, in other books, enough Brunei collection and has shared with us his by James Taylor lists to sate. Or did his decision have to do fi ndings. It is good because up until a few Shire Publications, 2017 with the unavailability of chassis numbers years ago, these cars, throughout the world 64 pages, b/w & color illustrations, softcov- or VINs for many of the factory supplied of Rolls-Royce enthusiasts, were known to er images? But I am getting bogged down here exist, but what they looked like and their his- List Price: US $14 in another way - or going off subject. This tory - their chassis numbers and VINs - were ISBN-13: 978-1784422202 book would be a fi ne, suitable introduction well kept secrets. for those new to an interest in Rolls-Royce Considering that the age of cyber- One James Taylor had Carolina on his mind motorcars. Recommended. space has been with us for many years, and sold millions of records. Another James Bill Wolf (speedreaders.info). it is unsurprising that more and more Taylor, the author of this Shire book, is a re-

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Former President and Honorary Life Member, David Jones, is selling a classic car from his collection in Melbourne, Australia.

1954 BENTLEY R TYPE 1962 ROLLS-ROYCE SILVER AUTOMATIC CLOUD II (B283WG) (SAE683) Lots spent to make this car The best we have seen in a long this original. time. Australian car new. $49,777.00 + ORC Air conditioned. $94,777.00 + ORC

1920 Silver Ghost (15CW) Barker body, 7 passenger tourer, the body has never been off the chassis. Eng. No. J129. Purchased by David in 1964 from the sale of The Nareeb Estate in Toorak, Victoria, Australia. David is the first owner to drive the car. Multi Award winning car in Aust and Overseas. Low mileage and perfect condition. PRICE: $600,000 AUD 2003 BENTLEY ARNAGE R 2018 BENTLEY (BC309626) FLYING SPUR For more information please contact: Just 41,000 kms from new. (BE656198) David Jones Mobile 0418 358 959, One of three Arnages in stock. 4,000 kms only! Highly optioned $99,777.00 + ORC including Mulliner driving Vicki Jones Mobile 0409 355 946 speciﬁ cation. Email: [email protected], $289,777 + ORC

www.davidekberg.com.au 14-16 George St, Sandringham VIC, 3191 ph: 03 9533 5777 1936 Rolls-Royce PIII (3AZ204) De- LMCT 10169 sirable Mulliner body. David Ford back to metal repaint, new interior. Well maintained by specialist Reon Pen- dlebury. Inspection Moss Vale NSW. price PRESTIGE MECHANICS $220,000 ROLLS-ROYCE & BENTLEY 1923 Rolls-Royce 20HP (76A7) Su- MECHANICAL SPECIALISTS preme. NSW Historic Registration. Engine • Engine & Gearbox Rebuilds restoration by John Vawser. Bare metal • Brakes & Suspension repaint, Totally new Interior. price $70,000. • Steering & General Servicing • Full Restoration 1926 Rolls-Royce • Pre-purchase Inspections 20HP (GRJ24) Lamb Soft Top. NSW • Auto Electrical Repairs Historic Registration. We’ve really enjoyed • Mobile Service this car but it is time to go. And go it really • New and Used Parts does. $70,000.

All 3 cars: Inspection Moss Vale NSW. Phone Bob Evenden Phone Geoff: 0400-394-307 (07) 55 632475 OR 0400 085789 on the Gold Coast, Queensland at: 21 DEMAND AVENUE, ARUNDEL, 4214 Wanted: Interested in a Possible New Custodian, for your [email protected] 1975-77 Shadow LWB or a Silver Wraith II? - prestigemechanics.com.au Must be in road worthy condition and proceed- Damaged or non-running cars bought for cash ing gracefully. Contact Peter at: phy40183@ bigpond.net.au Mastercard / Visa / AMEX all welcome - no extra charge

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