For Rolls-Royce and Bentley Enthusiasts PRÆCLARVM The National Journal of the Rolls-Royce Owners’ Club of Australia No. 6-12 December 2012

The 2012 SMART Rally Report

Quidvis recte factum quamvis humile præclarum. Whatever is rightly done, however humble, is noble. Royce, 1924 PRÆCLARVMPRÆCLARVM The National Journal of the Rolls-Royce Owners’ Club of Australia No. 6-12 December 2012 Issue 263 Features Regular Items Events Calendar 6195 From the Editor 6196 From the Federal President 6197 News from the Registers 6218 Market Place 6224

Articles and Features Hooper Sports Saloon Coachwork, Design No 6110. Greg Johnston 6198 (Vic) describes his new import, one of several 20/25s to enter Australia in the past few months. A ‘Down Under’ Bentley Boy : John L (Jumbo) Goddard. Tom 6201 King (NZ) the editor of the NZRR&BC shares with us stories of “Jumbo” John L (Jumbo) Goddard. Remembered Goddard a famous Bentley owner, with prefacing comments on his for his NZ and Australian connections Australian connection by Barrie Gillings (NSW) History in a Caption, # 5. The Authors of “Rolls-Royce and Bentley in 6208 the Sunburnt Country”, David Neely (NSW) and Tom Clarke (WA) share more of the photos they have collected since it was published. One man’s contribution to the SHRF Archive. Gilbert M Ralph 6209 (Hon Archivist) details a fascinating donation by a great friend of Præclarvm, David Neely (NSW) Route 66 Getaway: A report on the Ghost Register trip to “outback” 6211 USA by Bryan Inder (NSW) Silver Ghost Registrar Fifty Years Ago in 1962: That Was The Year That Was. David Neely 6212 (NSW) takes us through the Club activities across Australia in 1962, our 6th year of life. Collectors’ Corner Rolls-Royce Horology. Regular contributor John 6214 McGlynn (UK) takes us through his collection of watches - some of which may have false R-R brands and is prompted to show a few genuine items. Technical Topics No. 41 “In Search Of That Vibration” by Bill 6217 Coburn (ACT) continues his dissertations on the essential maintenance of the marques. Bryan and Prudence Inder - at the end Twenty Topics No 40 - Summer is nearly here: the Twentys are 6218 of the Ghost Register Trail down out and about. David Davis (NSW) agan develops his thoughts on 20HP Route 66 matters, this time on the delights of 20HPs in Summer.

Front Cover: top: 1001 Nights Ghost Collection. The Rolls-Royce Middle Eastern recent release of a series of cars to appear over the next 12 months to reflect the epic tales told by Scheherazade to Shahryar, showcasing their Bespoke team’s designers’ ability to take inspiration from a rich array of cultures. bottom: An Apparition of Spirits on the SMART Weekend. r-l: David and Wendy Doyle (Vic), the SMART Registrar’s 1984 Silver Spirit (chassis no: ASE08258) and Ken and Marrionne Osborne’s (Vic) 1984 Silver Spirit (chassis No: ASE10092) front the Apparition of SMART cars at their Rally’s visit to the Mt. Piper power station in Portland, NSW.

Club Website: www.rroc.org.au Back Issues of Praecalrum: http://praeclarum.rroc.org.au/ The SMART Register get organised Views expressed in PRÆCLARVM are those of the individual writers. to go touring, surrounding John & Margaret Harrigan’s The deadline for the December 2012 issue is 15 January 2013. 1992 Bentley Turbo R (BRP46038)

6194 PRÆCLARVM 6-12 PRÆCLARVM (ISSN 0159-4583) is published six times per year by the Federal Council of the Events Calendar Rolls-Royce Owners’ Club of Australia. Whilst Federal and Registers every care is taken to check information published, no responsibility can be accepted for errors. 1-2 Mar 13 20Hp Wagga Weekend, Wagga Wagga, NSW Les Hearn 02-9874-3486 Views expressed by the Editor and contributors are their own and do not necessarily refl ect 11-15 Apr 55th Federal Rally, Glenelg, SA John Virgo 08-8252-3414 the policies of the Club. Nothing in this journal, 15-20 Apr Southern Sojourn Tour - Post Rally Tour Sofija Virgo 0419-819-759 including any advertisement, should be construed as endorsement by the Editor or the Club of the Australian Capital Territory Branch - President: Ian Irwin quality or suitability of any product, service or procedure. 5 Feb 13 General Meeting, Ainslie Football Club Ian Irwin 0413-582-687 10 Feb Run to The Cotter Reserve, Curtin Ian Irwin 0413-582-687 Change of Address: Members should notify their Branch Secretary (address below), not the Editor, New South Wales Branch - President: Brian Crump in the fi rst instance to advise change of address or non-receipt of an issue. 8 Dec Cucina Viscontini, Breakfast, Homebush Bay Judith Merlin 02-4308-3811 12 Dec Presentation Evening & Christmas Dinner Judith Merlin 02-4308-3811 Contributions: Articles, letters and/or illustrations for publication should be sent to the Editor, address 12 Jan 13 Cucina Viscontini, Breakfast, Homebush Bay Judith Merlin 02-4308-3811 below. Articles should preferably be sent as Text 16 Jan General Meeting, Canada Bay Club, Five Dock Judith Merlin 02-4308-3811 fi le on CD, or emailed to [email protected] (otherwise as typed hard copy). 18 Jan Dineamics at Luna Park Judith Merlin 02-4308-3811

Federal Executive 9 Feb Cucina Viscontini, Breakfast, Homebush Bay Judith Merlin 02-4308-3811 President: Kim Stapleton, 9 Feb Long Run III – Highlands Steam Festival, Oberon Brian Crump 0419-417-813 297 Darley Road, Randwick. NSW. 2031 0407-290-099 (m) Queensland Branch - President: John Wright Email: [email protected] 9 Dec Christmas Lunch, Awards Presentation, Breakfast Creek John Wright 0419-678-260 Secretary: Wallace Moorhouse, 20 Jan 13 Lunch at Marinara , Sanctuary Cove John Wright 0419-678-260 7 Grant Street, Ashgrove, QLD. 4060 07-3366-5043 17 Feb Annual Christmas Luncheon, Breakfast Creek John Wright 0419-678-260 Email: [email protected] Treasurer: Peter Chan, South Australian Branch - President: Roland Sharman PO Box 763, Fyshwick, ACT. 2830 9 Dec Christmas Picnic & Concours d’Elegance, Carrick Hill John Virgo 08-8252-3414 02-6296-5893 20 Jan 13 Beat the Heat Run & Breakfast, Greenfields Sofija Virgo 0419-819-759 Email: [email protected] Victoria Branch - President: Ralph Plarre The Sir Henry Royce Foundation 13 Dec General Meeting, Bill Allsep House, Rowville Louise Matthews 0428-995-720 Russell Rolls, PO Box 140, South Yarra Vic, 3141. 16 Dec Christmas Lunch, Hurstbridge Louise Matthews 0428-995-720 0418-325-086 (m) 10 Jan 13 General Meeting, Picnic, Glen Iris Louise Matthews 0428-995-720 Email: rolls@pacifi c.net.au 20 Jan Picnic Outing, Berry Farm, Woodend Louise Matthews 0428-995-720 Federal Publications 3 Feb Technical Self-Help Day, Essendon Louise Matthews 0428-995-720 PRÆCLARVM Editor: Tim Dean, 14 Feb General Meeting, Bill Allsep House, Rowville Louise Matthews 0428-995-720 1630 Malvern Road, Glen Iris, VIC, 3146. 0401-987-808 (m) 03-9886-9024 (fax) Western Australia Branch - President: Brian Tilbury Email: [email protected] 20 Jan 13 R-R and MG Car Clubs’ joint Run Around the Swan Roy Whitchurch 0411-747-403 Registrar (Chassis Plate): David Vann, 24 Feb General Meeting Samson Wine Cellars Fremantle Roy Whitchurch 0411-747-403 PO Box 41, Lutwyche, QLD, 4030. 07-3852-2999 (w) 07-3852-6222 (fax) 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 (h) Email: [email protected] New South Wales: Judith Merlin, 9 Twin Lakes Drive, Lake Haven, NSW, 2263. 02-4308-3811 (h) 0421-690-299 (m) Email: [email protected] Queensland: David Balfour, 41 Richmond Street, Gordon Park, QLD, 4031. 07-3123-7903 Email: [email protected] South Australia: Peter Forbes, PO Box 6400, Halifax St. Adelaide, SA 5000 08-8344-5329 Email: [email protected] Victoria: Louise Matthews, PO Box 443,Berwick, VIC, 3806. 0428-995-720 Email: [email protected] Western Australia: Marie Hammat, PO Box 590, Kalamunda, WA, 6926. BENTLEY RETURNS TO THE RACETRACK 0417-990-812 Email: [email protected] Currently being developed by a motorsport team at Bentley’s headquarters Section Contacts in Crewe, the GT3 concept reaffi rms Bentley’s philosophy to develop racing cars from their Northern Territory: Keith Preston, road-going counterparts. Based on the new Continental GT Speed, the fastest road-going PO Box 1066, Palmerston, NT, 0831. Bentley ever, the GT3 concept capitalises on its performance, high-speed stability and 08-8983-1029 durability of the Bentley coupe, while tailoring its specifi cation for the racetrack. The GT3 Tasmania: Ivan Pearson, concept features a rear-wheel drive chassis, state-of-the-art motorsport hardware and an 15 Ellington Road, Sandy Bay, TAS, 7005. aerodynamic package to compete in GT racing. Bentley is targeted to return to the motorsport 03-6225-3084 arena towards the end of 2013. (courtesy Bentley Motors)

PRÆCLARVM 6-12 6195 F rom the Editor 2012 - The End is Nearly Come: for those uncomfortable with on-line write the story of YOUR car to grace ell, it has taken just on 12 months, booking, but be aware the SA Branch Præclarvm’s pages. Wbut a year is quickly drawing to a are offering a small financial incentive Also over the holiday break think close. Thank you to everyone that has to book via the Internet. Just log-on about adding to the “Travel Snaps” made the job of Præclarvm Editor to the www.SA55.org website to take features in Præclarvm, our occasional the pleasure it has been this year. advantage of this offer! series of Rolls-Royce and Bentley- Apart from one little calculation which inspired photographs taken by Members went astray last edition, having slipped What’s Happening at the as they move around the world. If you through the maze of proof-readers and Companies?: see something that might delight or sub-editors that pore over each and ræclarvm covers some of the highlights amuse other members, a few photos every issue and for which I apologise, Pof the activities of the Companies, but and a some words of explanation will be the year has gone fabulously well. due to space constraints these are usually well received. Præclarvm is now fit and eager to brief. If you are interested in fi nding out This time of year it is obviously a thin face the new year, with a trip to SA more, there is much of interest on their time for the advertisement of PMCs - but and various other dalliances we all two websites. Præclarvm commends don’t forget if you car is for sale - it is associate with our great car club. them to members: rolls-roycemotorcars. more likely to sell to someone who is a com and bentleymotors.com. member of the Club. Members already The 2013 Federal Rally - SA55: know and love the cars, and do not Dash Protection for Spirits et al: usually need convincing that they are a his edition will hopefully answer joy to own and, with their factory-sealed Tmany of your questions as to the eter Hyland (ACT) has written to bonnets and mechanicals, are easy to contents and arrangements for next Padvise that he had been searching maintain! April’s Rally in, what is promised to the web for a right-hand drive, dash- be, sunny Glenelg. mat for his Spirit. He fi nally located Phil Nagpaul of Castle Hill in western Best Wishes from Your Editor: Sydney (ph: 02-9659-3777) who fulfi lled s we move into the Christmas and his requirements more than adequately. ANew Year celebration and partying Phil now has a template from Peter’s car season, may Margie and I wish and is ready to provide more mats as everyone a Happy Christmas and required. If you are seeking one, Peter fabulous New Year, full of all the things recommends you give Phil a call. you desire. Please drive carefully over this busy season and I look forward to seeing and hearing from you all in Your Christmas Homework - 2013. Working to Fill Præclarvm: The SA Branch have now released hile you are planning your Happy motoring the full details of the Rally, and Wrelaxation time, or indeed taking Tim Dean part in it, in a quiet corner glued to this included the program with this edition GBK58, B420FA, BSH20044 of Præclarvm. If, though, you are edition of Præclarvm, don’t forget to away from your usual reading place include some time to and need to check something about sit, write and then send the Rally, these full details are also your stories and articles available on the SA55.org website to help fi ll Præclarvm in too. The SA Branch are very proud 2013. As we approach of what they have put together and the “dropping of the are planning to welcome all members ball” - your editor’s story most heartily to the April Rally. bin is empty. So it is time for you all to take The booking form enclosed is Greg Johnston’s lead and

GHOST SIX SENSES CONCEPT ELEVATES ROLLS-ROYCE CARS TO A NEW LEVEL OF SENSORY INDULGENCE. Recently Rolls-Royce Motor Cars presented the Ghost Six Senses concept car, a highly-bespoke luxury model that encapsulates the richness of experience that comes as standard with any Rolls-Royce and takes it to a new level of sensory indulgence. Approaching this luxurious Rolls-Royce and opening its coach doors immediately ignites the senses for sight, taste, touch, sound and aroma. And the sense of surprise and delight continues as guests encounter the lavish use of soft, sumptuous leathers, fi nest veneer detailing and special bespoke enhancements. (Courtesy Rolls-Royce Motor Cars)

6196 PRÆCLARVM 6-12 F rom the Federal President ell the silly season is upon us Day this year on Remembrance Day some considerable time utilising the Wonce again and is it just me or in the grounds of Linnwood House at hospitality of his running board. are the years racing by ever more Guildford. This is a fantastic setting quickly? Never mind as it is time to for such an event and it was held in Although I was not able to attend get those cars out from their winter conjunction with an exhibition from the the event myself I have been hearing hibernation and start enjoying the Carnival Glass Collectors Association glowing reports about the success of company of your fellow members and and naturally the House was open for the recent Dawn Patrol to Bathurst. the joy of driving our cars. inspection. I must congratulate Mike and Linda Eames for their organisation of this I recently joined the Bentley We all paused at 11.00am and took event because everyone I have Drivers Club on their annual Concours a moment to refl ect on the folly of spoken with have regaled me with and picnic day in the grounds of Peter war and to remember friends, family, tales of the event and how pleased and Rebecca Higgins’ property at colleagues and loved ones who had they were with the organisation and Richmond NSW. We were entertained made the supreme sacrifi ce during venues. I encourage you to read the by a keenly contested polo match confl icts in which our Nation has been article reporting on the Run as I am between the Sydney Polo Club and involved. The Friends of Linnwood sure you will fi nd it a great read. Well the Windsor Polo Club. Aside from provided a simple but moving done to everyone that participated a magnifi cent display of fi ne Bentley Remembrance tribute on the hour. and especially Linda and Mike. motor cars the day and Polo was also shared by Sam Movizio’s Australian It was very pleasing to welcome November sees the Australian Supercar display. What an eye- John and Sofi ja Virgo to the Concours offi cial launch of Rolls-Royce Phantom watering selection of fantastic cars and I trust they enjoyed the day II the latest offering from Goodwood were presented for our viewing and visit to the NSW Branch. John for the Phantom family of cars. The pleasure. naturally cast his keen Federal Judging new model incorporates some very eye over the assembled Concours clever uses of technology such as At this time of the year you entrants and I noticed that he kept the adaptive headlamps that adjust should also be looking to secure your an eye on the judges too. All in the the cone of light projected onto bookings for the next Federal Rally, spirit of improving how we judge these the road to accommodate varying SA55, which is to be held at Glenelg in great cars. driving speeds. The lights also use South Australia from 11th – 15th April electronically controlled refl ectors to 2013. You should also note that the focus the headlamps in the direction I’m sure everyone had a great website for online registration is now of travel. The multi-media controller day wandering among the cars and available and you can fi nd this facility has been redesigned and the satellite admiring all and sundry, I certainly at www.sa55.org. Should you be so navigation system updated to include know that I did. I am convinced inclined then you may register and 3D maps and composite route that the designers of the modern pay via this website or you can use planning among other functionality. motor cars are omitting an extremely the traditional booking form enclosed The integrated camera system, which functional and useful item from their with this edition of Præclarvm. Either includes a top down view, is indeed designs, namely the running board. As way I encourage you to assist the something to behold as an aid to the photo associated with this article Rally planners by booking early so manoeuvring this large vehicle. attests, a running board provides an they have a better idea of numbers. ideal location for an informal chat with some learned fellow enthusiasts. There is also a new 8-speed The New South Wales Branch held My thanks to Malcolm Johns for gearbox and enhancements to the their annual Concours and Display allowing Jim Kelso and mr to spend rear differential to improve the driving experience of this amazing car. The various improvements to the drive train and mechanics have yielded a 10% improvement to the fuel consumption, which is always a welcome surprise. I encourage you to visit your nearest Trivett Classic Rolls- Royce dealer to get a close up look at the Goodwood Phantom II, you won’t be disappointed.

In closing may I wish all our members and their families a very merry Christmas and a happy, safe and healthy New Year.

Happy motoring Kim Stapleton Federal President

left: Taking a break from the rigours of the day: Malcolm Johns, Jim Kelso, and Kim Stapleton: This is why running boards should be included on modern cars.

PRÆCLARVM 6-12 6197 Hooper Sports Saloon Coachwork Design No 6110 Greg Johnston (Vic)

embodied in Design 6110 include a sliding sunroof (specifically excluded from GPG23’s order by the first owner), opening front screen, “lazy tong” wind- screen visors, rear window blind, fold- out, leather-covered picnic tables to the front seat backs (see over-leaf) “as arranged by Mr. Vaughan” according to the chassis cards. Other features include fixed front quarters with the chrome finishers at- tached to the window glass instead of the quarters and a delightful backlit rear number plate box, designed to il- luminate the first of the plastic number plates via clever fix-and-clamp arrange- ment which ensures a waterproof seal. Small tool storage is provided under the two front seats whilst larger tools are held in a separate secure storage locker under the boot. The boot lid PART I: THE DESIGN armrests on the doors, rather than opens to reveal a weather protector being fixed to the rear seat, allow ease second lid to ensure protection of the his particular design ran from 18th of passenger access. Naturally footwells contents from the elements should the March to 2nd September 1935, the are a necessity in such a design. T external lid be folded flat to accommo- first example being mounted on chas- Other attractive design specifications date extra luggage. sis GPG23, includes Hives’ own GEH 14, and the last on chassis GBJ 64, a total of 9 examples in all. It appears to have superseded Design 5790 which ran from 4th September 1934 to 15th March 1935 with no less than 22 ex- amples being commissioned, including chassis GSF 4 which was the subject of a Road Test in “The Autocar”, pub- lished on 7 June 1935. An examination of both the design sketch and blueprint shows that de- sign 6110 was specifically created for F rake steering and as such implied a very efficient close-coupled configura- tion together with an unusually low roof line and shallow windscreen. These features, together with louvres angled at 16 deg carried through to include the scuttle and reflecting the angle of the windscreen, combine to above: Original Hooper Coachbuilders Blueprint for Design 6110 present a pleasingly low silhouette. below: Original Hooper coachbuilders photograph of GPG23 showing the low roofl ine and Inside the car, the timber used continuation of the louvres through the scuttle, matching the windscreen for the dashboard and door fillets angle, all combining to create an attractive low-slung profi le. is described on the chassis card as “Curl” walnut as opposed to the more commonly seen “Burr” walnut. I quote (with thanks to “Wise Owl” Peter (GAE29) Willcox’s library) “a very dra- matic veneer cut from the point in the trunk where it divides into two main boughs. Since this only occurs at spe- cific sites in the tree a relatively small number of curl veneers is produced. This makes the veneer expensive. The adjustable front seats cater for the tallest of drivers whilst to the rear the clever placement of the full-length

6198 PRÆCLARVM 6-12 with registration no BXV333, GPG23 is the first of nine 20/25 RR chassis’ to be crafted to a new Hooper Sports Saloon de- sign No. 6110. As with so many of these pre-war cars, the purchaser configured his chosen design with a number of individual appointments. In this instance, Vaughan deleted the sunroof and rear cigar lighter from the coachbuilder’s original design specification, but added leather-covered picnic tables to the rear compartment. An interesting footnote is that Ernest Hives (Head of RR’s Experimental Department) also took delivery of an identical Hooper body on his 20/25 GEH14 in July of the same year. Unlike GLG5 ordered by Rolls-Royce for Wormald’s use, GEH14 is shown as being ordered by Hives himself, rather than the company. It is not unreasonable to assume in Hives’ case that, as head of the Experimental Department, he was active in the selection and specification of the body for his car and, given his well-known obsession with body and chassis weight, it may be presumed that design 6110 was certainly one of the lighter- bodied designs available at the time. The coachwork remains in marvelously sound condition after 7 decades. For those readers who may own a Hooper-bodied pre-war Rolls-Royce, an enquiry to the Science Museum in the United Kingdom may possibly unearth the original coachbuilder’s sketches, blueprints and photographs, as was the fortunate outcome in my case. (Thank you, Tom Clarke!) GPG23 was not Vaughan’s first Rolls-Royce. He had pre- viously ordered 20HP GAK 44, a Hooper-bodied limousine. Vaughan was an interesting character. He died less than 7 months after taking delivery of the car and his obituary in the Times of December 30, 1935 listed the many executive posi- tions he held in the national and international hotel industry at the time of his death. They included Directorships of the Ritz, Carlton, De Vere, Grand Pump Room, Queens, Angel and Honeywood hotels, receiving along the way an Order of Civil Merit from King Alfonso of Spain and being for 12 years Controller of the Refreshment Department of the House of Lords. He was the author of two books: “British Hotels After the War” and “British Hotels for the British”. If anyone has either of these volumes (especially the latter) on their bedside table I would love to hear from them. Vaughan’s widow sold the car in 1945 to Henry Herbert Leven (1891 – 1951) of the White Hart Hotel in Lincoln, an early 18th Century Listed hostelry. Like Vaughan, Harry Leven was well-known; being a prominent (and around this page: photos of GPG23 interior details, including the ‘curl’ successful) race- walnut dash, storage locker under the rear arm rests, foldout picnic horse owner tables and opening windcreen latch whose successful chargers included PART II: GPG23’s HISTORY Golden Fizz and An Addition to Australia’s Pre-War Rolls-Royce Ranks. Port of Call. He too ecently arrived in Melbourne, 1935 Rolls-Royce 20/25 HP was a Rolls-Royce RGPG23, a Hooper-bodied Sports Saloon, has covered a customer and cur- mileage of just over 105,000 miles in the hands of five own- rently owned a ers. Most recent custodian has been Phil Birkeland, a retired flamboyant Hooper engineer of Fircrest in Washington State, who is the Prewar – bodied PIII Technical Advisor to the Pacific Northwest Region of the RROC Sedanca de Ville and a regular member of the judging panel over the last dec- which he ordered ade or so. It goes without saying that the car could not have in 1936. been in better hands. During his 8 year period of ownership Perhaps the this car, albeit in sound original condition, has been returned to limited availability fine cosmetic and mechanical condition with its owner adher- of fuel in the dour ing strictly to the original specifications both inside and out. Stafford Cripps Indeed a very detailed accompanying log sheet of work carried regimen of post out on the car is a testament to his utter perfectionism. Such – war Britain in- documentation was of great comfort to a new owner. fluenced his 20/25 Delivered new to Reginald Charles Vaughan in May 1935 purchase decision.

PRÆCLARVM 6-12 6199 above: Hooper Coachbuilders sketch for a Rolls-Royce 20/25 Sports Saloon with F steering, design 6110 lefft: the backlit rear number plate box, utilising the new “plastic” number plate In any event he did not retain GPG23 for long, passing it to thorough, and correct mechanical and cosmetic refurbish- the Rev E.M Bernard of St Wilfred’s Lodge, Chelsea in 1949. ment and improvement, showing the car at numerous RROC Perhaps ownership of such a car endowed the Rev Bernard National Meets and winning several awards in the process. Phil with a little more clout when preaching the Sunday sermon to also used the car regularly, racking up almost 13,000 miles in his well-heeled parishioners. his 8 years of ownership. As an example of their adventures In 1963, Paddon Bros – Britain’s longest-established firm here is GPG23, Phil, and wife, Jean, at Oregon’s Yaquina Head of specialist second-hand Rolls-Royce dealers and still run by Lighthouse on a foggy day a third of the way through the 900 the redoubtable Commander Hugh Keller – sold GPG23 with mile Oregon Experience RROC tour in October of 2010. 87,912 miles on the odometer to Mr. Robert Dunn, an attorney The car, now in its third continent and in the hands of its from Seattle, Washington in the USA. Dunn was to become sixth custodian, shows all the signs of Phil’s meticulous stew- a car dealer shortly afterwards and became well-known and ardship and, still having covered less than 105,000 miles from much admired for his long service in local government and new, is ready for many more years of pleasurable motoring. charitable fundraising. It must have been quite a shopping May I at this point acknowledge the wonderful assistance given trip for Mr. Dunn as he purchased a 1949 Silver Wraith James me by Tom Clarke in guiding me in my research. Young Saloon WFC 31 at the same time. Mr. Dunn was a barely-active member of the RROC in the USA and in his hands GPG23 led a very sheltered existence, covering only about 4,000 miles over the next 40 years. In re- cent correspondence, a long-standing member of the RROC in Washington State recalls both of Dunn’s cars being used very sparingly and usually driven by his son-in-law. Sadly, I have no pictures of the car or of Mr. Dunn taken during his 40 years of ownership. Any help from any Pacific Northwest Region mem- bers would be very much appreciated. In 2003, Phil Birkeland purchased GPG23, then show- ing 91,043 miles, from well-known specialist dealer Peter Hageman. The motor was not installed in the car and it ap- pears that Dunn had had an altercation with his mechanic over the faulty installation of a new clutch and consequently the motor had been out of the car since 1991. A condition of purchase was that Phil could “observe the installation of the new clutch”. The subsequent technical article penned by Phil above: immediately upon its arrival, Denis Deasey (122EU) exer- for the March/April 2004 Flying Lady magazine is available for cised Droit de Seigneur and pronounced the car as “sweet to drive” any who wish it. Phil set about a staged programme of gentle, and then, as penance, treated GPG23 to a wash and brush-up after six weeks at sea. below: Phil Birkeland and wife, Jean, at Oregon’s Yaquina Head Lighthouse below: the writer with redoubtable Rolls-Royce and Bentley enthusiast, Peter Crauford, and GPG23 at rest at Smeaton after its first outing in Austlralia.

6200 PRÆCLARVM 6-12 A ‘Down Under’ Bentley Boy John L (Jumbo) Goddard Tom King (NZ) Prologue by Barrie Gillings, assisted by Philip they all chimed at the same times, for which purpose he used Kinsella and Robert Evans one of his ship’s chronometers. Another room displayed his om King (Editor of the NZRR&B Club Magazine) has written very extensive display of scrimshaw, (Elephant or Whale ivory Ta scholarly and very entertaining article on John L Goddard, with inscribed pictures and messages on them, usually with a an extraordinary vintage car enthusiast. There are a number nautical fl avour, very expensive and very collectable). Another of famous ‘John Goddards’ listed on the internet, but only room displayed his collection of steam engines, and yet another one ‘Jumbo’. His middle initial stands for Lemuel, which is his fi rearms, all prior to 1880. He also had a collection of model entirely appropriate as it is a name he shares with Gulliver, of boats. The gallery joining the two houses was decorated to Gulliver’s Travels. Our Præclarvm Editor has asked me, with resemble the bridge of a ship, and was fi tted with a binnacle help from the abovementioned, to write a few paragraphs and a ship’s wheel, but it did not rock. But if Jumbo thought about his Australian it appropriate, he connections. could probably have As Tom King’s arranged it. article explains, For real boats, apart from his he employed, for professional sailing, a Dragon activities, ‘Jumbo’ named Sama, spent his time modifi ed by adding between the U.K., an extra plank Australia and New forward, which Zealand, restoring, made it a ‘raised- rebuilding, decker’ with more modifying, driving freeboard. He and campaigning an sailed Sama extensive variety of regularly, very cars in hill climbs, competently and fl at races and also very competitively, breaking speed in the Royal Prince records. He married Alfred Yacht Kate late in life and Club’s Wednesday built two homes in (and sometimes Sydney’s Newport, John L (Jumbo) Goddard: 1907 - 1983 Saturday) races. on a hill overlooking Pittwater. at the wheel of his 30/98 Vauxhall, in NZ, 1965 (pic Gavin Bain) For power boating, he relied The homes were adjacent and on a steam-driven 40-foot joined by a gallery, and sat over a motor-house. Robert Evans, Admiral’s Pinnace which he commissioned Halvorsens to a fellow-sailor who often shared a post-race drink of Planters build. He named it ‘Golliwog’, and Philip Kinsella advises that Punch (Rum and lime juice) with Jumbo, recalls that his garage its steam engine was restored by Sydney Technical College contained the following: a 30/98 Vauxhall, the very fi rst works apprentices. The outfi tting of Golliwog took some time, and D Type Jaguar (licence plate OKV1), a Mercedes Gull Wing, a Jumbo was dissatisfi ed with its lighting, so he re-organised 3 Litre Bentley with a 4½ Litre engine, an M.G. TC with engine it, using a generator which he powered with a small steam supercharged to 20 psi, and a 1½ Litre Lotus Elan engine with engine. This vessel is now in the U.K. a Morris Minor (Woodie) body. His daily driver was an early The Bentley Drivers Club of Australia was formed in 1972, V8 Rover. There was also a Merlin aircraft engine, which he and Jumbo was a member. At a Club dinner at the Sebel Town proposed to fi t to a Special. But his Type 35C Bugatti he kept House shortly thereafter, the occasion was adorned by the on a plinth in the downstairs sitting room of one of the houses presence, on the dance fl oor, of a W.O. Bentley from the motor as Jumbo felt it as much a work of art as any of the paintings house of John L Goddard, which added to the ambience of the on the wall and it was rather pleasant to sit with a glass of rum occasion. of an evening and contemplate Ettore’s masterpiece! To get it Your Compiler has had only a few connections with Jumbo. on the road required opening the French doors and positioning Once, on a car rally to Canberra, he needed to adjust his ramps down to his ‘turntable’ (see below). 30/98 carburettor. I provided Jumbo at the wheel of his Type 35C Bugatti The houses were on a the essential screwdriver, (photo courtesy Pickles Auctions, 1984) hill, with access via a steep and helped him to fi ddle. driveway, which ended at the On another occasion, I turntable. This allowed Jumbo purchased an R-R Merlin to access the motor-house toolkit at a disposals store. without the need to back and I told George Green (one of fi ll, and also allowed him to Jumbo’s close associates), drive forward, both up and who directed me to return to down the driveway. The rooms the store and purchase for in the house/s were dedicated him the remainder of the kits, to his extensive collections, a which I did. Some years later, room for each category. In one there was a Pickles Auction of room he had a vast collection ’The John L (Jumbo) Goddard of clocks, and he spent some Collection’, 8-9 October, time adjusting them so that 1984, at the Hilton Airport

PRÆCLARVM 6-12 6201 Hotel, Sydney, the year following his death. I was there at keen motorist and competitor in hill-climbs in a chain-driven the time but had to fl y interstate to give some lectures, so Daimler, John Goddard was interested in all things mechanical I left a commission bid on item 457, a Merlin toolkit, one of from an early age. He declined to take up the legal profession, those I purchased for George Green, and who had given one intending instead to become apprenticed to J.G. Parry Thomas to Jumbo. My bid was unsuccessful, but the catalogue, now at Brooklands. Thomas’s demise during a speed record event itself a collector’s item, shows the astonishing extent of his precluded that, and Goddard undertook a Marine Apprenticeship collecting dedication. to Thornycrofts at Southampton, maintaining a life-long love of Much is made of Jumbo’s aversion to socks. He didn’t wear boats and ships, steam and most other forms of mechanical them, either on informal or formal occasions, as noted in the engineering. Tom King article which follows. Robert Evans reports that the His fi rst car was a G.N., and by an early age he had already Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club dress rules were amended to raced Anzani and Blackburne engined Three-wheeler Morgans allow the wearing of footwear without socks. It is believed by at Brooklands as part of the “Pip, Squeak and Wilfred” (named many that this is to accommodate Jumbo, who did not wear after a Daily Mail cartoon series) team, and won a Brooklands them, and thus the rule is still known by many members as ‘the Gold Medal for lapping the Track at over 100 m.p.h. in one of Jumbo Rule’. The rule is, in all probability, the consequence these notoriously diffi cult devices. His proudest Morgan memory of the popularity of boating shoes, commonly worn without was tying with Capt Archie Frazer-Nash for fastest time of day at socks, but it stands as an enduring and unusual but fi tting and Lewes Hill-climb in 1926. By the time he was 21 he had bought fond memory of a remarkable human being. His fellow racing a 3-litre Bentley tourer, chassis 458, British registration HT9029 driver ‘Johnny’ Howey viewed him from behind and because of from February 1924, for £350 with still a year of the original his size christened him ‘Jumbo’. It is an entirely appropriate 5-year guarantee to run. In 1934 the Bentley Works Service measure of the man. Record Books showed 458 as “This chassis classed by owner J.L. Goddard as a 6½-litre Special” and this car will appear later in this account of his life. By 1932 he had gained a generous size and also his ccording to legend, the following conversation took place nickname, when the Brooklands racing driver Captain J.E.P. Abetween a local NZ car enthusiast and John L. “Jumbo” “Johnny” Howey remarked on fi rst encountering him “Hmmm… Goddard before the start of the Vintage Car Club of New he much resembles a pantomime elephant from behind, doesn’t Zealand’s 1965 Haast International Rally. he?” A lifelong friendship between the two men was instantly “What do you do for a living, Mr Goddard?” formed, and after Howey established the Romney, Hythe, and “I’m retired, actually.” Dymchurch Railway, Goddard was a frequent train driver there. “Oh? Retired from what?” He had travelled extensively here and in Australia before the war, having worked his passage in 1933 from Copenhagen “Diamond mining”: Collapse of enthusiast!. to Port Lincoln, N.S.W. by way of the north of Scotland and the Mr Goddard had brought his 30/98 Vauxhall across from Cape of Good Hope, in the fast four-masted barque Herzogin Australia for the rally, although this was not his fi rst, or last, visit to New Zealand. below upper: Chassis 458 as originally purchased by John Goddard in 1928; (photo courtesy BDC) He was born in Pease Pottage, Sussex, one of those English towns surely invented by P.G. Wodehouse, where one below lower: “Jumbo” Goddard and the D Type Jaguar OKV1 chassis XKC402 ready to depart from Newport Beach for Melbourne of his characters, perhaps Augustus “Gussie” Fink-Nottle, would (photo Gavin Bain) originate, although John Lemuel Goddard was perhaps more like that other Wodehouse character, Major Brabazon Plank. Pease Pottage is now close to Gatwick Airport and the M25, but in 1907, when he was born, the “Emancipation Run” of November 1896, which celebrated the removal of the requirement for a man with a red fl ag to walk in front of each car, had passed through the village only ten years earlier, just as the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run does today. The son of a successful barrister who had been a

6202 PRÆCLARVM 6-12 above: “Jumbo” Goddard’s 3 litre Bentley, chassis 1199, taken at the Porsches; various Ferraris; Mini-Cooper “S” tuned to Stage 4; VCC Invermay Hill-climb, Dunedin, 1972 (photo: John King) 1924 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost rebuilt from a hearse to London- Edinburgh specifi cations; a 30-98 Vauxhall chassis into which Cecilie, then involved in the grain trade. With the proceeds he planned to insert a Great War Hispano-Suiza aero-engine, of the voyage he was able to buy a Ford V8 utility and drove number 2059 78/1033 (Jumbo bought a device known as the from Brisbane to Perth. He became interested in prospecting “drainpipe special“ which was as its name suggests: a home- for minerals at that time, prospecting in New Guinea as well as built tube chassis with 30-98 mechanicals, it was into this that in Australia. the Hispano engine was fi tted, although the project was never Goddard returned to England before the war, and spent completed by Jumbo); and the famous D-Type Jaguar, registered the war years with the Royal Navy on engine and propeller OKV1, which had fi nished second at Le Mans in 1954, driven by development for Motor Torpedo Boats, powered by the Packard Duncan Hamilton and Tony Rolt. This was bought from Hamilton derivative of the Rolls-Royce Merlin engine. When passing after it had fi nished 18 months of competitive motoring in his through the Le Havre he commented to Gavin Bain on the Allied hands, and was modifi ed for road use by John Goddard, with Forces’ success in penetrating the bomb-proof concrete pens such “frills” as a windscreen and useable seat for the passenger, there, where the German U-boats were based. Bombing the luggage space with the loss of some of the fuel tank capacity, harbour sent waves into the pens, and succeeded in smashing and doors. It became the inspiration for the XK-SS Jaguar the submarines against the ceilings of the pens. which was going to be produced by the Jaguar Company until With friends from the Vintage Sports Car Club he discovered they suffered their disastrous factory fi re in February 1957. interesting cars which had gone to ground; these included The car was later taken to Australia, and to make it useable the 1911 Cottin-Desgouttes, one of three special competition in the ambient temperatures there, an extra ventilator to the examples built by this normally conservative fi rm from Lyon, its cockpit was built in. This was actually a 4½-litre Bentley scuttle having taken the fastest time of day in the Mont Ventoux hill-climb below: another 1972 image from Invermay; Tim Seccombe’s 3 litre, chassis 1060 and/or 613, and that year. It had been discovered in those (including George Calder in the light grey jersey) standing nearby heard “Jumbo” Goddard’s a derelict building when a wartime “Hello, what have we here? Bit of a Bitsa..9’9” chassis, 100 mph radiator..what’s under the bonnet?” landing fi eld was being built. In (photo John King) a scrap-yard he discovered a wartime ambulance based on an 8-litre Bentley chassis, and this features later in our story. Eventually, his car collection, some in Australia, some in England, and some shuttling back and forth, included Frazer Nashes of T.T. Replica and ex A.F.P. Fane single-seater permutations; Type 51 and Type 35C Grand Prix Bugattis along with a Type 50 Le Mans fabric tourer (at one time he owned both team cars); supercharged TC MG; one of the few right hand drive 300SL “Gull- wing” Mercedes-Benz (Jumbo’s car was converted along with at least one other, in Sydney), competition

PRÆCLARVM 6-12 6203 ventilator turned on its side, and Gavin Bain remembers that this feature was part of an auctioneer’s evidence of a Works history, but after it was pointed out as an owner’s modifi cation it is notably absent from the car today. The gearing was modifi ed from the Le Mans specifi cation of 2.8:1 fi nal drive, 85 m.p.h. in low gear and 172 m.p.h. top speed, to 3.54:1 for a top speed of 145 m.p.h. Gavin goes all misty-eyed when remembering a trip in the D Type from Sydney to Melbourne. Eoin Young, in his 1974 article for Classic Car magazine, used the analogy of Aristotle Onassis keeping a wardrobe of clothes in each of his residences. The cars in Britain were cared for by his friend Tom Wheatcroft, the property developer who had bought what remained of the Donington Park racing circuit after its days as an Army training facility, and who recreated the circuit and built the motor museum which is his legacy. Goddard returned to Australia in the late ‘40s for more prospecting, uranium this time, but when his father was ill, in 1951, he returned to England. From there he joined the Consolidated African Selection Trust, spending the years until above: The enduring image of “Jumbo” Goddard’s footwear; he retired in 1962 in Sierra Leone and Ghana. He recalled that desert boots with no socks, originally from one of his Christmas evenings, in the absence of feminine company, were spent cards, and used by the BDC in their 1983 tribute to him playing poker, using uncut diamonds where most chaps would grouping as well as his nautical enthusiasms. The steep access use match-sticks. to his motor house was facilitated by a turntable. This piece of technology enabled him to rotate his cars at the end of his After so many years away, the British climate had no appeal, very steep driveway, and park them in his garages by rotating apart from biennial visits, and John Goddard settled at Newport them, with the bonus of being able to drive forwards down his Beach, overlooking Pittwater north of Sydney, at a house which driveway. He was wont to driving off the turntable before it had included the next-door property, and named “Hove To” perhaps stopped rotating as an extra piece of competitive behaviour, as combining his origins from Sussex and the “Brighton and Hove” soon as the machinery was aligned with the garage he wanted. below: Bentley 3 litre engine number 466 with the Cozette Goddard had bought the 3-litre Bentley Speed Model, chassis supercharger, (photo courtesy BDC) 1199, in Melbourne in 1956, and this was the car he brought to below lower: at the time of the sale of chassis 458, James Mann the 1972 Vintage Car Club of New Zealand International Rally in was commissioned to photograph the car. James is photographer 1972. Characteristically, its 3-litre engine had been replaced by to Classic and Sports Car, author of the book How to Photograph a 4½-litre engine by then. That work had not been completed Cars, photographer for the book Art of the F1 Racing Car, Member of the Guild of Motoring Writers and winner of the 2010 when he came here for the 1965 Haast Rally, and he brought Motor Sport photographer of the year. (photo courtesy James his 1924 30/98 Vauxhall instead. This car eventually sported Mann, www.jamesmann.com) an alloy cylinder head designed by his friend Phil Irving, the Australian design genius who contributed to the Velocette and Vincent motor-cycles and Repco-Brabham Grand Prix cars, and the 30/98 had a close-ratio gearbox with brakes to match its considerable performance. Unfortunately, during the 1972 International Rally here a friend became momentarily confused by the central accelerator pedal, and smote a bridge with the Vauxhall when he tried to brake, but the damage was repaired. In September 1974 he and his friends Ian Cummins and Neville Webb drove the 3/4½-litre Bentley, Chassis 1199, from Sydney to Adelaide, covering the 1043 miles in 20 hours. When this car was sold at auction in Sydney after John Goddard’s death, its original engine number 1212 went with it, along with the original engine from Chassis 458, number 466S, which had survived everything that it had been subjected to from February 1924.

6204 PRÆCLARVM 6-12 left John Goddard commissioned Roy Nockolds to paint his impression of the twin-turbocharged 8 litre version of chassis 458 during the 1972 speed runs in Belgium. Briggs Cunningham asked for a duplicate, but Nockolds had a policy of painting a scene only once. Alan Puckett obliged “After Roy Nockolds” and Gavin Bain bought the painting from Briggs Cunningham’s estate. Woolston Shipyard in the early 1930s, and so was I, but I should explain that while John was building Bentley Specials, I was building Austin “7” specials, so you will understand that we did not operate on the same plane. “I remember making a visit to the Tool Room in the Machine Shop, and there, standing on the bench, was the 3-litre engine, the Cozette supercharger bolted to the rocker cover, as in the photograph, but what a rocker Goddard’s friendships all around the world were cherished, cover! The standard aluminium cover did not stand the and maintained if at long distances by telephone, and to quote palpitations of the supercharger, and Thornycrofts had cast from Cameron Millar’s Obituary from the summer 1983 issue of one in brass or bronze, and this was highly buffed, with the The Vintage Sports Car Club Bulletin “It is hard to believe that Bentley insignia cast on both sides, with its red background. the ‘phone won’t ring some day and that thick staccato voice of The drive to the Cozette was through the reverse side of the his will say ‘Jumbo here; I’m just over from “Aussie.” Come over 3 to 1 generator-drive gearbox used on the early 3-litres, with to Mont Ventoux with me tomorrow as I’m sure you will enjoy the magnifi cent bent-and-buffed copper induction pipe from the the hill climb. We will take the “D” Type Jaguar.’” Cozette to the engine. I saw this engine only once, but much of Other friends included Wilton Parker, vice-president of the it remains vividly imprinted on my memory.” Garrett Corporation, the developer of the turbocharger; Briggs With the supercharger blowing at 4.5 p.s.i., 458 could Cunningham the Californian-based racing driver and team achieve 95 m.p.h. but the lack of any fi ltering system meant sponsor; George Green in Sydney; Ed Harris in South Australia; Gavin Bain here; Tom Wheatcroft, Guy Shoosmith, Harry Rose, John Rowley, Amherst Villiers and Cameron Millar in Britain; and below & opposite: more of James Mann’s details of chassis 458 Phil Irving. When Donald Campbell and Bluebird attempted the Land Speed Record at Lake Eyre, Goddard was there as a volunteer to grade the lake bed. He decided to recreate one of the Admiralty’s 12-metre steam pinnaces from the turn of the century, built of huon pine and teak in Sydney, using an original triple expansion steam engine of 1910. He loved Pittwater, and raced his yacht Sama there successfully with the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club, as well as competing four times with friends aboard Morna in the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. In 1957 he signed on as Ordinary Seaman for the voyage of the replica Mayfl ower II with Alan Villiers, a 56 day voyage from Plymouth, Devon, to Plymouth, Massachusetts. So, a rugged man; he inherited money, but it was largely spent while being enjoyed on his various enthusiasms and collections, and he married Kathleen quite late in life, in 1973. He habitually dressed in Australian Police issue blue shirt, shorts, and unlaced desert boots; never socks. David Neely remembers his mother wondering, as the black tie Club event they were all attending approached, what “Jumbo’s” interpretation of the dress code would be. Impeccably dressed he was in dinner suit, black tie, correct shirt, black shoes but no socks. One year his Christmas card featured his boots, and the Bentley Drivers Club used that illustration as part of their memorial to him. Here we go back to his Bentleys. His 3-litre, chassis 458, was a 9’9½” Cadogan-bodied Sports Tourer, equipped with a single Smiths up-draught carburettor, but this was soon replaced by the Bentley Works with twin “sloper” S.U.s, at a cost of £12/10/-. Goddard’s quest for more speed soon led to his next enterprise, and here we quote from John Norris’s Letter to the Editor of the Bentley Drivers Club Review Number 155, of August 1984: “John Goddard was an apprentice at John I. Thornycroft’s

PRÆCLARVM 6-12 6205 Car Club’s International Rally, on 6 May 1972 John Goddard and 458 achieved a new Flying Kilometre record for Bentleys on the Autostrada near Ghent in Belgium of 158.2 m.p.h. with a best one-way speed of 164 m.p.h. The chassis was then 48 years old, and its driver was 65. The clutch and “D” gearbox had to work very hard too, for power output is 550 b.h.p., with 200 b.h.p. at the rear wheels at only 1,500 r.p.m. and second gear would pop out under violent acceleration. The care and feeding of such a beast, particularly with an owner living on the other side of the world, was always a challenge, and the following excerpt from “Housekeeping on the Goddard Turbo-charged 3/8” by John that the intake system was prone to ingest undesirable foreign Guppy from Bentley Drivers Club Review 108 from May 1973 bodies, and in 1929 a 1927 6½-litre Bentley 2-seater coupé gives us some idea of the task: for £60 came along. Its engine went back to Bentley Motors “Removing carpets, seats, fl oorboards, bonnet and for an overhaul, which included enlarging the cylinder bores to undershield. Washing down chassis, engine, springs and axles. 105 mm for a new capacity of 7.2 litres. “Bentley Mac,” L.C. Removing all wheels, drums, and back plates. Removing king McKenzie, tested the engine in 1930 on his Heenan and Froude pins and checking for wear, ordering up new set. Removing brake, and it developed 175 b.h.p. at 3,500 r.p.m. This engine and stripping front road springs, checking for cracks (especially was inserted into the 3-litre chassis, modifi cations including an around eyes). Offside main leaf found to be cracked around additional cross member. The extra weight, not to mention its front eye. Sorting out second-hand main leaf, cleaning, grinding distribution, meant that the car now weighed two tons, and was and polishing same. Assembling front springs with plenty of no faster than the supercharged 3-litre. grease. Sending the new king pins, front shackle pins and all Further development was forestalled by his Australian trip, steering arms for crack detecting. Assembling front axle, springs and then the War, but in 1946 in a scrap-yard he discovered an and king pins etc., washing out front wheel bearings and hubs, 8-litre Bentley which had been converted into an ambulance. checking for signs of wear and for cups spinning in hubs (quite £100 changed hands, and from 1954, Chassis 458 was gradually a common fault which should be rectifi ed as soon as possible, prepared, by L.C. McKenzie and his son Donald, for its next as this could give a false indication of front wheel bearing metamorphosis. This time the chassis was shortened to 9’9” and clearance). Checking front wheel bearing clearances with dry boxed-in. This involved another 3-litre chassis having top and bearings and adjusting safety washer to suit. Repacking bearings bottom fl anges ground off, and 8-litre front and rear axles were and hubs, re-fi tting with new felts. Checking brake drums for installed together with telescopic shock absorbers and brakes surface cracks and distortion. Renewing all brake cylinders and modifi ed for hydraulic operation. The engine was thoroughly hoses as these were over 2 years old. Checking Bundy brake overhauled, and a new two-seater body was built by Panelcraft. pipes and connections for signs of chafi ng. Relining brake shoes and machining same to correct poundages. Refi tting drums and In 1962 the car achieved a mean speed for the Flying adjusting brakes. Stripping and checking side steering tube and Kilometre of 136.4 M.P.H. at Antwerp Speed Trials, but the offer track rod, re-greasing same. Checking complete chassis for of a pair of Garrett turbo-chargers from John Goddard’s friend cracks, and security of all cross-member bolts, pipes, clips, and Wilton Parker, Vice-President of the Garrett Corporation made wiring. Differential nose piece was found to be cracked around the next step obvious. the front fl ange (in fact when the nose piece was stripped the The logistical and communication challenges inherent in front fl ange fell away completely. The weakness, I think, was the car’s presence in England, Goddard’s living in Australia (and caused by the locking ring studs being set too deeply into the rallying in New Zealand at that time) and the turbo-charging casting. The magnesium nose piece now fi tted shows no signs technology in Los Angeles in the 1960s give one pause to think. of cracking). Removing gearbox lid and checking gears; fi rst The technology was in regular use at that time in diesel engines, and second found to be deeply frosted; top and third which but petrol applications had lapsed since turbochargers had been were original ‘W.O.’ gears showed only minimal signs of frosting. used in assisting engine performance at high altitudes in such Fitting complete new set of gears and bearings, and fi lling with wartime aircraft as the Lockheed P38 fi ghter. In the Goddard application the turbines revolve at 1500 r.p.m. at idling speed, and 6,500 r.p.m. at 4,000 engine r.p.m. Full scale photographs of the engine were sent to the Garrett Corporation in America, plus a full size drawing of the application, feeding from twin 2” SU carburettors from the exhaust (near side) with induction piping to the off side. The engine was again stripped, and a new un-machined crankshaft forging, which L.C. McKenzie had rescued from the Bentley collapse of 1931, was machined with 5 mm larger journals than the standard 55 mm, and new connecting rods, designed by Phil Irving, were forged in Melbourne and machined in London. Gudgeon bushes were of phosphor bronze, and 1” in diameter, with all bearings of “Brigamet” graphite alloy white metal. With a 7/16” steel compression plate installed, the compression ratio arrived at was 6.5:1, and the engine considered safe to 4,500 r.p.m. Not long after his participation in the New Zealand Vintage

6206 PRÆCLARVM 6-12 Keenol 11 (this is a zinc-base oil and really does look after over-stressed gears). Removing clutch assembly and sending to AP Racing for modifi cations (they increased the clamp loading by some 300 pounds). Refi tting clutch with new drive couplings and spigot bearings. Sending magnetos to Rogers Aviation for general check over. Changing engine oil and fi lter, checking tappets, magneto timing etc. Changing water pump belt, water hoses etc. Stripping and cleaning carburettors and petrol pumps, removing all fuel lines and blowing out, removing petrol tanks and fl ushing out same, refi tting all fuel lines etc., checking for leaks and sustained line pressure (there are three racing pumps fi tted with a fl ow rate of 80 gallons an hour; the line pressure never falls below 4 lbs. per sq. inch). Resetting carb. fl oat levels. Checking the throttle linkage for synchronisation and full opening... Removing above: ‘Jumbo’ Goddard with another hero, Mike Hailwood, aboard and inspecting turbo-chargers and refi tting with new hoses. chassis 458 at a 1980 Vintage Sports Car Club event. Photograph by “Mr Goddard asked if it was at all possible to obtain 20” tyres. Dave Rigley, courtesy of Gavin Bain, who was given it by John Goddard With the 2.47:1 axle ratio these would give him approximately mention of his name brings a smile and memories to all of 41 m.p.h. per 1,000 r.p.m. in top gear which at 4,000 r.p.m. those of us fortunate enough to be around during his time here. would produce 164 m.p.h. This does not include tyre growth. His widow Kathleen Goddard retained 458, and it was sold to The tyres were made especially for the car by Firestone and Germany a few years ago. His Memorial Service was held in are safe to 180 m.p.h. The mixture settings for the actual run the Church of St John the Evangelist, Gordon, New South Wales were determined on the M3 motorway by doing 5 miles at a on 9 April 1983, and the hymns, readings and prayers were, as time, working up from 2,000 r.p.m. to 3,400 r.p.m. in 200 r.p.m. you would expect, all from the traditional Order of Service. In jumps, checking the plugs at the end of each run and resetting October 1984 an auction of his collection, 733 lots featuring the mixture to suit, which incidentally needed to go richer the Marine Models and Memorabilia; Sextants and Octants; Marine higher the r,p.m. In fact the setting for the run was nearly 2 Chronometers; Instruments; Clocks and Clockmaker’s Tools; turns richer than for normal radius.” Automobilia; Steam Engines, Models, Artefacts, Framed Prints Roy Nockolds painted the record breaking occasion, and and Originals; Motorcars and Motorcycles, was held in Sydney Briggs Cunningham, who was present, asked the artist to over two days. do another, for him. Nockolds refused, saying that he never The opening paragraph of Eoin Young’s August 1974 article repeated a work, so Cunningham commissioned the artist Alan in Classic Car magazine is a fi ne tribute, and is quoted here, with Puckett to do the work. Gavin Bain bought the Puckett painting, Eoin’s permission: reproduced here, from Briggs S. Cunningham’s estate. “John L. “Jumbo” Goddard belongs to that fast vanishing If you were “Jumbo” Goddard, would you rest upon your breed of vintage sportsmen who enjoy a pursuit for the sake laurels? Well, there was an 8-litre Bentley chassis which had of the chase rather than the image he cuts, a gentleman of been sitting for 25 years by this time, and the next project was international repute who savours the excitement of his twin- to obtain one of the 8-cylinder 14.1 litre Bugatti engines which, turbocharged 8-litre Bentley thundering through a fl ying mile after the “Royale” car project had fi nished, were used to power at record speed in Belgium as much as he does tacking down high speed railcars for SNCF. These railcars had recently been Sydney Harbour with his ocean racing yacht whipped by a retired, but perhaps with his marriage to Kathleen about this following squall.” time, his focus shifted to his life in Australia. Gavin Bain thinks that the Bugatti ex-railcar engine went into Tom Wheatcroft’s In trying to give some sort of idea of “Jumbo” Goddard I have Bugatti Royale re-creation. been helped by Gavin Bain; Geoff Walls; George Calder; Julian Hunt and Richard Leaman of the Vintage Sports Car Club; Will Morrison and Alan John “Jumbo” Goddard died in 1983, and the world is Bodfi sh of the W.O. Bentley Foundation; James Hanson; Sandy Skinner; a duller place now, but the better for his presence in it. The Eoin Young; David Neely; and Barrie Gillings. (This article fi rst appear in the NZRR&BC Magazine, Issue 13-3, below: another of James Mann’s details of chassis 458 2012, and is reprintd with their kind permission.)

PRÆCLARVM 6-12 6207 History in a Caption, # 5

Many interesting photos have been collected by the authors of Rolls-Royce and Bentley in the Sunburnt Country since it was published in 1999. Most are now in the book's supplement to be found on the Foundation's website. However, those images are of a lower quality so as to make them load more quickly on the website. Moreover, each photo often has a bigger story to tell. In this new series, History in a Caption, the authors will take turns to select interesting photos and explain them. If you have early photographs to share please send them in.

left: The Nicholas family of Aspro fame were loyal customers of Rolls-Royce - between several generations 17 Rolls-Royce and Bentley cars were owned. Alfred M., and George R. J. Nicholas, had a pair of Phantom Is each, their chassis numbers having a sort of tidiness about them - 50OR & 59OR, and 48UF & 48OR. All of these survive but one of them, 48OR, was lengthened for George Nicholas to create the most stylish caravan, or campervan. The picture comes from The Australasian for 19 February 1938 but no maker is indicated. Does anyone know? This car is now back to normal length but, sadly, without the luxury caravan. At least one other Rolls-Royce had been lengthened within the chassis frame like 48OR - an example is Silver Ghost 48RM - and others had rear extensions for service car or commercial touring car use. If I was a happy camper I think 48OR would suit me fi ne! (Tom Clarke, WA)

below: In Victoria in the late 1920s the Rolls-Royce agent was the All British Motor Co. who had supplanted Dalgety. For the Melbourne Motor Show in May 1929 they found themselves without one of the new style 20 h.p. to show, the type with vertical radiator shutters and other improvements introduced in September 1928. Instead, they had to exhibit chassis GTM7, an older style 20 h.p. It was fi tted with a superb 4-door 6-light saloon body by Martin & King in late 1928. Luckily it appears it was bought from the Show stand by Mrs Clements Langford who would have been unaware that it was out of date. Had she not bought it then later customers would soon have realised it was out of date and All British would have had to discount the price. The coachwork shows Martin & King's usual feature, the angled corners of the windscreen to strengthen the windscreen pillars where it mattered. And, unusually, this car has a very wide back window. The front roof peak helped against the sun. This car remained in use with this body into the 1960s (the Sunburnt Country book mistakenly thinking it was rebodied in the 1930s) but was then rebodied as a tourer. Later still another tourer was fi tted. (Tom Clarke, WA)

6208 PRÆCLARVM 6-12 One man’s contribution to the SHRF Archive Gilbert M Ralph Hon Archivist

am not sure what prompts people to collect things, but I from time to time you learn about people who have amassed large collections of tea pots, stamps, coins, books, art, plates and all manner of items which attract their attention. One of the strangest collections I have seen is of barbed wire. It would not surprise you then to learn that within the Rolls-Royce movement there are people who are passionate about Rolls-Royce and Bentley motor cars and related memorabilia. One of the functions of the Sir Henry Royce Foundation, Australia, is to collect anything related to Sir Henry Royce. The Archive, which is located in Bill Allsep House in Melbourne, is the repository of the Foundation’s collection and regular attendees at the meetings of the Rolls-Royce Owners’ Club, Victoria Branch, have the opportunity to see some of the larger items which are on display in the meeting room. Others who venture into the Archive itself see very little apart from a vast collection of archive boxes stored neatly on the rows of shelving. The six volunteers working in the Archive know what is hidden in these boxes and are able to immediately retrieve any Royce Foundation, David was appointed a Trustee and he has item listed on the Archive Register. So that visitors can also made a very signifi cant contribution to the activities of the enjoy the material in the collection we have several cabinets Foundation until his recent retirement. in which to display items of general interest. The most recent I doubt that there is a more dedicated researcher and of these contains a small selection of the hundreds of items author on matters Rolls-Royce in Australia than David Neely. donated by one man – David Neely. He co-authored Rolls-Royce and Bentley in the Sunburnt David Neely joined the RROCA NSW Branch in 1980 Country with Tom Clarke in 1999 and in 2004, entirely on and over 32 years of membership has owned a Phantom I, his own, wrote In the Rear-view Mirror – A History of the a Phantom II, a Bentley SI, a Silver Cloud III and a Silver Rolls-Royce Owners’ Club of Australia. Both of these large Spirit. He has been an active member of the NSW Branch volumes were published by the Foundation and they remain and has served on the Branch Committee and Federal Council the most important reference books for collectors in Australia. as Register and later, for a period of fi ve years, was Editor Recently David donated the greater part of his collection of of Præclarvm magazine. At the formation of the Sir Henry motoring memorabilia to the Archive and a few of the visually attractive items are now on display in the meeting room. The remainder of his diverse collection is housed in the Archive itself and one needs to see it to appreciate the meticulous manner in which he prepared the material before sending it to the Archive. All of the source material for the two volumes mentioned above and the many other articles he has written over the past twenty years have been carefully collated in matching lever-arch folders or albums in the case of the hundreds of photographs he collected. In my thirty year association with museums and archives I have never seen a more thoroughly prepared donation. His attention to detail is to be admired and members are welcome to visit the Archive to inspect his collection.

around the page: parts of David Neely’s legacy and collection, now in the SHRF Archive

PRÆCLARVM 6-12 6209 6210 PRÆCLARVM 6-12 Route 66 Getaway A report on the Ghost Register trip to “outback” USA Bryan Inder (NSW) Registrar

oute 66 is known as ‘The Mother of twenty vehicles RRoad’ or ‘Main Street of America’ including Corvettes, and is 2278 miles in length, however hard and soft-top we covered over 3000 miles [4800 Mustangs, a Charger kilometers] in total with our top down all and a number of the way, visiting many other interesting SUVs and seventeen attractions along the way. The route Harley Davidson bikes. took us through eight states of America The bikes and the and with free days we spent seventeen cars travelled in two nights on the road. convoys meeting up Route 66 was a combination of the each evening. old wagon trails and many un-named On our journey from winding dirt roads joining towns across Chicago along Route America and fi rst named US 66 in 66 we noted that each town and ‘gas’ same height as our Mt Kosciuszko). 1926. After the Great War it was the (petrol) station needed a gimmick in We also visited the ‘Gateway Arch’ in route taken by many Americans leaving order to encourage the travelling public St Louis, and a large sale yard with Chicago seeking fame and fortune in and migrating Americans to stop. This two thousand four hundred classic Hollywood and on the west coast. gimmick is still the intrigue today. Many American cars for sale in four barns. In the 1920’s when it was decreed gas stations have been restored to their We enjoyed the sunsets and sunrises that all the main roads be surfaced in original condition and a number of ghost when staying on the southern rim of the concrete Oklahoma State decided in towns along the way proved interesting Grand Canyon. On our fi rst night on the order to save costs they would concrete viewing, with one of the gas station now drive and still in Illinois, we stayed in Route 66 by making it half width. in ruins still having the remains of cages Springfi eld [yet another Springfi eld] and This one width highway is known as a that housed the lions. visited the grave and large monument of “Ribbon Road” or “Sidewalk Highway”. All the cars travelled in convoy with President Abraham Lincoln. Their thought was it would cost only half the Australian fl ag fl ying on the left hand On our free day in Santa Fe, John as much? side of the boot and on a number of Begg had arranged a very interesting Our vehicle of choice was a silver occasions the vehicles travelling in the visit across the Rio Grand to the hill Corvette soft-top, which we drove opposite direction pulled over, the men top city of Los Alamos, the ‘Atomic with the top down all the time. There removed their hats, thinking we were a City’ home of the ‘Manhattan Project’. is a Rolls-Royce connection here as funeral procession! Here seven thousand people lived and Tom Clarke informs me – “the original Every day was a highlight: meeting worked developing the world’s fi rst Corvette had input from GM’s Maurice so many American characters, seeing so atomic bomb in a very short time and in Olley, who was Royce’s designer at many different sights including the gas great seclusion and secrecy. Surprisingly St Margaret’s Bay in 1914, later chief stations, and visiting many interesting there was absolutely no mention of the engineer at RR Springfi eld America”. small and large car collections, including famous Australian Sir Mark Oliphant He joined General Motors in 1930 and a superb collection of Packard vehicles who I was taught had a large input in had a signifi cant input into the Corvette owned by a little old lady. There were the Project. suspension. many large collections of auto mania and Prudence and I fi nished our travels Here in Chicago at ‘Tommy Gun’s cars, ten Cadillac vehicles with noses on the pier at Santa Monica which is the Garage’, a speakeasy, Peter Moran and buried in a fi eld (see photo above), and offi cial end of Route 66 ‘End of Trail’. So Jenny Dempsey joined John Begg, other sights such as the Painted Desert we did get our ‘kicks’ on Route 66 and Prudence Inder and myself for dinner and Petrifi ed Forest, a meteorite site, the whole experience was an adventure (see photo below). Also present were the oldest continually inhabited city in not to be missed. our other fellow Route 66 travelling the USA (Acoma Mesa ‘Sky City’ a native below: Bryan, John Begg and companions, which included the drivers American city on top of a mountain the Prudence Inder appear to have made their mark too on Route 66!

PRÆCLARVM 6-12 6211 (right): Silver Ghosts in the foreground of the Fifty Years A courtyard at Mildara Winery, Merbein, Victoria during That Was The Y the 1962 Mildura David Nee Rally. On the left George Green’s The Club was just six years old in 1962. It com replica of Charles Rolls “Balloon” Victoria (1957) and South Australia (1958). The big n car, centre, Fred time hosted by a single Branch when the South Aust Robinson’s 1912, was an outstanding success and the innovation of in 1910E, and on the to present day Federal Rallies. Another fi rst was the i right Reg Hunt’s Rolls-Royce company representative, Jack Vidler, wa 1910, 1425, which and he donated the trophy, which was presented at t won the pre-1915 there – the car that won the Concours section of the Concours. (RROCA ‘Quarterly Magazine’, Winter 1962, cover)

(left): David Jones The Concours d’Elegance at Mildura: The overa purchased 1933 Phantom at Mildura was Don Busch (VIC) with his two-week o II, 93MW, Arthur Mulliner was also judged fi rst in the post-1945 section. I as limousine in March 1961 u and was the fi rst car Registrar of Judges and it is thought that this res e he restored. Pictured Age Allowance in Concours judging. Kim comment here in 1962 he was of new cars has been dealt with by introducing a ru rewarded with fi rst place Bentley motor car which is still under the original m in the 1962 Victoria for entry for the major trophies in the Concours. T Branch Concours within their own class and for the relevant class tro d’Elegance, the fi rst in effect means that they are not eligible for the of his many successes three years old. However, he added that we did no on the Concours fi eld. u (RROCA ‘Quarterly putting their cars into Concours so they are only j Magazine’, Autumn three years. 1962, p138) The pre-1915 section at Mildura was won by Re 1425, which had been bought as a chassis in 1955 b in the Roi-des-Belges style of bodywork. The 1919 (VIC) with 1925 20 hp, GLK62, Windovers limous by Graeme Soderlund (NSW) with 1928 20 hp, GK Branch ConcoursConcours d’El d’Elegance Results for 1962: 1940 section winner was Len Partridge (NSW) with Branch overall winner of the Concours was George GreenIn with1962 1921 the SilverNSW coupe by Smith & Waddington. What became kno Ghost, 56AG. In Victoria, David Jones won with 1933 Phantom II, 93MW, Authenticity’ was presented for the fi rst time and with second place going to Fred Robinson with 1912 Silver Ghost, 1910E, and hp, GLK62. third place went to Reg Hunt with 1910 Silver Ghost 1425. It was not until 1990 that the South Australian Branch formally awarded Concours trophies.

(left):(le( A barbeque luncheon was held duringddu the 1962 Mildura Federal Rally at BottleBBo Bend lagoon about 30 kms south- easteeas of the town. (RROCA ‘Quarterly Magazine’,MMa Winter 1962, p150)

((b(below): The Age and Authenticity Trophy is aawawarded at the Federal Rally to the Rolls-Royce ccacar built before 1940 and judged to have the mmomost original chassis. It is named ‘The Vidler Shield for Age and Authenticity’ as it was presented in 1962 by ‘The Bentley Question’: T Jack Vidler, times may be surprised to who did so Sydney in 1956 it was decide much to membership. As Federal Pre encourage a letter to all members in the the Magazine’: preservation of the cars. “Even though a minority (Author’s the initial thoughts of exten collection) would ask you to reconsider (left): The ‘top table’ at the formal dinner at favour of the necessary Cons the 1962 Mildura Federal Rally. The Rolls-Royce brought up again, rather tha company representative, E. J. (Jack) Vidler, third by opposing an amendment f from the left, presented a shield for Age and majority of Club members”. Authenticity to the Club. The shield is wrapped in Despite this impassioned the package on the table in front of him. (Courtesy p known, was protracted and of Margaret and Barrie Gillings and Gavin Sandford- a Morgan) years before in 1976 Bentley

6212 PRÆCLARVM 6-12 Ago in 1962 Year That Was ely (NSW) mprised three branches, New South Wales (1956), news was that the fourth annual rally was for the fi rst tralian Branch organised the 1962 rally in Mildura. It cluding a black-tie formal dinner has carried forward inauguration of the Age and Authenticity Trophy. The as a staunch and enthusiastic supporter of the Club the formal dinner. However, the surprises did not end (above): Terry Bruce’s 1925 20 hp, GLK62, won the 1919-1925 section and the Age and s d’Elegance was only two weeks old! Authenticity trophy at Mildura in 1962. Pictured here in 1961 with the Windovers open-drive limousine body and cut-down artillery wheels. It was delivered new to J. C. Simmons (also his daughters the Misses Alice, Gertrude and Nellie Simmons) ‘Nareeb’, all winner of the Concours d’Elegance Toorak, Melbourne. (RROCA ‘Quarterly Magazine’, Winter 1961, p75) old 1962 Silver Cloud II, SAE63, which ked Kim Stapleton, the Club’s Federal Editors: Adrian Garrett (NSW) ult brought about the concept of the edited the national magazine, ed that in more recent times the issue titled the ‘Quarterly Magazine’, ule that states: "A new Rolls-Royce or the forerunner to ‘Præclarvm’. manufacturer’s warranty is not eligible The NSW Branch newsletter They are eligible however for judging was the responsibility of the ophy." Kim went on to explain that this Secretary, who was David major trophies until they are at least Larking in 1962. Patrick Kane- ot want to discourage the owners from White edited the Victoria fi rst udged against their peers for the Branch ‘Newsletter’. The South Australian Branch secretaries eg Hunt (VIC) with 1910 Silver Ghost or presidents produced notices gan and restored by Gavin Sandford-Mor (above): Fred Robinson’s 1912 Silver Ghost, and newsletters from time to 9-1925 section winner was Terry Bruce 1910E, won second place at the Victoria Branch Concours in time. However, it was not until sine. The 1926-1930 section was won 1962. Pictured here in 1960 with replica London-to-Edinburgh about 1990 that a regular KM60, Barker limousine, and the 1931- style torpedo body fi tted in 1959 by Horner & Ward of Fitzroy, publication began when John h 1937 25/30 hp, GMO10, a fi xed-head Melbourne. (RROCA ‘Quarterly Magazine’, Summer 1960-61, p15) Bull took on the role as editor. own as ‘The Vidler Shield for Age and won by Terry Bruce with his 1925 20

(left):((ll George Green’s 1191921 Silver Ghost, 56AG, (left): The 1931-1940 SSmSmith & Waddington section winner at tourerttoo won fi rst place at Mildura in 1962 was Len tththeh 1962 NSW Branch Partridge (NSW) with CCoConcours. Pictured here 1937 25/30 hp, GMO10, aat the 1962 Mildura a fi xed-head coupe by FFeFedFederal Rally, it was driven Smith & Waddington. ffrfrofrom Sydney by Jack Pictured here the JJeJeffrey.ef (RROCA ‘Quarterly previous year in 1961 MMagMagazine’, Winter 1962, at the NSW Branch Concours d’Elegance pp16p164) where it was the outright winner. (RROCA ‘Quarterly Summary:Summa By 1962 the Club Magazine’, Autumn 1961, was fi rmly and successfully p46) Offi ce Bearers: The Federal President for established in New South Wales, 1961-62 was Gavin Sandford-Morgan (SA) and Victoria and South Australia. The rally in Mildura, hosted by the Those who have joined the Club in recent the Federal Secretary was Eric Rainsford (SA). South Australian Branch, was learn that at the inaugural meeting in Frank Meek was the NSW Branch President with the forerunner to the present d that Bentley owners were not eligible for David Larking as Secretary and Tony Strachan day Federal Rallies, which de esident, Gavin Sandford-Morgan, wrote in as Treasurer. In Victoria Fred Robinson was fi ne the national character and e Summer 1961-62 issue of the ‘Quarterly President, James Cooper was Secretary and David Owen was Treasurer. In South Australia Gavin camaraderie of the Club. There Sandford-Morgan was President with Charles was back then, however, a slight amongst you may not wholly agree with blemish on the camaraderie as nding membership to Bentley owners, I Wright as Secretary and Jack Odgers as Treasurer. fi rst SA Branch Treasurer in ‘The Bentley Question’, remained this whole question, and, I trust, vote in Jack Odgers was the 1958 and held the post until 1981, an amazing unresolved as did the acrimony it stitutional Amendment when this matter is engendered. n endanger the health of the whole Club 23 years. At Annual General Meetings, held favoured by your Federal Council and the during the Annual Dinner, Jack Odgers delivered his Treasurer’s report in his trademark style. David Neely is the author of ‘Rolls- He would rise, announce, “We’re in front!”, and Royce and Bentley In The Rear-View plea ‘The Bentley Question’, as it became promptly resume his seat amidst much applause Mirror – A History of the Rolls-Royce at times acrimonious and it took fully 20 and cheering. Owners’ Club of Australia’, published owners had equal rights of membership. by The Sir Henry Royce Foundation.

PRÆCLARVM 6-12 6213 Collectors’ Corner Rolls-Royce Horology by John McGlynn (UK) John McGlynn is a Fellow of the Institute of the Motor Industry and a former Rolls-Royce and Bentley dealership Director, who presents this article as he has seen a proliferation of cheap watches falsely branded as R-R and is prompted to show a few genuine items.

Rolls-Royce factory stop watches. (left & right) The fi rst is a stop watch which was used at Derby, I am unsure whether it was used by the road testers or the Time & Motion staff establishing repair and piecework times. My fi rst illustration is of a page from the RREC Bulletin no 226 from 1998. The text describes stopwatches of this type being supplied to R-R by the notable Oxford Street, London horological specialists Camera Cuss & Co. The second illustration is of my own matching watch. These were patented and manufactured by the Swiss fi rm of Excelsior Park, St. Imer. The name Rolls Royce (sans hyphen!) is on the face and engraved on the reverse. Inside the back there are spare parts for the jewelled movement.

1928 sterling silver Rolls-Royce presentation clock (right) The Bonhams & Butterfi elds Quail Lodge auction catalogue from August 2004 shows a “ ….Hallmarked sterling silver Rolls-Royce clock in the form of a free standing radiator….Made by Saunders and Shepherd, hallmarked 1928…..” This fi ne clock is 14 cms high. This was one of a collection of silver items made for R-R in the 1920 / 1930s. The dealers bought them as gifts for their most supportive buyers. This is a rare item indeed, I have only seen one other.

Rolls-Royce sterling silver desk or mantle clock (left & right) In a Rolls-Royce gift collection catalogue there is an illustration of the sterling silver desk clock of which I believe only 50 were made. The key wound handmade movement is English with an 11 jewelled escapement, all the components are 22 carat gilded. This stands 13 cm/5 inches including the miniature Spirit of Ecstasy. This is a very fi ne clock of which I have only seen my own example. Large hallmarks denote the maker, the age, the silver and of course R-R.

6214 PRÆCLARVM 6-12 Rolls-Royce “Springfi eld“ wristwatch by Baume & Mercier (left & right) The Rolls-Royce gift collection catalogue part no. TSD 5666 from about 1996 shows the Baume & Mercier “Springfi eld“ wrist watch, 75 were made in both ladies and gents sizes. The watches have a crocodile strap with the case, buckle & crown in 18 carat gold. They were delivered in a very stylish wood case. The new list price was almost £3,000.

Roll-Royce wristwatch from St. Prex SWIZA Rolls-Royce desk clock Switzerland (above) (above) About 10 years ago a Swiza Rolls-Royce desk clock appeared in The Rolls-Royce Motors overseas/export offi ces auction at the RREC Annual rally. At the time we speculated on whether in the 1980s/1990s which catered for most markets it was genuine. Clearly anybody could simply mount a mascot on top of except North America was in St. Prex, Switzerland. a desk clock. In a Bonhams auction September 2012 another, or maybe Delegates who attended the conference in St. Prex the same clock appeared and sold for £475 including premium. I would in 1990 were presented with a commemorative have expected a higher fi gure but there was no provenance or anything wristwatch. to indicate it was a genuine R-R piece. My example is numbered 30/001, which I imagine It was described as “……nickel plated brass, comprising Spirit of indicates that there were 30 or possibly 100 examples. Ecstasy on hinged base, lifting to reveal Swiza quartz clock, black It has a matte black fi nish and case, the stainless with Arabic 12 hour dial, with red second hand, battery powered, the steel back is engraved “Swiss Made” but there is no movement number 1773068, 15cm high overall…..” indication of the maker, I wouldn’t be surprised if it However I recently did see one with an original Rolls-Royce fi tted box was Swatch. so they appear to be authorised if not commissioned by R-R.

Gift Collection Rolls-Royce desk clocks (left & right) During the 1990s, the Rolls-Royce Gift Collection included a stylish English desk clock featuring the Spirit of Ecstasy to the front. The height is 3 inches / 75 mm. This early example has the Spirit etched on to the front below the gold bezel of the proprietary quartz movement, this weighed a substantial 350 grams and appeared to be nickel- plated brass. My later example has the Spirit raised, indicating that it was part of the casting, this weighs only 146 grams and is clearly English pewter.

PRÆCLARVM 6-12 6215 Corum Swiss gold Rolls-Royce wristwatch, c.1976 (left) Bernard Munier of Switzerland produced a fi ne book in 1981 “ Rolls- Royce Prestige “ the text of which was in English, French and German. Interestingly the tassel tied bookmark features an advert for the Corum Rolls-Royce watch, which is shown here. The watch was the brainchild of Corum founder Rene Bannwart, who was a fi rm believer in the power of style in wristwatches. The Rolls-Royce Grille watch was claimed to be an exact replica of the grilles found on the cars of the 1976 era when the watches were produced. They even featured a tiny Spirit of Ecstasy mascot. The watch was offered with either a white or yellow gold case. These have appeared in auction sales from time to time, prices seem to vary between three & seven thousand pounds. Desk clock manufactured in the Rolls-Royce Crewe factory (right) Finally, I feel I must include a clock hand made in the Rolls-Royce Crewe factory. Craftsmen in the woodworking and radiator shops made several desk clocks, which were in effect small scale radiators into the backs of which a quartz movement was fi xed. One similar to this was sold at the 2012 auction at the RREC Annual Rally. Tiffany sterling silver Rolls-Royce aneroid barometer (left) Many clock enthusiasts also have an interest in barometers, so I make no apology for showing this piece. Tiffany & Co were often commissioned by Rolls-Royce Inc. of New York to produce gift items pieces such as letter openers, cuffl inks etc. This special piece, signed Tiffany & Co is a sterling silver aneroid desk barometer which stands 110mm/4½ inches tall including the silver Spirit of Ecstasy. The Spirit is connected to the setting hand which one would reset regularly to see the change in air pressure. I have only ever seen this one in my possession, which came to me from a Director of R-R Inc. Southern Sojourn Tour 2013 15th - 20th April, 2013

Following numerous requests for a Post Rally SA55, a fi ve day discovery tour of the Fleurieu Peninsula is being arranged. Accommodation has been reserved at McLarens on the Lake, perfectly positioned to enjoy the wonderful activities of the Peninsula and a short distance from the township of McLaren Vale. All ground fl oor resort (shower in bath) and spa rooms (separate shower) offer seclusion, privacy and comfort. Planned are some easy and beautiful drives through rolling hills, historic townships and along scenic coastlines. Highlights will include a cruise through the Coorong, a visit to a private car museum with superb views over Encounter Bay plus a full day bus trip to and around Kangaroo Island.

Tour is limited to 50 people max., so to ensure your place, PLEASE BOOK EARLY!

TO REGISTER: Book the room of your choice directly with McLarens on the Lake phone (08) 8323 8911 mentioning you are from Car Club. Dates are SA School Holidays so rooms can only be held until 1st February, 2013. Special rates (including hot cooked breakfast) per couple have been negotiated. Resort room @ $145; Spa Room @ $160.00 (A deposit of $100 will be required at booking)

Please ensure that I am notifi ed immediately after your accommodation is booked (so you will be included in the 50 people) and I will send you further information

Sofi ja Virgo, Lot B, Black Top Road, Gould Creek, SA 5114 Email: [email protected]

6216 PRÆCLARVM 6-12 Technical Topics No. 41 IN SEARCH OF THAT VIBRATION by Bill Coburn (ACT)

ost of us grew up with cars that The earliest solution to this was to for transmissions. Spicer actually built Msteered with the front wheels and connect the drive shaft to the gearbox his own car to demonstrate his universal drove with the rear. I think I can say and the back axle using fabric discs joint. Apochrypha includes the story that the Factory never deviated from this which whilst doing the job clearly needed of a seminal plant working 16 weeks convention, in production. frequent replacement due to tearing night and day 6 days a week to produce Ever conservative, the engine always wear. A more permanent connection 96 universal joints and drive shafts. remained for and aft in position and was devised, known universally as the Currently they produce 1,400,000 units mounted over the front wheels. universal joint. Manufacturers believe in a week! that no assembly is more unique, To ease the strain on the engine a Times change as do the durability more widely used, simple in nature, gearbox (read transmission) was of materials, so our Silver Spirit was mounted behind the engine with used to introduce ‘rubber’ drive a clutch to break the mechanical couplings to the drive shafts. connection so that gears could be When you look at these units a selected, but then the problem fi rst reaction is what if the thing of getting a whirling drive plate broke. The drive shaft of any at the back of the gearbox to car is a heavy bit of metal and connect to the back axle to drive if, when spinning at a fair rate of the wheels. knots one end comes loose the damage is beyond catastrophic, Belts were one solution but it can be fatal That is why you their strength was limited and will always fi nd in post war cars the nature of the materials some member or strap under the meant that they continuously shaft that at least will contain stretched until they broke. If its perigrinations within a small you are sniggering, go into area. a very old machine shop and note the myriad of belts driving Many years ago a Silver Cloud all manner of machines and all which has a two-piece drive being driven collectively by one shaft lost the central bearing central engine! which at speed constituted a very, very heavy skipping rope. The use of a tubular shaft The occupants survived but the from the back of the gearbox to car was wrecked as you may the rear axle to achieve drive to imagine! The couplings in the the back wheels seems to have Spirit fortunately, are spigotted, been the best practice drawing having a stout ‘fi nger of steel on many millions of cars over poking from one fl ange to the the past century! But shafts do other to prevent shredding the not like bending while they are car around it in the event of a spinning which in this application total failure. is fairly likely given unavoidable engine vibrations from normal If you want to delve deeper, running and the lurching that above: This is one of the remarkable couplings in this instance at the do some research, stopping comes from accelerating and rear of the tailshaft – they are identical. Not only can the breaking when they start with the maths! decelerating. Hopefully all down of the rubber be seen but in the same region the gouging of But apart from hopefully arousing readers will have noticed the the propeller fl ange by the nearby fastening bolt is apparent. The your interest in this mundane but bolts and nuts incidentally are special with serrated fl anges where engine lurching when the car vital bit of your car, I wanted to they contact base metal. This should prevent their coming undone. is stationary and your trusted encourage some thoughts about mechanic/husband/next door misunderstood, more abused, yet more these later joints failing. neighbour or NRMA man is ‘gunning’ trouble free, than this component. The fi rst ‘sign’ is an almost the engine to hear a noise/show off/ or Its origins go back to the fi fteenth imperceptible vibration which varies experience some visceral pleasure from century when the Italian mathematician with speed. You immediately decide revving the progeny of Henry’s genius! and physician Gerome Cardan expounded to have the wheels rebalanced which At the other end of the car, until the the formulae and principles pertinent to should be done every 10,000K or so. arrival of the Shadow the back axle the universal joint. A couple of hundred No improvement. You blame it on the fl opped around under the car trying to years later the multi disciplined English road, the way the car is loaded, the wind keep the wheels or more correctly the scientist Robert Hooke a mate of Sir maybe, even the suspension but the tyres in contact with the road. The Isaac Newton (who worked out why we vibration gets worse. It usually stops Shadow mounted the main bit of the remain attached to the earth and not when you take the foot off the go pedal rear axle, the differential to the car and fl oat away) devised the fi rst universal but is very noticeable when the power is left the axles to do the fl opping. But joint, then called a Hooke’s coupling! applied. So new couplings are required. even then the differential was mounted At the turn of the last century an Changing couplings is not rocket fl exibly, mainly to minimize noise American engineering graduate Clarence science, it’s all there in the book. The transmission. So you have a quivering Spicer cashed in on work to date and front one usually goes fi rst but as you differential and a lurching bouncing devised a joint that would work to have to remove the whole tailshaft to do motor and expect to connect it with a replace the then applications of belts, even one and muck around with some rigid drive shaft! chains and various gear arrangements 30 bolts, best you replace both!

PRÆCLARVM 6-12 6217 NewsNews fromfrom thethe RegistersRegisters be second guessed many years later. Twenty Topics No. 42 were several 40-50s including Malcolm Johns in 96 AL, Bill Hall in 2145, Wayne In addition, such action may result in Summer is nearly here: Merton in 121EU, Lyel Murrell in 127BW the chassis cards for the particular the Twentys are out and about. and Rex Vincent in 123EM. I particularly car, being incorrect. While few enter concours these days, I still make the G1 has new rear mudguards enjoyed mixing it with such a variety of effort not so much to win a prize but which are a vast improvement on cars. 42 more importantly, to bring the car the old ones which had succumbed to Bob Clarke is progressing with the up to standard and to make up the the passage of time as well as careless several Twenty projects he has. There numbers. I have always believed that reversing on several occasions. A is no doubt that Bob has rescued the Concours was about improving cars new trunk has been made for it as several twentys from the hungry scrap rather than prizes. I must admit that I well which will take wheeled cases, heap. The task he faces with a couple did appreciate winning the NSW Age essential these days for old arms. though, is mind bending, as they have and Authenticity in 1997.There is hope been completely dismantled. He like There were 8 Twentys at Milawa when an old battle wagon like 42G1 can George Green before him, believes that recently and the Slow Race was a win that prize. grand affair. All were started abreast if the chassis are suffi ciently assembled I have had a few carburetter fl oats which was a rare sight. The race was and complete, they will survive. He made , the fl oat for 42G1 having leaked won by Richard Burke in GBM32, a has recently received an enquiry and I thought it as well to have a spare. Martin and King Roadster bought about a restoration project and Bob is Floats are very diffi cult to repair due to new by Richard’s Father. Richard had considering a possible deacquisition their age and contamination. The new never been in a slow race before but which will help reduce his workload. fl oats cost $80 each. Should owners he was trained by George Forbes and I have been given the task, on behalf need a fl oat, please let me know. They obviously is a fast learner! The late of the Sir Henry Royce Foundation, were made by Tony Edwards who has David Turner’s GSK34, a Wilkinson to produce an authenticity guide for made some 40-50 ones, as well. A Tourer in the style of Barker was the Twenty. A similar exercise has larger project I am engaged in is having present - a tribute to David’s memory, been completed by the Derby Bentley rear brake drums cast and machined. certainly a true Twentyist. Society for those cars. The idea is to The early Twenty drums are narrower give concours judges a guide on what I took part in the VSCC George than the 4 wheel brake cars so are not is original and what is not. I see the Green Memorial Rally organised by available at present. A pattern is being exercise as a guide to those restoring David Stuart, centred at Bathurst for made currently and castings will be or improving the cars as to what is 4 days. The scenery was spectacular taken off that. as were the hills for which I had to appropriate for their particular car. Jeff McAlister drove down from the use fi rst gear in anger, several times. There are several parts of my car which Central Coast (NSW) to be at the NSW The Twenty really was not fast enough I believed such was how it should be Concours in his interesting Coupe 77A5. as the Bentleys, Vauxhalls, Lancias, only to later learn that that was not so It is said to be originally a Waring Bros Sunbeams and the like, had more and so the job has to be done again. Roadster which was converted into litres for which there is no substitute. One issue is that RR often substituted a Coupe by Martin & King at a later The Twenty, nevertheless, made it later for earlier parts and, in my view time. It is really a time capsule. Jeff and didn’t give a moment’s trouble. It those should not be reversed as the has completely overhauled it and it is certainly won the quiet stakes! There changes were for good reasons, not to totally reliable. He is looking into having the wheels rebuilt as they are showing Registrars signs of age and wear. It originally Bryan Inder, 7 Pibrac Avenue, Tel: 02-9487-4153 belonged to the Austin grazing family of Registrar, Warrawee Fax: 02-9489-8323 the Western District of Victoria. Silver Ghost Register NSW 2074 [email protected] Geoff and Rosemary Holt are to view Les & Carol Hearne, 10 Morvan Street Tel: 02-9874-3486 the upholstery of their Coupe 76A7 Registrars, Small Horsepower West Ryde [email protected] which is being completed in Brisbane. Register NSW 2114 When fi nished the car will be back on Brian Crump, 62 Oxford Street, Tel: 02-9519-4910 the road after an absence of many Registrar, Newtown, [email protected] years. It was well known in Melbourne Derby Phantom Register NSW, 2042 when owned by David McArthur. Mal Henderson, 40 Wentworth Street Tel: 02-9542-8401 David Vann’s 67H8 has had Registrar, Dolans Bay [email protected] considerable work carried out over the Derby Bentley Register NSW 2232 last year in that it has a new hood, an Lloyd Missen, Registrar, 67 Rembrant Drive Tel/Fax: 02-9958-2831 unusual one indeed no doubt to shade Silver Wraith, Silver Dawn, Middle Cove [email protected] against the sun in Queensland. It was Bentley MkVI and R-Type NSW 2068 the fi rst Twenty in that state and the only Register Rolls-Royce originally bodied by Peels of Geoff Down, Registrar, PO Box 18183 Tel: 03-9415-6760 Brisbane, see P129 of Sunburnt Country Silver Cloud, Bentley S Series, Collins St East [email protected] for photos of it. A new instrument Board Phantom V and VI Register Melbourne has been fi tted as well. VIC 8003 Arrangements are being made for Bill Coburn, Registrar, PO Box 1775 Tel: 02-6296-5893 the celebration of the Twenty’s antiquity Silver Shadow, Bentley T Fyshwick Fax: 02-6296-5892 on the fi rst week end in March at Wagga Series and Derivatives Register ACT 2609 [email protected] so put it in your diary. It is sure to be an David Doyle, Registrar, 5 Boschetti Road Tel/Fax: 03-5829-8416 occasion to remember as was the last Silver Spirit, Bentley Mulsanne Tallygaroopna Mob: 0439-621-385 one in 2003. and Related Types (SMART) VIC 3634 [email protected] Happy Motoring Register David Davis 42G1 NSW

6218 PRÆCLARVM 6-12 News from the Registers

its wooden wheels and intriguing rear above: (l-r) the mystery Rolls-Royce, Silver Ghost Register petrol tank, but is it a Rolls-Royce? We Colonel J.M.Arnott, a chauffer/mechanic do know that the Arnott family, founders Ward (or Appleby?), and Banjo Patterson Vehicle Identifi cation? of the famous Australian fi rm Arnott’s Federal Rally committee. Biscuits, were great supporters of Rolls- fellow member of the Ku-ring-gai Good Silver Ghost motoring in 2013 Royce. In ‘Rolls-Royce and Bentley in Motor Yacht Club at Cottage Point, and may the Alps quickly disappear A the Sunburnt Country’ by Tom Clarke Sydney, had for years promised me beneath your wheels! and David Neely the Arnott family is a photo of his grandfather with the listed as owning fi fteen Rolls-Royce Bryan Inder 12HG NSW family Rolls-Royce while on a fi shing vehicles including eight Silver Ghosts. expedition with Banjo Patterson. Colonel J.M.Arnott had experience with After many years and another delay, armoured Silver Ghosts during the Great when his email was sent to the wrong War and allegedly used them chasing Derby Phantom Register address, the photo fi nally arrived. The Senussi tribes in a campaign in North caption accompanying the photograph was recently asked by a potential Africa. So did he bring an early vehicle read, “This photo was taken in about Phantom owner to explain in back with him into Australia after the I 1920 and shows my Grandfather a simple manner, the role of the war? I need your help! Any suggestions? Colonel J.M.Arnott at a campsite Continental model and how it differed near Jindabyne. So left to right we Program for 2013 from the standard model (if one can have a Rolls-Royce [you can work The next Silver Ghost Register Run by use that term when talking about a out the vintage] Colonel J.M.Arnott, yearly state rotation is in South Australia bespoke Rolls-Royce). “Is it a sports- a chauffeur/mechanic Ward or and this by coincidence is the year of car version?” The answer is of course Appleby(?), and Banjo Patterson, and the Federal Rally for that state. So for that it is not a sports-car since that it looks like fancy fl y fi shing rods. Don’t our 2013 Silver Ghost Register Run I am role was fulfi lled by the Derby Bentley, know much else, have no idea who encouraging our members to join in the also known as the “Silent Sports-car”, took the photo. Regards John Arnott.” ‘Southern Sojourn’ between 15th April – although some Continental models are So it is all very intriguing, is this a 20th April 2013 which is the post Federal indeed sporting in nature. photo of an early lost Rolls-Royce? It Rally Tour. This is a fi ve-day discovery The fi rst thing to be said is that the is an interesting photo alone with all tour of the Fleurieu Peninsular. The Continental was a lighter and more the named important people and this venue is at McLarens on the Lake near agile version of the Phantom designed is before we start on the car. Can we the town of McLaren Vale. I encourage specifi cally for the owner-driver identify the famous named Australian you to book early/immediately as spaces and usually for planned high speed Rolls-Royce mechanic ‘Ward’ or are limited. This should especially suite touring. The Conduit Street sales data ‘Appleby’ in the picture? Who took our members in South Australia and for 118PY comment; “Car for use the picture? And of course there is the Victoria and it would be ideal if all other UK and abroad, mainly fast touring.” iconic Banjo Patterson? Now I think the Silver Ghost Register members could Although the terms Grand Routier date of the vehicle is about 1908 with join us. The forms are available from the and Grand Tourer come from a more

PRÆCLARVM 6-12 6219 News from the Registers

ordered one for retrofi tting as the lower profi le was both more dashing and gave better visibility at high speed. Of course this may indeed be true. Continental owners are a romantic and adventurous breed. The Continental owes its existence to Sir Henry himself and Ivan Evernden who produced the fi rst Continental in about 1930 despite resistance from the sales division which believed there was no real future for a fast touring saloon or coupé driven by the owner. Of course, Sir Henry was right and 281 Continental short chassis vehicles were produced before the end of the Phantom II run. Perhaps the most discernible feature of the Continental was the liberty given to coach builders to produce a more streamlined and rakish body in place of the upright limousine that had prevailed. The lowered centre of gravity gave coachbuilders the opportunity to above: Brian Cump’s, 1933 Gurney Nutting, with a shorter chassis, a tuned engine, design bodies which were considered Phantom II Continental Touring Saloon, elegant at the time and are still so today, 118PY stiffer fi ve leaf springs and a lowered steering column with a Dover spring- avoiding all the design excesses of cars recent period, it would be reasonable pattern steering wheel to absorb road built in the 1920s. We will explore some to say that the Continental is indeed shock. Bonnet louvres were set at 11° of those bodies in the next edition. a forerunner of this style of vehicle. and the factory advised mounting the The handbook to 118PY notes; I can offer evidence of this, having spare at the rear of the car to achieve “Our ambition is that every purchaser driven a Continental in comfort and a better weight distribution. Many cars of a Rolls-Royce Car shall continue to confi dence over an extended period at came equipped with wing lamps in the be more than satisfi ed.” This owner a steady 80mph. Such an achievement style of aeroplanes, possibly to warn continues to be delighted, although the is not common for cars of the 1930s. errant farmers of the car’s presence car in question is soon to have its 80th Maybe it’s not even common for more when the owner-drive made a late birthday. Perhaps it is time for you to modern cars! night dash from Bordeaux to the Alps consider adding a Continental, arguably, To achieve the Grand Routier ability in search of romance. Legend has it the fi nal masterpiece of Sir Henry’s to consume long distances with ease, that when the Kneeling Lady became engineering skill, to your garage? the Continental was usually equipped available many Continental owners Brian Crump - NSW 20Hp WAGGA WAGGA WEEKEND 1-2 March 2013

We are planning a series of local events, some touring with Tech sessions focussing on electrical and fuel issues which seem to strike these early cars at some time or other, to be presented by Bob Clarke on one of his 20H.P.s.

Attendees will be asked to reserve rooms at Mercure Wagga Wagga. This has all facilities, including a large and secure internal courtyard and it is central to all things Wagga.

Aspiring and present owners of 20H.P. Rolls-Royces can register their Expression of Interest with: Rod Hanson, 170 Red Hill Road. Red Hill VIC 3937 or email [email protected].

6220 PRÆCLARVM 6-12 News from the Registers

Silver Wraith, Silver Dawn The centers of the three sound holes can be and Bentley Mark VI/R Type used to locate the centre Register of the fourth. What to do if you Snap a A jig made from a scrap of ½“ thick mild Stud? steel bolted in position using the three sound As there are no offers from other stud holes with a 1/8” members, I offer the following for diameter pilot hole, those interested in current activity hopefully positioned within this Register. directly over the centre A broken stud is often an annoying of the broken stud. See item to deal with. The normal method Fig No 2. (Ignore the 2 is to drill down the centre of the stud, holes on right and left sides of and then follow up with increasing the jig) drill sizes until the drill diameter This jig was made by matches the root diameter of the measuring the horizontal and stud’s thread. The remainder of the vertical spacing of the four stud should then be a spiral within the holes, using a rule, or better still parent metal, and extract by running vernier calipers, to determine the drill backwards, or with careful the actual spacing. In this case use of an ‘Easyout’. it was fairly safe to assume The diffi culty is the fi rst action of that the designer had chosen drilling down the centre line of the cardinal fractions hence a 2 broken stud. 7/16 “ by 2 5/16” rectangle A jig can often assist here in was scribed on the plate, which locating the centre of the broken was then centre popped at each stud, and then supporting the drill for corner and drilled 1/8”diameter. the following operation. For success in the exercise, good not have been ideal here as this stud Fig 1 shows the position of four ¼“ lighting, a sharp scriber, a fi ne centre hole opens into the cooling water BSF threaded stud holes for securing punch, a new 1/8” drill bit and a drill circuit and would have made sealing portion of the exhaust manifold on press are needed. more diffi cult. a Silver Dawn, SFC138, with the The three jig securing holes were Fortunately this salvage procedure remainder of a broken stud at the opened out with a ¼” drill, and if the was not necessary as the true centre bottom RH corner. procedure has been done carefully the had been found as seen in Fig No 1/8”pilot hole should be directly over 4 and 5, which show what can be below: Figs 1 & 2 the centre of the broken stud. This achieved with care, and a bit of luck. should be checked with In addition to the jig, a portable a few rotations of a 1/8“ drill guide, evident in Fig No 2, will drill before drilling down assist in keeping the drill “square”. the full thread depth. See Fig No 3 Readers who got this far and found it interesting and perhaps useful, are With the plate back in encouraged to submit an article for position the 1/8” hole is the next issue. progressively opened to the root diameter of the Dawn Patrol XI will be held the thread, checking with same weekend as last, viz, Friday each increasing size. If 20 to Monday 23 September 2013. off centre, stop at a drill Peter and Yvette Hiscock, assisted by size which just breaks Robert Whitehead, have agreed to through to show the host the event. thread appearing on Watch this space for details. one side of the hole, Happy Motoring, remove the jig and Lloyd Missen - NSW insert a narrow vee- shaped fi le down the above: Figs 3 & 4 hole to cut through below: Fig 5 with what is left of the broken to the outside thread Stud diameter at this point and also diametrically opposite, and then pick out the remainder of the broken stud. With care this should still allow the same diameter new stud to be used, but would

PRÆCLARVM 6-12 6221 News from the Registers

Shadow & T Register Factory from extinction and despite ACT. branch member at the motel who the whole enterprise ‘dividing’ and apologised for other local members changing owners, the legend of Rolls- intending to see us along our journey. ell I apologise for the lack of Royce and Bentley continues! The historic town of Carcoar provided Wreport in the last issue but won’t Usable Silver Shadows are now a relaxing lunch stop on Friday where offer excuses as you won’t believe me. appearing in the four fi gure dollar Noel Baker was reported nearby looking I still look back to the local Canberra bracket and are usually quite for snakes in the grass. It turns out he Federal Rally two years ago, which recoverable. It is these cars that I had lost a Spirit hub cap, not a snake! I did not attend other than to join would like to draw into our Register Our host and his staff were ready Register members for dinner. Here, regardless of where they are located to receive us, due to the magic of the the one highlight for me was a lady in the Club. That this is happening mobile phone, affording us an effi cient who, having completed introductions can be seen in the Club Forum which turn around and we hit the road again. asked me ‘what is a Registrar’. I don’t has a specifi c section for our model. On to Lithgow! recall my reply, but I did wonder. Enquiries come from literally all over As to Registers, they were created the world and inevitably someone has The traditional "meet and greet" to hopefully bring together owners an advice or opinion to share to help offi cially started the 2012 SMART of common interest specifi cally the the enquirer. Rally at our digs, the Zig Zag Motel in Lithgow. Forced inside by threatening model of the car. The pleasures and As to the Registrar, in the absence weather, members were grateful to our pursuits of a Bugatti owner are likely of any directive I would see the job host Brian and very obliging staff who to differ greatly from those of the as endeavouring to bring together cordoned off a section of the public owner of an Austin 7’ Shadow owners through the various dining room for our use where Registrar And these differences are likely channels that seem to be proliferating David Doyle delivered a sermon to the to apply within a single marque Club these days in the hope that this will almost full strength throng. David Bick such as ours. For Shadow owners preserve a few more cars for future who was to join us at Carcoar yet to however, I like to think that they are generations. arrive and Jill Dickson a fail to proceed. nurturing a model that saved the Bill Coburn (ACT) (Bentley fi ne, Jill under the weather). We had made a mess of the dining below: A reminder about these expensive room by the end of all this with our but very necessary joint between the nibbling and nattering, not to mention differential and the rear wheels. These SMART Register constant velocity joints use the same oil as the odd drink or two, but staff quickly the rear axle and have a specifi c level to transformed it to its formal setting maintain. The simplest method to fi ll them hough numbers were a little down, for our evening meal. The weather is to remove the plug as in the picture, Tattendees who made the effort this worsening all the while and David rolled turn the joint until it is horizontal and using year certainly enjoyed the annual event in unperturbed, he'd been scouring the a plastic syringe you can get from your conducted on behalf of the Register. countryside for historic buildings. local chemist squirt in oil until it overfl ows. If there is a lot of gunge around the joint Following correspondence with I listened to every drop of rain and most likely the rubber convoluted cover has Register members along with discussion the wind overnight wondering how to split. This will need to be replaced and until at the previous event in Broken Hill transpose the next two days events to you do, keep fi lling the joint. Oil is cheaper (with particular consideration to our suit the weather. Bruises on my bended than the joint. NSW counterparts) the destination of knees were not in vain as the Lord Lithgow N.S.W. was decided upon for turned off the tap, if not the wind, in the 2012 SMART rally. The picturesque time for our days activities. Blue mountains and close proximity First up the museum of the famous to Sydney we thought would bolster Lithgow Small Arms factory. Producing numbers but alas numbers were a military and domestic fi rearms since little ordinary. Though a fair sort of a 1912 as well as a myriad of items hike for S.A. and Vic. travellers, a two including Pinnock sewing machines, golf day effort for most, many did succeed. clubs and much more and is still working By contrast N.S.W. was poorly in a limited capacity. represented except for our very good below: SMARTies inspecting the fi rearms friends and supporters, John and Marg at the Lithgow Small Arms Museum Harrigan, Cowra, in their 1992 Bentley Turbo R. Victorians met at Doyles property (200k from Melbourne) for lunch then touring through the back blocks of the Murray Valley and the Riverina to Wagga Wagga for Thursday night. We were greeted by John Elliot,

6222 PRÆCLARVM 6-12 News from the Registers Green thumbed Jill Dixon, was lingered. The Doyles, still unable to join us for the visit to Ranns, Harrigans and the Botanic gardens, Mt. Tomah, but David Bick visited she managed to take it in the next another couple of day. Most of us trekked the extensive Lithgow attractions grounds with the guide while lazy before hitting the road (or were they clever) SMARTies Ken for home. Osbourne and my father Neville We got as far as Doyle cruised the gardens on electric John and Marg's home scooters. Flora and fauna were turned at Cowra where we on for our amusement, or at least to were treated to a that of shutterbug, John Harrigan, who scrumptious lunch, was seen giggling behind his camera at albeit mid-afternoon. A a pair of lizards doing naughty things. late departure then to The NSW emblem fl ower was featured, Wagga Wagga for the with designer Jenny Kee offi ciating at night for the Victorian the Waratah festival and displaying her lingerers whilst others silk scarves. Our ladies marvelled at had scattered their own above: SMART Registrar David Doyle the exquisite designs. ways. playing with the big toys! The famous Zig Zag Railway was A big thank you to all those who at Lithgow, that next years rally be at that time closed for enforced contributed to another great SMART centred in Shepparton, Victoria, on maintenance and upgrade, to the rally. Hope to see you all next year. the third weekend in October 2013. disgust of the whole town which Whereas we have conducted many of Many will know the area somewhat benefi ts from the iconic attraction. the SMART rallies some distance from but we can show you the mechanics After a bit of misdirection (due to our greatest number of supporters, and hidden treasures of the Goulburn a failed email) we found our way to ie. Victoria, it seems appropriate that Valley. the railway maintenance depot where we conduct the next event in Victoria. Happy proceeding we were treated to a special talk and Perhaps our NSW members would David Doyle, inspection of the historic trains and rather travel beyond their backyard, I Registrar, SMART depot. Lots to see and climb on for wish I knew so that I can do the best big boys. for all. below: SMART Rally attendees pose for Hillclimbing in SMART cars to I hereby propose, as I indicated the taditional group photo taken at the a lookout daunted a few, but the Mt. Piper power station at Portland experience was worth it. Majestic 180 degree views were seen of mountain escarpments, rolling valleys, wildfl owers, rock climbing and photo opportunities, just a few kilometres from Lithgow. We then drove out of town to the Mt. Piper power station, donned hair nets, (much to the disgust of Mr Cornish) hard hats and ear plugs for a guided tour of the facility. Powered by coal, the natural resource in the area, the plant seemed exceptionally clean, tidy and effi cient. The power station is near the historic town of Portland where our famous Portland cement was made, gave some the opportunity to explore the town as well as the nearby town of Wallerawang for afternoon tea before heading home to prepare for the formal dinner that evening. The Sir Henry Royce Foundation We were greeted by native critters F J Engish Award for on our dusk arrival to the Secret Creek Club Photography for 2012 Sanctuary restaurant, opening just for Members are reminded that entries are invited for the us on Sunday evening. 2012 F J Engish Award for Club Photography, which is now in its third year. The traditional toast to SMARTies The Foundation is grateful to Fred Engish for his continued support of the award. proposed by Peter Hyland, ACT branch, The winner receives a cash prize of $500. was followed by an address from Mr Trevor Evans, founder of the sanctuary. The competition is open to members of the RROCA. The photograph must Big hits of the evening were two little be taken at a RROCA event in the 2012 calendar year and there is a limit of one dingo puppies that Trevor brought in photograph per member. Entries close on 31 December 2012. allowing photos all round. Simply send the photograph as a print or digitally, and describe the event Breakfast on Monday morning when it was taken, to David Neely, 40 Queen Street, Croydon NSW 2132 or email, farewelled most, but the die-hards [email protected]

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1923 Silver Ghost (14PK) “The Riviera Car” previously owned and maintained by Laurie Ogle. Immaculate condition and 2002 Bentley Arnage (BF309028) Rare mechanically sound. Regn: LO 9999 Price: 1986 Rolls Royce Silver Spirit. (ASG Black Label T with 2 tone interior and all $295,000. For more information, Contact 16458). Silver Grey, Pale Blue Leather trim. original. First owner was a prominent Sydney Lauren Ogle mobile 0414 647 144, or Aust. Delivery. Only 47,200 Km . Reg No. RRSS86. Billionaire: Chauffeur driven. Optioned with [email protected] Excellent condition. Winner of the Maisey Dodd Heated and Diamond Quilted seats, Sat Award at the RROCA Vic Branch Concours. Nav, Black Label 19” 2 piece polished alloys, Complete with tools & original manuals in Umbrellas, Aluminium fascia. New it was over leather wallet. New tires, and battery, regularily $600,000. Price: $134,000 Extremely well serviced, 6 stack CD Player, Lamb’s Wool carpet looked after and always garaged. Contact mats. Paint work perfect. An Excellent car. Price: Roger Cooke on 0428-111-208 $47,750. Contact: Bruce Hensell. 0419-519-191

1963 Bentley Continental Flying Spur BC4XC. A rare opportunity to buy a beautifully restored car in exemplary condition. Complete in every detail and with a freshly rebuilt engine 1986 Bentley Mulsanne. (BSG15341) about 3,500 miles ago. Shell Grey with Red Superb champagne exterior bodywork, cream interior. Sparkling glass and chrome with leather interior. Fuel injected. Aust/York Motors faultless Flame Mahogany woodwork. Original 1985 Bentley Turbo R (BSF13516) An Delivery. Factory Bentley Alloys, excellent radio discreetly converted to receive FM and excellent Turbo R in the special order Brewster tyres. Original books in leather case and tools with MP3 connection. All tools and handbooks. Green colour with lovely Tan Leather interior. complete. Has participated in many state Easily the best of its type in Australia, and a Paintwork is superb having been renovated rallies, proud present owners 10 years. Well- well-known club car, it is very fast, quiet, and by Currans and leather has been refi nished known Club Car. Number plate not included. silky-smooth, with excellent air conditioning and shows extremely well. Car has just been Reluctant sale due to age and health. $32,500 and all the usual exquisite design features serviced. Has newish fridge in boot (car was Contact: Janette 0407-682-275. that make these cars so desirable. $260,000. ordered with fridge as an option) and has Further details from Denis Deasey on 0419- optional and desirable picnic tables to rear of 374-688 car. Approximately 150,000kms. Original factory build sheet and extensive receipts for work carried out. Fussy owner. Price $28,000 Contact Jerome Bleijie ph: 0405-440-719

FOR SALE One–off Sale of Rare Original Factory Blueprints, General Arrangement Drawings and Sales Catalogues for Pre-War and Early Post-War Cars. Over 20 original Factory Blueprints and General Arrangement Drawings for; Phantom I Phantom II 1980 LWB Silver Wraith II (LRH38904) is Phantom III 20 HP looking for a new home. The car has been fully 20/25 HP Wraith maintained by Rolls-Royce specialists. $40,000 Derby 3.5 o.n.o. Contact: Mary for further details 0435- 008-112 or fi [email protected] Included are 5 items not held by the RREC. Note: these are NOT copies produced by FOR SALE: RROCA. All are sound but with fold creases FOR SALE I have had a mould made for the rubber bump Ideal for framing and decorating your motor • Tail-lights - pair CAV Model TS ‘Divers stops for the front springs on my 1926 20hp house. Helmet’ lights in perfect condition, and a spare as I was unable to source any either here or one in used condition. $750 for the pair and a overseas. 5 sets have been made and the Original sales brochures and deluxe sales spare. quality is excellent. Some of these are now for catalogues for; • Headlights - pair CAV Model F, 11” external sale at $150 a set of two. Contact: Sue Dunstan 20HP P I diameter. Very good condition. $1500 pair. - Phone (H): 07-3359-0874 or Email: sue. P II P III Contact: John Milverton on mob: 0416-109- [email protected] Mark VI Short & Long Boot Dawn 010 or email: [email protected] R Type Silver Wraith Silver Cloud III/ Bentley S III DISMANTLING Silver Spirit. R Type - everything for sale except chassis and All are mint except PI which has slight foxing to edges. Note: originals, NOT reproductions. front panels. Until damaged a fi ne example of WANTED the marque. Comprehensive photos available. New or good second hand cylinder head for For prices, pics and detailed descriptions of all Coachwork very sound and entire from fi rewall 1934 20/25 hp Contact Les Hearne Mob 0422- items please call Greg Johnston 0412-370-574 to back bumper. Contact Michael, midgleym@ 810-882 Email [email protected] xtra.co.nz or email [email protected]

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