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Sir Henry Royce Launch Issue! 100% BENTLEY ARNAGE CLASSIC NOW REALLY IS THE TIME TO BUY ROLLSROYCE WE MAKE THE CASE FOR THE RED LABEL & BENTLEY ISSUE 01 £4.95 THE SILVER CLOUD LIFE OF THE CLASSY GAMECHANGER SIR HENRY ROYCE LAUNCH ISSUE! BUY A MULSANNE WRAITH ROAD TEST END OF THE LINE OUR COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE A FIRSTTIME EXPERIENCE ROLLSROYCE RECYCLING PLUS: PREWAR TYRE CHOICES ● VINTAGE BENTLEY SPECIALIST VISIT ● LSERIES V8 EXAMINED ● FROM THE ARCHIVES & MUCH MORE! Kelsey Media, Cudham Tithe Barn, Berry's Hill, Cudham, Kent, TN16 3AG, United Kingdom +44 (0)1959 541444 Editorial Editor Ian Seabrook, [email protected] Art Editor Mark Baker, [email protected] Contributors Andrew Everett, Jack Grover, Paul Guinness, Jeremy Satherley, Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation, WO Bentley Memorial Foundation. Advertisement sales Tandem Media Managing Director Catherine Rowe [email protected] Account Managers Emma Philcox 01233 228751 [email protected] Ben Rayment, [email protected] Production AT Graphics 01733 362318 [email protected] Team Lead Melanie Cooper 01733 362701 Welcome Management Welcome to the first issue of Rolls-Royce and Managing Director Phil Weeden Bentley Driver, the new magazine devoted Chairman Steve Annetts to the history of these two great marques. Steve Wright Chief Executive Primarily, we look at the cars produced Finance Director Joyce Parker-Sarioglu Creative Directors Vicky Ophield & Emma Dublin while these two companies were firmly Retail Distribution Manager Eleanor Brown linked, though as you'll see overleaf, there's Audience Development Manager Andy Cotton far too much either side of that relationship Subscriptions Marketing Manager Daniel Webb to ignore entirely. We have a detailed look Brand Marketing Manager Rebecca Gibson Events Manager Kat Chappell at the life of Sir Henry Royce, examine Publishing Operations Manager Charlotte Whittaker vintage Bentleys at VBE Restorations, and sample a Bentley Arnage Red Label Subscriptions – produced during the difficult transition annual subscription price £15.00 UK as the two companies began to head in different directions. Europe annual subscription price £23.50 USA annual subscription price £23.50 This has been a very enjoyable magazine to put together, and Rest of World annual subscription price £25.50 owners, specialists and clubs are a large part of the reason why. We're UK subscription and back issue orderline 0845 241 5159 tapping into a very enthusiastic world, and it's a joy to see. So, we've Overseas subscription orderline +44 (0)1959 543 747 Toll free USA subscription orderline 1-888-777-0275 got a section for the clubs to let you know what they're up to. We're UK customer service team +44 (0)1959 543 747 pleased to have the RREC and BDCL on board from the UK, and Customer service email address [email protected] special guests the RROC in America. We know owners exist all around Customer service and subscription postal address: the world, and will be attempting to cover this global fan base. Kelsey Publishing Ltd, Cudham Tithe Barn, Berry's Hill, Cudham,Kent, TN16 3AG, United Kingdom The choice of lead feature was an easy one. To me, the Silver Cloud Find current subscription offers at remains one of the most classy designs ever to emerge from Crewe. It's http://shop.kelsey.co.uk been fascinating to compare with the Bentley Arnage, a direct descendent Already a subscriber? Manage your subscription online at: with the same fabled V8 engine – albeit in a rather different state of tune. http://shop.kelsey.co.uk/site/loginForm Similar in some ways, yet so very different too, each perfect for its time. Digital issues and subscriptions See www.pocketmags.com I hope you enjoy the magazine. Please do let us know what you think, and hopefully we'll see you at one of the events this summer. Distribution Seymour Distribution Ltd, 2 East Poultry Avenue, London, Ian Seabrook EC1A 9PT. [email protected] www.seymour.co.uk. +44(0)20 7429 400 Printing Kelsey Media 2016 © all rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part is forbidden except with William Gibbons & permission in writing from the publishers. Note to contributors: articles submitted for consideration by the editor must be the original must be the original work of the author and not previously published. Where Sons Ltd, Willenhall, photographs are included, which are not the property of the contributor, permission to reproduce them must West Midlands have been obtained from the owner of the copyright. The editor cannot guarantee a personal response to all letters and emails received. The views expressed in the magazine are not necessarily those of the Editor or the Publisher. Kelsey Media accepts no liability for products and services offered by third parties. Kelsey Media uses a multi-layered privacy notice, giving you brief details about how we would like to use your personal information. For full details, visit www.kelsey.co.uk , or call 01959 543524. If you have any questions, please ask as submitting your details indicates your consent, KELSEY media until you choose otherwise, that we and our partners may contact you about products and services that will be of relevance to you via direct mail, phone, email or SMS. You can www.kelsey.co.uk opt out at ANY time via email: data. [email protected] or 01959 543524. RR&BD 3 ISSUE 1 24 62 34 48 CONTENTS 6 NEWS 40 TIME FOR AN ARNAGE Phantom Duo up for grabs. We sample a Red Label. 10 ORIGINAL CLOUD 48 VINTAGE BENTLEY WONDERLAND Driving a one-family beauty. Behind the scenes at VBE Restorations. 18 BUY & OWN MULSANNE 54 PRE-WAR RUBBER Get yourself a great Bentley, What are the correct options for minimal hassle. for your pre-war car? 24 FIRST-TIME TEST 62 ENGINE EXAMINATION Our writer's first RR encounter, We take a detailed look at with a Silver Wraith. the mighty L-Series V8. 32 PRODUCTS 70 BUYING FOR A BUDGET New and essential items to buy. What does £20,000 actually get you? 34 SIR HENRY ROYCE 76 THE CLUB HOUSE The life of the great engineer. See what the clubs are up to. 4 RR&BD 40 10 80 THE END OF THE LINE What happens to a dismantled Rolls-Royce? 86 FROM THE ARCHIVES A look through the past, via promotional material. 92 THE SHADOW YEARS 18 Exploring the changing face of company and cars. 96 THE BIG PICTURE Back to 1927 at Le Mans, for a surprising victory. 98 THE FINAL PAGE Editor Seabrook sums up his thoughts on Rolls-Royce and Bentley. RR&BD 5 NEWS NEWS, OPINION AND EVENTS The delightful highlights of a new collection for sale – Phantom II, Camargue, Arnage T. REMARKABLE COLLECTION FOR SALE A remarkable collection of Rolls- “Harry tracked down the original We'd like £33,000 for this one.” Royce and Bentley cars has come engines [35 and 45] and, at huge Finally, replicating the pair of up for sale in the East Midlands, cost, had them rebuilt and reinstated. Phantoms is a pair of Arnage Ts. consisting of a stunning pair of They both drive as you'd expect – “They're both from 2002,” explains Phantom IIs, an immaculate Camarge perfectly,” says Paul. “We're interested Paul, “so they're the last of the proper and a pair of Bentley Arnage Ts. in offers around £100,000 each.” 6.75-litre Crewe Cars. One is absolutely The collection is being sold by Another beauty is the 1976 mint, has covered 58,000 miles and Landspeed, a garage business fronted Camargue. Paul says, “This has led a is up for £27,000. It was often used by Discovery TV presenter Paul cosseted life as Prew-Smith's own toy. as Mayoral transport in Nottingham. Cowland and fellow TV star Adam No wedding work for this one. It had The other has covered 112,000 and Hornby, as they have been appointed been repainted gold at somepoint, has an asking price of £23,000.” by the estate of notable collector so Prew-Smith had the car stripped The cars are all based at Landspeed's Harry Prew-Smith. Prew-Smith back to bare metal, then repainted in new headquarters in Netherfield, was the owner of Exclusive Cars in the correct shade of green. It drives Nottingham and are available to view Nottingham, until his death in 2014. like new and is very unmolested, and drive. For more details, contact Paul says, “Harry was well known in all with a perfectly patinated interior. Paul directly on 07973 236240. sorts of club circles, from Routemasters to Rollers, as a guy that had the best of everything. All of the cars have been maintained regardless of cost, as in addition to being his collection, most were used as a wedding hire fleet.” Arguably the most interesting items are the pair of Wilkinson-bodied Phantom II Tourers – one a 1929 and the other from 1931. Both have acquired plenty of RREC rosettes in their time, yet when Prew-Smith purchased them, The second Phantom, also a Wilkinson- Wonderful steering column detail on they had Jagaur XJ engines fitted. bodied Tourer. There's another Arnage T too. one of the Phantoms. Gorgeous. Below: An important test drive SMALLEST EVER ROLLSROYCE! of the smallest Rolls-Royce. Rolls-Royce Motor Cars has built its “We are a proud member of the smallest car ever, the SRH. Built specially community here in West Sussex. for the St Richard's Hospital Paediatric The Pediatric Unit at St Richard’s Day Surgery Unit, the tiny Rolls-Royce Hospital, Chichester does such vital has been designed so children can drive work in providing essential care to themselves to the operating theatre, young people and their families,” said reducing stress levels at this time, for Torsten Müller-Ötvös, CEO, Rolls- children and parents alike.
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