For Rolls-Royce and Bentley Enthusiasts PRÆCLARVM The National Journal of the Rolls-Royce Owners’ Club of Australia No. 4-12 August 2012

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. 4-12 August 2012 Issue 261 Features Regular Items Events Calendar 6123 From the Editor 6124 From the Federal President 6125 Book Reviews 6143 News from the Registers 6144 Market Place 6151

Articles and Features Vale: Paul Samuels, the man who inspired the formation Vale: Paul Montagu Samuels. Præclarvm records the passing of Paul 6126 of the RROCA on 20 June 1956. Samuels, instigator and foundation member of the Rolls-Royce Owners’ Club of Australia. Travels With A Ghost: 2012 with 2133. Keith Wherry (NSW) 6128 describes his tours with his Silver Ghost (2133) as he and Marie Harland (NSW) travel to enjoy the 2012 RROC Annual Meet in Louisville, Kentucky. A Montage of Interesting Cars at The 2012 RREC Rally - 6134 Rockingham. Tom Clarke (WA) and André Blaize (Fra) attended the RREC 2012 rally and show Præclarvm some of the special cars present. The F J Engish Archive - Rolls-Royce 25/30s. A variety of photos of 6138 these special cars taken at Federal and Victoria Branch events between 1971 and 1990 by Fred Engish. History in a Caption, # 4. The Authors of “Rolls-Royce and Bentley in 6140 the Sunburnt Country”, David Neely (NSW) and Tom Clarke (WA) share more of the photos they have collected since it was published. Keith Wherry’s (NSW) Silver Ghost Meet the New Federal President and Treasurer. Præclarvm 6141 (2133) ready to tour to the American introduces the new Members fulfi lling these important roles. RROC Meet in Kentucky Technical Topics No. 40 Visiting Austria and Rear Engine 6142 Seals. Bill Coburn (ACT) continues his dissertations on the essential maintenance of the marques. Twenty Topics No 40 - Twenties - so Few, so the Myths 6144 Continued..... David Davis (NSW) continues to develop his thoughts on 20HP matters, this time on the myths that have developed from the model’s early days.

1912 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Front Cover: (2211), Hooper London-Edinburgh Wheeling through West Virginia, USA. Tourer at the RREC Rally Keith Wherry’s Silver Ghost (#2133) crossing the Ohio River to Wheeling Island on the U.S. National Road 40, over the famous Wheeling Suspension Bridge, claimed to be the oldest operating suspension bridge in the world. Opened on 15 November 1849, this historic 1,010-foot structure took two years to complete, but was then destroyed in a violent gale in May 1854. It was rebuilt by John Roebling, who had just won national acclaim as the designer of the railway bridge over Niagara Falls. This bridge became an important troop crossing during the American Civil War. - see the story on page 6128.

Club Website: www.rroc.org.au

1947 Silver Wraith James Young saloon Views expressed in PRÆCLARVM are those of the individual writers. (DLW117) was The deadline for the October 2012 issue is 15 September 2012. also present at the RREC Rally

6122 PRÆCLARVM 4-12 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 Registers every care is taken to check information published, no responsibility can be accepted for errors. 21-24 Sep Dawn Patrol X - Mount Panorama, NSW Mike Eames 0411-197-300 Views expressed by the Editor and contributors are their own and do not necessarily refl ect 28 Sep - 1 Oct SMART Rally 2012 - Smartly Round Lithgow, NSW David Doyle 03-5829-8416 the policies of the Club. Nothing in this journal, 13 Oct - 1 Nov Silver Ghost Register - American Route 66 Getaway Bryan Inder 02-9487-4153 including any advertisement, should be construed as endorsement by the Editor or the Club of the Australian Capital Territory Branch - President: Chris O’Rourke quality or suitability of any product, service or procedure. 5 Aug Sunday drive to Bundanoon Chris O’Rourke 0414-447-320 5 Sep General Meeting, Ainslie Football Club Chris O’Rourke 0414-447-320 Change of Address: Members should notify their Branch Secretary (address below), not the Editor, 9 Sep Mystery Run - Canberra Chris O’Rourke 0414-447-320 in the fi rst instance to advise change of address or 3 Oct General Meeting, Ainslie Football Club Chris O’Rourke 0414-447-320 non-receipt of an issue. New South Wales Branch - President: Brian Crump Contributions: Articles, letters and/or illustrations for publication should be sent to the Editor, address 5 Aug Long Run Two - Sunday drive to Bundanoon Judith Merlin 02-4308-3811 below. Articles should preferably be sent as Text 11 Aug Cucina Viscontini, Breakfast, Homebush Bay Judith Merlin 02-4308-3811 fi le on CD, or emailed to [email protected] (otherwise as typed hard copy). 15 Aug General Meeting, Canada Bay Club, Five Dock Judith Merlin 02-4308-3811

Federal Executive 19 Aug Eastern Creek Display Day Judith Merlin 02-4308-3811 President: Kim Stapleton, 26 Aug All British Day at The King’s School, Parramatta Judith Merlin 02-4308-3811 297 Darley Road, Randwick. NSW. 2031 8 Sep Cucina Viscontini, Breakfast, Homebush Bay Judith Merlin 02-4308-3811 0407-290-099 Email: [email protected] 19 Sep General Meeting, Canada Bay Club, Five Dock Judith Merlin 02-4308-3811 Secretary: Wallace Moorhouse, Queensland Branch - President: Glenn Cuffe 7 Grant Street, Ashgrove, QLD. 4060 07-3366-5043 26 Aug AGM & Picnic at “Gallery at No10” Nambour Glenn Cuffe 07-3366-6306 Email: [email protected] 23 Sep All British Day, Tennyson Glenn Cuffe 07-3366-6306 Treasurer: Peter Chan, PO Box 763, Fyshwick, ACT. 2830 29-30 Sep Noosa Classic, Noosa Glenn Cuffe 07-3366-6306 02-6296-5893 South Australian Branch - President: Roland Sharman Email: [email protected] SA are revising their events program. For details please contact: The Sir Henry Royce Foundation Sifija Virgo 0419-819-759 or email: [email protected] Russell Rolls, Victoria Branch - President: Louise Matthews PO Box 140, South Yarra Vic, 3141. 0418-325- 086 (m) 9 Aug General Meeting, Bill Allsep House, Rowville Greg Osborn 03-9390-1564 Email: rolls@pacifi c.net.au 12 Aug Self-Help Technical Day, Mont Albert Greg Osborn 03-9390-1564 19 Aug Drive or be Driven Day, Bill Allsep House, Rowville Greg Osborn 03-9390-1564 Federal Publications PRÆCLARVM Editor: Tim Dean, 25-26 Aug National Auto Museum, Launceston, Tas Section Ivan Pearson 03-6225-3084 1630 Malvern Road, Glen Iris, VIC, 3146. 10 Sep Ladies Lunch, Studley Park Boathouse Greg Osborn 03-9390-1564 0401-987-808 (m) 03-9886-9024 (fax) Email: [email protected] 13 Sep Annual General Meeting, Bill Allsep House, Rowville Greg Osborn 03-9390-1564 Registrar (Chassis Plate): 15-16 Sep Concours d’Elegance, Wesley College, Glen Waverley Greg Osborn 03-9390-1564 David Vann, PO Box 41, Lutwyche, QLD, 4030. 07-3265- 11 Oct General Meeting, Bill Allsep House, Rowville Greg Osborn 03-9390-1564 2999 (w) 07-3865-4822 (fax) Western Australia Branch - President: Brian Tilbury Email: [email protected] Mailing list: Ian Dunn, 5 Aug AGM - RSL Hall, East Victoria Park Roy Whitchurch 0411-707-403 40 Murranji Street, Hawker, ACT, 2614. 15 Sep President’s Dinner. Royal Perth Golf Club Roy Whitchurch 0411-707-403 02-6278-3763 Email: [email protected] 30 Sep Run to Serpentine, SABC fly past Air Show Roy Whitchurch 0411-707-403 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: Greg Osborn, 17 Hammersley Crt,Taylors Lakes, VIC, 3038. 03-9390-1564 Email: [email protected] Western Australia: Marie Hammat, PO Box 590, Kalamunda, WA, 6926. 0417-990-812 Email: [email protected] Section Contacts Northern Territory: Keith Preston, PO Box 1066, Palmerston, NT, 0831. 08-8983-1029 The Australian contingent at the 2012 RREC Annual Rally. On the far right is Tasmania: Ivan Pearson, Russell Rolls Jr (Vic), with his son Sterling (3) (Vic) who should go far in the Club! 15 Ellington Road, Sandy Bay, TAS, 7005. Notice the footwear of most there. (courtesy Tom Clarke (WA)) 03-6225-3084

PRÆCLARVM 4-12 6123 F rom the Editor 2012 Continuing: Congratulations SpeedReaders: provided rear compartment privacy. inter in Australia has kicked-in erspicacious Members will have Subsequent to Frank Albert’s Wwell this year. Cool weather forces Pobserved that Præclarvm often uses ownership, the car passed through two plenty of time sitting and pondering the services of SpeedReaders (USA) to owners before its acquisition in the Præclarvm while you keep warm by provide interesting book reviews for its 1970s by Jim Weir of Sydney and it has the fire - at least that is what we do pages. been in collector hands since. It arrived in Victoria, perhaps the northern states Sabu Advani (also editor of the USA RROC in the U.S. in 2011. The coachwork have other ideas - perhaps staying dry The Flying Lady) leads the dedicated remains sound, although its black under an umbrella as it has been a and experienced reviewers who run the paintwork refl ects considerable patina. tad wet? website www.speedreaders.info. It is to be sold without reserve and Long Term Editor: Præclarvm is pleased to announce that has an estimate of US$65 - 75,000. s a past Victoria Branch Newsletter in their fi rst year of submitting their web NZ - Great British Car Rally Editor, now steering Præclarvm site for consideration, a jury of their 17-22 February 2013 A peers has awarded SpeedReaders.info into the future and on behalf of all he British High Commissioner in a Gold medal at the 21st International Club Members I wish to honour Kerry NZ has announced a repeat of the Automotive Media Conference. The IAMC T Moorhouse’s efforts in editing the QLD October 1997, NZ-UK Link All British Car is a program to recognize and encourage Branch Northern Spirit for at least Rally from Auckland to Christchurch. excellence in all forms of automotive the past 32 years (its been so long, no But this time branded the GREAT British media. one is really sure of the exact dates!). Car Rally. It will start in Auckland on This is a monumental effort that was Præclarvm congratulates them on this Sunday 17 February, 2013, and fi nish in very demanding of time and effort and prestigious award. Christchurch on Friday 22 February; the has made an untold contribution to the Sale in the USA of Phantom 10MC: second anniversary of the Christchurch running of the Branch and recording of earthquake. The Rally will be fundraising its history. Thank you Kerry, on your for four NZ charities retirement as Editor, for the fabulous The 1997 Link ‘All British Car Rally’ effort. celebrated the strong motoring links QLD Branch have announced that between New Zealand and Britain. Michael Wilsen (QLD) has offered to Until the 1960s, most of the vehicles take on the duties of Editor of The imported to New Zealand were British. Northern Spirit. Præclarvm wishes The aim of the rally was to provide him well, for perhaps a similar length an opportunity for all British car of service! enthusiasts to enjoy their vehicles in a 2012 Victoria Branch Concours friendly noncompetitive atmosphere. hank you to David Neely (NSW) and d’Elegance Invitation: TTom Clarke (WA) for bringing to The rally will be open to all British he Victoria Branch extends a very Præclarvm’s attention that one of the cars - both classic and new and we will Twarm invitation to all Members, oldest Phantoms extant and the first follow the same route from Auckland from around Australia, to join them at of its type to be delivered to Australia to Christchurch. As in 1997, you will the Branch’s 2012 Concours d’Elegance. is coming up for Auction in California, be able to join us for the whole rally or This will be held at Wesley College, Glen USA on 16-17 August. complete as many stages as you wish. Waverley in Melbourne on Sunday 16 All the information is available on their This 1925 Rolls-Royce Phantom September from 10am to 3pm. website: www.ukinnewzealand.fco. saloon with coachwork by Martin & King gov.uk/GREATbritishcarrally or email Like all Branches, Victoria has (of Malvern, Vic), has chassis no. 10MC many excellent activities each year: Amanda Anslow at: greatbritishcarrally@ and engine no. EB75. It was shipped to gmail.com to register your interest. but the Annual Concours d’Elegance Sydney received an open tourer body, is the premier event. It is not only by local coach builders Jackson, Jones A Thank-You from Your Editor. the opportunity to admire the quality, & Collins, preparatory to delivery by hank-you to the Members who range, diversity and longevity of the Sydney Rolls-Royce agents Dalgety to Tsent their best wishes to Margie many cars in the Branch, but also Frank Albert, a wealthy Australian music as she got over her broken leg. She offers a chance to catch up with old, or publisher. has now quite recovered and, with a meet new, friends. This year, sponsors’ bit of dedication to her physio, will Around 1937, the Albert Phantom I displays, dealers, food and product have full mobility back soon. Thank- was reconditioned with new coachwork vendors, as well as entertainment are you too to those who asked after the by Martin & King. The sleekly formal planned to contribute to a carnival-like health of GBK58. She has had a new closed-quarter styling of the new fi ve- atmosphere. head gasket fitted, most successfully I passenger saloon body, complemented As well, the September General might say! by the chassis’ newly streamlined Happy motoring, Meeting is on the Thursday before the fenders, was completely contemporary Concours and all interstate members to the period. Inside, a division window Tim Dean GBK58, BSH20044 who have not seen the splendid Club Room facilities and the Archives of the Sir Henry Royce Foundation at Bill Allsep House in Rowville are warmly invited to attend this as well: so a visit to Melbourne in September could combine the two. For more details or assistance, please call the Vic Branch Secretary, Greg Osborn on 03-9390-1564 or email [email protected].

6124 PRÆCLARVM 4-12 F rom the Federal President y dear fellow car enthusiasts, I and his colleague John Carter Mtrust this edition fi nds you all hale to thank for the design and and healthy. Now that Peter Chan has build of Wakefi eld Park motor returned from his extensive overseas racing circuit, near Goulburn, holiday, our outgoing Treasurer John that opened in 1994. Hiscox has passed the Treasurer’s At the end of June I visited duties to him. Once again thanks to the Victorian Branch and took John for holding the fort until Peter the opportunity to check out returned to us. Members of the Bill Allsep House. Louise Executive have now settled into their Matthews and the Victorian roles and are getting on with the Branch members made me business at hand. most welcome and tried to Our various Branch committees fatten me up with an excellent regularly receive enquiries from the selection of scones, cakes general public regarding cars that were and chocolate delights. I was most the somewhat inclement weather. The once in the custody of their families. impressed with the excellent work run included members from Victoria, I have received a number of these being done by Gil Ralph and his team of NSW and SA and it was great to myself. Like our committees, the fi rst archivists, cataloguing and assembling see and catch up with some familiar place I turn is that magnifi cent work of an amazing collection of Club historical interstate faces. reference “Rolls-Royce and Bentley in items. I also have to commend all By now you should all have received the Sunburnt Country” by Tom Clarke those members around the country your letter from the SA Branch and David Neely. The joy of using this who have sent items to the Foundation regarding next year’s Rally in Glenelg. reference source is the comprehensive Archives. There are some incredible If you have not yet responded to their indexing that allows you to search for items of historical interest that have questionnaire please do so as soon cars using Owner’s Name, Chassis come out of the woodwork and I would as possible so as to help the Rally Number or Registration number. This encourage anyone who is having that organisers both minimise costs and then leads into a comprehensive clean out of the shed or garage to look arrange a successful event. history of all the fabulous cars that carefully at your horde of Rolls-Royce We have received an invitation from have graced our shores in those fi rst or Bentley memorabilia and before you our friends across the ditch to an 50 years. Yet again I must thank Tom consign anything to the tip, think of our event that is being sponsored by the and David for the effort they put in to archivist. British High Commission in Wellington, producing this great work and to the While at Bill Allsep House I took the New Zealand between 17th and 22nd Foundation for publishing it. I know opportunity to present the Federal February 2013. The Rally will be it will form an essential reference tool President’s regalia to the Sir Henry between Auckland and Christchurch for generations to come. Royce Foundation on permanent loan. and is open to all British makes and I had the pleasure of attending the This item will now be displayed by the models. Full details appear elsewhere ACT Branch General Meeting on 6th SHRF as are the Federal Trophies so in this edition. June and I would like to thank Chris that all Club members can view it. Thank you once again, ACT and O’Rourke and the ACT members My visit to Melbourne concluded with Victorian Branch members for your for their hospitality. I took this a most enjoyable lunch with the Ghost hospitality during my visits. That’s all opportunity to present Ian Dunn with Register and some of the Vic Branch from me for now so keep warm, keep his Certifi cate of Appreciation for his members, prior to the “Ghosties” dry and drive safely. many years of work in maintaining and heading off on their Southern Weekend Happy motoring producing the Præclarvm mailing list. run. Bryan Inder and his team had Kim Stapleton I also presented Ian with his previous arranged a most interesting weekend, Federal President Federal President’s badge. I enjoyed which I am sure they enjoyed despite a frank discussion with the ACT members present of issues affecting Federal Finances the Branch and Club in general and Profi t Statement - year ended 31 December, 2011 specifi cally the issue of sponsorship Surplus from Præclarvm advertising revenue, and sales to Branches, less printing, postage and direct expenditure $13,307 for Federal Rallies. Ian Irwin provided Interest received $ 2,303 me with an interesting suggestion on $15,610 this topic and considerable food for Overhead expenses see note 1 below $14,832 thought. I can assure Ian that the Loss for Year $ 778 Federal Executive will take up his ideas and endeavour to build on them. Balance Sheet at 31 December, 2011 Also in June we sadly said farewell Cash, Term Deposit and Debtors $82,311 to one of our foundation members, Creditors see note 2 below $10,920 Paul Samuels. I attended Paul’s $71,391 Trophies at Valuation $35,460 funeral, which was an amazing Net Worth $106,851 tribute to an amazing man. It was largely through Paul’s inspiration that Note 1 Includes editor's honorarium, member register upkeep $2800 and registrar our Club was begun in 1956. Paul expenses $1500 was also an active and entertaining Note 2 $10,000 was received before balance date from the Rolls-Royce company as member of the Historic Sports and sponsorship for the Qld 2012 Rally, and has since been paid to that Branch. Racing Car Association. The historic racing car movement also has Paul Summary Prepared by John Hiscox - Past Federal Treasurer

PRÆCLARVM 4-12 6125 VALE PAUL MONTAGU SAMUELS 25 May 1933 to 22 June 2012 Foundation Member of the Rolls-Royce Owners’ Club af Australia

Service celebrating the life of Paul Montagu Samuels was held on 29 June, 2012 at Lavender Bay Sydney. It was attended by Anearly 200 of Paul’s family, friends, colleagues, fellow motoring enthusiasts and business associates. Many of them met later to further reminisce about him after the burial. Paul Samuels will be remembered for many things, but all Rolls-Royce Owners’ Club members should be aware that it was he who fi rst thought of forming our club, and then organized a group of owners to make it happen. Fittingly, he holds RROCA car badge No 1. The full story of our club’s formation is told in David Neely’s book ‘In the Rear View Mirror’, available from the Sir Henry Royce Foundation, and this makes interesting reading. Paul called together the inaugural gathering of 19, (fi ve present by proxy). It was held in the sumptuous Sydney offi ce of Des Collings-Power, with Sep Hall as Chairman, on 20 June, 1956. Paul Samuels was appointed Secretary, Terry Hunt Treasurer, Des Collings-Power and Barrie Gillings Committee Members and Sue Kemp Vehicle Registrar. The proceedings were recorded and typed for distribution by Fleur Robinson. Of the four ladies present, Sue Kemp was already married to Kevon, and later, Jane Fry married John Nevell, Margaret Tingle married Barrie Gillings and Fleur Robinson married Paul Samuels. Margaret and Barrie Gillings and Fleur Samuels attended the funeral, along with many RROC (NSW) members. The other surviving founder members are Des Collings-Power, Terry Hunt, John Nevell and perhaps Sue Kemp. Tributes were read by Paul’s son Brendan Samuels, David Berthon, Stephen Knox and Dugald Campbell. David Berthon’s eulogy follows. Barrie Gillings (NSW) ver a relaxed lunch at the Briar’s As he said “I’ve sort of Olast year I asked Paul how he would had the philosophy over the like to be best remembered. He thought years that if it didn’t have about it for a while…… four-wheels or two pretty “I guess as an obsessed automobilist” legs then I wasn’t interested was the answer along with that in it.” characteristic cheeky grin. And there was Always dapper, suave no denying Paul’s passion for all things and immaculately attired, motoring was a lifetime endeavour. his moustached, David As he put it: “while every body at Niven type character would school was striving to get into the fi rst have been the perfect fi t - 11 or the fi rst 15 I was building bigger his charming personalised and faster billycarts.” style over the years rightly And as we now know, he had some earning him the nickname of pretty impressive billycarts along the “Sartorial Sam”. way. As such his stable of And this focus and indeed motoring collector cars over the years passion didn’t falter throughout his life. was decidedly British in Importantly, in the last months of his character – in no specifi c life Paul had a lifetime of happy motoring order: 1955 examples of as always immaculately presented. memories to refl ect on – fi rstly, as a Bristol’s 403 saloon and 404 coupe, When I interviewed him in April 2003 motor sport photographer, racer, car club a 1968 two-door Bristol 410, R-Type he was preparing to hang up his racing founder, car dealer, historic racer, motor Bentley Continental two-door, Austin helmet on the May 25 - his 70th Birthday. circuit owner, historic racecar preparer Healey 100M roadster, a Bentley It was a wrench having only just parted and as a distinguished car collector. Paul S3 Flying Spur and a later Bentley with his beloved Lotus 15 sports car - had done it all. Continental R – all in superb order and specially built by Colin Chapman for Graham Hill. But it didn’t last long, so much so that he subsequently purchased a Lotus 11, one of the original team Lotus cars raced at Le Mans in 1958. He answered this change of heart by suggesting ”after all, it would have been the fi rst time in 25 years that I wouldn’t have had a Lotus in the garage.” Paul’s fi rst car at the age of 18 was a long way from a Lotus, a 1922 Overland, and cost just 30 pounds. Excited at the prospect of his fi rst set of wheels he was somewhat surprised how quiet it was as its owner coasted it down the hill to his house. Musing over the fact, it then took him around a month to get it going. A short fi rst journey proved a disaster when the car’s steering failed and it ran into a stone fence. He sold it damaged,

6126 PRÆCLARVM 4-12 in the same position, a day later for just the company had the agency 9 pounds. for three and four-wheel Having earlier started his career with Messerschmitt cabin scooters a Sydney advertising agency, Paul, at as well as the Berkeley 23, then tried his hand as a Real Estate B105 sports car - Paul salesman at Castlecrag, the company campaigning one of the front fi nancing him into a 1946 Austin 10. drive fi berglass sports cars in With registration number ABG-006 production sports car racing he affectionately nicknamed the car to great effect. “Abigail”. His employer then acquired A move to VE Motors at Neutral Bay the NSW distribution for Lotus as a car salesman then allowed him to Cars and ordered three Lotus upgrade to a 1947 Rover 16 saloon, 18 Formula Juniors – Paul which gave him his fi rst competition racing the fi rst to arrive at trophy win in a local trial. He was an the fi rst International race avid early member of the Vintage Sports meeting at Warwick Farm Car Club and regularly drove to races at circuit in 1961. Mount Druitt in Sydney’s west. In 1964 John Caskey and This led him to become offi cial Paul formed Eurocars at 259 photographer for R.B. ”Bob” Pritchett, Pacifi c Highway, North Sydney a VSCC stalwart and Paul’s mentor, who and added Mazda and, for wrote a column called “Spotlight” for a short time, Peugeot and Australian Motor Sports magazine – “a Renault. Problems caused by means”, as Paul said, “of gaining me free the NSU RO80’s unreliability entry to the circuit and into the pits.” saw Paul take outright After viewing the racing through ownership of Eurocars in the the lens, Paul got the urge himself and early 70s. Always the dealer, Paul also saw the accordingly “hotted up” the Rover 16. At With the Mazda brand now at its early potential of a number of sports cars his fi rst meeting, organised by the M.G. zenith and with the addition of Alfa in this country before they realised their Car Club in June 1956, at Mount Druitt Romeo, Paul moved Eurocars from North true International value and purchased he led two FJ Holden’s for most of the Sydney to the Frank Delandro Ford site the only Lister Jaguar and Aston Martin way until the last lap when his exhaust at Crows Nest, purchasing the real estate DB3S downunder before passing them came off and he was forced to retire. in 1975, then eventually selling the on to new owners. After two more races in the trusty business in 1981, retiring from the motor However, in 1993 at 60 years of age Rover Paul realised it was too heavy and trade and building and investing in more Paul embarked on his biggest motoring unsuitable for racing. Early in 1957 he’d commercial and industrial property. challenge yet. As he put it “With the saved enough, with extra work on the So in 1981 Paul returned to his love future of Oran Park and Amaroo rather side, to purchase his fi rst “proper” racing of historic racing with the purchase of clouded I got the idea of building a low car - a somewhat famous single seat MG a Lotus 11 followed later in the year cost club circuit, no frills, at Wakefi eld special raced by Alf Najar which had won by the ex Graham Hill Lotus 15. Paul Park near Goulburn.” the 1946 New South Wales Grand Prix at campaigned the two Lotuses in historic Firmly established as one of the Bathurst. Over the next three years he events all over Australia and then in most popular historic circuits in the too was to have many racing successes 1985 decided to head offshore with his country, he fi nally sold the circuit on with this car. race mechanic and take in the extensive in 2000. Importantly, the last 19 years Paul’s interest however was not just European historic circuit. was spent at a far more leisurely pace motorsport, but covered all facets of I was bringing Donald Campbell’s at home in the southern highlands, motoring and he was an early member Bluebird Land Speed Car from the enjoying his range of collector cars or at and prime mover of many car clubs. Museum back to Australia for a Motor his nearby race workshop or on rallies Importantly, he was the instigator, Show tour the following year and Paul or at the Scottish Arms Tavern with his founder and fi rst secretary of the Rolls- was just so excited at this prospect. That fellow local enthusiasts enjoying a yarn Royce Owners’ Club of Australia, founder was Paul, despite his own busy motoring and refl ecting on a wonderful motoring President of the Historic Sports and world, he always had time to ask what career. Racing Car Association, a very early you were doing whenever he saw you. Yes - you were right Paul - you really member of the Australian Racing Drivers I fi rst met him in George Green’s were an obsessed automobilist. Club, Veteran Car Club and Vintage Castlecrag garage with Jumbo Goddard David Berthon (NSW) Sports Car Club and more latterly the in the 1970s but Bentley Drivers’ Club and Bristol Club and when I started on of course lastly, the Country Gentlemen’s Radio 2CH on the Classic Car Club. With a name like that 3rd March 1981 you knew Paul had a hand in it. Paul rang the radio His special interest cars along the station on the way have included a 20hp Rolls-Royce Monday morning Smith and Waddington saloon, “an old and congratulated Arnott family car affectionately referred them on putting to as the biscuit tin”, a 20/25 Rolls-Royce some motoring Thrupp and Maberley sports saloon, content to air. I’ve 1939 41/4-litre Derby Bentley Gurney never forgotten that Nutting Sports coupe, a Mark VI Bentley, generous gesture a Ferrari Spyder and no fewer than at a time when I eleven Porsche’s. really needed some Meanwhile, by 1959 he had become backing with a the Sales Manager for Auto Imports – whole new career.

PRÆCLARVM 4-12 6127 TRAVELS with a GHOST 2012 with 2133 By Keith Wherry (NSW) Photos: Steve Solomon (USA), Keith Wherry & Marie Harland (NSW)

arie and I have had enormous fun travelling with our Representative for the Rally, and Director of Classic Cars M1912 Silver Ghost #2133 over the past 15 years or Australia. so, both throughout Australia and overseas. As well as the Needless to say, the extravagant claims contained in the Eastern States of Australia, we have taken her to Scotland and brochures were not fulfi lled. The originally anticipated “100 England (twice), to China (twice) and to New Zealand (also cars” turned out in reality to be just four independent entrants twice), to South Africa and Swaziland, and last year to the (together with a few sundry vehicles of the “Organiser” and Canadian Rockies, and the U.S. National Parks, Yellowstone, of the “Australian Representative”). No permits to drive the etc., this year to Kentucky for the Louisville R.R.O.C. National vehicles were ever obtained (and someone told us they were Meet, and later this year on the Silver Ghost Association Tour not even applied for!), and we were only able to drive our car of Eastern Canada, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. Next some 500-metres from a car-park to the so-called “start” of year we hope to take her to England, and then on the 100th. below: 2133 in the driveway of the home in Reno, Nevada, Anniversary of the Austrian Alpine Trials. of Tom Batchelor, well known restorer and collector. In October she also celebrates her own 100th Birthday! For many years Tom ran the restoration shop for the famous And still going strong! We plan to bring her home later next Harrah Collection, now part of the American National Automobile year for the Silver Ghost Tour of Tasmania and South Eastern Museum Australia in February/March 2014. After the wonderful time we had last year at the Lake Tahoe R.R.O.C. National Meet and at the Pebble Beach Concours in August, we decided to send her to Shanghai for the so-called “China Classic Auto Rally”, described as a “3,880 kms., 16-days, structured, carefully planned tour route”, “fully supported and endorsed by Chinese Government”, with “all the Chinese Government paperwork in place”, and “all paperwork and logistics...taken care of”. The glossy brochures made many similar glamorous assertions. However, the reality was quite different! According to the initial brochure the “Rally” was conceived by a Chinese and New Zealand real estate businessman who was to be joined by the Australian

6128 PRÆCLARVM 4-12 the Rally, around a private road and then straight back into the car-park! The cars were then left on public display (and we understand that members of the public were charged to view them), then loaded back onto trucks! That was the last we saw of our car until this year. We were, however, fortunate; after a couple of months we eventually got our car back to America (but only after paying additional charges of some US$5,000 including mysterious and unexplained “facility fees”). The other three entrants took much longer to have their cars returned, with the Swiss entry only getting his Mercedes back in May, with enormous bond and other charges to be paid. All promises by the “Organiser” and by the “Australian Representative” to provide refunds have come to nothing, nor are e-mails and phone calls properly responded to, or even at all! So, a word of warning when shipping cars overseas! Be cautious, and do not take the statements or promises of “organisers” or “representatives” at face value! After that debacle, we had the Ghost shipped to Steve Littin, a Kiwi now resident in Ohio and acknowledged as the “world guru” on these wonderful old cars, to have it checked over, and an overdrive unit fi tted on the tailshaft. We collected the car from Steve’s very impressive workshop in Cleveland in mid- June, and drove to Pittsburgh to join an outing of the Classic Car Club of America at the Frick House Museum, arranged by good friends Lee and Pam Wolff, fellow Ghost owners, and well known to many Australian members. Henry Clay Frick became the world’s largest steel producer, and his Fifth Avenue mansion in Manhattan is a fascinating art museum and a great legacy to his philanthropy. In the Pittsburgh car museum attached to the main house is his 1914 Silver Ghost #24RB (surely the world’s lowest mileage, one owner, Silver above: Powhatan Point, Ohio. A small river township that George Ghost), and his wife’s 1923 Springfi eld Salamanca Town Car, Washington used as a base when exploring the area during the also in “like new” condition. U.S. War of Independence. Over 180 years later, in June 1952, at the local airport, Dwight D. Eisenhower greeted Richard M. Nixon with the famous words “You’re my Boy !” They were both elected in the landslide Presidential victory in September that year, some sixty years ago. From Pennsylvania we headed south into West Virginia, and spent the night at Wheeling (remember the Neil Sedaka hit of the seventies?) on the banks of the mighty Ohio River, and celebrated their annual “West Virginia State Day”. Wheeling, a former state capital, must once have been a beautiful town, but since the mine and other industry closures of the seventies and eighties, it is like much of America’s former industrial heartland, full of once grand homes and commercial buildings, many now boarded-up, burnt out, or literally falling down due to decay and neglect. From Wheeling we followed the banks of the Ohio for many hundreds of miles, through beautiful countryside interspersed with the leftovers of industry and power production, and spent the next day at Huntington, a pleasant mid-size U.S. town, obviously more dependent on agriculture and primary production, and so not exhibiting the same ravages of poverty common to many southern rural towns. Marie noted that this was where English celebrity chef Jamie Oliver had recently, and controversially, persuaded the local authorities to introduce a healthier dietary regime above left: Marie (l) with Bill Davis (R) of West Virginia, well known RROC Life member, and collector, with his magnifi cent 1933 Phantom II Barker tourer #4PY which he has owned for almost 50-years. Bill has quite a collection of cars, many of which he bought new, including a beautiful Silver Cloud III Mulliner convertible he bought 48-years ago! left: Silver Seraph #LAY.04566 of Steve Solomon from San Diego, unoffi cial RROC club photographer, who took most of these photos. This photo is taken outside the Louisville “Water Tower” a USA National Landmark with credit to Doug and Carole Gates, the offi cial RROC Club Photographers, who staged the photos there.

PRÆCLARVM 4-12 6129 here that we had our only “blowout”! It was the usual problem of the bead tearing on the tyre. This was fairly dramatic, with the complete tyre and tube coming off the rim and rolling down the road! However, before I had even returned to the Ghost after retrieving it, a very helpful Kentucky State Highway Breakdown Truck had pulled over, and with the use of his modern trolley jack we were on our way in no time. A wonderful, free service provided by the state whereby their repair vehicles constantly patrol the main roads offering complimentary roadside assistance. We took our time, visiting Lexington again, the “horse capital”, and then to the pretty state capital Frankfort (whose permanent population of about 30,000 swells to around 200,000 during the week when the public servants return to work!), and is home to many of the Kentucky Bourbon Distilleries. Then to nearby historic Georgetown, below:”The Belle of Louisville” . The oldest operating Mississippi River-style Steamboat in the world. Built in 1914 as a ferry between Memphis, Tennessee and Arkansas and has operated on all major rivers in the U.S.A, and is about to celebrate her Centenary. The R.R.O.C.”Modern Car Society” held its dinner on the Riverboat.

below bottom: Interesting early 1949 Silver Wraith H.J.Mulliner Saloon #WGC67 of Richard Branyon from Tennessee. This car was bought by Richard’s father in London when almost new. It has only travelled about 30,000 miles. The writer had the pleasure of driving it about 10-years ago, when visiting Richard in Natchez, the famous Civil War town on the Mississippi River

above top: On left Nick Illek, (NSW), on right Denis Deasey, (Vic), and in the middle Merrill Benfi eld from South Carolina kidnapping an unsuspecting Virginian attendee above: Doug and Mary White. With their 1923 Barker Tourer #29LK. Doug and Mary are well-known to many Australians, and were in Canberra for our Federal Rally last year. Mary is the editor of the “Silver Ghost Tourer” magazine in schools following the publication of the town as having the “fattest population” in the country! America is a relatively inexpensive country for Australians to visit with most items being substantially cheaper than in Australia, including accommodation, food and liquor. One night we ate at a pleasant steak house restaurant, and were surprised when reading the bill to see that Martinis and Bloody Mary cocktails were only $2.50 each! So we ordered another one! That day we had our only “mechanical breakdown” with the “after-market” alternator apparently not charging. I was not concerned, as I thought I would just run on the magneto. After a few hours, however, I was surprised when the car “failed to proceed”. After some diagnosis we worked out that as the battery was completely fl at, the electric fuel-pumps (again, after-market!) were not able to operate. So we reverted to using the original pressurised pumps (why, you ask, was I not using them anyway?) and magneto, and all was fi ne. It was a salient lesson; the problems we have with these old cars most frequently relates to “improvements” or changes that we have made to Henry Royce’s originals! We then headed into the beautiful Kentucky Blue Grass Country, past amazing horse studs and equestrian centres and grand mansions, quite a contrast to the homes we had seen during the past few days. It was

6130 PRÆCLARVM 4-12 above:2133 displaying her winner’s ribbons as “Best Touring Silver Ghost” among others! right: being presented with the “Silver Ghost Touring Class” trophy by Chief Judge, Morris Franklin. which, by contrast, is in a “dry” county, like many in the south. Louisville is an attractive city, just across the river from Indiana, and with a population of about 800,000 it is the largest city in the State, and home to the annual Kentucky Derby. We have visited there before, as Marie’s daughter Kari is married to a U.S. Army offi cer, currently stationed in nearby Fort Knox (although the rumour is that all the gold is now in China!). It is always enjoyable on the fi rst day arriving at a large car event, with the excitement of seeing new and interesting cars and renewing old friendships. This was no exception, and with excellent underground parking and security it was fascinating to walk around and see many different models we rarely see in our country. There were approximately 300 cars registered for the event, ranging in age from our Ghost (the oldest out of nine Ghosts in mid-western states, and also a relatively low proportion of attendance), right through to the latest Series II Phantom, older cars (18.3% of the cars attending were pre-war), with which I was fortunate to drive. It’s new 8-speed gearbox gives many attendees opting to drive a long distance in a more a really smooth transition through the changes, although not comfortable modern vehicle. There was a large number of as smooth as the electric concept Phantom which I drove at Canadian cars, as it is only about 800 kms. for example from Pebble Beach last year (which of course has no gear changes!). Toronto to Louisville. I always notice in America the much larger proportion of The President’s Yacht Cruise luncheon on the fi rst day was convertibles, and as well as a very large concentration of a great introduction, followed that evening by the Welcome Corniche models, there were several beautiful Silver Cloud Party, sponsored by Bentley Motors, at the historic Churchill drop-heads, and Silver Wraith and Silver Dawn examples, all Downs Kentucky Derby Museum, with “hats requested” for of which are rare in this country. Again like us, many U.S. the dress code. members have a long distance to travel to national events, and so there was a high concentration of cars from nearby The following days incorporated many interesting technical sessions, including a talk by Sir David Plastow (former CEO of Rolls-Royce Motors), and an amazing array of differing social events that only the Americans can provide (especially with the southern states hospitality). The main downside is the climate, with very hot temperatures and high humidity. Accordingly, the Concours day was held indoors! Almost 300 cars in a huge air-conditioned auditorium! Certainly not as glamorous as a picnic on the lawn under a tree overlooking the water (as was one memorable event in the 1990s at Newport, Rhode Island, held in the grounds of Jacqueline Kennedy’s family home), but much more practical in 100-degree heat!

left: “Tools and Tea” - a well equipped pre-war car! Stephen Sherriff’s 1937 25/30 HP Hooper Saloon (GHO1)

PRÆCLARVM 4-12 6131 U.S. Club automatically sends you the Judging Sheet in the mail, which is always interesting to read after the event! The host hotel was massive, much larger than we have in Australia.....over 1300 rooms, with major convention facilities. The Final Awards Banquet followed a similar format to our Club, and it was nice to have Marie’s daughter with us. The other two Australian members with us were Nick Illek from Sydney, and Denis Deasey from Melbourne, both of whom now seem to be regular visitors to the U.S. National Meets. Also in attendance was Glen van der Hart, originally from Sydney and known to many members, but who now lives in Tennessee, and is currently restoring the former Penfold Wines Silver Wraith H.J.Mulliner Sedanca de Ville #WHD.93. We should also count Steve Littin amongst the Aussies as whilst he grew up in New Zealand and now lives in Ohio, he

below: Beautiful 1955 Bentley SI Continental H.J.Mulliner Fastback BC96LAF of Dan Mouton from Texas

below centre: Elegant 1959 Silver Cloud Mulliner Drophead Coupe, # LSMH57 of Dean Trindle of Palm Beach. The quintissential Florida convertible. A whole team of young men spent the day keeping every speck of dust off the car (and its beautiful “Antler” fi tted-luggage) and keeping bystanders away! This effort resulted in well-deserved First in Class.

above top: Elaborate interior of 1993 Silver Spur III Mulliner Park Ward Touring Limousine #NAP80008 of Julius Cohn of New York. It is said that this car was used by former Secretary of State, Colin Powell. above: Glamorous interior befi tting royalty.... The interior of Peter Kengeter’s Columbus, Ohio, 1935 20/25 HP H.J. Mulliner limousine (GLJ52) I was impressed with the effi ciency of the judging teams, who all went straight to work in their areas of specifi c expertise, and were able, for most classes, to deliver judgements very promptly by early afternoon. It was interesting to note that I lost points for the clock showing the wrong time (still on Aussie East Coast?), failing to have my handbook with the car, still in the study drawer in Sydney! (4-points!!), modern jack in the tool-kit, missing original oil syringe (I also use a modern one!), loose wire on the Klaxon, slight leak from water-pump, slight drip from the carburettor overfl ow, but most importantly, fi re extinguisher out-of-date!! (very naughty, Keith; a timely reminder to us all to check that signifi cant safety factor!). The

below: Our American friends are known for their colourful choice of coachwork. This Continental GT was displayed by the well- known local dealership, Bentley Zionsville Indiana, owned and operated by the Albers Family for over forty years.

below right: Another colourful choice. 1982 Camargue #JAC05393 of Timothy Myrick from Dallas, Texas

6132 PRÆCLARVM 4-12 was actually born in Sydney. So the total “Aussie Headcount” top and middle left: All the world over R-R Owners dress for the was down on last year! important occasions. We were both surprised and gratifi ed to win a number of left lower: Marie Harland, her daughter Kari Giles, Keith, Greg Chew Awards, including Best Silver Ghost Touring Class, Newman (City Film Commissioner for San Francisco ) at the Awards Banquet Award (Oldest Car), Jack Frost Trophy (Popular Vote), Lord above top: 2133 joined a cavalcade of cars attending the Awards Montague Award (highest points for a car from outside the Banquet outside the host hotel U.S.....sorry all you Canadians!), and the newly awarded above: Keith and Marie are presented with the Gentlemen’s Choice. It made all the polishing worthwhile! “Jack Frost Award” by Bob Fahning Upon the conclusion of the Meet, we headed back to New below: A highly decorated Bentley Turbo R in London taking the loyal York, across West Virginia, staying at the attractive capital, subject approach to the Queen’s Jubilee one step too far? Charlestown and visiting with Bill Davis of West Virginia, well known RROC Life member and collector, with his magnifi cent 1933 Phantom II Barker tourer #4PY which he has owned for almost 50-years. Bill has quite a collection of cars, many of which he, or his father, bought new, including a beautiful, as new, Silver Cloud III Mulliner convertible #LSFU405 he bought 48-years ago! We drove through the wonderful scenery of the Allegheny Mountains, part of the Appalachian Range, visited the beautiful Greenbrier Resort at White Sulphur Springs, the home of the Ryder Cup, and the oldest golf course in America, and then headed north alongside the Skyline Drive and Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia and Pennsylvania, stayed a night with Ghost owners Tom and MaryJo Heckman in Philadelphia, and then a dash to the airport and the long fl ight home. We look forward to returning in September to collect our dear old car in Quebec for the Wholly Ghost Tour through Eastern Canada. She is certainly not merely a “showcar”, but a well-travelled and trusted friend, and we look forward to many more enjoyable miles travelling with her. right: Whilst in England in June, Marie and I took the opportunity of visiting Nick & Jo Naismith in Kent who now own 1911 Silver Ghost #1606 the “Melbourne Ghost” (r), which I restored in 1993 and took on the Austrian Alpine Rally that year. I last drove it some 17-years ago when we entered it at Pebble Beach in 1995! Here seen with Tim & Sue Forrest in their wonderfully original 1912 “Taj Mahal”, Barker tourer # 2154 (left)

PRÆCLARVM 4-12 6133 A Montage of Interesting Cars at The 2012 RREC Rally - Rockingham photos by Tom Clarke (WA), André Blaize (Fra)

surrounding: Undoubtedly the star of the show, Mike Evans’ completed 1921 Silver Ghost 72MG. From new this was a specially modifi ed chassis for performance, ordered by W. M. Broomhall. Compare this superb re- creation of the Cunard original body with the same car new in the photograph above.

below: another inspiring restoration: 1919 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost (#5PP) as found below right: 5PP part-way through restoration

below - left & right :1957 Silver Cloud I (ALC5), Hooper limousine.

6134 PRÆCLARVM 4-12 above and top left: 1934 Phantom II (104SK), Hooper tourer (Maharanee of Baroda), and its special mascot.

above: the 1909 chassis 60922, owned new by the Angas family in South Australia and seen here on the P. & A Wood stand. In 1968 it was sold to the U.S., with its 1964 landaulette body, but it has now come into English ownership. With the chassis much refurbished it is to be fi tted with a fi ne 1908-09 roi des Belges body in the same silver blue colour. Although it has been fi tted with the name plate ‘The Silver Dawn’, which was known on the Angas’s chassis 1126, there is some evidence that 60922 (painted new in a light shade of yellow) was fi rst known as ‘Golden ---’, believed to be ‘Golden Dawn’. The chassis is still fi tted with its original Woodhead of Leeds springs, marked ‘Type 500’, i.e. from the 1907 late 500 series cars after transverse springs were deleted. right and lower, left & right: the 1929 Phantom II (106WJ) David Templeman recreation tourer, showing its interior and 7.6 litre, 6 cylinder engine

PRÆCLARVM 4-12 6135 top left: 1933 20/25HP (GSY40), Park- Ward fi xed-head coupé top right: 1934 20/25HP (GED23), Carlton saloon above left: 1931 Rolls-Royce 20/25 (GFT2) Barker Sports Saloon. above right: 1930 20/25HP (GDP43, ) Burbage & Sons shooting brake right and below right: 1937 25/30HP (GLP5) Fisher-Ludlow fi xed-head coupé. below: 1934 20/25HP (GFE20), on an unknown tourer recreation, its special mascot

6136 PRÆCLARVM 4-12 top left and right: 1948 Bentley MK VI (B382CF) H.J. Mulliner below right and left: 1912 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost (#2154), Sedanca Drophead Coupé Barker Phaeton and interior above left: 1934 Phantom II (92SK), Gurney Nutting “Owen” bottom: 1985 Silver Spur (NAF12910), drophead sedanca coupé Robert Jankel stretched limousine above right: 1947 Silver Wraith Hooper saloon (WAB14))

PRÆCLARVM 4-12 6137 The F J Engish Rolls-Royc This is a selection of photographs of 25/30 h.p. cars that Fred Engish took a In his history of the Club, ‘Rolls-Royce and Bentley in the Rear-View Mirror’, David Neely Tom Clarke and David Neely in ‘Rolls-Royce and Bentley in the Sunburnt Country’ noted th Photographs selected and ca

[1] 1936 25/30 h.p., GUL78, Mann Egerton saloon at a Victoria Branch event in 1972. Note the re at the 1972 Federal Rally at Surfers Paradise. [3] 1937 25/30 h.p, GRP74, Thrupp & Maberly lim saloon at the 1971 Federal Rally at Shepparton when owned by HLM Bill Cutts, standing cen Rolls-Royce Ltd in Sydney and retired in 1967 after fi fty years with the marque. [5] GGM10 a

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6138 PRÆCLARVM 4-12 h Archive No19 ce 25/30s at Victoria Branch events and Federal Rallies during the period 1971 to 1990. identifi ed thirty 25/30 h.p. cars owned by Club members in Australia from 1956 to 2002. hat the total number of 20 h.p. cars in Australia from new or soon thereafter was thirteen. aptions by David Neely (NSW) ear quarter has been modifi ed with a narrow window. [2] 1937 25/30 h.p., GMP70, Hooper saloon mousine at the 1972 Federal Rally at Surfers Paradise. [4] 1936 25/30 h.p., GGM10, H. J. Mulliner ntre at back. At the centre in front is Bert Ward, who started his apprenticeship in 1916 with at the 1990 Federal Rally at Leura when in the ownership of Geoff and April Boscoe, pictured.

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PRÆCLARVM 4-12 6139 History in a Caption, # 4

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.

above: The fi rst Rolls-Royce into Perth was 1913 Silver below: From the early 1930s a syndicate led by Faris Ghost 50NA with Kellow coachwork, owned by A. E. Cockram. Palfreyman of Victoria imported from England many older This photograph appeared in the W.A. Motorist for 20 Nov. chassis, with bodies removed, and rebodied them in Australia 1916 p.9 and shows an R. T. Robinson talking to owner A. E. with contemporary bodies. Most were rebodied by Martin & Cockram in the rear, with his son V. Cockram at the wheel, King and there was a ready market for these upgraded cars. after an Automobile Club event. Robinson was the Chairman The results were often very pleasing but owners today like of the Club. It took me a moment to realise that this was to rebody these chassis with more period styles and in that Robert Thomson Robinson (1867-1926), local politician and case fi nding photographs of the original body is ideal. The car barrister, who was father of our late Hon. Life Member Fred shown here has now been identifi ed as 1924 Silver Ghost 1AU Miller Robinson. Small world. Tom Clarke (WA). Barker cabriolet de ville. It is seen at the Paris Salon of 1924 with its polished aluminium bonnet and fi ne features. It was brought to Australia in 1933 and rebodied as a Martin & King saloon. Today it carries a Bradbury replica tourer body, but at least we now know its original appearance. Tom Clarke (WA)

6140 PRÆCLARVM 4-12 Meet the New Federal President and Treasurer Kim Stapleton - Federal President I purchased my Silver Shadow SRH26587 in August 1987 (just before the stock market crash of that year) and at the urging of Ian Dunn (ACT) I joined the Club in 1988. Having enjoyed the delights of our Club for a few years I decided to lend a hand so in 1990 I joined the Events team and so began my involvement on the Branch committee. I have held positions as Events Captain, Federal Delegate, Vice President and President for the NSW Branch. In the Federal sphere I have been Federal Secretary and for the last twelve or so years Federal Registrar of Judges. I believe that it is all too easy to get caught up in the political humdrum of life and neglect what is core to our Club and members. We are a car club and we need to be more focussed on the Objects of our constitutions and our members’ needs. Many of our members are directly affected by the fi nancial mayhem that is currently impacting the globe. I would like to see our Club actively seeking to deliver value for money events and activities to our members. I am also very keen to see as many of our members’ cars, particularly the older ones, out and being driven at the various events organised around the country.

Peter Chan - Federal Treasurer Peter advises that the nearest he got to buying a Silver Shadow or any other Rolls-Royce was during a wander down York Street in Sydney when he actually went into the old agents and enquired. At the time he was living in Darwin and it did occur to him that having to drive a brand new car to croc country was not something he pined for. Some years ago he agreed to house and feed one of our more destitute members who brought with him a Bentley in pieces and various other chassis. These he keeps well clear off except when pressed into brake bleeding, turning things on and off and lending some extra muscle to loosen a tight fastener! In the meantime Peter has established, organized and run a number of companies in our Eastern seaboard capitals as well as in our National Capital. His passion is fi nancial management and balancing the requirements of State and Federal jurisdictions against earning suffi cient returns to maintain life and limb! He has taken on the Federal offi ce noting that they are in an excellent state, audited and complete. His predecessor John Hiscock, Peter says has been of great help in the handover and that the Club has been fortunate to have enjoyed his unstinting service for over six years.

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e all know the 'Magic of a name', that pioneering book of Rolls-Royce Whistory by Harold Nockolds, published for Rolls-Royce Ltd. in 1938 and reissued in 1945 - there were also many subsequent reprints. But did you know that the magical title came from the poem Pleasures of Hope by the Scottish poet Thomas Campbell (1777-1844)? I didn't, but then I didn't know that Warren Allport's book in 1963, 'Rolls-Royce: the power of grace', used the same source. Neither of these books, nor Peter Pugh's much later and monumental volumes, The Magic of a Name, Part 1, 2 & 3 published in 2000 for Rolls-Royce Ltd., mentioned the Thomas Campbell source. We can give him his due now. Tom Clarke (WA)

PRÆCLARVM 4-12 6141 Technical Topics No. 40 Visiting Austria and Rear Engine Seals by Bill Coburn (ACT) TRIP INTO EUROPE. ell this is probably the best place Wto assure you that we returned in one piece from the Swiss Alps, having polished off pizza in Italy, loitered in Liechtenstein and found a museum in Austria that claimed the largest collection of Rolls-Royces under the one roof. In the month that we were away we took some 3000 pictures and I am writing to each Branch Secretary to organize a Special General Meeting so that I can personally take you through each and every vignette of a small slice of my existence! Of course I jest but should anyone rile me I have the weapon OK! Remember the ‘slide evenings’. I try not to!

The Austrian Collection, which you can above: A displayed Phantom resplendent in see at http://www.rolls-royce-museum. badges. at/, had more Phantom IIIs in one place that I had ever seen. The real treasure right: parts to the left of you - however lay in the workshops which we parts to the right - hundreds of them! were able to peer into. The view was, at the road. This situation continued in effect, that of a wreckers yard except until the mid sixties when someone that the bits were all over 60 years old!! thought of piping the effl uvia back into ENGINE REAR OIL SEALS. the air intake and hopefully recycling it. ne bit of the Rolls-Royce lore This created a slight vacuum inside the Oconcerns cars that don’t drip some engine and stopped it hosing the passing oil, have a problem. This has had to be road with its output. overcome thanks to the guardians of By the end of the sixties the pollution our environment. The worst post-war police were fl exing their muscles offenders were the immediate post-war particularly in the Factory’s main market, cars up to the end of the Silver Cloud North America. The last signifi cant oil and derivatives. This was attributed to leak was at each end of the crankshaft the central chassis lubrication system, and legislators there decreed these the output of which, if excessive, fi nished were to be stopped. The solution was up on the ground. Even the Company in relatively simple by using a large lip seal those days must have been aware of the at both ends. These seals which are opprobrium that those cars attracted. always doused in oil should last until a Well I remember the Federal Rally general overhaul, so after climbing to at Bendigo many years ago where the top of a steep driveway at a friend’s the selected Headquarters was a very house, I was greeted with a string of new motel in which I understand the profanity that even taxed my vocabulary. Governor General stayed on offi cial There behind me was a thin stream of visit(s). The entrance was graced by a fresh oil all the way down the hill! porte cochere complete with a pristine So, out with the transmission, out with concrete driveway. By the time some the torus and drive plate and the plate at 300 odd cars of varied vintage steaming the rear of the engine that carries the oil hot from a long journey had stopped seal. But it seems that the clamping was while registration took place, the pristine not effective and at some stage the seal drive way resembled a black skating rink. came loose and the crankshaft simply left: and here it is. The black lip seal is ‘L’’ Only concentrated efforts on the part spun it around in the housing leaving shaped and clamped into the metal ring. of the Motel people armed with steam the engine oil a simple exit. (see photos cleaners rendered the area safe to walk below). below: the condition of the seal as it was on. Nobody drove through the port fi nally removed. cochere after that! And we never had a rally there again, I believe. Assuming all leak points on an engine had been secured, all our engines which to this day churn up a great oil slurry in their sumps. This is augmented by the inevitable leaks past the piston rings and any excess has to go somewhere. That ‘somewhere’ was down a pipe pointing

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Aseries on R-R and B productions, A commanding coverage, well illustrated this is their second edition about the aintaining the breed is the phrase with contemporary photographs and line Derby Bentleys, following the fi rst that springs to mind, even if it M drawings, which convey Paulin’s style to published in 2000. This book fully was used in connection with another perfection and are part of an enduring details the 2,518 Bentley cars produced British marque. Tom Clarke, who is an legacy to a life cut brutally short. from 1933 to 1939, of which 1,777 are Honorary Life Member of the RROCA, known to survive, 77% of production. as Editor with Will Morrison as Co-editor “Who was Savigear?” Peter Brown and Designer have again produced teases out the answer to references Like all the fi ne books in this series an issue which admirably fulfi ls their on chassis cards, “Wiring-up Yes this one gives all the features of each stated intentions, “to include articles on (Savigear)”, with comprehensive series of these ever-appreciating cars, the history of the Rolls-Royce company research and a lightness of touch in the outlining their development and even and its cars up to the 1960s, Derby – telling. listing all the cars individually. There and Crewe – built Bentley cars, as well Steve Stuckey, ACT Branch member are 74 further survivors identifi ed since as coachbuilders and dealers, the lives and internationally recognised Phantom the fi rst edition, while each entry has of personalities involved with the cars, III expert, has written for all three also been updated. and interesting owners.” Indeed this issues of ‘The Roycean’. This time he The rich illustrations in the book 2012 annual, the third in the series, examines the exotic creations of open show the grace and style of the various covers all these bases and is beautifully coachwork for the Phantom III for the body builders who lent their skills to presented. potentates during the British Raj in the clothe the chassis, with their names Tom Clarke and Maurice Richardson sub-continent – modern-day India and and infl uences listed as well. The Flying provide a new understanding of just Pakistan. His trademark ability to cover B is discussed and its development, how tough and troubled Royce’s the car histories with their owners in through these fi rst Bentleys to be built youngest years were. This reappraisal their social and historical settings is by Rolls-Royce, is also described. WO’s is poignant as hopefully plans develop again in evidence. Another superb lack of detailed involvement in the within the Rolls-Royce movement offering and a fi nal twist is the fate of model’s development is discussed, and to celebrate on 27 March 2013, the 3DL200 in nearby Afghanistan at the the use of engines and transmissions sesquicentenary of Royce’s birth. hands of the Taliban. from the 20/25 Rolls-Royce explained as the way Rolls-Royce developed this In a fresh look at the Bentley mascot, The fi nal article is about an experimental Silver Wraith, 41EX, more sporting marque to accompany Greg Millard, a US Bentley enthusiast, the more “dignifi ed” R-R offerings. revisits the story behind the design owned by Roberto Verboon, the author. and presents new information on the The trials and tribulations with 41EX, This book has much to recommend designs from Charles Sykes and others. including a refrigeration unit and power it for those interested in Bentley and A fascinating coverage supported by steering, are reported in this intriguing its history! wonderful illustrations. account. Look forward to a second edition Will Morrison resumes his account of Full credit to Tom Clarke, Will Morrison of the “Rolls-Royce 25/30 and Wraith” G. G. Smith, M.B.E. of ‘The Autocar’ and and their contributors. Enthusiasts have and the fi rst edition of “Bentley his cars. Geoffrey Smith’s Rolls-Royces much to enjoy here and much to look Continentals”, both to be published this were covered in ‘The Roycean’ No. 2, forward to in future issues. year by Complete Classics. -ed David Neely (NSW)

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Twenty Topics No. 40 new. a new quality class of car at a The caption for the photo reads: moderate price………… The Rolls- Twenties - so Few, “The 20hp Rolls-Royce roadster Royce, with its new 20hp model, so the Myths Continued.... owned by Mr J Lewis of Wilcannia. should be an example to the old Mr Lewis is at present residing conservative high priced American he National Library of Australia at Glenelg. This car, delivered by Manufacturers” Thas an online search site called Motors Limited in August last year, 23/6/1923 The Mercury- “Trove”. Many newspapers are avail- has just returned to South Australia Hobart - A Rolls-Royce Chassis able for searching going way back. via the overland route from Sydney. “Messrs Robt Nettlefold Ltd have The papers have been scanned Mr Lewis, in speaking of the brilliant just landed at Hobart one of the lat- onto the records and some of the performance of the Rolls-Royce, said est 20hp Rolls-Royce Chassis. This items need cleaning up, which can “If people knew what Rolls-Royce is one of the models which created be done by the reader. motoring meant there would be such a stir among motorists when I searched, what else(?), R-R dozens more sold”. This, from a they first appeared in England. As 20hp from 1923 to 1930 and beyond man who has sampled various costly the name Rolls-Royce is the hall- and retrieved lots of information. cars, is sufficient proof that Rolls- mark in the motoring world there Early articles, particularly in Adelaide Royce are better than the best, and is no doubt that this chassis will be and Perth, posed as road tests, but well worth the difference in price.” inspected by many interested mo- must have been lift outs from the The car was subsequently rebod- torists. This is the first Rolls Royce London press and R-R publicity ma- ied twice and ended up as a rather chassis that has been imported into terial as there were no cars in either home-built coupe. Unfortunately, it Tasmania”. More than likely, this state to test. Using Rolls-Royce and was destroyed in a fire in Mildura in car was 53S7 which was a Barker Bentley in a Sunburnt Country, it is 1991. It is great to have the photo Tourer sold to The Hon. LC Clifford easy to trace the cars mentioned in of it as it was originally. I have in Hobart and was later sold to Sir some cases, all adding to their his- framed the picture, even though Geoffrey Syme. tory. grainy, as an example of how good 5/12/1923 The Register- The following are just some of the a Twenty can be. Of interest is the Adelaide - Unhappy English news articles: wind horn fitted to the offside below Motorists 24/3/1926 - The Register - the scuttle with its mouth pointing Enormously heavy taxation in Adelaide has a fine picture of a toward the running board, no doubt England, which affects motors ac- Smith and Waddington Roadster, to keep out the insects. cording to their horsepower, has one of the best I have seen which 17/3/1923 The Daily News - had the effect of causing many was very interesting. It was a 2 Perth - The New York Show, by motorists to give up their big pow- wheel braker with the later radiator Captain Victor Beveridge. erful cars in favour of lighter types, and well-base wheels. Checking, the “The New York Show of 1923 is the increased demand for which chassis was GNK86 which was off notable for two outstanding fea- in turn caused the manufactur- test in May 1925 and was one of the tures. The first of these is the ers to reduce their output of 40hp last 2 wheel brakers made with the general improvement in bodywork cars, and concentrate on the design radiator and wheels shown as from and the second is the creation of and construction of less expensive makes. This has resulted in such Registrars types as the 20hp Rolls-Royce, 14hp Sunbeam, 14hp Crossley and the Bryan Inder, 7 Pibrac Avenue, Tel: 02-9487-4153 12 and 17hp Austins. Fords are not Registrar, Warrawee Fax: 02-9489-8323 popular on account of the fact that Silver Ghost Register NSW 2074 [email protected] while the car itself is selling at about Les & Carol Hearne, 10 Morvan Street Tel: 02-9874-3486 115 pounds, the yearly tax alone Registrars, Small Horsepower West Ryde [email protected] amounts to 23 pounds. Taxation on Register NSW 2114 a big Rolls-Royce amounts to from Brian Crump, 62 Oxford Street, Tel: 02-9519-4910 40 to 50 pounds a year. The ten- Registrar, Newtown, [email protected] dency to construct the lightweight Derby Phantom Register NSW, 2042 car has naturally had a depressing Mal Henderson, 40 Wentworth Street Tel: 02-9542-8401 effect on the export trade, which Registrar, Dolans Bay [email protected] has swung in favour of American Derby Bentley Register NSW 2232 machines.” Is this a clear case of Lloyd Missen, Registrar, 67 Rembrant Drive Tel/Fax: 02-9958-2831 taxation having unintended con- Silver Wraith, Silver Dawn, Middle Cove [email protected] sequences? Certainly in Australia, Bentley MkVI and R-Type NSW 2068 American cars had a reputation for Register ruggedness and power. There is an Geoff Down, Registrar, PO Box 18183 Tel: 03-9415-6760 interesting article in the Canberra Silver Cloud, Bentley S Series, Collins St East [email protected] Times of 14/6/1927 comparing Phantom V and VI Register Melbourne English and American cars as to VIC 8003 road clearance. Bill Coburn, Registrar, PO Box 1775 Tel: 02-6296-5893 18/3/1925 The Register- Silver Shadow, Bentley T Fyshwick Fax: 02-6296-5892 Adelaide Series and Derivatives Register ACT 2609 [email protected] Rolls-Royce Motors Limited, re- port that Miss H.P. Simms, of Glenelg, David Doyle, Registrar, 5 Boschetti Road Tel/Fax: 03-5829-8416 Silver Spirit, Bentley Mulsanne Tallygaroopna Mob: 0439-621-385 has purchased a 20h.p. Rolls-Royce, and Related Types (SMART) VIC 3634 [email protected] with a special body design, built by Register Smith and Waddington, of Sydney.

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The car is exceptionally beautiful, bonnet! ago! Many spheres are neglected and and Miss Simms states that she is Happy Motoring not properly lubricated. Gentlemen and extremely pleased “with its perfor- David Davis 42G1 NSW ladies keep your sphere well lubricated! mance”. The Rolls-Royce holds the prestige of being the World’s finest Our group then travelled to the RACV car” Miss Simms’ car was a Smith Silver Ghost Register Club at Healesville led by David Jones and Waddington Tourer which after in his impressive Barker Tourer Silver GHOST REGISTER WEEKEND a long life, has been rebodied as a Ghost #15CW. We all met for pre-dinner 30TH JUNE 1ST JULY 2012 tourer. drinks and much camaraderie before 24/3/1926 The Register adjourning to our own dining room for he Silver Ghost Register Weekend - Adelaide - A Car’s Radiator. a lavish three-course dinner. Here I Rally in Victoria started off with an Character and Breeding at a T gave a welcome speech to twenty-four impressive fi fty-fi ve people enjoying Glance. diners including the owners of ten Silver morning tea at ‘Bill Allsep House’, the “The radiator of a car is like the Ghosts and some other very special stunning headquarters of the Victoria face of a human being, it tells at a Rolls-Royce and Bentley vehicles. Our Branch of the RROCA. We were honored glance the character, breeding , and resident raconteur Peter Crauford then to have in attendance the lovely Jean style of the chassis. A good-looking shared with us, as only he can, some of Allsep their Club Benefactor, the Federal radiator, like a pretty face, is a nec- his latest yarns. He was then followed President Kim Stapleton and the Victoria essary complement to a beautiful by a good story from Greg Johnston. Branch President Louise Matthews, who body. What makes a radiator, the Earlier Greg had shown us his lovely low warmly welcomed our group. ‘front’ of a car stand out among its mileage 20/25 #GNS60. Rex Vincent The Foundation Archives were open fellows and give, even to non-mo- and David Heuzenroeder completed the all morning for our inspection, and torists, an impression of power and evening with more good yarns. Gilbert Ralph, Richard Knight, David grace, or speed, or solid dignity? After dinner Heather Rolls took MacArthur and David Kenway showed What causes a car to look cheap, Russell to hear Daryl Braithwaite in us the methodically-fi led documents. common, underpowered? Consider concert and encouraged a small group The superbly laid out club rooms and the radiators of famous cars. The of us to hear and see the performance. archives with serious memorabilia set a Rolls-Royce, for example, suggests The sight of our Prime Minister’s partner standard that is world class. After our ‘breeding’ in the first glance…….. Tim Mathieson, who was also attending morning tea, inspection and speeches the concert in a large function room, There is a look of strength and it was time for our group with visitors did not dampen our enthusiasm! I think solidity, yet the radiator has the including the Federal President to move Julia was up in Darwin welcoming the dignity and grace of the façade of a on for our early brunch at Madeline’s at boats? Or possibly there to meet the Greek temple”. Jells Park. Indonesian President? 8/11/1923 - Western Mail. At 1.30pm we were guests of Simon Following breakfast on Sunday “Motoring enthusiasts should not Elliott and David Hanna of ‘The Derby morning Peter Jordan-Hill in his fail to inspect Perth’s latest acquisi- Works’ for our inspection of the vehicles, interesting Phantom I #56MC [nearly tion in the Rolls-Royce. This is on especially Silver Ghosts, under repair a Ghost] led us on an enjoyable route view in the showrooms of the sole and restoration in their workshop. Here that he had planned. David and Ellen agents, Dalgety and Co. Ltd. This there were four Silver Ghosts in various Bailie (25/30 #GMP70), Mark Herbstreit car is finished with one of the high- stages of repair and restoration together (20/25 #GNS60) and David Peck and est grade English bodies obtainable, with a number of W.O. Bentley vehicles Pam Telkford (20/25 #GBK41) followed. and is a magnificent piece of work. and some lovely post-WWII Rolls-Royce John and Marjorie Wilson led the The Rolls-Royce, as is even acceded and Bentleys. Bentley Boys in their stunning R Type by its opponents, is the best car A lesser known and rarely seen, but in the world, and after a close in- vital component of the Silver Ghost is spection of the chassis it is easy to When the Ghost Register visited Bill Allsep the sphere and we were shown one House some other models came out to believe this. It is the proud boast of unassembled and in sections. Although the Rolls-Royce Company that not play: (l-r) your Editor’s 1988, Turbo R still working it was badly contorted and (BSH20044), Peter Jordan-Hill’s 20/25 and one of their cars has ever worn out. had been incorrectly assembled and Phantom I (both obscured), David Peck’s (Really? - DD) installed into the Ghost some many years 1935, 20/25 (GBK41) and David Bailie’s 79A1 a Windovers Tourer initially 1937, 25/30 (GMP70). intended for Spain was sent to Perth in October 1923 and obviously did not sell as it was returned to Sydney and finally sold in November 1924.

The site provides hours of en- joyable exploring. Articles provide insight as to why things were as they were, together with plenty of amusement. The advertisements may even turn up occasions when one’s own car has been traded. By way of conclusion so far as the Register in Adelaide is concerned, one wonders whether the frequency of articles about things R-R had some commercial basis! After all - there is nothing new under the

PRÆCLARVM 4-12 6145 News from the Registers and Gallery, which grounds of ‘Lazy Acres’ were designed had on display an by famous landscape gardener Edna interesting array Walling. Here in the chapel on the of work by local grounds my mother Dr Roxie Abbey of artists, all of a very Melbourne married my father William high standard. [Bill] Inder of Sydney. We found the site Here morning tea of the chapel, but the chapel was sadly was generously lost in a bush fi re some years ago. The provided for us. Methodist minister who conducted the There is always service was the bride’s father. It was a room for a good very exciting and moving visit for me. cup of tea or After a very enjoyable and warming coffee and fresh lunch at Marybrooke there was still home made time for a few more antique shops in cakes! We then Sassafras. Peter Moran helped the drove past and antique shops of Melbourne and the above: David Hanna and Simon Elliott of ‘The Derby Works’ with Bryan Inder at closely inspected Victorian economy with his purchase their inspection of the “Works”. ‘Longacres’ the of a choice car mascot. Then sadly it below: David Jones’ Barker Tourer, Silver Ghost Chassis Number 15CW - “the former home of was time to head for home after our Nareeb Ghost” artist Sir Arthur very enjoyable Silver Ghost Register Weekend in Victoria.

RICH AND FAMOUS AND ROLLS- ROYCE AND BENTLEY

he legendary status of the Silver TGhost AX201 and the subsequent well-made vehicles in the Rolls-Royce and Bentley range is the main reason for the continued success of the marque and the reason why the rich and famous like to own a Rolls-Royce or Bentley. At a RROC NSW Branch meeting recently an email had been received by the Secretary “Could anyone confi rm that Stan Fox owned a gold Rolls-Royce?” As a young person I had a close association with Sydney’s northern beaches, especially Avalon and Taylors Point and I knew well of Stan and Millie Fox who lived in this area. He was a self-made millionaire Continental #BC70D followed by Peter Streeton in Olinda. We continued our owning coal mines and coal trucks. His and Elizabeth Crauford in their superb drive through the Dandenong Ranges purple coal trucks marked ‘S & M Fox’ Bentley Continental R #BBR52084. National Park, and on looking up, I was in white were a common sight on the Richard and Wendy Shenfi eld left early confronted with the tallest Mountain Ash Wollongong roads. to travel north to Queensland. Gum trees I have ever seen. The last ten years of his life were Our fi rst stop for the day after a short We then proceeded to our twelve- devoted to his new-found serious drive was the Sherbrooke Art Society noon appointment at ‘Lazy Acres’ the interest in horse racing, training and ten acre country breeding. I spoke with Rolls-Royce club below: Car line up before the Sherbrooke Art Society Gallery in property formerly member and close friend Ian Ibbett Belgrave in the Dandenongs near Melbourne owned by Dr who is writing a book on the racing Una Cato OBE, industry and coincidentally is including CBE. She was my a chapter “Stan Fox - An Old Man in a godmother and Hurry!” but unfortunately no car history daughter of Fred is included. Cato of ‘Moran Over the years Stan owned many and Cato’ stores. cars and always had a ‘stable’ full of Fred Cato was a cars. When asked which car he liked large collector of best he would answer in his Aussie Arthur Streeton accent “a neu-un” – “a new one”! He paintings. I owned many “neu-uns”. As a chain remember the smoker it was rumored around Avalon Cato homes full of that he would sell his cars when the Streeton paintings, ashtrays were full! many of which From memory and further research were donated to I established that apart from the Wesley College Cadillacs, Oldsmobiles and Aston Melbourne. The Martins, Stan and Millie Fox owned a

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number of Rolls-Royce and Bentley vehicles. In October 1951 he purchased a new Bentley Mark VI [B76MD] in Moss Green that was subsequently owned in the 1970s by Silver Ghost Register members Barrie and Margaret Gillings. It turns out that the gold Rolls-Royce that Stan owned was a ‘Sand over Sable’ Silver Cloud. So he did own a ‘gold’ Rolls-Royce! On the death of Stan and Millie two low mileage well maintained Silver Shadows were sold from their estates.

Bryan Inder 12HG NSW right: Original and spare head ready for Loctite bath Derby Phantom Register

A Weekend’s Dalliance

ven on a quiet day in Barrie Gillings’ Egarage one fi nds evidence of serious work in progress. Barrie is restoring compression to his PII, 147GN, with some light restoration to the original head. Work included dipping the head in a cleaning solution, bead blasting, correcting any valve recession and fi nally processing the head through right: Face of a Loctite bath to ensure any porosity original head issues are resolved. Barrie found his - note small PII head did not need surface skimming porosity holes as the original face lined up evenly against a straight edge, so now it is right: Head simply a matter of re-assembling with a removed from new head gasket. 147GN Barrie is soon to release a booklet on PII head (porosity) corrosion and it will be available through the Club. Brian Crump - NSW

below: The job is so much below right: easier with the correct tools. Spare and In this instance, Barrie is using original head on an original toolkit for a Merlin the workbench engine

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EFFECTS OF CAVITATION IN Silver Wraith, Silver Dawn COOLING SYSTEMS and Bentley Mark VI/R Type Register When water fl ows through the cooling system of an internal combustion engine, complex local fl ow ur Annual Social Weekend, patterns exist, particularly Dawn Patrol X, is now fast O within the water pump. approaching. Be sure to bring any Any local increase in fl ow items or stories of technical or velocity is accompanied by motoring interest to share. a local reduction in fl uid pressure - as indicated by Technical. Those members who the relation known as the have overhauled their water pump will Bernoulli Equation. If the have found, amongst other things, pressure falls locally to a severe corrosion on the 1/8 inch thick critical value, cavitation will above: Erosion on side facing the pump impellor. See text. steel plate between pump body and occur: the water will change engine block. from the liquid state to below: More usual corrosion evident on plate’s opposite face Actually, the steel will be most likely the vapour state, causing corroded on one face, but eroded on “Pictures seemed to show fi ne-grained erosion, possibly cavities of water vapour the side facing the pump impellor. due to cavitation, plus larger-scale pitting – due possibly to to form within the body of I replaced the original plate with variations in material properties” – Brian Jenkins fl owing liquid water. Initially, a stainless steel plate and now after these cavities will be tiny - more than 50,000 km the replacement with dimensions of a fraction is as good as new. of a millimetre - but they The loss of steel on the original may coalesce to form larger plate on the impellor side was cavities. very severe and intriguing. It was cleaned in a weak HCL solution, and Under normal operating nickel plated as it seemed a striking conditions, the water pump example of erosion where cavitation circulates liquid water has played a part. See Photos. through the engine and radiator. If cavitation occurs, Brian Jenkins, in the article which the fl uid fl owing through follows explains the mechanism of the pump will comprise cavitation and where it can occur in a mixture of liquid water our cars. and vapour cavities. This mixture is less effi cient in transporting heat from the Happy Motoring, of roughening and erosion of the engine to the radiator, and a decrease in Lloyd Missen - NSW surface of the impellor and the interior cooling effi ciency will result. of the pump body. This erosion - which When a pump is dismantled, effects is a physical rather than a chemical of cavitation may be visible in the form process - occurs when a vapour cavity

DAWN PATROL X ON YOUR MARQUES, SET, GO …. TO MOUNT PANORAMA, BATHURST, NSW 21-24 SEPTEMBER 2012

This is the 10th Anniversary of the Dawn Patrol, and all members are welcome. The location for the weekend is Bathurst, Australia's oldest inland settlement (1815) featuring impressive architecture, monuments, beautiful parks and the home of Motor Sport in Australia. Highlights of the weekend include: Lunch and private tour of Abercrombie House, a 52 room historic Tudor Gothic mansion, one of the largest private homes in the Central West; Optional tours for those interested in Wine & Distilling, Honey, Motoring Racing, Architecture and, History. Motoring tour to Historic Hill End where the gold mined during the boom of 1871-1874 exceeded 60 tonnes. Accommodation is reserved at Rydges Mount Panorama, situated in an unparalleled position on the famous Conrod Straight.

Please E-mail (preferred) Mike Eames for booking & cost details: E-mail [email protected] Phone 0411-197-300.

Come join us for a weekend of motoring and camaraderie.

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moves into a region of higher pressure: the vapour condenses and the cavity Shadow & T Register money in for services or goods traded. collapses violently. If this occurs But in the case of our beloved brake adjacent to a solid surface - such as a HELPERS fl uid we seem to be in limbo. Castrol, pump impellor - a tiny but powerful jet the supplier of RR363 since its of water may strike the metal surface he Club Forum early this month introduction, whilst having the formula with suffi cient force to mechanically contained a plaintive request from apparently does not make the product erode a small particle of metal from the T an owner in Victoria reporting a non- and in fact have never done so; their surface. In the case of a pump which functioning Shadow and could someone problem has been to fi nd someone to operates continuously over very long please come to the rescue. As at the physically make it. That, according to periods - in, for example, a city water time of this writing there was no public my informant at Castrol is the current supply system - this erosion may have response, which would have been nice situation in Australia. Meanwhile no a serious effect on the effi ciency of to see but then someone privately may orders will be taken for the stuff and the pump. In the case of a car cooling have contacted our immobile owner. none is stocked here. But there are, system however such erosion is possibly it is alleged, suffi cient supplies in the of little signifi cance. Given that there are no more cars UK. These may be from the current One approach towards improvement to be made, any effort to keep those car manufacturing company which of the cooling system in early cars remaining, running, must surely be gossip would have it, has gathered all involves pressurisation of the system, worthwhile if we really are enthusiastic remaining stocks to its stores. allowing the temperature of the cooling about the Marque. Helping owners water to rise above 100 degrees who are not able for whatever reason LOCKS Centigrade without boiling. However to access repair people or are reluctant an increase in the water temperature to try their own hand at the job, in my I remind owners that these intricate increases the tendency for cavitation opinion should be a prime aim of our mechanisms are ignored at the car to occur, and the benefi cial effects of membership. owner’s peril. Do not hang heavy pressurisation may accordingly be weights on the ignition key, and don’t reduced. On the other hand there are those force the key into the lock, but feel it In water supply practice, a reduction who will play the bewildered damsel. through. When an ignition or door lock in pump speed is a standard means of We get the occasional one of these on starts to give trouble take the lock out reducing cavitation: it is of interest to the Forum, help is offered, sometimes and have a specialist overhaul it for note that the R-R Service Manual TSD even physical assistance and it may you. If you feel the lock is gritty or 2292 indicates that the fan and water dawn on the helper eventually that he not smooth do not use WD40 or other pump of the Silver Wraith, Silver Dawn is simply being used as unpaid labour. lubricants. Again visit your friendly lock and Bentley Mk VI originally ran at 1.10 Well I remember an owner deserting shop and they will sell you a pressure times the engine speed but this ratio me to watch television while I struggled pack of the correct lubricant. Use of was subsequently reduced to 0.85. with a his car problem. When I insisted other materials is likely to clog up the The reason for the modifi cation is not that he clean my car while I worked mechanism and jam the lock. stated, but it would possibly have had he thought I was joking. I wasn’t, and the effect of reducing the tendency for when he returned to his TV, I quietly Touring. Given the weather at least cavitation to occur. gathered my bits and left. He hasn’t South of Brisbane the motivation to Brian Jenkins (NSW) spoken to me since! entice people into their cars for a fairly long trip is fairly small. There is also RR363 a new determination at Federal Level to co-ordinate the activities of other below: If you have this model fog light on Many enthusiasts lose sight of the Registers and would be tourers. Watch your car it is more than likely that you will fact that businesses that supply parts this space. never use it. But do keep covers on them and materials for our cars, actually to prevent stone damage and the build-up want to stay in business, this means of general grime Bill Coburn (ACT)

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September and continue throughout the Mountains. We will discover all this and SMART Register weekend to Monday 1st October. more on our S.M.A.R.T. rally to Lithgow. All members of the RROCA are eligible One of the main attractions in the and indeed invited to attend, regardless area is the famous Zig Zag Railway. Dry Wings of the model of PMC owned. Members Unfortunately, we have just heard that are also allowed, subject to numbers, it has run into operating diffi culties uring the 2011 Rally to Broken to have guests accompany them on the (OHS issues I think) and has ceased DHill, participants put forward trip. We have even allowed non-marque operation, however, we are still working many suggestions for our next jaunt. cars to tag along! on a plan to include this attraction in It would have been easy for me to Among the attractions likely to our itinerary. organise somewhere within or close amuse us will be the Mount Piper Power If you have not caught up with this to Victoria this time and be assured Station, and the Small Arms Factory information to date and would like to a good roll up, but this year, we have Museum. Built in 1912, the Factory take part you are welcome to contact chosen the Lithgow area of N.S.W. to manufactured a range of weaponry me for a chat and or enrolment. try to encourage attendance from more and other metal components for many Interested parties should then contact of our N.S.W. and Qld. counterparts. household items. It has galleries the Zig Zag Motel Lithgow to reserve The greatest volume of supporters showcasing local artists work, including their accommodation. A limited number for the S.M.A.R.T. rallies has come quilting, ceramics, glassworks, pottery of premium rooms have been reserved from Victoria even though eight of the and steel forging. History everywhere! in the Club’s name. now eleven rallies have been based in We’ll see the miners memorial and the Special rates have been struck for N.S.W. statue of the Lithgow Flash, Marjorie our benefi t @ $145 for the Deluxe The town of Lithgow is nestled in Jackson who won gold at the Helsinki Queen rooms. Variations are also a picturesque valley on the western Olympic games in 1952. available at respective rates. Mention slopes of the Blue Mountains and is The Gardens of Stone National the RROCA when you speak to Judith surrounded by nature reserves and Park, just north of Lithgow conserves at the motel on 02 6352 2477. Let me national parks. With a population of spectacular sandstone formations, know when you have booked and I will 14,000 Lithgow boasts all the services rare plants and unique habitat for rare send you further details as they come and facilities of a modern rural town. birds and animals. The Blue Mountains to hand. I will plan a halfway motel for Although, at the time of writing Botanic Garden, Mount Tomah is southern travellers should you wish to this report, some details are yet to where cool climate plants thrive in this break the drive. No rally booking fee is be fi nalised, it is clear that the area mountain air. The gardens boast ancient required but as in the past some monies has plenty to keep us entertained for conifers, giant redwoods and colourful will be collected for bulk bookings and the entire extended weekend that we fl owering plants through all seasons. convenience, etc. normally take. In 1994 the Wollemi Pine was In the meantime I bid you all happy To be conducted on the same discovered somewhere in the Wollemi proceeding. weekend as the last few years, the National Park, the largest wilderness David Doyle (Vic) Registrar rally will commence on Friday 28th area in N.S.W., forming part of the Blue

SMART WEEKEND RALLY 2012 Bill Coburn TOURING Issue 95 BOCKING IN A SPIRIT. SMARTLY ROUND The noises a Spirit Suspension makes and how to fix them. LITHGOW THERMOSTATS. An interesting and most informative paper on the 28th September - 1st October 2012 LITHGOW NSW alternatives to using original units. PLASTIC RADIATORS. This Rally will boldly go and seek-out the sights and Keeping them cooling along. sounds of lovely Lithgow. We shall see items from the AGEING PUMPS. area’s industrial past to the present tourist attractions, all A simple solution to leaking pump sleeves and replacing set in the local stunning natural surroundings. Something the inner ‘O’ ring. for everybody: from National Gardens and Parks to shops, MEANDERING. museums and railways. A recent visit to the Franz Vonier, Rolls-Royce Museum All Members are more than welcome to join our numbers in Dornbirn, Austria. on another famous SMART Rally! GETTING GASSED. Please book your accommodation by ringing the Some thoughts on converting your PMC to LPGas. Zig Zag Motel, Lithgow on (02) 6352 2477. ABS WOES. Mention the R-R Club to get agreed rates. When electrics fail to sitck to the ABS valve chests. Then contact David Doyle on 03 5829 8416 [email protected] for a booking form or obtain one from Technical Library your Branch’s Newsletter. http://rrtechnical.info/

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1939 Bentley 4¼ Litre (B199MX), Vanden- Plas style tourer, North Stables, Oxfordshire. 1923 20HP Sedanca-de Ville (80K9), A very 1926 Phantom 1 Saloon (44SC) Good club M-series included cam & roller steering, heavier original car in outstanding condition, very low car, registered in the ACT. Complete ownership rear axles, stronger big end & main bearings. The mileage, blue and black body by Waring Bros of history since its importation to Australia in 1926. camshaft was altered for more power at lower Melbourne. Plush blue velvet passenger interior Original handbook and mascot, together with revs, 80mph @ 3000rpm. One of 3 cars built to with vanity mirrors and two folding child seats, an additional “fl ag bearing” radiator cap. A tidy, Sir Malcolm Campbell's specifi cations, ensures speaking tube for passengers - chauffeur, vinyl solid and reliable car, which runs very well. excellent power to weight ratio, giving amazing roof renewed, wheels restored. Original mascot Reputedly, this body is the last manufactured performance. Federal and State Concours winner. Price: $215,000, would consider 20HP in part radiator cap (not shown in photo), original black by Martin and King. Price $69,500 or offers. For exchange. David Heuzenroeder Ph. 0417-233-775 leather pockets inside doors, original bevel details phone Alastair Kinloch 0412 437 315 or edged glass on fi xed windows. Engine runs email [email protected] smoothly, most tools and complete book of ‘Instructions for the Care and Running of the 20 H.P. Rolls-Royce Car’ dated December 1922. This car was fi rst owned by Harriet Gould of Melbourne and has then been owned by various members of the Rank family since the 1950’s. Price $70,000 ONO. Car is located in Perth WA, contact Mary Gray 08-92715707 or email [email protected] for a set of photos.

1950 Silver Dawn (SCA49) Victorian registered but plates not included. Old English white with red leather. Kellow Fawkner delivered. Owned this car since 1984 and done much work: engine rebuild, interior and bare metal repaint, always garaged. Car is well maintained, located in Melbourne being sold as 1930 Rolls-Royce Phantom II (4GY) is. inspection welcome. $39,000. neg call Zan with matching numbers. The engine has been 0428-668-828 or 03-9370-7568 restored and the car now requires coachwork. This car was originally purchased in 1932 by Hibbard & Darrin. It was then sold to the Bruce Ismay family in 1934. Bruce Ismay was the 1951 Silver Wraith (WME18) touring saloon Chairman of the White Star Shipping Line and by James Young, formerly the property of opera built 3 ships. The most famous one being the singer Dame Joan Hammond in Victoria. Full Titanic. Please submit all offers. Phone: 02-9522- restoration in WA in the 1980s by Matt Smith 0400 or e-mail: [email protected] with many concours wins and still in fi ne order. In black with grey leather, electric division, sumptuous woodwork, all tools, a supremely elegant car. Price: $75,000. Contact: Terry and Elwi Smith 08 9322 2696 or email terrysmith@ 1936 25/30 HP (GUL78) Mann Egerton 7 smithconsulting.com.au passenger limousine body with Brooks trunk fi tted with 3 suitcases. Full tool kit, 2 sets of aluminimum wheel disks. This owner for the last 35 years. Price $70,000 ono. contact Albert Blashski 03-9546-9154.

1961 Bentley S2 Reg No. BB819 (B46CU) After 33 years of being loved and cared for by my second owner, the old man says it really is time for me to move on. I have had a charmed life, 1990 Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit II never been in any bingles of note, have all my (AIS333) Georgian Silver 8 cylinder Unleaded original bits and pieces right down to the original Aspirated 6.8 L (6750cc) Low mileage - delivery docket, my sage over smoke green skin 1986 Bentley Mulsanne (BSG15341) 78,000 kms Registered to Feb 2013 Exterior is in pretty good nick apart from some minor Superb champagne exterior bodywork, bodywork excellent, interior leather and timber blemishes, my engine and transmission were cream leather interior. Fuel Injected. Aust/ in excellent condition. Burr walnut timber as rebuilt some years ago, my beige interior has York Motors Delivery. Factory Bentley Alloys, new. Leather document holders in rear. 5 some worn out bits and is kept warm with fi tted excellent tires. Original books in leather case seatbelts. Always garaged and well maintained. sheepskin covers, and I am ready to provide & tools complete. Has participated in may Maintenance records from 2007 on hand. good service to someone who will continue to state Rallies, proud resent owners 10 years. Located in Sydney. A most comfortable car for provide me with good care and be willing to pay Well-known Club Car. No plate not included. your driving enjoyment. For more information $45,000. Bruce Batagol w: 03- 9419-0811 or h: Reluctant sale due to age and health. Price: contact Vivien 0408-888-820 price: $46,500 03-9824-7225 $32,500.00 Phone Janette 0407 682 275 PRÆCLARVM 4-12 6151 Market Place - Rolls-Royce Owners’ Club Classifi ed Advertising

For Sale For Sale Headlights - pair CAV Model F, 11" external • 4 early type Bentley Mark VI wheel discs diameter. Very good condition. $1500 pair. complete with caps. New old stock. Contact: $250 each or $850 for set John Milverton ph: 0416-109-010 or email: • Bentley Mark VI radiator shell - dented but [email protected] repairable $300 • Bentley Mark VI/R Type/Silver Dawn steering wheel - mint $350 • Bentley S1 Radiator shell - badge removed! repairable $250 • Large ammount of Mark VI parts - wheel discs - instruments - door cappings in good condition - and many more - ask for details • Lucas sidelights ex Silver Ghost superb restored condition. Also suit Phantom 1 $900 For Sale: Left over from the Gold Coast Please contact Peter Crauford 0408-819-980 Federal Rally swap table are the following pre for enquiries, pics and other info. war spanners and hand books which are for sale: Pre war spanners in very good used condition at $90 each. To suit a 20 hp: F51933, F51934, F51935, F51936, F51964, F2892, F2893, F2894, E52106, E52018, E6258 and F52298. To suit a P1: F51933, F51934, F51935, F51936, For Sale: 1968 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow F51964 and E6258. parts for sale To suit a P11: F51933, F51934, F51935, All parts available -- many fully reconditioned / F51936, F51964 and E6258. re-furbished including:- To suit a 20/25 hp: F6371, F6372, F6392, • Full wood kit including picnic tables (still F61015, F61016 and E55017. in wrapping ) Hand books in very good used condition. Wish To Exchange • Front and rear bumpers (still in plastic 20/25 condensed version $150 Phantom 2 Owner’s Manual (approx. 190 wrap from platers) 20/25 full versions with chassis numbers $200 pages) FOR four wheel brake 20 HP unbridged • Front and rear brake callipers (new pistons P11 condensed version $75 Owner’s Manual (approx. 160 pages). & kits) Please note that 10% of all sales goes to the David Alsop • Many other parts avaialble Sir Henry Royce Foundation. Phone: 03-9822-7299 ah 03-9637-3737 bh Phone Terry Farrow on 0431-478-735 or 03- Contact Les Hearne on mob 0422-810-882 - 9570-1970 [email protected]

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