For Rolls-Royce and Bentley Enthusiasts PRÆCLARVM The National Journal of the Rolls-Royce Owners’ Club of Australia No. 2-14 April 2014 Quidvis recte factum quamvis humile præclarum. Whatever is rightly done, however humble, is noble. Royce, 1924 PRÆCLARVMPRÆCLARVM TheT National Journal of the Rolls-RoyceR Owners’ Club of Australia NNo. 2-14 April 2014 IIsIssue 271 Features Regular Items Events Calendar 6483 From the Editor 6484 From the Federal President 6485 News from the Registers 6504 Book Reviews 6510 Market Place 6511 Photo: NMM, Birdwood Articles and Features 1925 Rolls-Royce 20 H.P. Chassis GPK43 fi tted with stylish Vanvooren coachwork From the Sir Henry Royce Foundation. Gilbert Ralph (Vic), Honorary 6486 now at the National Motoring Museum, Archivist details the Barr Smith family and their association with Rolls- Birdwood, SA. Royce and Bentley Motor Cars. A Twenty Dressed up for the Ball. Ian Irwin (ACT) here describes a 6492 car now on display in the National Motoring Museum at Birdwood, SA, a 1925 Rolls-Royce 20 H.P. Chassis GPK43 fi tted with stylish Vanvooren coachwork. The Silver Ghost Association, Tasmania and South East Australia 6496 Tour 2014 full report by participant Jeanne Eve (NSW). The Sir Henry Royce Foundation Offi cial Opening of the Lionel 6498 Gell School of Instruction for Rolls-Royce and Bentley Owners on Saturday, March 29, 2014, report by your Editor. cont: The Silver Ghost Association, Tasmania and South East 6500 Australia Tour 2014 full report by participant Jeanne Eve (NSW). The Power Hammer versus the Wheeling Machine David 6503 Berthon (NSW) describes the process of manufacturing panels during coachbuilding repairs using alternative methodologies. Editor Photo: your Twenty Topics No 49 - Touring in a Barker. David Davis (NSW) 6504 Lionel Gell, benefactor to the SHRF and again develops his thoughts on 20 H.P. matters, this time on movements Victoria Branch speaks at the by the bureaucrats in England to potentially march on the classic car opening of the SHRF’s Lionel Gell School movement. of Instruction for Rolls-Royce and SPOT THE DIFFERENCE! Geoff Down (VIC) tells of his recently 6512 Bentley Owners, witnessed by purchased, 1934 20/25, GED62 a sports saloon by H.J. Mulliner, and her Noel Baker, Chairman of the sister, GLG69, 1935 20/25 chassis with a sports saloon body by Freestone LGSI committee. & Webb. Front Cover: upper: “High on a Hill above Hobart”. 2 Silver Ghosts on the Silver Ghost Association Tasmania and South East Australia Tour, sponsored by the RROCA, rest after climbing the steep road to the top of Mt Wellington. l-r the Sierra’s, 1913, 2491 (USA) and the Mead’s, 1919, 35TW (UK). (photo by Mike Sierra (USA)) lower: “Take me back to the 1920s”’ 5 more Silver Ghosts park in Zeehan on the west coast of Tasmania during their recent tour recreating the look of the 20s. l-r are: the Drew’s, 1923, 88LK (Aus), the Kirkby’s 1921, 106AG (Aus), the Milhous’s 1923, 357HH (USA), the Carey’s, 1915, 10AD (Canada) and the Forster’s 1921, 60NE (UK). (photo by Jeanne Eve (NSW)) Photo: Ralph Plarre Photo: Ralph The Silver Ghosts on the SGA tour Club Website: www.rroc.org.au arrived in Melbourne, here led by the Back Issues of Præclarvm: http://praeclarum.rroc.org.au/ Joyce’s 1922, 40PG (USA), to be greeted Views expressed in PRÆCLARVM are those of the individual writers. by Victoria Branch members who accompanied them driving to the Great The deadline for the June 2014 issue is 18 May 2014. Ocean Road, near Geelong, Vic. 6482 PRÆCLARVM 2-14 PRÆCLARVM (ISSN 0159-4583) is published six times per year by the Federal Council of the Events Calendar Rolls-Royce Owners’ Club of Australia. Whilst Federal and Registers every care is taken to check information published, no responsibility can be accepted for errors. 7-12 May 2014 Federal Rally, Hunter Valley, NSW Beverly Simpson 0407-705-040 Views expressed by the Editor and contributors 19-22 Sep Dawn Patrol XII - Details TBA John Harriman 03-9598-6702 are their own and do not necessarily refl ect the policies of the Club. 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NSW. 2031 0407-290-099 (m) Queensland Branch - President: John Wright Email: [email protected] 13 Apr Golden Oldies Run, Wooford Lawn Bowls, Woodford John Wright 0419-678-260 Secretary: Wallace Moorhouse, 25 May Palmer Motorama Museum Drive Day and Lunch, Coolum John Wright 0419-678-260 7 Grant Street, Ashgrove, QLD. 4060 07-3366-5043 22 Jun Navigation Run John Wright 0419-678-260 Email: [email protected] South Australian Branch - President: Rory Poland Treasurer: Peter Chan, PO Box 827, Fyshwick, ACT. 2609 12/13 Apr Annual Concours & Picnic, Seppeltsfield, Barossa Valley Peter Forbes 0411-246-841 02-6161-7316 15 Jun Adelaide Hills Run and Luncheon Peter Forbes 0411-246-841 Email: [email protected] Victoria Branch - President: Ralph Plarre The Sir Henry Royce Foundation 10 Apr General Meeting, Bill Allsep House, Rowville Brian Williams 0458-888-767 Russell Rolls, PO Box 140, South Yarra Vic, 3141. 13 Apr Technical Workshop, Lionel Gell School of Instruction Rob Wort 0410-662-385 0418-325-086 (m) 20 Apr Easter Sunday Picnic, Warrragul Brian Williams 0458-888-767 Email: rolls@pacifi c.net.au 25 Apr ANZAC Parade, Melbourne CBD Brian Williams 0458-888-767 Federal Publications 8 May General Meeting, Bill Allsep House, Rowville Brian Williams 0458-888-767 PRÆCLARVM Editor: Tim Dean, 18 May Family and Pet Picnic, Darling Park Brian Williams 0458-888-767 1630 Malvern Road, Glen Iris, VIC, 3146. 0401-987-808 (m) 03-9886-9024 (fax) 25 May Tasmania Section - Hertitage Visit, Clarendon House Carney Cox 0400-098-197 Email: [email protected] 12 Jun General Meeting, Nelson Bros Garage, Port Melbourne Brian Williams 0458-888-767 Registrar (Chassis Plate): David Vann, Western Australia Branch - President: Brian Tilbury PO Box 41, Lutwyche, QLD, 4030. 13 Apr Annual Concours d’Elegance, Tawarri Centre, Dalkeith Max Cuypers 0412-630-808 07-3852-2999 (w) 07-3852-6222 (fax) Email: [email protected] 27 Apr Whiteman Park - Classic Car Show, Whiteman Max Cuypers 0412-630-808 Mailing list: Ian Dunn, 19 May British Car Club Day at Gin-Gin Max Cuypers 0412-630-808 40 Murranji Street, Hawker, ACT, 2614. 02-6278-3763 Email: [email protected] Branch Secretaries Australian Capital Territory: Peter Hyland, PO Box 773, Mawson, ACT, 2606. 02-6286-4265 (h) Email: [email protected] New South Wales: Judith Merlin, 9 Twin Lakes Drive, Lake Haven, NSW, 2263. 02-4308-3811 (h) 0421-690-299 (m) Email: [email protected] Queensland: David Balfour, 41 Richmond Street, Gordon Park, QLD, 4031. 07-3123-7903 Email: [email protected] South Australia: Peter Forbes, PO Box 355, Welland, SA 5007 0411-246-841 Email: [email protected] Victoria: Brian Williams, PO Box 21, Kew, VIC, 3101. 0458-888-767 Email: [email protected] Western Australia: Marie Hammat, PO Box 590, Kalamunda, WA, 6926. 0417-990-812 Email: [email protected] Section Contacts above: Recently at the 2014 Geneva Salon, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars unveiled their Ghost Northern Territory: Keith Preston, Series II. The car has re-sculpted LED headlights encircled by daytime running lights lending PO Box 1066, Palmerston, NT, 0831. a more dynamic visual signature. At the same time a tapered ‘wake channel’ on the bonnet, 08-8983-1029 emanating from the Spirit of Ecstasy, evokes the sight of a jet’s vapour trail of a fast luxury Tasmania: Carney Cox, yacht and hints at the car’s performance. The Ghost’s new bumpers create a stronger stance 115 Gloucester St, West Launceston, TAS, 7005 and a sense of extra width and height, while the famous waft line has been re-designed to 0400-098-197 lean further forwards emphasising the car’s effortless drive. (courtesy Rolls-Royce Motor Cars) PRÆCLARVM 2-14 6483 F rom the Editor Excitement in the Club: The SHRF, FJ Engish Award for carburettor for sale in Victoria, Bob he New Year has brought some Club Photography 2013 Clarke (ACT) reports some more information.