#rolls.royce

289 Rolls Royce Open Tourer Project GTZ 22 (1933) ALW 589 by Robert Knight Via Flickr: Rolls Royce 20/25 (1929-36) Engine 3699cc S6 Production 3827 Chassis GTZ 22 Body unknown possibly Hooper Registration Number ALW 589 ROLLS ROYCE SET www.flickr.com/photos/45676495@N05/sets/72157623690651737... The Rolls-Royce 20/25 is the second of Rolls-Royce Limited's inter-war entry-level models. Built between 1929 and 1936, as a replacement model for the Rolls Royce Twenty. The target market for the 20/25 was the same as the Twenty – the luxury, owner driver market. Developed under the project name Goshawk with its primary goal of increasing power and performance, that had been eroded as the Twenty continued to get heavier. The new 20/25 model was debuted at the 1929 Olympia Motor Show the 20/25 came with a larger 3,699cc straight six engine with overhead pushrod operated valve, separate cast iron block and aluminium crankcase with detachable cast iron 6-plug head, 7-bearing crankshaft with vibration damper. Pressure fed lubrication with relief valve feeding rocker shaft and timing gears. Project GTZ 22 The coachwork is probably about forty years old. is a full four door four seater with hood and side screens, Fitted with a nice pair of stainless steel headlamps. correct but unusual and desirable. GTZ 22 was supplied new to its first owner a Mrs. Stern, by dealers W J Smith of Little Cadogan Place. Sloane Street. London. The family history makes interesting reading, Mrs. Stern was (possibly) the wife of Sir Albert Gerald Stern (1878/1966) a scion of the Stern. Rothschild. Bischoffsheim & Goldschmidt merchant banking families & the Goldsmid gold bullion family. Sir Albert was more interested in machinery than banking, and during World War 1 offered his services and that of his armoured car and crew to the war effort. He along with A J Balfour and Ernest Swinton developed what they called a Piloted Tracked Vehicle powered by a Rolls-Royce engine. By the 15 th Sept 1916 the Tank Supply Committee had 50 tanks ready for action at Flers. In 1922 Albert married Helen Merryday (he was 44 & she was just 21!). eldest daughter of Sir Orr-Lewis – a survivor of the sinking of the Lusitania (1915). In 1933. the year Mrs Stern took delivery of GTZ 22. her brother-in-law Sir Edward David Stern died & Sir Albert became head of Stern Brothers. In the 12 th Century. Barham Court (Stern's country residence) in Teston originally belonged to Sir R. Fitzurse (1145/73) one of the quartet of knights who murdered Thomas A'Becket. the Archbishop of Canterbury. in 1170. Diolch am 97,560,762 o olygiadau gwych, mae pob un ohonynt yn cael eu gwerthfawrogi'n fawr. Thanks for 97,560,762 amazing views, every one is greatly appreciated. Shot 21.08.2022, at Lupin Farm, Kings Bromley, Staffordshire REF 163-289

044 Bentley Mark VI (1949) FWN 599 by Robert Knight Via Flickr: Bentley Mk.VI (1946-52) Engine 4257cc S6 IOE Production 5201 Registration Number FWN 529 (Swansea) BENTLEY SET www.flickr.com/photos/45676495@N05/sets/72157623759855498... The Bentley Mark VI 4-door standard steel sports saloon was the first post-war luxury car from Bentley. announced in May 1946 Numerous specialized bodies were available but the vast majority received the rust prone Standard Steel body. it was also both the first car from Rolls-Royce with all-steel coachwork and the first complete car assembled and finished at their factory. These very expensive cars were a genuine success, long-term their weakness lay in the inferior steels forced on them by government's post-war controls. The Mark VI was introduced with a F-head straight-6 4.3 litre engine with uprated in 1951 to a 4.6 litre version of the engine Diolch am 97,159,451 o olygfeydd anhygoel, mae pob un yn cael ei werthfawrogi'n fawr. Thanks for 97,159,451 amazing views, every one is greatly appreciated. Shot 21.08.2022, at Lupin Farm, Kings Bromley, Staffordshire REF 163-044

290 Rolls Royce Silver Dawn (1953) 738 XUE by Robert Knight Via Flickr: Rolls Royce Silver Dawn (1949-55) Engine 4566cc S6 IOE Production 760 Registration Number 738 XUE (Warwickshire) ROLLS ROYCE SET www.flickr.com/photos/45676495@N05/sets/72157623690651737... The Silver Dawn was introduced in 1949, as the sister car to the Bentley Mk.IV until 1952 and thereafter the Bentley R type, Rolls Royces had a detuned engine and U bonnet radiator. and Stromberg carburettor until 1951. Thereafter Zenith carburettor and a larger bore 4566cc engine Produced at the Crewe works the Silver Dawn was the first Rolls-Royce car to be offered with a factory built body All cars until 1952 were export only mostly LHD models with column geasr shift, the few RHD cars had floor change. Most bodies were Rolls Royce Standard Steel, with very few coach built. From 1952 the Silver Dawn was made available in the UK, almost invariably with the Hydromatic box, standardised during 1953, The suspension was independent at the front using coil springs; at the rear the live axle used half elliptic leaf springs. Servo assisted 12.25" drum brakes were hydraulically operated at the front but retained mechanical operation at the rear. Diolch am 97,560,762 o olygiadau gwych, mae pob un ohonynt yn cael eu gwerthfawrogi'n fawr. Thanks for 97,560,762 amazing views, every one is greatly appreciated. Shot 21.08.2022, at Lupin Farm, Kings Bromley, Staffordshire REF 163-290

288 Rolls 20/25 Limousine (1935) CPY 734 by Robert Knight Via Flickr: Rolls Royce 20/25 Limousine (1929-36) Engine 3499cc S6 Production 3827 Body unknown possibly Hooper Registration Number CPY 734 (Yorkshire - North Riding) ROLLS ROYCE SET www.flickr.com/photos/45676495@N05/sets/72157623690651737... The Rolls-Royce 20/25 is the second of Rolls-Royce Limited's inter-war entry-level models. Built between 1929 and 1936, as a replacement model for the Rolls Royce Twenty. The target market for the 20/25 was the same as the Twenty – the luxury, owner driver market. Developed under the project name Goshawk with its primary goal of increasing power and performance, that had been eroded as the Twenty continued to get heavier. The new 20/25 model was debuted at the 1929 Olympia Motor Show the 20/25 came with a larger 3,699cc straight six engine with overhead pushrod operated valve, separate cast iron block and aluminium crankcase with detachable cast iron 6-plug head, 7-bearing crankshaft with vibration damper. Pressure fed lubrication with relief valve feeding rocker shaft and timing gears. Diolch am 97,560,762 o olygiadau gwych, mae pob un ohonynt yn cael eu gwerthfawrogi'n fawr. Thanks for 97,560,762 amazing views, every one is greatly appreciated. Shot 21.08.2022, at Lupin Farm, Kings Bromley, Staffordshire REF 163-288

535 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow II (1978) BUR 753 S by Robert Knight Via Flickr: Rolls Royce Silver Shadow II (1977-80) Engine 6750cc V8 OHV Production 8425 Registration Number BUR 753 S (Luton) ROLLS ROYCE SET www.flickr.com/photos/45676495@N05/sets/72157623690651737... The Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow and its slightly stretched version, the Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith II, are full-size luxury cars produced by British automaker Rolls-Royce in various forms from 1965 to 1980 In 1977, the model was renamed the Silver Shadow II in recognition of several major changes, most notably rack and pinion steering; modifications to the front suspension improved handling markedly. Externally, the bumpers were changed from chrome to alloy and rubber starting with the late 1976 Silver Shadows. These new energy-absorbing bumpers had been used in the United States since 1974, as a response to tightening safety standards there. Also now made standard across the board was the deletion of the small grilles mounted beneath the headlamps Bosch fuel injection fitted on the cars sold in California. Diolch am 96,875,231 o olygfeydd anhygoel, mae pob un yn cael ei werthfawrogi'n fawr. Thanks for 96,875,231 amazing views, every one is greatly appreciated. Shot 07.08.2022, at the VSCC Prescott Speed Hill Climb, Prescott, Gloucestershire REF 162-535

041 Bentley 3½ Litre Tourer (1934) AXK 6 by Robert Knight Via Flickr: Bentley 3½ Litre (1933-36) Engine 3669cc S6 Production 2411 (includes Bentley 4¼ Litre) Registration Number AXK 6 (London) BENTLEY SET www.flickr.com/photos/45676495@N05/albums/72157623759855498/ The Bentley 3½ Litre was a luxury car produced by Bentley from 1933 to 1939, and was the first new Bentley model following Rolls-Royce's acquisition of the Bentley brand in 1931. Bentleys of this era are known as Derby Bentleys because they were built in the Rolls-Royce factory located in Derby, England. Those of Bentley's previous independent era are Cricklewood Bentleys. It was unveiled in September 1933 and sold as a bare rolling chassis with engine and gearbox, scuttle and radiator, ready for coachbuilders to construct on it a body to the buyer's requirements. While many distributors ordered their preferred bodies as showroom stock to enable them to stock finished cars ready for immediate sale. From the outset, the car was intended to compete on quality and grace rather than sporting reputation which had been the cornerstone of the pre-1931 Bentley company. The cars retained the famous curved radiator shape based on earlier Bentley models, but in all meaningful respects they were clearly Rolls-Royces. The Rolls-Royce Engineer in charge of the development project, Ernest Hives (later Lord Hives), and although it disappointed some of Bentley's more traditional clientele others were drawn to the new model. Despite not being a car of remarkable outright performance, the car's unique blend of style and grace proved popular with the inter-war elite and it was advertised under the legend the silent sports car. The 3½ litre engine was developed from Rolls' straight-6 fitted to the Rolls-Royce 20/25.The Bentley variant had a higher compression ratio, sportier camshaft profile and two SU carburettors on a crossflow cylinder head, with a power output of around 110 hp and a top speed in the region pf 90mph. A 4-speed manual transmission with synchromesh on 3rd and 4th, 4-wheel leaf spring suspension, and 4-wheel servo-assisted mechanical brakes were all common with other Rolls-Royce models. The chassis was manufactured from nickel steel, with a double drop layout to gain vertical space for the axles and thus keep the profiles of the cars low. The strong chassis needed no diagonal cross-bracing, and was very light in comparison to the chassis built by its contemporary competitors, weighing in at 2,510 lb Diolch am 97,159,451 o olygfeydd anhygoel, mae pob un yn cael ei werthfawrogi'n fawr. Thanks for 97,159,451 amazing views, every one is greatly appreciated. Shot 21.08.2022, at Lupin Farm, Kings Bromley, Staffordshire REF 163-041