Rolls Roys Hemi ,,,ehhhhh ! yeah !

[DrEntropy]

In th' vernacular of your adopted land then... "SADDLE UP!"

 

[WA1KWA]

Gee Doc, don't hold back!

Just joking of course, point(s) well taken. Yes, I have wellies. I bought them in Scotland. Then I looked at the soles when I got home: "Made in Germany".

To your point, Doc.

Sigh.

Colin

 

[DrEntropy]

Tradition gone fer a chop, Colin.


More's th' pity.

At least we got to know what it meant. Th' ones who come behind will learn to swim, or not.

<shrug>

 

[vagt6]

A chopped Roller a reflection of "declined societal values"??

Sheesh, what a reach!

Doc, you been eatin' too many Holiday leftovers.

 

[Mickey Richaud]

Got Wellies?!?!

I do, if hip-waders count! :wink:

 

[sparkydave]

Agh! My eyes! All it needs is a horn that plays "Dixie", a la "The Dukes of Hazzard".

 

[DrEntropy]

It <span style="font-style: italic">needs</span> to be put out of its misery!

 

[TRMark]

<span style="font-size: 10pt">A terrible thing to do to a Rolls.
I much prefer something a bit more practical. Add a rack in the rear window for a rifle and a fly pole; perfect.</span>

 

[Sherlock]

Following on Mark's post and photos... It's interesting that in the early days of Rolls-Royce many of them got hacked-up after a few years...

I've been told a story about the first Rolls-Royce ever in Alberta here (a Silver Ghost, way back in the early days of motoring), apparently by the 1930's that same Silver Ghost had been converted into a tow truck! And I suspect that car/truck is long gone now, but apparently stories like that were quite common back then, so nothing is really new...

 

[Silverghost]

Many times they were turned into farm implements too....pumps for wells, plows, etc. Hard to keep a good machine down...... Plus times were tough so you used what you had until it was completely worn out and then it went to rot in the back 40. Also there was a time you couldn't give them away.....$500 for a used Duesenberg or Rolls Royce at a used car lot was not uncommon

 

[JPSmit]

Also there was a time you couldn't give them away.....$500 for a used Duesenberg or Rolls Royce at a used car lot was not uncommon

and I suspect this is still the case, especially for the cars that are too old to be reliable and too young to be restored. We've had other conversations on this board about how complex/ expensive they are. And IMHO not every Rolls has aged as beautifully as some have.

 

[Silverghost]

[/quote] And IMHO not every Rolls has aged as beautifully as some have. [/quote]

I quite agree.....one model in particular - the Camargue.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Camargue.jpg

As Yoda would say: "Aged as beautifully, it has not!"

Another that I personally don't care for but is highly sought after by some is the Mulliner Park Ward "Chinese Eye" Silver Shadow (Is it even PC to call it that any more??):

https://luxurycarphotos.tripod.com/65rollssilvercloudIIIchin.jpg

They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder......but sometimes the beholder just HAS to be blind!!! :laugh:

 

[WA1KWA]

Many years ago (1920's - 1930's) in small towns they would take a big, powerful old car, cut it down & make a fire truck out of it. For small towns, villages, it was either that or no fire truck at all.

But the worst thing done to Rolls Royce, in my opinion, are the current models. I mean, it's like they fell out of an ugly tree & hit every branch on the way down.

Colin

 

[DrEntropy]

Must agree, Colin. They look like something you'd expect from a communist block country of the late fifties to me. Even tho underneath the exterior it still has Rolls engineering, the outsides are hateful, IMO. Styling to rival an Abrams tank. Sans turret.

:shocked:

 

[Silverghost]

The Silver Shadow has a somewhat timeless look to it, imho. Like the Countach or the Cobra. I like the Silver Seraph among the "new" cars.