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Old 08-17-2003, 03:51 PM
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One of the web's best auto sites is www.rrab.com, which has an encyclopedic amount of info on every Rolls-Royce and Bentley ever built, coachbuilders, one-offs, you name it. Enjoy.
That link doesn't work. i sure would like to have it though, maybe I'll find it myself.

I had a fairly long involvement with a 1934 Rolls Phantom II, i believe the chassis was 104 SK or SK 104 (I think it was listed BOTH ways depending on which paperwork you were looking at.
If memory serves, it was owned by "The Maharini of Baroda" which is I guess in India? It eveidently was originally a 1929 but was sent back to the factory in 34 for a rebody, at which time I guess Rolls back then could sorta redo things and reissue a new title for it, something like that. I also heard the car went back to England during WWII.
Now the story also continues that there was this guy from the US that worked for (possibly higher up management type) KLM Airlines and had a meeting with the person who owned the Rolls, and he commented that he liked it. Few months later, the Rolls shows up at his door, he GAVE it to him! Thing is, he knew he had to reciprocate on it, he sent the guy in India a Benz! (Sorry no idea when exactly this happened or what Benz he sent back).

But in regards to the earlier post about the Silver Ghost, this car also had dual ignition, but not simply that, it was 2 entirely independent ignition systems, one side a traditional breaker point/ coil ignition, and the other side was a magneto ignition system. There was an ignition switch position for "HT" (high tension), "MAG" or "BOTH".

PS My car I have spread all over is an early 62 AH Sprite, still with the 948cc engine, but like the "Bugeye" Sprite, no door handles, roll up windows, or a top that folded back. The "top" is a frame that stores in the trunk (as in take it off the car and put it in the trunk) and a roll-up fabric top you also just remove and store in the trunk.

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