"When it Does Not Exist, Design it!"

Sir Henry Royce's own words.

 

 

Or did Bernd Pischetsrieder say those same words after he paid $40 million Pounds for the name Rolls-Royce before 'The Big Split' ?

That's all he got. No factory, no workers, no Silver Ghost AX201 ("Oops!", he must've said there) and no 'TU' registration numbers.

 

Just a name.

 

Read the excellent book 'Kidnap of the Flying Lady' by Richard Feast for the whole story...

 

 

Anyway, I have somehow got my hands on an early Goodwood Phantom brochure.

It's a good one (big too), so I will share some of the images:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A great design by Marek Djordjevic and the gang.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What a job they did.

Who said "You can't make somethin' from nuthin'...?"

 

That's what I thought when I first laid eyes on a pre production prototype Phantom in Las Vegas.

Bernd agrees.

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Posted by David Irvine)