Happy 75th!
Rolls-Royce turned 75 in 1979.
Today (in my basement 'stuff') I found a 26th of May 1979 Autocar magazine celebrating just that.
They even did a road test in which they drove a new 97,000 Pounds Sterling Phantom VI and a 56,000 Pounds Sterling Camargue.
Comparo:
Then a quick RR history:
Sorry bad scans, but you see how it goes:
The details:
But the best part is the proud RR dealers' and suppliers' ads:
I had no idea this firm supplied the metal for the grilles:
How they build a Silver Shadow:
Oh, who could have predicted the next 25 years?
It's all good though. But no one could have imagined it back then.
A copy of the magazine (not mine) can actually be found on Ebay:
Buy it Now....
(Posted by David Irvine)
posted @ 4/11/2013 11:00:00 am
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