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:

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AUTOCAR-26-5-79-FEATURING-VW-SCIROCCO-GLS-CAPRI-2000S-/290842449925?pt=UK_Magazines&hash=item43b78f9805#ht_1016wt_817

 

Buy it Now....

 

(Posted by David Irvine)