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Saturday, October 09, 2010

Cann of Camden Town.

From Autocar July 26th 1913 comes this advertisement about Cann of Camden Town.

The original makers of Boat-shaped Bodies.



Check out their telegram address "CANNABLIST, LONDON". Love it.

Cann of Camden Town was also commissioned by build the body of the second Rolls-Royce ever made, a 10HP chassis number 20153 which came off test on 10 October 1904, and was delivered to a Lt Col Moffatt of Tidworth, Wiltshire.


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This is how Miller St Camden Town looks today. Not exactly a street you would think the second ever Rolls-Royce body was built in.

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