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Towing A Rolls
We have a member who has a Rolls and wants to know two things:
1. Who makes base plates for a Rolls ?
2. Can you tow it all 4 wheels down ?
Any help would be appreciated.
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It’s pretty much a sure bet his dues are going to double.
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I already informed him of the dues increase, but then he gave Nancy and I a ride and I forgave his dues for life. Jon’s just pissed he didn’t get a ride.
While on the ride, a guy pulls up with a golf cart and asks if we have any Grey Poupon?
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That Rolls looks like a RR Silver Cloud II (1960-1962) which would have single headlights on either side.
Our Silver Cloud III (1964) has dual headlights. I’m guessing we both have the same transmission which is a 1950’s General Motors unit…… no park, neutral at the top, then D, 3, 2, and reverse on the bottom. Love that servo on the transmission that will not let you have power brakes if it doesn’t make a full revolution! Generally, that can happen if you roll less than 3 ft. which can happen when parallel parking.
Her name is ‘Rollerina’.
A base plate will probably have to be custom made.
And, we keep a small jar of ‘Grey Poupon’ in the glovebox….. you never know when the need will arise.
Mark
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Mark, Wished you would have towed the Rolls to the Seminar …would have loved to take a spin in it!
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Maybe all the PC members who have a Rolls can have their “people” bring the Rolls to the next rally unless a base plate can be found beforehand.
I think anybody driving one should wear a black suit, white shirt, black tie and a little black hat and should open the door for all passengers.
I believe the Rolls at the top of this thread is a 1958.
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I have a fairly extensive background with Rolls-Royce Silver Clouds. Assuming you are not joking about towing one, there certainly are no normally commercially available baseplates. The bumper and frame configuration does not make it practical to mount a baseplate in the typical fashion used on more modern vehicles.
The car is heavy and will need a supplemental braking system and again the braking system Mr. Mark describes does not lend itself to anything on the market today and would be a difficult engineering exercise to design one.
The stainess steel grill shell on a Silver Cloud is the most recognizable aspect of this era Rolls-Royce. It requires a lot of work to restore and keep in pristine condition. It would not fair well in the environment that exist behind a motorhome.
Given the above, I’m sure Buddy is jerking us around and pulling our leg… However, I did see this car in the RV campground just the othe side of the river at the Louisville Rolls-Royce Owner’s Club annual meet a few years back.
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If the brown RR is a ’58, they would call it a Silver Cloud I. Most likely a 6 cylinder model.
The Silver Cloud III has a 6.25 liter V-8, you can watch the gas gauge move while you are driving.
The gas gauge is also an oil level gauge. There is a button to push that will reposition the needle giving you the oil level (engine off of course).
-No power locks, cruise control or tilt wheel.
-Air conditioning.
-Electric fuel door release.
-Electric windows that operate without the ignition on.
-Manual front split leather seats with individual arm rests w/ manual reclining, rear leather bench with arm rests.
-Rear wood trays located on the back of the front seat.
-A front wood tray is available for the front passengers located under the dash, is spring loaded and pops up to a reachable height.
Mark
(owned ‘Rollerina’ since ’98, fun fairly low-maintenace car)
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M & C’s Rolls is tons of Fun!!!
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We have owned 3 Rolls Royces over the years… my favorite being a 1986 Corniche convertible which I drove everyday for 5 or 6 years.. then it sat covered in our garage until last year when a couple of guys flew in from Belgium and flew it home with them. I loved that car !! The other 2 were Silver Shadows and I drove them everyday… they were fun to own too.
They say “Wrap your ass in Class” !!
I think Jon and Di saw the Corniche at our house.
Our son Markus is a car nut and has had every kind of exotic car known to man I think… he currently has a 2012 Rolls Royce Ghost … but he won’t drive it… only has 12K miles on it… infact he has numerous other exotics but that is my favorite. He loves buying and selling them but they have to be perfect and low mileage. He has 5 or 6 on Ebay all the time… they are all gorgeous.
Cheers, Diane
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Diane,
The Silver Shadow’s are quite nice. Although we don’t own ‘Ole Blue’, we are storing it for our 88 yr. old friend. The 1974 RR Silver Shadow has less than 7,400 original miles on it. I take it out to blow the dust off every now and then. It’s a nice driving car, still smells new which is hard to believe.
Mark
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That’s pretty Mark..
Mine was Silver Sand over Walnut and had the picnic tables in the rear… which was unusual they were normally only in the Wraith. Also had the 6″ thick wool floor mats.
I think it had belonged to Tex Ritter…. not sure which one but one of the ones we had did belong to him.
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And I thought my dump truck was elegant looking……………..
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Re: the Rolls Royces…
We went to Carew, England in 1982 as the guests of Rolls Royce and had a fabulous tour of the Carew plant. I was looking for a Cornich and wanted to see one built. We were the only scheduled guests of the day…
The experience was tremendous. As a back drop, we were in the ranching / oil business in Texas at the time and so my two children, Betty and my mother all were dressed in Western attire…mine included a sports coat, tie, Stetson hat and boots… I state that only to say that when we arrived, the workers gathered in such numbers that security had to be summoned as we went from building to building…
….remember that at the time, the television series “Dallas” was playing seven days a week in London…
The rumor spread that I was Larry Hagman’s brother (Hagman, as you will recall, played J.R.)… on one occassion during the three hour tour, seven machinists stood side-by-side and whistled the theme song of Dallas for us…. it was really great!
During the “sales closing part”, the Vice President of sales made a great prsentation. He was the son of the head of the radiator department and had been allowed a level “one higher” in organizational standing than his father (whom we also met). The most interesting thing this VP said when I asked for the specifics of the differences between a Rolls and a Bentley was ….and I truly quote: ….”When one departs his factory after having laid off workers, it is far better to depart in a Bentley than a Rolls”…
Hope you enjoy the story… it is true..
Pres
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Pres, I was born and raised less than 20 miles from ‘Crewe’ in Cheshire. Rolls was one of the ‘factories of choice’ for engineering apprenticeships in the area. Michelin being the other one.
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