…and if you’re looking for a decent way to get to shoot birds with that Holland shotgun at Lord Herbert Hardly-Breething’s estate, what better way to get there than in this magnificent creature:
7.4 liters of rumbling reliability, after one hundred years of service… and yeah, I know there are no seatbelts. It was a better time, when cars looked wonderful and men died like men.
Well, in that Rolls you are more likely to show up at one of Gatsby’s Long Island Parties than a weekend at Lord Hardly-Breething’s estate, considering it’s a correct side drive Springfield Mass Built Rolls. I guess you could always have it shipped to England for the season.
But RED? on a Rolls? a Bently — sure — But not a Rolls. You could always blame it on the guy who rebodied the car as an Ascot dual cowl phaeton. No doubt there is an interesting story behind the color change as well.
There’s always one purist in the crowd.
I think a fire-engine red Rolls is a great big middle digit at the Stuffy-Pants Set — of which I am a proud member, by the way — in saying, “Yes it’s loud, and I don’t care.”
What I find deeply ironic is that this particular Roller has lasted a hundred years, and is still running. Any bets on whether one of TODAY’S Rolls Royces would last that long?
Speaking of a British car with New England heritage, here’s something special …..
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Not quite as attention getting as a Red Roller, unless you’re keeping it in it’s proper operating range.