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I had the chance recently to see the Mayor of the City of London's (the strange city-within-a-city bit of London) two Rolls Royce's they keep for formal occasio
by orf 10y ago
I had the chance recently to see the Mayor of the City of London's (the strange city-within-a-city bit of London) two Rolls Royce's they keep for formal occasions up close. They are super rare (only ~400 ever made), worth a whole lot of money and looked amazing.
I'm not a car person but you can't help but feel a shiver when you see a car like that. The engines where the same as the ones they used in the Spitfire fighter planes during WW2 (6.5 liter v8!), full white leather interior, a retractable partition between the passengers and the chauffeur.
I know this isn't strictly about the article but I thought I would share anyway. Rolls is one of the things that makes me proud to be British.
Here's a picture: http://c8.alamy.com/comp/C1ETKT/city-of-london-lord-mayors-official-car-1984-6750-cc-rolls-royce-by-C1ETKT.jpg http://c8.alamy.com/comp/C1ETKT/city-of-london-lord-mayors-o...
Edit: It's a Phantom VI - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Phantom_VI https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Phantom_VI, and the first article on Google is unfortunately this: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1165522/Lord-Mayor-London-8217-s-chauffeur-accused-drink-driving---boss-8217-s-200-000-Rolls-Royce.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1165522/Lord-Mayor-L...
- daemoncoder 10y agoSpitfires used v12's, not V8's.
- orf 10y agoAhh, shame, you're right. They where 27 litre as well! That would be a bit extreme. Seems someone was silly enough to put it in a car though: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u43pWEwI6xY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u43pWEwI6xY
- Sophistifunk 10y agoThere are more of these projects than you might think. Final Objective (a 55 Chev) is the best, IMO: http://www.australiastoughestcars.com.au/news/video-merlin-v12-powered-55-chevy/ http://www.australiastoughestcars.com.au/news/video-merlin-v...
- emmelaich 10y agoThis guy "Lucky Keizer" made a 5l v-twin motorbike from a Merlin engine. http://www.abc.net.au/local/photos/2015/08/19/4296075.htm http://www.abc.net.au/local/photos/2015/08/19/4296075.htm I saw it live once, unfortunately he couldn't start it. I suspect it's a frequent problem.
- Blackthorn 10y agoDidn't those engines require 150 octane fuel as well? Tough to find that nowadays.
- rjsw 10y agoThe Meteor [1] tank engine was basically a Merlin running on normal fuel. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Meteor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Meteor
- caf 10y agoThat's also the car the Governor-General of Australia uses on formal occasions.
- megablast 10y agoJust looks like another car to me, but I am not a car person.
- spitfire 10y ago6.75 Litre V8. or as they said "Six and three quarters".
- calpaterson 10y agoOn jury service at the Old Bailey by any chance?
- Angostura 10y agoI think you mean proud to be German ()the car making arm was purchased) > Rolls is one of the things that makes me proud to be British.