SC Supplement.indd - Sir Henry Royce Foundation

Late Arrivals in Australia
The 1938-39 advertisement for
the Royal Air Force Silver Ghost.
Note the smaller diameter rear
wheels with balloon tyres. Could
this be 40LW, or perhaps 99FW?
(Courtesy of Oliver Dixon, W.A.)
Supplement March 2010 - Rolls-Royce and Bentley in the Sunburnt Country
Chapter 6
25LK p.312. Bought as a chassis from Southern Motors,
UK, reg’d MO-1726, in April 1933 by Ken Moore of
Melbourne.
14PK p.312. Confirm George E. Merivale ownership. He
brought the car with him from England after a trip around
March/April 1935 (see following source 1 May 1935).
Picture source Motor in Australia and Flying 1 May 1936
p.12. Add ‘Sterling collection, Vic., 1990s; Laurie Ogle,
N.S.W., 2000’. George Merivale’s name was missed in the
original name index.
26PK p.312. Dealers Ira L. and H. C. Berk of Flinders Street,
Adelaide and 72-76 William Street, Sydney offered in the
Sydney Morning Herald 31 March 1928 p.10 a Barker cabriolet
de ville, probably 26PK rather than a New Phantom.
Change ‘Spower’ to ‘Maj. Allen Spowers of Sotheby’s’.
54EM p.313. Bought as a chassis from Southern Motors, UK,
reg’d XR-3936, in June 1933 by Mr. Peterson of Melbourne.
This car was a Mulliner Weymann saloon, not tourer, when
new (see The Motor 21 Oct. 1924 adv p.174)
103EM, 123EM, 32LM p. 313-4. One of these is believed to
be the 1924 4wb ex-tourer chassis bought from Southern
Motors, UK, reg’d XU-3964, in June 1933 by Mr. Peterson
of Melbourne.
103EM p.313. After ‘England’ add ‘(L. Dalton ‘Those elegant
Rolls-Royce’ p.21)’. P. 314, under owner ‘Self’ add
‘reg’d TAS-*C-0037 (see RREC Bulletin no. 111 p.36)’.
The Martin & King body was similar to 6TM.
123EM see above.
32LM p.314. British reg’n was XT4591. Change ‘Tabilk’ to
‘Tahbilk’.
154BG p.316. Delete ‘Brewster’ and insert ‘Rolls-Royce
Custom Coachwork by Smith, Springfield, Massachusetts’.
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