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John King’s photograph of Lindsay Wogan driving B11DK in the Vintage Car Club’s Invermay Hill-climb, <strong>February</strong> 1975. B11DK, engine L7BR, Hooper Saloon, registered BXY14 amazed at there being 17 Derby cars in NZ! Sorry that will now in June 1935 to Mrs J.R. Campbell. It was imported to New be 16, but we are returning for family reasons - we have just Zealand in the late 1970s by Frank Renwick, who still owns it. loved living in NZ. My car is body design 26, I think the same B136FB, engine S3BN, Thrupp & Maberly Saloon, registered as Gavin Bain’s, except the window arrangement on mine is 467CLK to J.F.B. Gage in <strong>February</strong> 1936, and now owned designed to catch the rain if you are facing the wrong way!” by Bob Thompson, Nelson. This car is about to depart New Zealand, for its homeland, as Bob writes: “I bought the car in 1996 as a project and got it back on the road (for the first time since 1962) in 1998. Since then it has been a story of continuous refurbishment, and I think all has been rebuilt now, except the gearbox. It is a great touring car, capable of holding 80mph at 3000rpm in overdrive. We’ve done 40,000 miles in it so far, mostly in NZ, France and Spain, as well as its native UK. I’m (Clockwise from above) Bob Thompson’s photograph of B136FB The text of Mr I. Rogers’ letter to The Real Car Company: “The late Mr John Briggs, who purchased CJJ406 in about 1963 because he felt sorry for it on a cold garage forecourt in November. He then ran it every day until he stopped driving, due to ill health, in about the summer of 1993. I purchased CJJ from his estate. Please look after CJJ for us all.” John King’s photograph of B166FB in Oamaru during the Southern Region’s touring weekend, November 2010. NZRR&BC Issue 12-2 6
B166FB, engine H5BY, Park Ward Saloon, registered as CJJ406 in January 1936 to Lt Cdr C. Crawshay, then stationed in Malta. Bruce Carey bought this car from the Real Car Company, and extensive work has been carried out on it. As time went by, the Park Ward body evolved, and Rolls-Royce eventually acquired a controlling interest in the company, enabling jigs to be built, replacing the traditional coach-built construction with the steel framework seen here. B29FC at Waiau during a Southern Region run B29FC, engine D4BR, Thrupp & Maberly Saloon, registered as EU4758 (U.K.) FS1935 (N.Z.) Thrupp & Maberly body no. 6224 new to Lord Combermere in January 1936. Imported to NZ by Colin Dray, Wellington 21/11/63; Gavin Bain bought it 1/7/68, rebuilt it 1970-76, and still owns the car. 4¼ litre: B174JD, engine Z8BK, Park Ward Saloon, registered as FPB239 to G.E. Morris in April 1937. Imported to New Zealand by its current owner, Richard Langridge, to Auckland. The complexities of the Bentley’s brake adjustment, compensation, and application systems are seen here on B175KU. Richard Langridge’s image of B174JD B195JY, engine J5BC, Van den Plas Drop-head Coupé, registered May 1937 to H.W. Barnard as DXV425. Owned by Julian Smith in Dunedin. B195JY pictured during some servicing at Bruce McIlroy Ltd B171KU, engine K2BC, Van den Plas Pillarless Saloon, registered May 1938 by M.G. Ballantyne, and now owned by Chris Empson in Te Awamutu. NZRR&BC Issue 12-2 7
Page 1 and 2: New Zealand Rolls-Royce & Bentley C
Page 3 and 4: Well, it’s that time of year agai
Page 5: (left and above) John King’s phot
Page 9 and 10: Dr Ian Johnstone’s image of B118L
Page 11 and 12: en route in the Carmargue, was aske
Page 13 and 14: trip of three more or less equal da
Page 15 and 16: The Opening of the Rolls-Royce Show
Page 17 and 18: FOR SALE: 1960 Rolls-Royce Silver C
Page 19 and 20: Provenance The Rolls-Royce Motor Ca
Page 21 and 22: COLGRAY MOTORS Rolls Royce & Bentle
Page 23 and 24: BRUCE MCILROY LTD Authorised Bentle

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