Various Rolls Royces 1904-1960
Rolls Royces , well, they were some of the fanciest darn luxury cars in the whole world from around the early 1900s to about World War II. Even fancier than them top-notch American luxury cars from the same time. Now, my pa ain't never been much into cars and money, but if he sees someone splurgin' too much, he might just say, "I'd fancy me a Rolls Royce, but I ain't got the dough." I remember once walkin' with him, heard a propeller plane nearby, and he goes, "HMM, that's a four-cylinder Rolls Royce star engine." I couldn't reckon a plane havin' only four cylinders, but my old man, bein' a retired engineer, says it's possible for them small, light propeller planes ain't gotta go more 'n about 150-200 kilometers an hour. He also said it's usually Rolls Royce engines in them planes. Them two pictures above: A 1904 Rolls Royce 10 HP, just like the one Sheikh Ali Ben Redic Fy Fazan owned an' rode 'round with h...