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 his private driver in the movie The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix. That there Rolls Royce of Sheikh Ali Ben Redic Fy Fazan was made outta gold.

The Rolls Royce 10 HP came 'round in 1904, bein' the first motorcar from Rolls Royce, but only lasted for 2 years, makin' just 16 of 'em. I've heard tell that the Sheikh in The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix drives one, all decked out in gold, real exclusive-like. The Silver Ghost lasted for 20 years and was top-notch modern for nearly all of 'em. Henry Royce and Charles Rolls aimed to make a car of supreme quality and luxury, one that wouldn't go outta style long after you bought it, or at least not for the price you paid. Yup, the Silver Ghost stuck 'round from 1906 to 1926, survivin' through the early 1900s, the 1910s, much of the 1920s, includin' the Great War, the Spanish Flu, and even a bit after, almost 'til the stock market crash in '28 before retirin'. And even though Rolls Royce might've seemed outdated just before the '28 crash, its heyday was in the '20s, '30s, and '40s, and it's still kickin' as a brand today.

After the Silver Ghost came the Phantom II, Phantom III, and Silver Wraith toward the '50s. Phantom III, for instance, was used by none other than Winston Churchill as his wheels during WWII. And from '31, Rolls Royce also churned out a sportier version, the Bentley.







Above: Sheikh Ben Reddik Fyfasan’s personal chauffeur, Emanuel Desperados. He’s givin’ it full throttle in Sheikh Ben Reddik Fyfasan’s own Rolls Royce 10 HP, with the sheikh hangin’ on in the back. They’re headin’ up to the Pinchcliffe to see Theodore Rimspoke, to jaw about The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix race an’ them blueprints for the IL Tempo Gigante, of course.






































































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