The Rolls-Royce the Coachbuilder built for himself
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- čas přidán 28. 11. 2022
- The Derby Works Ep4 - Lionel Windover was a man of taste. He had to be as one of Rolls-Royce's go to men for designing and assembling a worthy body for the distinguished marques chassis.
Windovers built their cars from 1924 in a factory in Hendon, north London and in 1935 Lionel decided he wanted one of his cars for himself. Rolls Derby factory supplied the 25hp chassis on which he had built a unique car to his very own specifications. Features like an early Philco in car radio were practically unheard of at the time and a very special dividing glass was installed that offered privacy for the rear cabin. Along with a crystal glass cigar lighter, deep pile mohair over rugs and sumptuous leather seats gave the rear compartment the air of a London gentleman's club lounge.
Greg very kindly talked me around this wonderful car and there's probably no better person to do it. He has a 25hp himself which he drives regularly continuing a half century interest in the cars.
Twice weekly visits to classic auto workshops featuring cars from the veteran to RADwood eras & including car restoration, rebuilds, repairs and restomods to anything from Aussie V8s, American muscle cars, Euro exotics, JDM, your coveted everyday runabout and more. If it's built before 1999, there's every chance I'll film it.
My name is Dave and I simply l love old cars and visiting workshops to chat to the people working on them. Added to that, I devour car content on youtube so I thought I'd join in and make some myself.
Hopefully you might like to come along for the journey as well.
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Thanks to Greg for showing me around and Simon at The Derby Works for allowing me access - Auta a dopravní prostředky
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Wonderful video, Those automobiles are positively stunning.#Aztec73 🇺🇲🙂
Thanks Aztec. Glad you enjoy it.
@@davesclassicgaragetours you're welcome.
Fascinating works of art, amazing that some are still in original condition , great videos again Dave!
Glad you like them!
Very cool car.
The way that hole is hacked for the speaker, it's hard to believe it came that way new.
Hacked? Coachbuilders don’t hack.
@@davesclassicgaragetours Did you look at that hole? 16:15 It looks like someone put a bigger speaker in and hacked out the opening to fit it. Maybe there was supposed to be a cover over it, it certainly doesn't look like anything a Coachbuilder would do.
@@bigredc222 You're quite right BigRed. Definitely an aftermarket 'upgrade' going on there. Well spotted.
@@davesclassicgaragetours It's hard to believe someone would do that.
FANTASTIC VIDEO!!!!!!! Loved ever second, thought I knew everything RR/Bentley..learned a bit more!!! 😁
Aux anciens , on ne leurs aura rien appris !! Vraiment une pièce d·exception !! Superbe Rolls ...Félicitations...
Why thank you Sir it was a pleasure bringing the videos to you.
So etwas würden wir in Österreich auch brauchen: Werkstätten für California-Restaurierung. Tolle Qualität, Sirs!
I think I can help with the mysterious name Sorbo. My father, born 1914, had a Sorbo rubber ball, about the size of a cricket ball but a bit lighter, and I think it had been made as a practice cricket ball that was less rigid and injurious than the real thing. It was completely seamless, and when you squeezed it it yielded in a way that told you that the inside was a rather heavy foam rubber. So I think that Sorbo was the trade name for a range of foam rubber products. Possibly the mat in the boot of the car was intended to insulate the contents from road shock on rough corrugated roads in the outback. The idea of the name Sorbo would be that it absorbed shock.
That’s a fascinating insight. Thanks Ralph
@@davesclassicgaragetours sorbo is still manufactured today in rubber strips, foam, balls and all manner of things. Its also used in squeegees for window cleaning.
Interesting , we have a 1928 Windovers Limousine Phantom 1 and the door handles are loop coach like types but the key I would bet is the same and is a very curious feature !.The radio is a Philco Transitone from around 1933 and under the floor would be a dynamotor driven by the 12 volt battery to generate high voltage direct current to operate the valve circuitry .An incredibly rare and original car .
It was fascinating looking over it. Made all the better by my tour guide that day
Beautiful vehicles
All of them
I had a 1939 Plymouth which was fitted with a philco Radio from New. The device in the roller is just the controller,with the actual radio being in a box connected by Bowden cables.
The antenna on the Rolls is probably under a running board ,as the early philcos had. The Oldest one i have seen was fitted to a 1932 Ford as a Ford accessory and I'm sure they could be ordered in the late 20's.
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at 16:32, is that yellow pickup truck also a Rolls Royce? Please make a video about it.
It is indeed and I would love to.
Car is perfection.
One thing I must vent my anger on is the mispronunciation of DERBY and not DARBY which was reserved for the Upper Crust who spoke with a Plum in their mouth and in actual fact sounded more like DAHBY. It always astounded me that if I ever had the absolute 'Audacity' to ask for these upper crust clowns to please pronounce HERBY they never said HARBY!!!!!
Derby is correctly pronounced DARBY. I know because I live there. Nobody in Derby will ever say DERBY.
Only Americans say Derr-by