The start of the limited edition Coachbuild Collection. By Wallace Wyss - Of course, Rolls Royce has always been about coachbuilt cars with special bespoke versions for wealthy customers (and royalty) in addition to mass produced cars but with … [Read more...]
Is Rolls Royce Guilty of Wretched Excess?
October 28, 2024 By 3 Comments
Enuff already... by Wallace Wyss - Far be it from me, a lifelong devotee of car styling—especially of bespoke cars where the designers are allowed to offer customers the ultimate in creating something special just for them—to then knock the … [Read more...]
The Actress And The Wraith: 1956 Rolls Royce Silver Wraith
October 11, 2024 By 11 Comments
First published here in June 2018 and still a very good read... by Wallace Wyss - Now there’s celebrity cars, and some people like owning them because at a concours you can drop a line like “Oh, this was the Queen’s…” or “General so-and-so … [Read more...]
Confessions of a Barn Finder: Adventures in (Almost) Paradise
April 8, 2024 By 1 Comment
by Wallace Wyss - So when I was a kid I liked this TV series called Adventures in Paradise. I can’t remember much about it except it involved a big schooner, and a studly-looking actor named Gardner McKay. Flash forward about 20 years and … [Read more...]
Remembering John Blatchley of Rolls Royce
July 6, 2022 By 1 Comment
A man who shaped Rolls Royce. by Wallace Wyss - It's funny how it all works out. Many decades ago, a 12 year old lad in England named John Blatchley was beset by rheumatic fever and confined to bed for three years. He began sketching. … [Read more...]
Over the Top with Rolls Royce
June 9, 2022 By 1 Comment
by Wallace Wyss - I thought the first Rolls Royce custom boat tail, built for a special client, was a bit too fancy by far but, Egad, man, they've done it again and this time it's even more over the top! But the pictures shot at the … [Read more...]
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