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The cruise liner Silver Cloud arrives at Leith Docks
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No es un Silver Cloud pero mantiene la esencia de la elegancia inglesa cosa que no aprecio en las nuevas versiones. Éstas han perdido la mesura y adoptan estilos más raperos que elegantes.
It isn´t a Silver Cloud but it still has the essence of English elegance unlike the newer ones that have lost it to more bling styles.
I do not know what is the technical term for this phenomena but it must be wonderful.
Night sky over Koppom, Eda municipality, Värmland
A series of AI-generated pictures of a classic Rolls-Royce parked in front of a Grand Hotel. In different art styles.
To be continued.
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Montana Rail Link EMD SD70ACe #4312 leads the Montana Rail Link Business Train consisting of Power Car #103 "Spokane", Vista Dome Car "Pend Oreille", Articulated Coach set "Idaho" and "Montana", Vista Dome Car "Flathead" and Observation/Business Car "Silver Cloud".
Stopped at Front Street, New Westminster, BC to pick up passengers on the trip to Missoula, Montana.
I didn't expect to find a classic car in the street such like this. In 2018 I would find her again in one of the most distinguished shopping streets of Amsterdam-Zuid.
The Silver Cloud series was designed by J.P. Blatchley.
The 1955-1965 Bentley S-series was very much alike. The Silver Cloud was followed up by the 1965-80 Silver Shadow.
6275 cc 8 cylinder engine.
2040 kg.
Production Silver Cloud: 4/1955-3/1966.
Production Silver Cloud III: 1963-3/1966.
Original first reg. number: Febr. 28, 1964.
New Dutch reg. number: April 19, 2007.
Amsterdam-Buitenveldert, Roffart Arenborg, Dec. 7, 2015.
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Rolls Royce Silcver Cloud II (1959-62) Engine 6230cc V8 OHV Production 2716 (2417 + 299 LWB)
Registration Number 321 HYU (London)
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The Rolls Royce Silver Cloud 1 was designed by J P Blatchley and was introduced in 1955 heralding a major change from the pre-war models and the highly derivative Silver Dawn. As part of a range rationalisation the Bentley S1 is very similar, apart from its radiator grille.
The chassis was a simple steel box section, welded together and very rigid. Construction retained the traditional split between chassis and body, allowing the facility for specialised body builders though the overwhelmiing majhority came with the standard body by Pressed Steel employing light weight aluminium based alloy for the doors, bonnet and boot.
The engine was a 155 hp / 4000 rpm 4.9 L six-cylinder unit with inlet over exhaust valves: twin SU carburettors were added in September 1957. The standard transmission was a four-speed automatic. Brakes were hydraulic and assisted by the Rolls-Royce mechanical servo with 11 in drums and suspension was independent coils at the front and semi-elliptic springs at the rear. Twin brake master cylinders were incorporated from April 1956.
The Silver Cloud 1 was replaced during 1959 by the Silver Cloud II simular in appearance but updated with a 6230cc V8 OHV engine, power steering and four-speed Hydramatic transmission and optional air conditioning, Rolls Royce were always reluctant to quote performance figures for any oi their cars, but this vehicles maximum speed is around 115mph
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Shot Brooklands New Years Day Gathering, 01.01.2016 - Ref 111-388
About to undergo some fettling at Berlin's Classic Remise. I believe this is LSVB 451 - it was first delivered to New Jersey and sold at auction in the US in 2012. Only 75 LHD dropheads were built; there can't be too many of them that are black with black tops and red pinstriping. Love Rollers on steel wheels, they just look so sinister.
SS13LSS Neoplan of Silvercloud Travel of Coatbridge an Owner/Driver (Phil McMurray). Operated on contract to Leger Holidays - Set up to Silver Service Standard ( a max of 44 Seats)
Fantastic Rolls Royce with two Porsche 911s behind it - one 70s and the other maybe 80s. I believe this one is a Silver Cloud from 1955 - 1962.
Chassis n° L.CSC.33C
Coachwork by H.J. Mulliner - Park Ward
Bonhams
Les Grandes Marques du Monde à Paris
The Grand Palais Éphémère
Place Joffre
Parijs - Paris
Frankrijk - France
February 2023
Estimated : € 150.000 - 250.000
Sold for € 184.000
"The size and grandeur of the car... deceive one about the performance which would do justice to many a car of more sporting pretensions. The finish, both in detail and the broader sense of equipment and trim, is superb." - Motor magazine on the Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud III.
Launched in 1962, the Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud III and its Bentley S3 equivalent employed the 6.2-litre V8 engine introduced on the 'Cloud II/S2 - though with larger carburettors, new distributor and raised compression ratio - and came with a four-speed GM-derived automatic transmission as standard equipment. Most obvious among many changes from the preceding models was the adoption of four-headlamp lighting, the absence of sidelights from the wing tops, and a slightly lower radiator shell. Inside there was improved accommodation with separate front seats and increased room for rear passengers. Notable as the last mainstream Rolls-Royce to employ a separate chassis, the Silver Cloud III proved immensely successful both at home and abroad, remaining in production until the autumn of 1965.
As well as the factory-bodied cars, bespoke creations from James Young and the recently merged firm of H J Mulliner, Park Ward Ltd (by this time Rolls-Royce-owned) continued to be available on the 'Cloud III chassis for those discerning enthusiasts wealthy enough to afford them. Indeed, as the factory did not offer a convertible or drophead coupé, a coachbuilt car was the only option if one's preference was Rolls-Royce-style fresh air motoring. First introduced in 1958, H J Mulliner's drophead was the most successful of its type, lasting into 1965.
Dating from the final year of production, 'L.CSC.33C' is one of the very last 42 coachbuilt cars on the Silver Cloud III chassis; indeed, by the time the guarantee was issued on 21st February 1966, the successor Silver Shadow model had already been shown to the public (at Earls Court in 1965).
Intended for use in the USA, this original left-hand drive car was ordered with numerous special features including Jetstar air conditioning, windtone horns, electric aerial, driver's outside mirror, additional loudspeaker, additional (driver's) headrest, Sundym glass throughout, electric windows, and the heavy gauge frame. The original colour scheme was Shell Grey with scarlet leather interior and black hood. The Silver Cloud was shipped to Rolls-Royce Inc in New York and retailed by Peter Zage & Co Ltd to their customer Dr W C Casey, MD, at that time living on Wiltshire Boulevard in Los Angeles. Unfortunately, nothing else is known of its history in the USA.
Around 2002 the Rolls-Royce belonged to a Mr Reid Davis, who kept the car at Lake Oswego in Oregon. McDonald Vintage Restorations in Canby, Oregon restored the car in 2002-2003 (restoration invoices available). A replacement engine ('S1608') was installed by Tony Handler Inc at the same time.
In 2004 the Silver Cloud was offered for sale at an auction in France from where it was sold to Ukraine. Residing in Ukraine ever since, the car has scarcely been used since its acquisition in 2004, covering only some 500 kilometres in the course of nearly 20 years. Sold because of the ongoing war in Ukraine - and extremely lucky to be a survivor after the battle for Kyiv - this end-of-an-era coachbuilt Rolls-Royce is offered with copies of the factory build sheets and Ukrainian registration documents.
A left hand drive Rolls Royce Silver Cloud parked in Belgravia. It was built in 1958.
Belgrave Place, London SW1
6th November 2015
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A series of AI-generated pictures of a classic Rolls-Royce parked in front of a Grand Hotel. In different art styles.
To be continued.
Pictures made with Midjourney.
I'm always happy to accept invites to groups as long as I can see their content. If I see "this group is not available to you", my photos won't be made available to that group. Thanks for your understanding.
Last Saturday a meeting of the Rolls-Royce and Bentley owners' club in the Netherlands was held at Paleis Soestdijk.
A Buick Riviera parked in front of a middle-class home on the edge of a forest on a bleak autumn's day. The prestigious coupe is finished in Silver Cloud metallic and equipped with a black vinyl roof and whitewall tires. It is registered in the state of Connecticut.
Country of origin: USA
Children playing with silver balloons at San Francisco's Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA). Designed by pop artist Andy Warhol and defying gravity and expectations, these floating metallic ‘pillows’ hover in space allowing the children to become physically enrapt in the installation. The pillows are filled with a mixture of regular air and pure helium. The mixture gives them enough lift to get off the floor, but not so much that they stick to the ceiling. Warhol called these balloons his "Silver Clouds", and they are still one of his most mesmerizing projects to date.
D-CEHM, Cessna 560XL Citation XLS+ (CN 560-6021) owned by Silver Cloud and operated by DAS Private Jets clears Edinburgh Airport's runway 24 via Bravo following a flight from Geneva Airport. Built in 2013 for Stuttgarter Flugdienst GmbH, it moved to Silver Cloud in July 2018. The Queensferry Crossing visible behind.
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The world famous Spirt of Ecstasy flying lady mascot atop a mid-Sixties Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud III at the Goodwood Revival historic race meeting, Goodwood Racing Circuit and Aerodrome, Goodwood, near Chichester, West Sussex, England.
The Spirit of Ecstasy was designed by Charles Sykes, a graduate artist of London's Royal College of Arts, and behind it lies the tale of hidden passion between the succinctly-named John Walter Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu (the second Lord Montagu of Beaulieu, a pioneer of the automobile movement, and editor of The Car magazine) and his secret love Eleanor Velasco Thornton. Eleanor was Montagu's secretary, and their adoration for each other was to remain concealed, known only by their closest friends, for more than a decade. The reason was Eleanor's impoverished social and economic status, which, in those days in snobbish upper class Britain, was an obstacle to their relationship. And probably still would be, of course. Montagu, succumbing to family pressures, eventually married Lady Cecil Victoria Constance - far less hoi polloi - but the secret love affair continued.
When Montagu commissioned Sykes to sculpt a personal mascot for his Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost, Sykes chose Eleanor Thornton as his model. He originally crafted a figurine of her in fluttering robes, pressing a finger against her lips - to symbolise the secrets of their love. This was consequently christened The Whisper.
At this time, Rolls-Royce motorcars did not feature radiator mascots as standard; they simply carried the Rolls-Royce emblem. This was not enough for some customers, who believed that such a prestigious vehicle as a Rolls-Royce motorcar should have its own more outstanding symbol, and by 1910 personal mascots had become the trend. Rolls-Royce was concerned to note that some owners were affixing 'inappropriate' ornaments to their cars. Managing director Claude Johnson was asked to see to the commissioning of something more suitably dignified and graceful.
He also turned to Sykes to produce a mascot to adorn all future Rolls-Royces, with the specifications that it should convey "the spirit of the Rolls-Royce, namely, speed with silence, absence of vibration, the mysterious harnessing of great energy and a beautiful living organism of superb grace..." The brief also included evoking the spirit of mythical beauty, Nike, whose graceful image was admired in The Louvre, but Sykes was unimpressed. He felt that a more feminine representation might be apt.
It was again Miss Thornton whom he had in mind. Sykes chose to modify Montagu's The Whisper into a version similar to today's Spirit of Ecstasy. He called this first model The Spirit of Speed and later dubbed it "A graceful little goddess, the Spirit of Ecstasy, who has selected road travel as her supreme delight and alighted on the prow of a Rolls-Royce motor car to revel in the freshness of the air and the musical sound of her fluttering draperies." As goddesses are occasionally prone to do, of course...
Henry Royce was ill during the commissioning, and when he saw the finished item, he was far from impressed. He did not believe the figurine enhanced the cars, asserting that it impaired the driver's view, and was rarely seen driving one of his company's vehicles adorned with the mascot. Thus, he initially made sure it was officially listed only as an optional extra, but in practice it was fitted on almost all cars after it was introduced in 1911, becoming a standard fitment in the early-Twenties.
And it has been on all Rolls-Royces ever since, outlasting by many years the woman who modelled for it, for Eleanor was drowned at the age of 35, along with hundreds of other passengers in December 1915, when the SS Persia on which she was travelling with Montagu through the Mediterranean to India, was torpedoed without warning by the German U-boat U-38. There was no time to get to a lifeboat and as they made for the decks on the listing ship, 'Montagu had Eleanor in his arms, the next they were hit by a wall of water and she was gone.' He survived and made his way home to read his own obituary in The Times. In a letter to the newspaper magnate Lord Northcliffe, he confessed 'You will know, as a fellow human, what is my grief at the loss of Thorn, who, for 15 years, was all in all to me and who was the most devoted and lovable woman God ever made.' Just prior to the voyage, Eleanor had poignantly written to Lady Cecil - the two women got on well, apparently - 'You have the satisfaction of knowing that he will be well looked after. I do not think for one moment that there will be any trouble in the Med but supposing...well, then the Lord will have an extra chance, for there will be my place in the boat for him, even if he has to be stunned to take it.'
Now I'm wondering what I should have on the bonnet of my old Volvo. Aside from, as recently, a flying deer...
Taken at Goodwood Race Circuit and Aerodrome, Goodwood, near Chichester, West Sussex, England on September 21, 2008.