Well,
Christmas is just one day away and as per my word that I would do a few
write-ups on some rare and interesting automobiles this month, here is another.
I started off this month with an ultra-rare 1926 Rolls-Royce Twenty Tourer and
so here is another rare beauty and back to the topic of my beloved Jaguars of
course, the Jaguar E-Type. It’s actually been overdue for some time for me to
write an article on this car but my initial plan was to write to write about
the E-Type Series 1, 2 and 3 in one article but unfortunately I haven’t got any
good shots of the Series 2 and the Series 3 yet hence, I’ve decided to just
split the articles into the three different ones.
Wednesday 24 December 2014
Monday 15 December 2014
The History of Lamborghini
Ferruccio Lamborghini (pic below) was born in
Italy in 1916. He was fascinated with engines from an early age. During World
War II he joined the army and was stationed on the island of Rhodes.
Fortunately there was little going on there during the war. The island
was essentially isolated from the rest of the world. Any cars, trucks or
motorcycles that broke down had to be repaired on the spot with reused
parts. Lamborghini became known as a wizard at mechanical
improvisation and became very much in demand at fixing engines.
Monday 8 December 2014
Updated Section - Parts for sale
We have updated our 'Parts for sale' page. We have a few more Mercedes W108 cosmetic parts as well as very rare classic Mercedes-Benz engines for sale. Do check out the page and 'Contact Us' for further details.
Friday 5 December 2014
1926 Rolls-Royce Twenty Tourer
December is
certainly a month many of us look forward to. One is because it’s the holiday
season and the other is naturally because it’s Christmas and I celebrate
Christmas. And here at Your Dream Auto, we are also going to be giving you
interesting articles of very rare and interesting cars for you to look forward
to, so sit back and keep coming back to follow our updates. And here it is, for
our first post for the month of December, an ultra rare 1926 Rolls-Royce Twenty
Tourer of which we have a fine example right here in Malaysia.
At one
glance, the Rolls-Royce Twenty Tourer will look like a typical automobile from
it’s era but once you get closer to it you will realise that a Rolls-Royce will
always be a Rolls-Royce (enthusiasts will know what I mean). And also do bear
in mind that this particular car was built before Rolls-Royce acquired Bentley
(check out our earlier write-up on ‘The difference between a classic Rolls-Royce and a classic Bentley’) so which means that they were not sharing DNAs
yet.
This
particular Rolls-Royce was one of only three lightweight tourers ever built by
the Connaught Coachbuilders. As with most vintage cars during this time, only
the chassis was built by the manufacturer in this case Rolls-Royce and the body
was made and fitted by coachbuilders. The engine was a 3.1 litre (3,127 cc to
be exact), Rolls-Royce inline 6 cylinder mated with a four-speed gearbox. Just
in case you were wondering what the ‘Twenty’ means in the name of the car, it’s
simply means it’s a 20horsepower engine and depending on the weight and size of
the body put on it’s chassis, some cars were said to be able to go up to almost
100 km/h. But what makes this particular Rolls-Royce Twenty Tourer more
interesting is the fact that the current owner has got most of it’s history
intact which even includes when the car was shipped to Malaysia.
To give a
brief history, this particular car was shipped to West Malaysia (then known as
Malaya) in June 1926. It was then used in a rubber estate in one of the states
and even survived World War II. The current owner then acquired this piece of
history back in 1981 and did a full restoration which was completed in 1983.
Since then the owner has decided to keep the car around Malaysia and Singapore
to preserve it’s history and this Rolls-Royce Twenty Tourer is currently
believed to be the oldest surviving Rolls-Royce in good condition in this part of the world. So do enjoy the
shots I took below though I must admit that the car looks way better in real
life rather than in the photos.
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