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 Read about the enormous fun and pleasure I've had restoring, maintaining and driving my two Bentley Mark VIs, and now my Bristol400/85.Ashley James |
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Below are other accounts of owner’s experiences with their cars, and if you have some photos and a story you feel would be amusing or interesting, then please email it to KDA132.com
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The New Zealand Rolls-Royce and Bentley Club Newsletters
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Bentley and Rolls-Royce searches
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Do you know the whereabouts of a 1956 Bentley Continental S1 Park Ward Coupe BC.59.LAF?
The car I once owned, and have some documents that I would like to send to the current owner, is a 1956 Bentley Continental S1 Park Ward Fixed Head Coupe, BC.59.LAF. It is a left-hand drive automatic and was the Paris Auto Saloon car, sold initiallty to President of Universal Studios, Lew Wasserman. It was then sold to Rochester, NY arctitect Mr. Donald Q. Farrager, then to me. I completely restored the car in the 70's and sold it to Peter Zage, then the Rolls-Royce dealer in New York City. I have never known the car since. I cannot post any replies on the Bentley Owners Club forum for some reason, but would like to locate the current owner if in fact this car still exists. I also won 3rd place with it at the 1972 RROC Meet in Atlanta, Ga (USA) Gerry Acquilano RROC Member Geneva, NY gerrya@linkny.com
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The Cotswolds – Home of JMT50
I live near Stroud http://www.stroudtown.com/ in Gloucestershire in the UK; it isn’t a great town though it does have a remarkable history.
Stroud did have suitable water supplies and so production moved here. Cotswold stone Mills still line the valleys that converge on the town and it became quite a large Industrial centre. Rolls-Royce and Bristol 400 owners may like to know that “West of England” Headlining cloth was made in Stroud, though sadly no more. Since the Seventies, it had become increasingly run down, although in recent years things have improved and a few interesting shops and restaurants have appeared of which our favourite is Tintos. It is run by a two Hungarian sisters that you can see in the accompanying photos. If you are visiting the Cotswolds you should not miss an opportunity to visit, their food is excellent. Their telephone number is 01453 756668. For a fabulous archive of historic photographs of Stroud visit: www.stroudphotos.co.uk/index.htm
The Stroud area is known as the Golden Valley because five converge on it and, although horribly overdeveloped, much of its beauty can still be seen as one descends into the town. The surrounding towns are countryside are magnificent too so it’s not surprising that so many specialist Classic Car restoration companies have settled in the area.
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Do you know what happened to Silver Wraith HLW50?
In Tudor times the Monarchy decided that the export of wool, as a raw material, was wasting a resource and that value should be added by at least making it into cloth. Until this happened, overseas traders bought supplies from Chipping Camden 
