Bill Coburn has written an absolute treasure trove of history in relation to the T1’s and, the Silver Shadows – cars that by far, outnumber any other models of the marque. Car information starts from the MKV onwards.

Now with the assistance of Richard Treacy and a small band of patient enthusiasts, Bill has gathered a wide collection of Factory publications together including workshop manuals for ’46-’65 cars and put them on the Australian RROC message board in the Technical section. Anyone can access them even non members.

Newsletters are published monthly and will be added here once I get hold of them. The company at the time, Rolls-Royce, were somewhat reluctant to impart technical information to non-dealers and owners alike and not withstanding that, the technical information available when all our cars were ‘young’, bears no relation to the cars now, cars that are a little longer in the tooth and showing as much wear as their owners! New problems arise by the day.

This is a tremendous amount of work and great credit to people who have already been of inestimable value to the movement. Most clubs take the view that “you must join before we’ll help” while the RROC put preservation of the cars first and reckon that if they appear to be nice, friendly and outgoing people, others will want to join their club. I hope that if you do access the facilities you’ll consider doing just that.

Bill’s knowledge, and that of his colleagues, is freely imparted in each of these newsletters for your benefit.

See below for the full list to download:

Issue 97 – Mar 2013

Issue 96 – Dec 2012

Issue 95 – Jul 2012

Issue 94 – Jan 2012

Issue 93 – Jan 2011

Issue 92 – Oct 2010

Issue 91 – Jun 2010

Issue 90 – Apr 2010

Issue 89 – Jan 2010

Issue 88 – Aug 2009

Issue 87 – Jul 2009

Issue 86 – Jun 2009

Issue 85 – May 2009

Issue 84 – Apr 2009

Issue 83 – Mar 2009

Issue 82 – Feb 2009

Issue 81 – Jan 2009

Issue 80 – Dec 2008

Issue 79 – Nov 2008

Issue 78 – Aug 2008

Issue 77 – Jul 2008

Issue 76 – Jun 2008

Issue 75 – May 2008

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Issue 72 – Feb 2008

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Issue 70 – Dec 2007

Issue 69 – Nov 2007

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Issue 65 – Jul 2007

Issue 64 – Jun 2007

Issue 63 – May 2007

Issue 62 – Apr 2007

Issue 61 – Mar 2007

Issue 60 – Jan / Feb 2007

Issue 59 – Dec 2006

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Issue 57 – Sep 2006

Issue 56 – Sep 2006

Issue 55 – Jul 2006

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Issue 53 – May 2006

Issue 52 – Apr 2006

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Issue 50 – Jan 2006

Issue 49 – Dec 2005

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Issue 47 – Oct 2005

Issue 46 – Sept 2005

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