The. “Silver Ghost ° first.
appeared - at. the”
Motor Show of 1907,. and.
continued | in "production,
with only’. minor

provements . - and .
: modifications, unui 1925.

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_ The ‘firm's ability . to
produce ‘one design.
supremely well was’ a_
combination: of ‘the
organizational - genius of
Claude Johnson, the
engineering skill of Henry
Royce, and ‘the..social in-
tegrity of Charles Rolls. .

London -

a.
im-
“

“qui Sy
demanded the -: title. it. :

received: the “Silver Ghost.”

To complete the image,

were silver. plated, and the
coachwork. was finished © ‘in

aluminum paint.

-world’s.. non-stop:

was dismantled ‘and, checked °

The first Rolls Royce to. be.
- individually named was the
-. twentieth. model produced,
which was sold to the
Honourable Guy Ward.
Claude Johnson dubbed it
the “Grey. Ghost.”
wealthy . clients began to
adopt their own
names, but the car's silent,

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PAINTING

Other

The 1911 Silver Ghost.

amount required to. restore ’
the .

two . shillings - and. . seven
pence.

The original Silver Ghost |
in . the firm’s -
safekecping, and can still be.

8 seen as an vactive. e participant.

is now

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‘Ghost to’. like-new --
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reign. “of. the: ‘Silver. Ghost,

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Neither was made available ,

‘miles. After the trial, the car. tothe public. _

‘the ‘nineteen-year

there were two exceptions to.
the name, two cars entered,
in the. 1908. combined 2,000
- ‘miles ‘International | and |
oe Scottish six day. er No
The Silver Ghost captured premium: wasp on
‘many honours, among them’ Silence, -and they quickly
.the
operation record in. 1907;:in: ©
an observed: run -of- 15,000

afford’. ‘to. let ‘such. an ‘ép>
‘slip by, and the.

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public was offered the

“London-Edinburgh Type”
‘which differed

slightly _ ‘from the ‘standard
Ghost. - .

One other Silver Ghost

~ model. achieved a distinctive

connotation as a result ‘of
four 40/50 H.P. cars

the Great Austrian Alpine
Trials in’ 1913. These ‘cars
were meant to bear the name

“Continental,” but the name

which captivated. the public

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~ surpass the. claims of the
rival Napier. The Rolls made

the trial without effort,

- beating the Napier on every -

at. Rolls Royce « could not .

special:

was Alpine Eagle.
niche in ‘history, the. model - Alpi 2

These two latter types
‘were. primarily sports

Ghosts, and silence. was not
. their particular
- However,
workmanship ‘has withstood

virtue.
their _ superb
the test of time, and the cars
are now
- demand among collectors.

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