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Thursday, 13 September 2018

Rolls Royce 15hp

I took this photograph at the Doune Motor Museum near Stirling during a family holiday in Scotland in August 1996.
It's a 1905 Rolls Royce 15hp - apparently the second oldest Rolls Royce in existence - and a brochure that I purchased at the museum says this about it:

'This is the second oldest Rolls Royce in the world and is the only 3-cylinder to survive out of six made by Royce Ltd., Cooke Street, Manchester, and sold by C.S.Rolls & Co., London. Rolls Royce Ltd. was not formed until 1906 but it was agreed that cars made by Royce should be called Rolls Royce. The car is No. 26330 and was the second 3-cylinder to leave the works and was used as a demonstration car by Rolls in London under registration No. LC 2872 and was later sold to the Honorable Capt. T. Dundas of Northallerton in September 1905. This gentleman died in November 1906 and the car was advertised in the Autocar in January 1907 but was not sold. It was again advertised in June 1907 and sold to the Countess of Louden, Galston, and in March 1908 it came into the possession of the late Douglas Dick of Kilmarnock who drove the first car in his native town in 1896. In 1920 a shying horse took a dislike to the car and kicked in the offside. Mr Adam McG. Dick, the late owner was told to take it to the 'graveyard for old cars' but by subterfuge the order was disobeyed and now SD 661 is affectionately known as 'The Old Girl'. It is almost all original with the exception of some restoration on the body and upholstery.
Owner: Royal Scottish Automobile Club.'

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