OK, OK who can dish the info on this motor, Buzzer
I think this motor is a Rolls Royce Silver Ghost. It is from
1910, and its engine is 7428cc. I dont know whether the
engine is 4 or 6 cylinder, or side valve or overhead valve.
Cheers, Ray.
Ray Smyth:
I think this motor is a Rolls Royce Silver Ghost. It is from
1910, and its engine is 7428cc. I dont know whether the
engine is 4 or 6 cylinder, or side valve or overhead valve.Cheers, Ray.
It’s 6 cylinder side valve the overhead valve development of it was introduced on the Phantom in the 1920s.
Ray Smyth:
I think this motor is a Rolls Royce Silver Ghost. It is from
1910, and its engine is 7428cc. I dont know whether the
engine is 4 or 6 cylinder, or side valve or overhead valve.Cheers, Ray.
According to info available, 6cyl side valve introduced in 1910.
" Kitty " a 1910 Rolls Royce Silver Ghost.
Body Type - Rios des Belges Tourer, made by Gamble of Belfast, designed by the King of Belgium, the rear passenger seats were set higher than the front seats, as those sitting in the rear were more important !!
Information from Llandudno Transport festival site.
Regards
John
essexpete:
Ray Smyth:
I think this motor is a Rolls Royce Silver Ghost. It is from
1910, and its engine is 7428cc. I dont know whether the
engine is 4 or 6 cylinder, or side valve or overhead valve.Cheers, Ray.
According to info available, 6cyl side valve introduced in 1910.
Thank you to essexpete & J.F.G. for the info. Cheers, Ray.
Thanks to Ray Smyth, Buzzer, Spardo and blakey for the photos 
also Froggy55 for the link
Oily
Worcs. wagons credit to Richard Says for the photos.
Back to the dangers of wearing rings on fingers.
My late Father often spoke of the risk after having something heavy(ish) land on his finger while in the RAF during WW2,
He had a ring on that finger which was compressed into a oval shape which in turn provoked him into speaking in Anglo Saxon.
Luckily he suffered no lasting damage, but never wore a ring again.
My own experience concerned a signet ring, a 21st birthday gift, which unaccountably disappeared some years later. i suspect it
vanished while throwing lumps of limestone on or off a tipper at Ashwood Dale Quarry, Buxton. during a weight adjustment
exercise near the weighbridge.
On a few more years and climbing down from checking a fridge engine on a rigid fridge van, i slipped and my wedding ring
caught on the corner of a bracket on the side of the engine housing, for a few heart stopping seconds i hung there by my finger
till i managed to find my footing again.
Back then i weighed about 9stone 8 pounds wringing wet and managed to get away with a bruised digit.
I ended up having to have the ring cut off a few years ago as my expanding finger, or the shrinking ring, had become
incompatible with each other.
Dad also spoke of being wary of people with the ‘nutters walk,’ but thats another story.!!
pyewacket947v:
Back to the dangers of wearing rings on fingers.
My late Father often spoke of the risk after having something heavy(ish) land on his finger while in the RAF during WW2,
He had a ring on that finger which was compressed into a oval shape which in turn provoked him into speaking in Anglo Saxon.
Luckily he suffered no lasting damage, but never wore a ring again.
My own experience concerned a signet ring, a 21st birthday gift, which unaccountably disappeared some years later. i suspect it
vanished while throwing lumps of limestone on or off a tipper at Ashwood Dale Quarry, Buxton. during a weight adjustment
exercise near the weighbridge.
On a few more years and climbing down from checking a fridge engine on a rigid fridge van, i slipped and my wedding ring
caught on the corner of a bracket on the side of the engine housing, for a few heart stopping seconds i hung there by my finger
till i managed to find my footing again.
Back then i weighed about 9stone 8 pounds wringing wet and managed to get away with a bruised digit.
I ended up having to have the ring cut off a few years ago as my expanding finger, or the shrinking ring, had become
incompatible with each other.
Dad also spoke of being wary of people with the ‘nutters walk,’ but thats another story.!!
Friend of ours caught her wedding ring on a gate latch when leading a horse. It all happened quickly, ripping her finger off. 