[Closed] 1:1 information, more on the 1913 Rolls-Royce...

1:1 information, more on the 1913 Rolls-Royce...

I received the following from the owner:
"In pre-WWI Rolls-Royce cars, there are almost no surviving original bodies. Many of the cars were converted to lorries (trucks), or tanks for use in WWI. Many owners donated their cars to the war effort for this purpose. It is extremely rare to fond an original body. So, as a result, the pre-war Ghosts are al almost all rebodied - a few that were rebodied after the war survive with those bodies, but most have been rebodied a few times. In fact, if you look at all of them, many or most are now open touring cars - even though very few started their life that way. At the time. most were closed, tall cars like mine. Only around 1914-1915 did they start to produce open touring cars in any number, and the bonnet changed from a parallel bonnet like mine to a tapered bonnet like on both my other two Ghosts (all my other cars are original bodies). I specifically wanted an original type body so kept looking until I found one!
Here is the history of my car as I know it: (from the auction catalog)
Chassis no. 1NA was ordered in October 1913 and a deposit paid. Warland Rims, a Lucas dynamo and brass fittings were detailed in the specification. 1NA was on test in October/November 1913 and duly sold to Rolls-Royce agents L.C.Seligman of Renfrew St., Glasgow, who paid the balance of the invoice price of ?827-8s-0d in January 1914. They were to commission respected coachbuilders Robertson of Glasgow to build landaulette coachwork for their customer, J.Neilson of Mollance, Castle Douglas (inventor of the blast furnace). The car remained in Neilson's family until he died and c.1935 it passed to motor hirers and repairers, James Henderson of Cambridge St., Glasgow, who converted it into a garage hack. When Hendersons ceased trading in 1959 the old hack was bought by motoring historian and illustrator George A Oliver, who fourteen years later, in 1973, sold the vehicle to Thomas Love. So began a painstaking restoration, the coachwork being entrusted to Perth craftsman, John Bodman, to a design of Cyril Fox, both being 'of the old school'. Working drawings for the coachwork are on file along with photographs recording its construction. Meanwhile Thomas concentrated on the chassis and running gear, the result being rewarded by many satisfactory miles of long distance motoring in VCC, IVVCC and other events.
1NA is now splendidly presented in maroon livery with black mudguards and furnished with black leather upholstery to the front and cloth to the rear with two occasional seats and the essential cocktail cabinet. The car is extravagantly fitted out in all respects, driving equipment including C.A.V. lighting to the front and diver's helmet rear lamps, offside-mounted spare rim and tyre, Rotax 'Clarion' bulb horn and a brass rear view mirror. Dashboard equipment includes an Elliott 0-60mph speedometer, fuel and oil pressure gauges. The revolving ventilators on the bulkhead presumably hark back to the original Robertson coachwork. A sliding glass division allows easy communication with the rear passengers, a facility also afforded by the remote chauffeur's instruction panel, a nice period feature. The rear doors feature railway carriage-style drop down windows and passenger grab slings assist the comfort of the rear passengers."