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27/10/2025 10:34 am
. . . Rolls Royce had carried through this 1958 proposal to re-body the Silver Cloud III in a special edition for the U.S. and Canadian markets?
The “Californian” was a fairly daring piece of design, combining traditional British dignity with the forward-looking styling flair of Detroit, and I think it was a real shame that cost considerations and lack of production capacity meant this fascinating project never came to fruition.
Or, I dunno, maybe the weed that guy sold me last night was a bit more potent than expected.
Graeme.M. Ogg
London U.K.
27/10/2025 10:48 am
Looks to me to be a drug influenced design. Both the grill and tail look drug distorted, Graeme. A design for California hippies who could not afford it anyway.
27/10/2025 11:26 am
Straight to the crusher!
27/10/2025 12:11 pm
This is a car on drugs. LSD maybe. It was fueled by an overdose of gasoline and a bad batch of LSD. It probably happened in Haight-Ashbury. A nice 58 Roller backed, first, into a 57 T-bird then head on into an Edsel. Came away with some of their parts and the rest is bad history.
27/10/2025 1:02 pm
Was the proposal a promise or a threat?
Topic starter
27/10/2025 1:51 pm
The proposal was an attempt on my part to cause alarm and distress by knocking some bits and pieces together to produce a willfully horrendous spoof.
I should have known it would end badly, and have resolved to make amends by offering something MUCH more subtle and tasteful.
Graeme.M. Ogg
London U.K.
Topic starter
27/10/2025 3:11 pm
Well, near enough. (I do tend to forget just how far ahead we are here in GMT-land).Today's April 1st? 🤔 🤔 🤔
Graeme.M. Ogg
London U.K.
Topic starter
27/10/2025 3:39 pm
@georgeschire George, I think you may have missed my follow-up post above!!
Graeme.M. Ogg
London U.K.
27/10/2025 3:44 pm
@perrone1 You're probably right....and the driver was Timothy Leary.
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27/10/2025 3:49 pm
Burke's Law with a flip up commode.
27/10/2025 4:31 pm
Well done, Graeme! And you accomplished what you set out to do!!
This post was modified 6 months ago 2 times by John Kuvakas
John Kuvakas
Warrenton, VA
Topic starter
27/10/2025 5:11 pm
Well, I'm pleased to hear that it is "Mission accomplished", because if anyone were to suggest that I had failed to give satisfaction, things might rapidly get quite nasty
And that's before we even consider the potential value of adding a touch of
and
I'll say no more. Just leave the unspoken threat hanging in the air. Sword of Damocles, and all that. Know what I'm saying?
This post was modified 6 months ago 2 times by Graeme Ogg
Graeme.M. Ogg
London U.K.
27/10/2025 5:18 pm
@graeme-ogg That damned Damocles was a violent bugger wasn't he? Always slicing and dicing...showing off.
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