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Not a Rolls-Royce, I'm afraid, John, but a 1964 Vanden Plas 4-litre
Limousine with a (non-standard) radiator grille mascot.
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dang.....and i thought Vanden Plas was just an option package on Jaguars.

Learn something new every day!



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>>[ A UUEncoded file (1954 RR-Silver Wraith =Ron & Rachel.jpg) was included
>>here. ]
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> Not a Rolls-Royce, I'm afraid, John, but a 1964 Vanden Plas 4-litre
> Limousine with a (non-standard) radiator grille mascot.
> --
> Regards
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> Leroy Curtis
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> Please replace "nospam" with "baram" in my address if you wish to
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In article >, Rob > writes
>dang.....and i thought Vanden Plas was just an option package on Jaguars.
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>Learn something new every day!
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They started as coachbuilders, notably building a lot of Bentley bodies
between the wars, and were eventually taken over by BMC, who made them a
brand in their own right.When BMC became British Leyland,Vanden Plas
became the BL equivalent of Ghia at Ford, and finished as a badge tacked
onto Daimlers (or Jaguars in the US) and Rover SD1s.

In fact, the correct name of the car in this picture is Vanden Plas
Princess 4-litre Limousine.
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Leroy Curtis

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"Leroy Curtis" > wrote in message
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> In article >, Rob > writes
>>dang.....and i thought Vanden Plas was just an option package on
>>Jaguars.
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>>Learn something new every day!
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> They started as coachbuilders, notably building a lot of Bentley
> bodies between the wars, and were eventually taken over by BMC, who
> made them a brand in their own right.When BMC became British
> Leyland,Vanden Plas became the BL equivalent of Ghia at Ford, and
> finished as a badge tacked onto Daimlers (or Jaguars in the US) and
> Rover SD1s.
>
> In fact, the correct name of the car in this picture is Vanden Plas
> Princess 4-litre Limousine.
> --
> Regards
>
> Leroy Curtis
>
> Please replace "nospam" with "baram" in my address if you wish to
> reply by Email

Reminds me of this:

'"Vanden Plas Princess 4-litre. It looks as if someone may have grafted
a Rolls-Royce radiator shell onto the front of it... "

'Prom night in Hollywood, face-lift capital of the world. Works for me.'


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Frank ess