March 2010 Newsletter
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THE PRAIRIE LADY
Rolls-Royce Owners Club - Can-Am Prairie Region
Newsletter March 2010
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
New Website March 6 Pot Luck Terry Murphy’s cars
Introducing our new Can-Am Prairie Region Website which is now operational. Website: can-amprairieregion.org
Officers and Directors
Chair Rob Manderson Box 10 Site 1, RR9, Calgary, Alberta. T2J 5G5 403.253.4927 rob_manderson@mac.com Treasurer and Membership Maurice Tims 16 Eagle Ridge Place, S.W. Calgary, Alberta. T2V 2V8 403.255.9627 timsmd@shaw.ca Secretary Darcy Collings 230 Church Ranches Way N.W. Calgary, Alberta. T3R 1B2 403.547.4669 dcollings@shaw.ca Archives Howard Lengert R.R.#4 Calmar, Alberta. T0C 0V0 780.985.3384 hlengert@airsurfer.ca Social Events Don Casemore 3 Valley crest Rise NW Calgary, Alberta 403 532-2313 Don_Casemore@cpr.ca Newsletter Editor Maurice Tims 16 Eagle Ridge Place, S.W. Calgary, Alberta. T2V 2V8 403.255.9627 timsmd@shaw.ca
LEGAL NOTICE: The Prairie Lady is the official publication of the Can-Am Prairie Region of the Rolls Royce Owner’s Club. It is published four times each year. The Region and editor seek to publish accurate material. Neither the Region nor the Editor assumes any responsibility in the event of claim or loss resulting from this publication however caused. Statements of contributors are their own and do not necessarily reflect Region or Club policy.
Your comments and suggestions will be welcomed. Bugs will be ironed out.
Current and back issues of the Prairie Lady and Technical paperswill be displayed and can be Downloaded
All Regional events for the year will be scheduled and updated with the latest information.
Active forum topics
A membership directory is provided where members can enter their own information plus photographs of themselves and their cars. A directory for Parts & Service availability can be accessed . This information will be provided by members detailing their satisfactory experience with the vendors.
Newly formulated engine oils are killing our cars SU Electric Pump conversion kit LED & HID Lighting for older cars
The site is pass word protected so that only valid members can access member ’ s data. An invitation to sign up will be sent to members by email with instructions to be followed. Members can enter their own password. Non-members can inform themselves about the club and download a membership form - the invitation shown on the right is one of three pages. The official RROC membership form can also be downloaded.
The above page shows the layout of the website with comments shown in red. Affiliated links are shown under the Regional Sections tab. The length of the photos display at the top depends on the width of your computer screen - there are in fact fie cars in the line-up. Eventually this display will change as each Tab is clicked on. There will also be a photo gallery.
Here is how it will operate: Only RROC Can-AM current members will be able to access the website so that all our members data and scheduled events remain confidential to the members. The website admin will send you an invitation to register and you will receive the following email: http://can-amprairieregion.org/invite/accept/--invite-code-Your Website administrator, Maurice Tims, has invited you to access the Can-Am Prairie Region Website at: http://can-amprairieregion.org. To enable you to sign in to and participate in the Website Can-Am Prairie Region, click the link below or paste it into the address bar of your browser. http://can‐amprairieregion.org/invite/accept/ jbXBYY2d
http://can‐amprairieregion.org/user/ re‐ set/11/1268847249/5156d21a02289b7fda93a7e73d61 f517 And you will be directed to the website where you will get
the following message:
Reset password
This is a one-time login for John Smith and will expire on 2010, March 18 - 11:34. Click on this button to login to the site and change your password. This login can be used only once.
Then select “ L og in ” The screen will ask you to choose your own password which must be at least six characters. If you have one upload your mug shot from your computer by clicking on browse Click “ Friend ” and “ Personal contact form ” boxes and then click on “ S AVE ” Now go to your menu on the LHS top under your name ( in this case it was
You will then be logged in to the Website and asked to enter your name, address etc and confirm a security code which is there to prevent outsiders accessing the account. When you have entered the details click on “ C reate new account ” You will then receive an email from the Website as follows: “John Smith, Thank you for registering at Can‐Am Prairie Region. You may now log in to http://can‐ amprairieregion.org/user using the following username and password: username: John Smith password: F9EsJ2Naxk You may also log in by clicking on this link or copying and pasting it in your browser: http://can‐amprairieregion.org/user/ re‐ set/11/1268847249/5156d21a02289b7fda93a7e73d61 f517 This is a one‐time login, so it can be used only once.” After logging in, you will be redirected to http://can‐amprairieregion.org/user/11/edit so you can change your password.
John Smith
My account Member Registers click on Member Registers My Registrations Create New Registration then click on this one All Member Registers Forums Messages My relationships Pending friends User list Create content Can-Am Car Registration Forum topic Log out Click on Member Registers then Create New Registration and register your car/s with a photograph from your computer. Next Click on SAVE Then when you go to the “ M embers Registers ” tab you will see your registration along with other members who have registered. You can explore the site—go to the Discussion Forums tab and enter information under the appropriate heading e.g. For Sale - Cars. There will be some bugs and changes which we will work out in the next month. All suggestions for improvements will be welcomed. The next time you use the site you only need to enter: www.can-amprairieregion.org Maurice Tims
‐‐ Can‐Am Prairie Region team ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Next go to your browser and enter the address which in
this test case was:
Marianne, Joanne & Darcy
Two elegant cats kept an eye on us. We all enjoyed the house’ s interesting décor and the objects of art.
The March 6th Pot Luck was a great success thanks to our hosts Don & Hanif who provided us with an elegant setting for our first event of the year. In attendance were Darcy and Dawn Collings, Rob Manderson, Hoover & Joanne Reid, Wayne Freeman, Howard Lengert , Terry and Marianne Murphy and Maurice & Bernice Tims which made thirteen with our hosts. Unfortunately Dave & Lawana Turner had a touch of flu and could not attend, also Ted Carswell had to cancel out at the last moment because Hanif there was no one available to look after his best friend. Don & Hanif were
Don
After dinner a short meeting was held to finalize the Social Events calendar.
Terry, Dawn & Rob
Howard, Terry & Wayne
Everyone concurred that it was a great start to our 2010 Season. Special thanks go to our hosts Don & Hanif and all the food & wine contributors.
busy with last minute cooking chores. The food was just great and could have fed another 13 members!
34 YEARS OF PROPER MOTOR CARS ... HOBBY OR OBSESSION? THE HUNT CONTINUES....
BY TERRY MURPHY
I guess it all began in 1954. A family friend (in those days we would call him Uncle) who was a salesman at O'Donnell-Mackie Rolls-Royce and Studebaker in Toronto drove over to our house in a brand new Silver Dawn. He took me for a ride and at 8 years old I was hooked and knew one day I would have to have one. After many years and many cars, in April 1976 I picked up a copy of the British car magazine" Motorsport" at Harry’s News. To my amazement saw that S1 and R type Bentley's (the R type is the Bentley version of the car of my childhood dream the Silver Dawn) were available in the ₤2000 to ₤3000 range. I sold my 3 month old 1976 Camaro (forgive me I was only 29 at the time) hopped on a plane to London (my hometown) and proceeded to look at 25 or 30 cars 1954 R type before purchasing S/N B134WH S/N B134WH a 1954 R type from Morris Stapleton Motors, a Morgan Dealer in London. It arrived safely in Calgary 3 months later. I believe it was about $600 to ship the car from London to Calgary. My how times have changed! All my friends back home thought I was crazy but I loved that car. Over the next year I had the body restored and repainted cream. Rob Manderson has the car now still in that 33 year old paint job. I believe the car went
Photo taken at the 2nd Annual Meet of the Photo taken at the 2nd Annual1978 of Prairie Region June 3 & 4th Meet the Prairie Region June 3 & 4th 1978 Held at Westridge Park Lodge, Devon Held at Westridge Park Lodge, Devon The black Silver Dawn is Maurice Tims LSRH8 - now silver
through 6 or 7 owners before Rob became its current owner. I first met Rob when he gave me a phone call about the car in 1991.
The next episode occurred during a visit to Toronto to see my parents in July of 1978. While visiting a Classic car dealership I fell in love with a 1957 Tudor/Shell Grey Silver Cloud 1, S/N SDD168 and bought it. Upon my return to Calgary I sold the R Type. Shortly after a friend called to see if the car was still available. He knew of someone who was looking for a RollsRoyce or Bentley. I told him it was sold and he mentioned that this person would probably prefer my new 1958 Silver Cloud even more. At that time I was having problems find1957 Silver Cloud 1, S/N SDD168 ing a place to store this car for the winter so when my friend’s contact came to Calgary and offered me a good price I sold it. I was without a “Proper Motor Car” PMC but had a fat bank account. This Silver Cloud I is now owned by Ted Carswell. Between PMC’s I bought a1968 Aston Martin DB6 Vantage and had great fun having it restored and finding a new owner as I really missed owning a Rolls or Bentley. Of all the cars I have owned this economi-
cally would have been the best investment – maybe I should have kept it!
I returned to Toronto the following summer and purchased a Garnet 1956 S1 S/N B233DE and drove it back straight through non -stop to Calgary in two days! I kept that car for three years and sold it at the Okotoks Collector Car Auction. It was purchased by Al Sidorsky who still has the car.
1956 S1 S/N B233DE In 1984 I purchased a Shell Grey/Steel Blue1958 Silver Cloud 1 S/N LSGE460, a very original car that I
1958 Silver Cloud 1 S/N LSGE460 kept for 14 years. This car won Awards at the Interregional RROC Meet at Expo 86 and at the Monterey RROC National Meet in 1991. This car is currently in Wetaskiwin.
While I still owned the 1958 Silver Cloud 1, I purchased a two Tone Green 1958 Bentley S1 S/N B225FD in Edmonton for parts that I needed for the Cloud. It turned out that this car was salvageable with much help from Reg Collings. That Green car is now apparently in Denver and is and has been repainted White. In 1988 I moved to White Rock B.C. for one year. The day the movers were loading our household possessions to return to Calgary I was arranging to ship my recently purchased 1963 Bentley S3 S/N B138LFG. Once back home in Calgary I received a phone call from David Stocks asking me if I knew of any left hand drive Bentley S3's for sale. My car was in need of much help but David was the right guy for this car as he still has it. Next up was my first venture into modern car ownership. As many of you know I have been employed in Sales at Lone Star Mercedes-Benz for many years. In 1998 a
1958 Bentley S1 S/N B225FD
1963 Bentley S3 S/N B138LFG client wanted to trade in a Peacock Blue 1976 Rolls-Royce LWB Silver Shadow S/N LRE25750 with a blown hydraulic line. I purchased the car from Lone Star, had the hydraulic line replaced and drove the car through the winter. Shadows work quite well and have a great heater even at -30° C. I decided to sell it in the spring as a Shadow without service history is like a time bomb waiting to ruin your bank account. That car is still in Calgary as far as I know. 1976 Rolls-Royce LWB Silver Shadow S/N LRE25750
In 2001, Herb Mills the Sales Representative at the then Rolls-Royce Dealer ClarkeSimpkins (now Bentley Vancouver) told me of a 1984 Dark Oyster Silver Spur for sale in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan and he was unable to reach a deal with the seller. About 6 months later I purchased the car in Calgary. It was traded in at the Ford dealer in Prince Albert. That car is now in Wetaskiwin. My next adventure was purchasing a 1989
1984 Silver Spur S/N NAE09145
1989 Bentley Turbo RL S/N RBK27731
Windsor Blue Bentley Turbo RL S/N RBK27731 on the internet at Auction in Japan. Turbo RL’s are just too much fun! It is a PMC Hot Rod! You have to get the LWB to have the world's fastest picnic tables! After much reconditioning and cosmetic upgrading I thought I wanted a Continental R Coupe. I mentioned it to Darcy Collings and he asked "Does that mean your Turbo RL is for sale?" We struck a deal. Darcy has since upgraded to a Bentley Arnage and Rob Manderson is now the proud custodian of the
Turbo RL. In 2009 as an avid Internet shopper I found a one family owned 1984 Horse chestnut Silver Spur S/N NAE09938 in New Jersey on EBAY. I was the successful bidder. I was planning to keep the Silver Spur forever until I found on Autotrader.ca a 1990 Bentley Turbo RL S/N PBL33539 in Vancouver. It was imported from Japan 3 years ago and has only 47,000 kilometers. I sold the Spur to our Activities Coordinator Don Casemore, its current custodian.
1984 Silver Spur S/N NAE09938
Current PMC - 1990 Bentley Turbo RL S/N PBL33539 So there you have it! It is quite evident that I love the cars but enjoy the hunt. As this is being written I am looking at possibly upgrading again. So whenever you see me chances are that my car is usually for sale if I have another one on the horizon. You can never own too many Rolls-Royces or Bentleys!
THE PRAIRIE LADY
Rolls-Royce Owners Club - Can-Am Prairie Region
Newsletter March 2010
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
New Website March 6 Pot Luck Terry Murphy’s cars
Introducing our new Can-Am Prairie Region Website which is now operational. Website: can-amprairieregion.org
Officers and Directors
Chair Rob Manderson Box 10 Site 1, RR9, Calgary, Alberta. T2J 5G5 403.253.4927 rob_manderson@mac.com Treasurer and Membership Maurice Tims 16 Eagle Ridge Place, S.W. Calgary, Alberta. T2V 2V8 403.255.9627 timsmd@shaw.ca Secretary Darcy Collings 230 Church Ranches Way N.W. Calgary, Alberta. T3R 1B2 403.547.4669 dcollings@shaw.ca Archives Howard Lengert R.R.#4 Calmar, Alberta. T0C 0V0 780.985.3384 hlengert@airsurfer.ca Social Events Don Casemore 3 Valley crest Rise NW Calgary, Alberta 403 532-2313 Don_Casemore@cpr.ca Newsletter Editor Maurice Tims 16 Eagle Ridge Place, S.W. Calgary, Alberta. T2V 2V8 403.255.9627 timsmd@shaw.ca
LEGAL NOTICE: The Prairie Lady is the official publication of the Can-Am Prairie Region of the Rolls Royce Owner’s Club. It is published four times each year. The Region and editor seek to publish accurate material. Neither the Region nor the Editor assumes any responsibility in the event of claim or loss resulting from this publication however caused. Statements of contributors are their own and do not necessarily reflect Region or Club policy.
Your comments and suggestions will be welcomed. Bugs will be ironed out.
Current and back issues of the Prairie Lady and Technical paperswill be displayed and can be Downloaded
All Regional events for the year will be scheduled and updated with the latest information.
Active forum topics
A membership directory is provided where members can enter their own information plus photographs of themselves and their cars. A directory for Parts & Service availability can be accessed . This information will be provided by members detailing their satisfactory experience with the vendors.
Newly formulated engine oils are killing our cars SU Electric Pump conversion kit LED & HID Lighting for older cars
The site is pass word protected so that only valid members can access member ’ s data. An invitation to sign up will be sent to members by email with instructions to be followed. Members can enter their own password. Non-members can inform themselves about the club and download a membership form - the invitation shown on the right is one of three pages. The official RROC membership form can also be downloaded.
The above page shows the layout of the website with comments shown in red. Affiliated links are shown under the Regional Sections tab. The length of the photos display at the top depends on the width of your computer screen - there are in fact fie cars in the line-up. Eventually this display will change as each Tab is clicked on. There will also be a photo gallery.
Here is how it will operate: Only RROC Can-AM current members will be able to access the website so that all our members data and scheduled events remain confidential to the members. The website admin will send you an invitation to register and you will receive the following email: http://can-amprairieregion.org/invite/accept/--invite-code-Your Website administrator, Maurice Tims, has invited you to access the Can-Am Prairie Region Website at: http://can-amprairieregion.org. To enable you to sign in to and participate in the Website Can-Am Prairie Region, click the link below or paste it into the address bar of your browser. http://can‐amprairieregion.org/invite/accept/ jbXBYY2d
http://can‐amprairieregion.org/user/ re‐ set/11/1268847249/5156d21a02289b7fda93a7e73d61 f517 And you will be directed to the website where you will get
the following message:
Reset password
This is a one-time login for John Smith and will expire on 2010, March 18 - 11:34. Click on this button to login to the site and change your password. This login can be used only once.
Then select “ L og in ” The screen will ask you to choose your own password which must be at least six characters. If you have one upload your mug shot from your computer by clicking on browse Click “ Friend ” and “ Personal contact form ” boxes and then click on “ S AVE ” Now go to your menu on the LHS top under your name ( in this case it was
You will then be logged in to the Website and asked to enter your name, address etc and confirm a security code which is there to prevent outsiders accessing the account. When you have entered the details click on “ C reate new account ” You will then receive an email from the Website as follows: “John Smith, Thank you for registering at Can‐Am Prairie Region. You may now log in to http://can‐ amprairieregion.org/user using the following username and password: username: John Smith password: F9EsJ2Naxk You may also log in by clicking on this link or copying and pasting it in your browser: http://can‐amprairieregion.org/user/ re‐ set/11/1268847249/5156d21a02289b7fda93a7e73d61 f517 This is a one‐time login, so it can be used only once.” After logging in, you will be redirected to http://can‐amprairieregion.org/user/11/edit so you can change your password.
John Smith
My account Member Registers click on Member Registers My Registrations Create New Registration then click on this one All Member Registers Forums Messages My relationships Pending friends User list Create content Can-Am Car Registration Forum topic Log out Click on Member Registers then Create New Registration and register your car/s with a photograph from your computer. Next Click on SAVE Then when you go to the “ M embers Registers ” tab you will see your registration along with other members who have registered. You can explore the site—go to the Discussion Forums tab and enter information under the appropriate heading e.g. For Sale - Cars. There will be some bugs and changes which we will work out in the next month. All suggestions for improvements will be welcomed. The next time you use the site you only need to enter: www.can-amprairieregion.org Maurice Tims
‐‐ Can‐Am Prairie Region team ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Next go to your browser and enter the address which in
this test case was:
Marianne, Joanne & Darcy
Two elegant cats kept an eye on us. We all enjoyed the house’ s interesting décor and the objects of art.
The March 6th Pot Luck was a great success thanks to our hosts Don & Hanif who provided us with an elegant setting for our first event of the year. In attendance were Darcy and Dawn Collings, Rob Manderson, Hoover & Joanne Reid, Wayne Freeman, Howard Lengert , Terry and Marianne Murphy and Maurice & Bernice Tims which made thirteen with our hosts. Unfortunately Dave & Lawana Turner had a touch of flu and could not attend, also Ted Carswell had to cancel out at the last moment because Hanif there was no one available to look after his best friend. Don & Hanif were
Don
After dinner a short meeting was held to finalize the Social Events calendar.
Terry, Dawn & Rob
Howard, Terry & Wayne
Everyone concurred that it was a great start to our 2010 Season. Special thanks go to our hosts Don & Hanif and all the food & wine contributors.
busy with last minute cooking chores. The food was just great and could have fed another 13 members!
34 YEARS OF PROPER MOTOR CARS ... HOBBY OR OBSESSION? THE HUNT CONTINUES....
BY TERRY MURPHY
I guess it all began in 1954. A family friend (in those days we would call him Uncle) who was a salesman at O'Donnell-Mackie Rolls-Royce and Studebaker in Toronto drove over to our house in a brand new Silver Dawn. He took me for a ride and at 8 years old I was hooked and knew one day I would have to have one. After many years and many cars, in April 1976 I picked up a copy of the British car magazine" Motorsport" at Harry’s News. To my amazement saw that S1 and R type Bentley's (the R type is the Bentley version of the car of my childhood dream the Silver Dawn) were available in the ₤2000 to ₤3000 range. I sold my 3 month old 1976 Camaro (forgive me I was only 29 at the time) hopped on a plane to London (my hometown) and proceeded to look at 25 or 30 cars 1954 R type before purchasing S/N B134WH S/N B134WH a 1954 R type from Morris Stapleton Motors, a Morgan Dealer in London. It arrived safely in Calgary 3 months later. I believe it was about $600 to ship the car from London to Calgary. My how times have changed! All my friends back home thought I was crazy but I loved that car. Over the next year I had the body restored and repainted cream. Rob Manderson has the car now still in that 33 year old paint job. I believe the car went
Photo taken at the 2nd Annual Meet of the Photo taken at the 2nd Annual1978 of Prairie Region June 3 & 4th Meet the Prairie Region June 3 & 4th 1978 Held at Westridge Park Lodge, Devon Held at Westridge Park Lodge, Devon The black Silver Dawn is Maurice Tims LSRH8 - now silver
through 6 or 7 owners before Rob became its current owner. I first met Rob when he gave me a phone call about the car in 1991.
The next episode occurred during a visit to Toronto to see my parents in July of 1978. While visiting a Classic car dealership I fell in love with a 1957 Tudor/Shell Grey Silver Cloud 1, S/N SDD168 and bought it. Upon my return to Calgary I sold the R Type. Shortly after a friend called to see if the car was still available. He knew of someone who was looking for a RollsRoyce or Bentley. I told him it was sold and he mentioned that this person would probably prefer my new 1958 Silver Cloud even more. At that time I was having problems find1957 Silver Cloud 1, S/N SDD168 ing a place to store this car for the winter so when my friend’s contact came to Calgary and offered me a good price I sold it. I was without a “Proper Motor Car” PMC but had a fat bank account. This Silver Cloud I is now owned by Ted Carswell. Between PMC’s I bought a1968 Aston Martin DB6 Vantage and had great fun having it restored and finding a new owner as I really missed owning a Rolls or Bentley. Of all the cars I have owned this economi-
cally would have been the best investment – maybe I should have kept it!
I returned to Toronto the following summer and purchased a Garnet 1956 S1 S/N B233DE and drove it back straight through non -stop to Calgary in two days! I kept that car for three years and sold it at the Okotoks Collector Car Auction. It was purchased by Al Sidorsky who still has the car.
1956 S1 S/N B233DE In 1984 I purchased a Shell Grey/Steel Blue1958 Silver Cloud 1 S/N LSGE460, a very original car that I
1958 Silver Cloud 1 S/N LSGE460 kept for 14 years. This car won Awards at the Interregional RROC Meet at Expo 86 and at the Monterey RROC National Meet in 1991. This car is currently in Wetaskiwin.
While I still owned the 1958 Silver Cloud 1, I purchased a two Tone Green 1958 Bentley S1 S/N B225FD in Edmonton for parts that I needed for the Cloud. It turned out that this car was salvageable with much help from Reg Collings. That Green car is now apparently in Denver and is and has been repainted White. In 1988 I moved to White Rock B.C. for one year. The day the movers were loading our household possessions to return to Calgary I was arranging to ship my recently purchased 1963 Bentley S3 S/N B138LFG. Once back home in Calgary I received a phone call from David Stocks asking me if I knew of any left hand drive Bentley S3's for sale. My car was in need of much help but David was the right guy for this car as he still has it. Next up was my first venture into modern car ownership. As many of you know I have been employed in Sales at Lone Star Mercedes-Benz for many years. In 1998 a
1958 Bentley S1 S/N B225FD
1963 Bentley S3 S/N B138LFG client wanted to trade in a Peacock Blue 1976 Rolls-Royce LWB Silver Shadow S/N LRE25750 with a blown hydraulic line. I purchased the car from Lone Star, had the hydraulic line replaced and drove the car through the winter. Shadows work quite well and have a great heater even at -30° C. I decided to sell it in the spring as a Shadow without service history is like a time bomb waiting to ruin your bank account. That car is still in Calgary as far as I know. 1976 Rolls-Royce LWB Silver Shadow S/N LRE25750
In 2001, Herb Mills the Sales Representative at the then Rolls-Royce Dealer ClarkeSimpkins (now Bentley Vancouver) told me of a 1984 Dark Oyster Silver Spur for sale in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan and he was unable to reach a deal with the seller. About 6 months later I purchased the car in Calgary. It was traded in at the Ford dealer in Prince Albert. That car is now in Wetaskiwin. My next adventure was purchasing a 1989
1984 Silver Spur S/N NAE09145
1989 Bentley Turbo RL S/N RBK27731
Windsor Blue Bentley Turbo RL S/N RBK27731 on the internet at Auction in Japan. Turbo RL’s are just too much fun! It is a PMC Hot Rod! You have to get the LWB to have the world's fastest picnic tables! After much reconditioning and cosmetic upgrading I thought I wanted a Continental R Coupe. I mentioned it to Darcy Collings and he asked "Does that mean your Turbo RL is for sale?" We struck a deal. Darcy has since upgraded to a Bentley Arnage and Rob Manderson is now the proud custodian of the
Turbo RL. In 2009 as an avid Internet shopper I found a one family owned 1984 Horse chestnut Silver Spur S/N NAE09938 in New Jersey on EBAY. I was the successful bidder. I was planning to keep the Silver Spur forever until I found on Autotrader.ca a 1990 Bentley Turbo RL S/N PBL33539 in Vancouver. It was imported from Japan 3 years ago and has only 47,000 kilometers. I sold the Spur to our Activities Coordinator Don Casemore, its current custodian.
1984 Silver Spur S/N NAE09938
Current PMC - 1990 Bentley Turbo RL S/N PBL33539 So there you have it! It is quite evident that I love the cars but enjoy the hunt. As this is being written I am looking at possibly upgrading again. So whenever you see me chances are that my car is usually for sale if I have another one on the horizon. You can never own too many Rolls-Royces or Bentleys!