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[Alan]

I can remember it appearing on a black upright Ford Popular in the very early fifties. It was parked outside Bill Hirst's driving school on corner of Canterbury Street and Dentons Green Lane. I imagine its chauffeur had booked in for lessons. We young urchins were mesmerised at all this opulence. A 103E 1172cc side-valved engine that carried over into the later streamlined models

[brunty]

dont know what car they have now but i think they got rid of the rolls,i saw a maroon car outside the town hall a couple of weeks ago but couldnt see the make or registration the chaufer was stood nearby.

[Griffin]

That number was later on a Daimler - not a Jaguar type, but one of the bigger ones. I used to work with the mayor's daughter, who was acting as mayoress because her mother was unwell. They were invited to a Buckingham Palace garden party, and set out in the Daimler, but it overheated before they got to the motorway. I suppose it was farther than it was used to going. Incidentally, those side-valve Ford engines weren't at all bad. The original Lotus Seven was designed to be built with one. I used to love the intake roar - it was one of those engines you'd recognise anywhere when you heard it.