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When Heike and Emily... (on the road in the Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud I)

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Created on November 8, 2018

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Daniel Reinhard

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Daniel Reinhard

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Rolls-Royce / Werk

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Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud I (1956) - Heike besitzt und pflegt den Rolls schon seit einigen Jahren

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Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud I (1956) - stilvoll ankommen garantiert

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Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud I (1956) - sicherlich nicht dem Cliché des üblichen RR-Fahrers entsprechend

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Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud I (1956) - die Heike und Ihr Rolls

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Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud I (1956) - schnell noch ein SMS getippt

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Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud I (1956) - beeindruckende Statur

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Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud I (1956) - imposantes Fahrzeug, auch heute noch

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Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud I (1956) - ein elegantes Fahrzeug vor historischem Gemäuer

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Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud I (1956) - fast 5,4 Meter lang und 1,8 Tonnen schwer

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Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud I (1956) - vor dem Schlosshof

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Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud I (1956) - mit mächtiger Motorhaube für den Reihensechszylinder

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Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud I (1956) - fast wie in Good Old Britain

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Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud I (1956) - bereit zur Weiterfahrt

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Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud I (1956) - ein Rolls im Grünen

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Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud I (1956) - Handschuhe sind Pflicht

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Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud I (1956) - Heike nähert sichim Rolls

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Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud I (1956) - man hört fast nur das Abrollgeräusch der Reifen

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Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud I (1956) - 3,1 Meter Radstand garantieren Luxuskomfort

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Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud I (1956) - still säuselt er dahin ...

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Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud I (1956) - ... und entgleitet in die Ferne

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Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud I (1956) - der Rolls lässt sich auch von Damenhand gut fahren

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Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud I (1956) - unterwegs mit Heike

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Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud I (1956) - Heike startet den Motor

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Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud I (1956) - nach etwas Kraft verlangt die Lenkung mit Schnecke und Rolle schon

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Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud I (1956) - glattflächiges Lenkrad, passende Handschuhe

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Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud I (1956) - Zündschloss in der Mitte des Armaturenbretts

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Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud I (1956) - jetzt geht's los

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Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud I (1956) - ob noch genug Öl drin ist?

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Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud I (1956) - Ölkontrolle erledigt Heike natürlich in Eigenarbeit

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Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud I (1956) - der Ölstand sieht gut aus

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Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud I (1956) - im Motorraum ist alles noch recht übersichtlich angeordnet

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Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud I (1956) - britischer Motorenbau

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Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud I (1956) - Chassis-Plakette

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Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud I (1956) - die Emily zwischen den Motorhauben-Flügel

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Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud I (1956) - Flügel falten zwischen Flügel

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Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud I (1956) - imposanter Kühlergrill, natürlich von Hand zusammengeschweisst

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Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud I (1956) - typisch Rolls-Royce

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Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud I (1956) - die Heike freut sich an der eleganten Emily

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Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud I (1956) - Emily und Heike

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Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud I (1956) - Frontscheinwerfer

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Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud (1956) - frühe Version des Silver Cloud

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Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud (1956) - Hochzeitsgeschenk für Prinz Rainier von Monaco und Grace Kelly

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Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud (1957) - hochgewachsen, der Nachfolger war 12 cm niedriger

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Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud (1958) - im Fond gab es viel Platz

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Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud (1959) - Limousine (four door saloon) der zweiten Serie

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Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud (1957) - zumeist mit Chauffeur unterwegs, die Besitzer dieses Silver Clouds

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Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud (1955) - angepriesen als Fünfsitzer, der auch sechs Personen fasst

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Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud Saloon (1958) - Interieur

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Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud (1957) - Rückbank der Langversion, mit Trennung zwischen Vorder- und Rückplätzen

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Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud LWB Saloon (1957) - als Langversion

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Summary

Typically, a chauffeur sat behind the wheel of a Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud I, perhaps a male self-driver. But a woman? You would hardly have expected one there. But they do exist, the female self-driver! She drives the Silver Cloud out of conviction and she also maintains it herself. What a story! This report not only portrays an early SilverCloud I, it also goes into the owner's love for her unusual classic.

This article contains the following chapters

From Golf to Rolls
Knowing how
In fitting company
Over sixty years old
Self-driver
Also for longer distances
The woman is herself
Further information

Estimated reading time: 4min

Preview (beginning of the article)

If the million-dollar question on Günter Jauch was about the perfect women's car and the choices were VW Beetle, Rolls Royce Silver Cloud l, Opel Corsa and Mini, then many would probably gamble away the million! Hardly anyone believes that a Rolls Royce from the 1950s can not only be driven by a woman, but also cherished and cared for. But at least for one of these stately limousines, this is exactly the case. In the summer, we met Heike at a classic car event and got talking... Since Heike's parents never had a car of their own, they probably needed to catch up. Her first car was a five-year-old VW Golf, built in 1974. The rust was literally eating away at the car, and on the very last trip to the scrapyard in 1982, the brown plague crumbled to the ground on every wave.

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