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Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost - what luxury felt like 90 years ago

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Created on December 18, 2012

Reading time 6min

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Thomas Suter

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Rolls-Royce 40/50HP Silver Ghost Phaeton by Barker (1921) - an der RM Auction Arizona 2011 als Lot 146 für USD 379'500 versteigert

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Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost (1924) - Front des ehemaligen Wagens von Charlie Chaplin

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Interieur eines Rolls-Royce 40/50HP Silver Ghost Phaeton by Barker (1921) - an der RM Auction Arizona 2011 als Lot 146 für USD 379'500 versteigert

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Reihen-Sechszylindermotor des Rolls-Royce 40/50HP Silver Ghost Phaeton by Barker (1921) - an der RM Auction Arizona 2011 als Lot 146 für USD 379'500 versteigert

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Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost (1912) - offener Herrschaftswagen

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Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost (1915) - setzte Massstäbe bezüglich Zuverlässigkeit, Komfort und Geräuscharmut

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Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost (1922) - Seitenansicht, rechts

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Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost (1924) - ehemaliger Besitzer war Charlie Chaplin

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Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost (1924) - rund 7,2 Liter Hubraum

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Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost (1924) - der grossvolumige Reihen-Sechszylinder im Chaplin-Rolls

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Summary

You don't need a DeLorean with a flux compensator to turn back time. A ride in a Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost creates the same effect. And the modern motorist is amazed at what the rich and powerful went to almost 100 years ago to get around quickly without horses, unless they employed someone as a chauffeur to take the manual part of getting around. This report sensitively describes what it means to start and drive a Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost from 1920. The article is illustrated with historical and current photo material.

This article contains the following chapters

Before the journey begins, it's time to work
Time-consuming starting procedure
Let it warm up first
Finally - driving off
For strong muscles
The pitfalls of deceleration
Dignified instruments
Parking also needs to be learned
About the Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost

Estimated reading time: 6min

Preview (beginning of the article)

You don't need a DeLorean with a flux compensator to turn back time. A ride in a Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost (built in 1920) creates the same effect. And the modern motorist is amazed at what the rich and powerful took on almost 100 years ago to get around quickly without horses, unless they employed someone as a chauffeur to take over the manual part of getting around. Get in, take a seat, turn the ignition key (or press the start button), drive off. These are the steps in our rhythm when we set off on a long or short journey in our modern mobile vehicles. We have to forget these processes when a Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost from the 1920s stands in front of us.

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