1920's Rolls Royce Springfield Ghost start-up

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ม.ค. 2025
  • Ran into a nice example of a vintage Rolls Royce Springfield Ghost and a gentleman kind enough to demonstrate the starting procedure. A real classic.

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  • @michaelmontagu3979
    @michaelmontagu3979 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I've always found that the drivers of classic cars are friendly. I drive a 1965 Silver Cloud III and have done for more than 40 years, as the second owner. People love to chat and exchange information. It's a great way to make friends.

    • @XB10001
      @XB10001 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Are they expensive to maintain?
      In general old RRs are.
      How about parts. Are they manufactured if you need them? At an astronomical price, perhaps?

  • @dmcars147
    @dmcars147 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Nice find!! Engine sounded smoother than most modern cars!

  • @alancrisp1582
    @alancrisp1582 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    🤗 Truly beautiful Springfield built Silver Ghost 👻. I would however be afraid 😨 to drive it on the roads today, especially in modern traffic!. An absolute classic vehicle..........

    • @pouglwaw5932
      @pouglwaw5932 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, that's why I drive a 1930 Model A, mechanical parts and even body panels are always easy to find cheaply. Also, Ford's simple basic gas tank is gravity feed- no need to pump up pressure for a fuel pump. The Rolls is gorgeous, but give me an antique Ford for more smiles per mile.

    • @rufussmith870
      @rufussmith870 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Check out The Silver Ghost Association. The members drive their Ghosts anywhere and everywhere all around the world. V.dry powerful and reliable cars and are a blast to drive.

  • @skdinterceptor2828
    @skdinterceptor2828 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Beautiful

  • @darylcjackson
    @darylcjackson หลายเดือนก่อน

    Twin plug? Looks like a straight six engine and two 6 cylinder distributors. My phone's screen isn't huge lol

  • @XB10001
    @XB10001 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Are the LED lights original? 🤔

  • @paulstafford4784
    @paulstafford4784 ปีที่แล้ว

    First time i ever seen a Silver Ghost with the grille of a RR Twenty

    • @KasparArnault
      @KasparArnault  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Interesting observation! I don't know these cars well enough to have picked up on that.

    • @noscwoh1
      @noscwoh1 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Horizontal shutters were, I believe, used pre-1925.

    • @rufussmith870
      @rufussmith870 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The early Springfield Silver Ghosts were available with horizontal shutters either painted or nickeled. Standard was no shutters like their British counterparts. Vertical shutters in nickel were introduced in 1926 as an option on the late Springfield Ghosts. The use of the nickeled vertical shutters became standard on the British PI’s in 1926 and the Springfield Phantom I’s in 1927.

  • @dogsandcars202
    @dogsandcars202 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Ahhh The life of rich people

  • @claiborneeastjr4129
    @claiborneeastjr4129 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Beautiful classic. Is the engine a straight six? Looks like twelve wires from two coils - two plugs per cylinder? Wonderful engineering.

    • @noscwoh1
      @noscwoh1 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Yes, double ignition system on a straight six. So if one failed, there was always a backup. Rolls was cautious about electrics in the early years.

    • @claiborneeastjr4129
      @claiborneeastjr4129 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@noscwoh1 The same twin ignition idea used on their RR aircraft V-12 engines of WW II. Redundancy always a great idea.

  • @Enjoythewoods
    @Enjoythewoods 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Good daily driver 👌

  • @luckydoggarage8229
    @luckydoggarage8229 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Orrie!

  • @dannirr
    @dannirr ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This is actually very poor technique for starting a Silver Ghost. It owiuld have started first time if he used proper technique. And hadn't molested the original ignition system with modern electronics.

  • @rufussmith870
    @rufussmith870 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Another poor example of how to start a Silver Ghost. Here is a novel idea. Read the Owner’s Manual. It is clearly described It isn’t complicated.

  • @Enjoythewoods
    @Enjoythewoods 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Made in Springfield massachusetts 🎉

    • @Enjoythewoods
      @Enjoythewoods 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Home of the mafia

    • @stringer-ik1pc
      @stringer-ik1pc 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Inferior in every way to the cars built in Derby England.
      The fact that they were built in England gave them 'snob appeal' this is why production stopped.