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Gentleman's Roadster; 1920 ROLLS-ROYCE SILVER GHOST RUNABOUT.(Escape Roads)
Byline: JAN TEGLER
Meet "Seymour,'' a 1920 Silver Ghost Runabout that served as the prototype for a new class of Rolls-Royce: the roadster. Tom and Abby Campi of St. Michaels, Maryland, acquired the one-of-a-kind British-American hybrid in 1991 and are only the second owners of this 88-year-old classic.
Seymour was born as Silver Ghost Alpine Eagle chassis No. 80 LE, manufactured by Rolls-Royce of England as part of a double order from a wealthy American customer. Grace Knox of Buffalo, New York, ordered a formal limousine for herself, along with a car to be fitted with "special coachwork'' as a birthday present for her son. Sporty Packards and Cadillacs were the rage, but Mrs. Knox insisted on a Rolls-Royce. No. 80 LE was built in 1920 and shipped from London to Springfield, Massachusetts, in late March 1921.
Rolls-Royce of America had been established just more than a year before, when the manufacturer purchased the Wire Wheel Co. plant in Springfield with an eye to serving its growing American clientele. The company recognized that to succeed in America, it would have to offer standardized body styles. The younger Knox's car would serve as the blueprint for company roadsters based on the well-established 40/50-hp models (1907-1925) known as Silver Ghosts. Identified by 1923 as the "Piccadilly Roadster,'' the first RROA catalog called the type "The Gentleman's Roadster.''
The running gear on Seymour's N-series high-speed chassis was typical of later 40/50-hp models. A sturdy 7.4-liter straight-six ...
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