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1913 Rolls Royce Touring
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The partnership of Charles Rolls and Henry Royce was an uncommon one. Royce found himself the man of the house at the age of nine, selling newspapers and delivering telegrams, whereas Rolls was the son of British nobility.
The partnership began in 1904, when Rolls was convinced to test drive a Royce-built two-cylinder. Rolls, a dealer of Panhard et Levassors, was skeptical to say the least, but the drive earned Royce exclusive sales rights with the notable Rolls. Driven by Rolls’s highly visible persona and Royce’s detail oriented engineering, the match was perfect.
Originally owned by Alice Longfellow, daughter of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, this car was acquired by Alan Bemis, teller of Maine tales, who used it to haul weather observation equipment up Mt. Washington during the 1930s. Severely damaged in the 1938 hurricane, it was restored to its present condition by Bemis, who then presented it to the Museum.
Specifications: Model 40/50; 40/50 horsepower, 7,428 cubic centimeter, straight six-cylinder engine.
Price new, $8,500 chassis.
Wheelbase 144 inches, weight: 5,000 pounds.
Production from 1907-1926: 6,173 chassis.
This was seen at the Owls Head Transportation Museum in Maine.
http://owlshead.org/collections/detail/1913-rolls-royce-tourer