An R Type with a difference!























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BethesdaHi Can we update the customer dealer page with this The Real Car Company Ltd The Real Car Company was established in 1987 by Ray Arnold & Ian Johnstone to specialise in the sale of early Rolls-Royce and Bentley. It was a hobby that 'Got out of hand'. Our interest in cars of the type that we now sell goes back to our childhoods, and ownership back to the 1970s. Gradually more cars started passing through our hands, and by 1986 we had decided to make a full-time occupation of buying and selling the cars that we love. We started with a single car (all we could afford) which we sold quickly, and before we knew it we had 4 or 5 on our hands! This was alongside another business (exhaust systems) that we were involved in at the time. In the spring of 1988 we gave up the other business, rented part of the premises that we still operate from now, and went full time. We started well in the boom years of the late eighties, which set us up well enough for us to ride the storm of recession in the years that followed. As the years went on the number of cars going through our hands increased gradually, we built up a workforce, and we now carry a stock of around 30 to 40 vehicles with nine of us here. Over the years we have gratefully received awards from the motoring press. We are always interested in acquiring cars of the type that we sell so if you know of a Rolls-Royce or Bentley for sale, anywhere in the World, particularly an early model, please let us know
An R Type with a difference! The car has been upgraded to 4.9 litres, has a high ratio back axle and is equipped with P100 headlights, all of which enhance the car overall and make it stand out from the crowd visually, as well as adding to the already highly useable specification of these models. In lovely condition, with excellent paintwork in black and grey, superb chrome plating, with original leather interior, accompanied by high quality carpets, headlining and woodwork, all in lovely order, and looking very smart. The underside is excellent, being clean, sound and wellprotected, and includes a recent stainless steel exhaust system. Driving nicely, fitted with very wellsuited Avon radial tyres & offered with a fresh MoT. Chassis No. B339TO Reg No. 158 UYK Snippets: High Flying Lawyers & American Connections. The first owner of B339TO was Raymond Clifford CliffordTurner (1906/95), in 1925 his father Harry, changed the family surname from Turner to that of CliffordTuner. This was t a purely business decision to take advantage of the goodwill associated with the name Clifford Turner in world of lawyers. In 1931 Raymond was admitted to the firm, the only family member to do so (his 3 brothers branched into other careers). In 1933 Raymond married Zoe Vachell whose father & grandfather had both practised law in Cardiff and Zoe was in fact godmother to, at the time, the two richest children in the world! These infants were namely David & Diane Dodge their greatgrandfather was Horace Elgin Dodge, an icon in the American automotive industry. In 1925, the widows of Horace & John Dodge sold their shares in the automobile business to Dillon Read investment bankers for 146 million!! Susan, their daughter was a debutante in 1955 and was presented at Court by her mother and given a joint comingout dance alongside Penelope Knowles at the family London home of The Cottage in Hobart Place. Raymond was a keen motorist and in 1924 he pleaded guilty to exceeding the speed limit but not to driving at a speed which was dangerous to the public! John Scott published a biography of the CliffordTurner law firm entitled Legibus, a history of CliffordTurner 19001980 which is full of fabulous detail including the fact that Raymond CliffordTurner served with the RAF during WWII, initially in the air and later on the ground with the Air Ministry. The first noted official casualty of WWII was John Noel Isaac, a partner in CliffordTurner. He died whilst carrying out a solo practice flight in his Bristol Blenheim whilst serving with 600 Sqdn.