Cars you didn't know existed...
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ZesPak said:
loudlashadjuster said:
Followed a red Talbot-Matra Murena up the road yesterday, lovely looking thing. Was not aware of them until I got home and did a bit of googling.
If my estimate is correct it would mean that France was kicking out these, Fuegos and Alpines at the same time. The Murena deserved better though, seemingly killed by la politique des Français.
Had a dealership around the corner that had a dozen of them.If my estimate is correct it would mean that France was kicking out these, Fuegos and Alpines at the same time. The Murena deserved better though, seemingly killed by la politique des Français.
3 seaters as well!!
Fast Bug said:
P5BNij said:
I came across this yesterday, a one off Rolls Royce...(?)
It's nothing to do with Rolls Royce, it was built by this chap as seen in a later guise of the car
The guy used to have a garage in Locks Bottom near Orpington , his speciality was automatic transmissions , His tag line was “name of garage” the secret of shiiiift
I am sure the car appeared at the Bromley Motoring Pageant a few times
Edited by MXRod on Friday 2nd February 08:02
Is he really?MXRod said:
Fast Bug said:
P5BNij said:
I came across this yesterday, a one off Rolls Royce...(?)
It's nothing to do with Rolls Royce, it was built by this chap as seen in a later guise of the carThe guy used to have a garage in Locks Bottom near Orpington , his speciality was automatic transmissions , His tag line was “name of garage” the secret of shiiiift
I am sure the car appeared at the Bromley Motoring Pageant a few times
Edited by MXRod on Friday 2nd February 08:02
Willy Nilly said:
It would have been better if RR could have come to some arrangement with that him about that car, because it's very cool and could have been a good publicity tool.
Yes but they had no control over it, it was the antithesis of what they were selling and had it all gone tits up, people would forever have associated the carnage with RR.Additionally, neither was exactly attractive to look at. Granted, clothing an engine that huge has problems but it could have been done.
loudlashadjuster said:
Quite. Although I can't see what RR had on him unless he was trying to sell it. If I lean a RR grille up against my shed it hardly makes it a Phantom, does it?
(IANAL etc.
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Intellectual property and use of trademarks.(IANAL etc.
)Ford once had a massive purge on people making unauthorised merchandise, using their logo and especially the Mustang brand and shut them down they did. rather like the kit car manufacturers who basically copied designs and were similarly ruled against and had their assets seized.
LuS1fer said:
Intellectual property and use of trademarks.
Ford once had a massive purge on people making unauthorised merchandise, using their logo and especially the Mustang brand and shut them down they did. rather like the kit car manufacturers who basically copied designs and were similarly ruled against and had their assets seized.
But he wasn't selling the car as a Rolls-Royce. Was he even claiming it was a Rolls-Royce in public? I'm pretty sure the Rolls-Royce grille was just there to reflect the Rolls-Royce engine, not to convince everyone it was a Rolls-Royce. Ford once had a massive purge on people making unauthorised merchandise, using their logo and especially the Mustang brand and shut them down they did. rather like the kit car manufacturers who basically copied designs and were similarly ruled against and had their assets seized.
You could put a Phantom grille on a Ford Escort or Vauxhall Astra. Rolls-Royce could do nothing about it - you own the car and the grille and can do what you want with them.
Willy Nilly said:
It would have been better if RR could have come to some arrangement with that him about that car, because it's very cool and could have been a good publicity tool.
It's not cool, it's hideous! It fell out of the ugly tree, hitting every branch on the way down.I don't think either Rolls-Royce the car maker or Rolls-Royce the engine maker are interested in a fibreglass kit car powered by a 70 year old engine.
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