After the World War 1 there is a great demand for vehicles, but not enough new vehicles available. The idea came to Rolls-Royce's in America to meet the domestic demand was important and not have to pay import taxes "It matters Duty" which was 45% of value. This would cause prices of these Rolls-Royce were something more reasonable.
Finding the best location was chosen Springfield (Massachusetts). It was an area where they could find workers accustomed to the highest precision and attention to small detail. Many of the workers came from the gun industry and gun.
It took an old Indian motorcycle factory, where during World War Tanks were built and in 1920 started the American adventure.
He thought of building the "Best Car of the World."
The starting system of these cars is made with 241 by 458 insurance components. We searched for the best materials and treated with the utmost precision nickel silver and platinum finishes. The result was as expected but the excessive cost, your final price doubled and tripled the price of the best American V-12 Cadillac, Packer, Lincoln, etc ...
After 10 years of production at Springfield and a 2944 production cars, the factory was not viable. High cost, economic recession, "Crack" in 1929 and decided not to pursue the production of the next model, the Rolls-Royce Phantom II, to be built only in England and do a variant on the left-hand drive for export.
The Rolls-Royce made in Springfield are the only built outside England and the most important feature that distinguishes them is their steering wheel on the left.
Significant improvements were introduced, some of them later incorporated by the English, as the centralized lubrication system driven by a manual grease gun mounted on the driver's position that oil distributed to 44 points, double ignition coil, better location of the dynamo and so on ....
These Rolls-Royce were extremely sophisticated and complex. To educate drivers, it became known to the customers, only for drivers, mechanics had to drive a Rolls-Royce vehicle, was available to the school's instructional Rolls-Royce, with a well-equipped, a car for driving tests, a full chassis with all the details by which the instruction is given general and change management practice, there was also a complete set of all units in separate chassis which were to demonstrate to the students.
The course lasted two weeks is recommended during which time food and accommodation could be provided to drivers, mechanics who followed him. At the end of the training course was a test to which begged the car owners, drivers permit, engage their mechanics.
Trouville model has the chassis number 183 and St. Andrew 184. These vehicles were one after another in the Springfield production line nearly 90 years ago. The reunited in the 60 greatest American collector "Harrah's" and largest owner of casinos in Las Vegas. Later they became part of the largest European collection of rolis Royce Phantom 1. And now continuing Limousines Grup held together for you.
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