Cars in the Club This page shows some of the Rolls-Royce and Bentley motor cars that our members own, or which visited New Zealand for the start of the 2004 Centennial World Tour. It will give you as a potential member and purchaser an idea of the characteristics of the different models and how they may meet your needs for classic motoring. With very few exceptions, virtually all models of Rolls-Royce and Bentley are owned by members of the NZRR&BC and these owners are generally very happy to show their cars to potential members, and to discuss their cars' performance and maintenance needs. If you are interested in contacting an owner of any particular model, you are invited in the first instance, to contact our membership registrar, whose details are shown on the Club Officials page. You will then be put in touch with a Club member who can give you more information on his or her particular car. The details given below of each model, are of necessity very broad and general in their scope and may not always apply to any particular car, Rolls-Royce's policy always being one of 'continuous development'. This generally means that they seldom, if ever, built two cars exactly the same. And of course, prior to World War 2, Rolls-Royce supplied only the chassis and running gear, the purchaser then having the coachwork of his choice fitted by his favourite coachbuilder. One of the pleasures then, of owning a Rolls-Royce or Bentley, lies in finding out its similarities and differences compared with another ostensibly similar model. Rolls-Royces built in Derby before 1940 are shown below. Click here to see Rolls-Royces built at Crewe between 1946 and 2002, and at Goodwood from 2003 onwards. Click here to see the Bentleys.

40/50 'Silver Ghost' Produced from 1907 to 1923. This recently restored chassis, 60RM, is in the Southward Museum at Waikanae, and shows how much, (or how little!) the customer got from Rolls-Royce when buying a new car. He then had to nominate the coachbuilder of his choice who would then design and build the bodywork to the customer's individual requirements.       The final product could well have looked like this,     1922 Silver Ghost 7KG, barrel-sided tourer with coachwork by Regent (UK). In June and July 2007 this car completed the Peking-Paris centennial re-enactment, coming second in the pioneer class and winning a gold medal in the process. For more details on this incredible event, click here. At the other extreme you could have had something like this Silver Ghost Shooting Brake, 107EM, built for the then Prince of Wales in 1922.   40/50 Phantom Phantom I This highly orignal motor car, 1OR, visited New Zealand from the UK to take part in the Vintage Car Club's international rally in 2005.   Phantom I  59OR was recently imported from Australia. Thes two photos show that, open or closed, the Phantom I was an impressively large vehicle. Phantom II 192XJ     1934 Phantom II Continental 101RY. This is an old photograph of a car that is still in regular use by the family that imported it into New Zealand in the late 1940's Phantom III 3AX33 Although this photograph was taken overseas, this car is currntly undergoing restoration in New Zealand. 20 HP   20 HP GYL 82 A 20 hp, GYL82, with H J Mulliner replica drop-head coupé body, recently arrived from Australia, although its first years were spent in France.   20/25 An unusual Brewster sedancalette body on 20/25 GSR65, recently arrived from the USA, and below is the same car after a full restoration, here in New Zealand.       Thrupp and Maberly Sports Saloon on 20/25 GKC15, Mulliner 'Razor Edge' sports saloon on 25/30 GRO79 Wraith WLB9 Click here to see the range of Rolls-Royces built at Crewe from 1945 to 2002 and at Goodwood from 2003 onwards, that Club members own or which have visited NZ. Click here to see the range of Bentleys that Club members own or which have visited NZ

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