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"The Roycean" is a new annual journal for those with a serious interest in all aspects of the illustrious Rolls-Royce car company. We aim to include articles on the history of Rolls-Royce (and Derby and Crewe-built Bentley) motor cars up to the 1960s, as well as articles on coachbuilders, dealers, the personalities involved with the cars, individual models of the cars made, and interesting owners. Many of our readers will know the eight issues of The Rolls-Royce Owner magazine issued during 1963-64 by Jeremy Bacon. This magazine introduced new enthusiasts to car discoveries, historical material not seen before, and created a new appreciation of the company's achievements. We at The Roycean hope that our new annual will emulate Jeremy Bacon's valuable contribution all those years ago. If you are researching a related topic, or would like to start a project, do get in touch with us so that we can offer any help you might need. We would like to encourage anyone to contribute to the new annual and hope that a new generation of researchers will gain the same pleasure when making historical discoveries as writers in this first issue of The Roycean certainly have. There is an abundance of archival material still to be exploited and so many aspects of Rolls-Royce history that could be researched. We are delighted to have the support and encouragement of the 20-Ghost Club, the world's oldest Rolls-Royce club, for this first issue. Contacts: Editor - Tom Clarke, TheRoycean@aol.com Production - Will Morrison, motorhistorica@btinternet.com Web site & contents : The Roycean Published by: The Hulme Press United Kingdom 2010. Sir Frederick Henry Royce, Bart    (23 Mar 1863 - 22 Apr 1933)

********** Issue 1 **********

Contents (106 pages ; 146 illust.) - Charles Rolls: one hundred years on, by Tom Clarke. - Frederick Henry Royce and the Roberts boys, by Will Morrison. - Vee-front saloon on a 40/50 h.p. Rolls-Royce chassis. Taken from Cooper's Vehicle Journal of July 1920. - Full circle: a Silver Ghost and its Sheffield connections, by Richard Forder. - The best client of Rolls-Royce: the Maharaja of Patiala, by John Fasal. - The Rolls-Royce racer: Eddie Hall and the Ards T.T., by James Fack. - The Phantom II Continental. A four-page period Rolls-Royce 'flier'. - Weighty matters, or, how to make a Phantom III Continental, by Steve Stuckey. - Postwar recovery. 23 photographs from Tom Clarke (Silver Wraiths & Bentley MkVI), notes and captions by Will Morrison. Price £10.00 (p&p UK: £2.50 ; Europe: £4.00 ; Rest of the world: £6.00) Paypal rrab@completeclassics.co.uk

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Contents (124 pages ; 193 illust.!) - #1701, the first 100 mph Rolls-Royce, by Tim Forest. - Royce's personal testament, by Sandy Skinner. - Double take, Rolls-Royce lookalikes by Bryan K. Goodman. - George W. McNear, a notable Boston coachbuilder, by Roberto Verboon. - Replicating in style, by Tom Clarke. - G.G. Smith, The Autocar and Rolls-Royce, by Will Morrison. - A Royal Duke's Phantom III, official duties in Australia, by Steve Stuckey. - Two inventors, the premier Earl and a Phantom III (3DL122), by Tom Clarke. - Postwar designs that got away: the cars not built, by Davide Bassoli. - Afterthoughts on the Roycean 2010. Price £10.00 (p&p UK: £2.50 ; Europe: £4.00 ; Rest of the world: £6.00) Paypal rrab@completeclassics.co.uk