a tiger hunting Maharajah's 1925 Rolls Royce with Barker coachbuilt Sport Touring body, bumper mounted cannon, and bumper hitch towing a machine gun... the unusual uses a luxury touring car has been put to!

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwyMBA7VTs_K5HrCFwVoxFOdNz6Ix3AAr-Z8i-PPl4z0KtXqUtWlcHUI4zq-asLqSau5-UhPR3jyKfnyynhL-LaVaB1sNJ1IgL-WDFJ-zx0aClh-DnhgO6dPeceFaFquZduTuej4MaI5I/s1600/tiger.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="384" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwyMBA7VTs_K5HrCFwVoxFOdNz6Ix3AAr-Z8i-PPl4z0KtXqUtWlcHUI4zq-asLqSau5-UhPR3jyKfnyynhL-LaVaB1sNJ1IgL-WDFJ-zx0aClh-DnhgO6dPeceFaFquZduTuej4MaI5I/s640/tiger.bmp" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX1jC-6zDKceWQJ3dKGPKShmtZ6_DZnW5DqPxveFJ0qYfRlf6cNl3VjVPRltpvzuj9oS583NMXD80naKQ2LIH7dgIp_SbwR-LdiNDnssCPMRC4K91Krrd5ZG9AVgEowEXCHZBoz_iAy8k/s1600/tig.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="564" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX1jC-6zDKceWQJ3dKGPKShmtZ6_DZnW5DqPxveFJ0qYfRlf6cNl3VjVPRltpvzuj9oS583NMXD80naKQ2LIH7dgIp_SbwR-LdiNDnssCPMRC4K91Krrd5ZG9AVgEowEXCHZBoz_iAy8k/s640/tig.bmp" width="640" /></a></div> In addition to the standard luxury fittings for which Rolls-Royce and Barker are renowned, the car features a hidden safe, a nickel-plated hissing snake horn, a rifle stand in the rear passenger compartment, fitted tool kits and two powerful brass searchlights for night spotting.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNnFssCf_KnYJQ-imp4U4OKmqZBM3EpkaJZqAdNCnbdPoRks8maWKP8rlK378FhvOrmiseV1ozhu3VrvsV-Go2H786arCceoJeL1oxhzQonMxguy_5ndmBbsm4g9soOU_uqha18oNUcx8/s1600/tige.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="440" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNnFssCf_KnYJQ-imp4U4OKmqZBM3EpkaJZqAdNCnbdPoRks8maWKP8rlK378FhvOrmiseV1ozhu3VrvsV-Go2H786arCceoJeL1oxhzQonMxguy_5ndmBbsm4g9soOU_uqha18oNUcx8/s640/tige.bmp" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjIkVrKm4xhgGp97MFZZSgWzAXIjko6O4tQOPVBZNqLDV-PWGEdxYh74fFGCKNgsXwvMd4MvdzDSz3Hqq2vhHfd3nJJKUH1XEweeXMRfF7hI1X-_Gbm63zR6vMhN5b1I1XU2ZaG_GA0BQ/s1600/tr.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjIkVrKm4xhgGp97MFZZSgWzAXIjko6O4tQOPVBZNqLDV-PWGEdxYh74fFGCKNgsXwvMd4MvdzDSz3Hqq2vhHfd3nJJKUH1XEweeXMRfF7hI1X-_Gbm63zR6vMhN5b1I1XU2ZaG_GA0BQ/s640/tr.bmp" width="508" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoSTIQuavlRvjA4zNSgtfzYLXh35pJ4GbmwcsAm0v4Ltmwrt5NbKk_KepvCa1jxggQI5gFsccHSix9sKtujRKpQJXqF-VcZr9fzZVI-F7Jev6hEXAuY5ophZD5GDoS6URgdzAozSbHHmo/s1600/ty.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="408" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoSTIQuavlRvjA4zNSgtfzYLXh35pJ4GbmwcsAm0v4Ltmwrt5NbKk_KepvCa1jxggQI5gFsccHSix9sKtujRKpQJXqF-VcZr9fzZVI-F7Jev6hEXAuY5ophZD5GDoS6URgdzAozSbHHmo/s640/ty.bmp" width="640" /></a></div> For ordnance she carries a mounted Howdah gun (double-barrel shotgun in pistol form), a mountable Lantaka cannon attached to the bumper, and a machine gun mounted on an attached, matching trailer.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6hyHleaqlfsmu6NOhGnOpdDla78_hCxjg3WGiOIZHUxbBNvvoKN_YYz-jhzTE9YB3BYEGFmKy68bLA7z0SDjcRRVB9hOAr-rOwpc7M6s6sxakhm2_uoi3WCpMZRoof6xxKC4ruB4pNgw/s1600/tu.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="378" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6hyHleaqlfsmu6NOhGnOpdDla78_hCxjg3WGiOIZHUxbBNvvoKN_YYz-jhzTE9YB3BYEGFmKy68bLA7z0SDjcRRVB9hOAr-rOwpc7M6s6sxakhm2_uoi3WCpMZRoof6xxKC4ruB4pNgw/s640/tu.bmp" width="640" /></a></div>found on <a href="http://driven.urbandaddy.com/2011/07/26/the-tiger-hunters-rolls-royce/">http://driven.urbandaddy.com/2011/07/26/the-tiger-hunters-rolls-royce/</a></div>

a tiger hunting Maharajah's 1925 Rolls Royce with Barker coachbuilt Sport Touring body, bumper mounted cannon, and bumper hitch towing a machine gun... the unusual uses a luxury touring car has been put to!

 In addition to the standard luxury fittings for which Rolls-Royce and Barker are renowned, the car features a hidden safe, a nickel-plated ...

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Ernest Hemingway's Rolls Royce

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq0G-EkUKhYi3kyoR6gRhlDi9iXFyZEFPiVgZEmUbyvZ4Ka0iNvmOuRnJVhreMTvumi_OvWhhf8oxSmvwVEz844q36aOCGvnNJIVQodtdIraEX0FukT4KKsksRX32IFPIS_rckBzA0_J_H/s1600/hemingway-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="336" rda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq0G-EkUKhYi3kyoR6gRhlDi9iXFyZEFPiVgZEmUbyvZ4Ka0iNvmOuRnJVhreMTvumi_OvWhhf8oxSmvwVEz844q36aOCGvnNJIVQodtdIraEX0FukT4KKsksRX32IFPIS_rckBzA0_J_H/s640/hemingway-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>photo and info from <a href="http://www.ridelust.com/ernest-hemingways-beautiful-green-phantom/">http://www.ridelust.com/ernest-hemingways-beautiful-green-phantom/</a><br /><br />In the 1930s, after <em>A Farewell to Arms</em> made him financially independent, Ernest Hemingway toured the United States in his green 1929 Rolls Royce Phantom II Short Coupled Saloon. His Phantom II was specially equipped with a mini bar and compartments for golf and hunting equipment<br /><br />I was curious what he had driven, because in 1959 Buick gave him a nearly new car. He was driven from Florida to his home in Ketchum Idaho, through Louisianna, Texas, and New Mexico<br /><br />When auctioned, they write the cars up incredibly... <a href="http://www.rmauctions.com/FeatureCars.cfm?SaleCode=LF11&CarID=r128">http://www.rmauctions.com/FeatureCars.cfm?SaleCode=LF11&CarID=r128</a>#</div>

Ernest Hemingway's Rolls Royce

photo and info from http://www.ridelust.com/ernest-hemingways-beautiful-green-phantom/ In the 1930s, after A Farewell to Arms made him fina...

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Rolls Royce Ghost Hybrid

Rolls Royce is working on a mild version of the Ghost, its luxury saloon. The mild hybrid technology will come from the work on the BMW ActiveHybrid 7. Given the 7 and the Ghost share the same rear-wheel drive platform, the 'engineering on the Ghost hybrid has been fairly straightforward.' (Source:<a href="http://www.autocar.co.uk/News/NewsArticle.aspx?AR=244695">Autocar.co.uk</a>)<br /><br />The hybrid system is mild, which means it won't be able to travel on all electric power. It will have a start-stop system withe regenerative brakes to help recharge the lithium-ion battery.<br /><br />The mileage is expected to improve by 15 percent over the non-hybrid version, while also making mild improvements to the performance with the added power from the electric motor.

Rolls Royce Ghost Hybrid

Rolls Royce is working on a mild version of the Ghost, its luxury saloon. The mild hybrid technology will come from the work on the BMW Act...

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