| Author | Message | ||
     Vladimir Ivanovich Kirillov Prolific User Username: soviet Post Number: 173 Registered: 2-2013 |
Chaps, can any of you tell me if Crewe ever made a factory limosine ie Shadow, Spirit, Spur stretched out. I know about the Phantoms but I have been seeing an number advertisements lately on the net about this or that Spur limosine being a factory made car. As you know, if you had a dollar for every minute of BS you have heard from a car saleman or car/owners sellers mouth you could plonk down cash for a new phantom to be delivered to your own private jet garage. | ||
| Brian Vogel Grand Master Username: guyslp Post Number: 1252 Registered: 6-2009 |
Vladimir, To my knowledge, Crewe never produced an SY limousine of any sort. The closest you got to that was a LWB Shadow with division or a Silver Wraith II with division. They also didn't, strictly speaking, produce an SZ series limousine, either, but they did have "factory authorized" stretch SZ's made by Jankel. I don't think there was any other authorized "stretch-er," but I'm sure someone else will chime in if there was one. I do know that the Robert Jankel limousines are recognized as "correct" by the RROC-US and that they were authorized by Crewe. Brian | ||
| Bob UK Unregistered guest Posted From: 94.197.121.124 |
Factory made means made in a factory any factory will do. I have driven a few stretched limos and none of them steered properly. They tend to understeer apply power and the limo tightens up on the corner. Then snap oversteer. Not nice ok if driven slow. RR didn't make saloon cars longer than the lwb versions. Because the whole suspension and subframes would have to be designed along with endless road resting. The phantom was designed as a limo not a saloon car. (Message approved by david_gore) |
