I WAS CAPTIVATED by Glen Waddington’s description of his drive in a 1920 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost on The Founders’ Run through Portugal (Octane 247) as ‘fundamentally, unrestrainedly life-affirming, and fantastic fun’.
I recently completed a weeklong tour of the north-east of Victoria in my 1925 Ghost, chassis 122EU. We covered 600km without a hint of trouble and it is on such drives that you appreciate how remarkable Ghosts really are. Happily sitting at about 80km/h, I often think: ‘How much fun is this?!’
Ghosts are something of a high-maintenance mistress but the rewards are priceless. I have owned mine for 23 years and it just gets better and better. Being a very late chassis, it has four-wheel brakes, which make a huge difference in modern traffic.
Incidentally, my great-grandfather bought the car new and it was delivered to him in London in April 1925. In the picture [above right] I
