Villa d'Este 2018

Ewan Gallie · Post by **Ewan Gallie** » Sun May 27, 2018 7:53 pm

Ewan Gallie · Post by **Ewan Gallie** » Sun May 27, 2018 8:08 pm

Ewan Gallie · Post by **Ewan Gallie** » Sun May 27, 2018 8:28 pm

John Murch · Post by **John Murch** » Mon May 28, 2018 4:56 am

What an interesting selection, I do like the Jarvis bodied 4 1/2 .

Stephen Blakey · Post by **Stephen Blakey** » Mon May 28, 2018 11:24 am

That one was prepared by Wayne Huckle and it was my privilege to see it at various stages of the rebuild. That smoke green (applied in house) really suits it. The attention to detail is stunning.

Christopher Carnley · Post by **Christopher Carnley** » Tue May 29, 2018 8:27 am

The MK VI is B359EW,an HJ Mulliner 2dr/4light saloon with the lightweight all aluminium coachwork. Although "fast back it is not a Continental, but has an alligator bonnet. Delivered in May 1950 to Mr Beulah, a Lincolnshire canner.

The Erdman and Rossi is B101 LS, for Alan Graves.

How it presented in 2013.

Outside the Berlin-Halansee factory.

Ewan Gallie · Post by **Ewan Gallie** » Wed May 30, 2018 2:50 pm

Christopher Carnley wrote:
The Erdman and Rossi is B101 LS, for Alan Graves.

How it presented in 2013.

Correction it should be B 58 LS. I saw it on the old registration docs at the exhibition ground at the Villa Olmo and Bernard King confirms.

Ewan

Christopher Carnley · Post by **Christopher Carnley** » Wed May 30, 2018 3:31 pm

I should have written B10LS, even the "experts" were mis-informed. I bow to your keen observation.
It is good to know that one other person is interested!

Ewan Gallie · Post by **Ewan Gallie** » Wed May 30, 2018 5:33 pm

We try our best.
In fact B 10 LS is another Erdmann & Rossi example supplied to A. Graves in April 1938.
The above B 58 LS is from August 1938 supplied to Harry von Oppenheim. A year later he was on his way to Monte Carlo when the situation in Europe was such that he decided to change direction and head for Le Havre where he and the car were embarked and headed for New York.

Ewan

Peter Boxer · Post by **Peter Boxer** » Thu May 31, 2018 9:10 am

The sepia-like shot "Outside the Berlin-Halansee factory" shows the car, with its split 'screen, at least as handsomely with the top up as down...those large hoods certainly don't pack away neatly! (Mind you, I'm basically just jealous..)
Peter

Christopher Carnley · Thu May 31, 2018 10:04 am

Me too even with its obvious Teutonic style.

There was another almost identical car B85 LE owned by the works themselves but bought later by a Russian spy call Louis. He housed it in a wooden garage which in 2004 caught fire and almost destroyed the car.

Erdmann & Rossi still exist as restorers of high end cars, but they appeer to have passed this project on to another firm.

There is some good blurb in the Mulliner Lightweight in the new "Comic".