Rolls Royce Phantom III Traditional Cache
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Placed as part of the Central Maine Power Run by the Power
Rangers.
A camoed plastic coffee can that contains a log book, pen, and
swag.
Rolls Royce Pantom III
Being a big james Bond fan, how could I not like this car?
1937 Rolls Royce III driven by Oddjob
Owned by Auric Goldfinger
Featured In Goldfinger (1964)
Film information
Goldfinger owns this excellently preserved black and yellow 1937
Rolls Royce III, where Oddjob proceeds to chauffeur him around.
Weighing in at over 7,000 pounds with twelve cylinders and capable
off over 100mph, this immaculate vehicle had a hidden secret.
A number of times a year Goldfinger would take his car from his
metallurgical works in Kent, England, to his factory in Austria.
However this trip enables him to smuggle large amounts of gold
recast as parts of the car to be transported around Europe.
Automobile information.
The Rolls-Royce Phantom III was the final large pre-war
Rolls-Royce. Introduced in 1936, it replaced the Phantom II and it
was the only V12 Rolls-Royce until the 1998 introduction of the
Silver Seraph. 727 V12 Phantom III chassis were constructed from
1936 to 1939, and many have survived The III is powered by an
aluminium-alloy V12 engine of 447in⊃3; (7.32L), having a bore of
3.25 inches (82.5 mm) and a stroke of 4.5 inches (114.3 mm). It is
a pushrod engine with overhead valves operated by a single camshaft
in the valley between the cylinder banks. Early cars had hydraulic
tappets or, rather, a unique system of eccentric bushings in each
individual rocker that was actuated by a small hydraulic piston;
the eccentric bushing ensuring zero valve-lash at the rocker/valve
interface. This system was changed to solid adjustable tappets in
1938. The Phantom III is unusual for its twin ignition systems,
with two distributors, two coils and 24 spark plugs. Fuel is
provided by a twin SU electric pump. Wire wheels are fitted as
standard, but many cars carry Ace wheel discs. The car features
on-board jacking and a one-shot chassis lubrication system,
operated by a lever inside the driver's compartment. Independent
front suspension by a coil spring-based system is complemented by a
carryover semi-elliptical spring unit in the rear. The car has a
4-speed manual transmission with synchromesh on gears 2, 3 and 4.
Overdrive was added in 1938. The car has 4-wheel servo-assisted
brakes applied by cable (using a servo made under licence from
Hispano-Suiza). The radiator shell is of Staybrite steel. The sheer
bulk of the car is reflected in its performance figures. An example
tested in 1938 by The English Autocar magazine returned a top speed
of 140 km/h (87½ mph) and a 0 - 60 mph (0 – 96 km/h)
time of 16.8 seconds. The overall fuel consumption quoted from that
road test was 28 litres per 100 kilometres (10 mpg-imp; 8.4
mpg-.
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