The Derby Works Ep4 - Lionel Windover was a man of taste. He had to be as one of Rolls-Royce's go to men for designing and assembling a worthy body for the distinguished marques chassis.
Windovers built their cars from 1924 in a factory in Hendon, north London and in 1935 Lionel decided he wanted one of his cars for himself. Rolls Derby factory supplied the 25hp chassis on which he had built a unique car to his very own specifications. Features like an early Philco in car radio were practically unheard of at the time and a very special dividing glass was installed that offered privacy for the rear cabin. Along with a crystal glass cigar lighter, deep pile mohair over rugs and sumptuous leather seats gave the rear compartment the air of a London gentleman's club lounge.
Greg very kindly talked me around this wonderful car and there's probably no better person to do it. He has a 25hp himself which he drives regularly continuing a half century interest in the cars.
Twice weekly visits to classic auto workshops featuring cars from the veteran to RADwood eras & including car restoration, rebuilds, repairs and restomods to anything from Aussie V8s, American muscle cars, Euro exotics, JDM, your coveted everyday runabout and more. If it's built before 1999, there's every chance I'll film it.
My name is Dave and I simply l love old cars and visiting workshops to chat to the people working on them. Added to that, I devour car content on youtube so I thought I'd join in and make some myself.
Hopefully you might like to come along for the journey as well.
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Thanks to Greg for showing me around and Simon at The Derby Works for allowing me access