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#47260. Miss G
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What could be different between the Rolls Royces owned by males or females in the Arab world?
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peasypod
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The emblem on a male owned RR is of a flying lady. The emblem on a female owned RR is of a kneeling lady.
May 10 04, 1:09 AM
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Miss G
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Yay in capital letters to Peasy! One of my neighbours owns one he bought second hand, and he took it to the Rolls Royce garage which remarked that it was unusual to see this. When my neighbour looked for previous ownership, he discovered that it had been owned by a Sheikha who had used it in Paris.
May 10 04, 1:37 AM
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sequoianoir
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The Spirit of Ecstasy (info)
Designed by Charles Robinson Sykes, The Spirit of Ecstasy model was Eleanor Velasco Thornton. Lord Montagu ordered the creation of a special mascot for his Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost. Following Lord Montagu's commission, Charles Sykes was asked to create a mascot for Rolls-Royce, again the model was Miss Thornton. Sykes' signature appears on the plinth and are either signed "Charles Sykes, February 1911" or "Feb 6, 1911" or "6.2.11". Even after Rolls-Royce took over the casting of the figures in 1948 each Spirit of Ecstasy continued to receive this inscription until 1951. From 1911 to 1914 the Spirit of Ecstasy was silver-plated but is now made from highly polished nickel alloy.
Sykes created a kneeling version of the mascot in the late twenties to accommodate the lower coach work of the new Sports Saloons. The kneeling version remained after the Second World War for the new Silver Wraith and Silver Dawn. All following models had a standing mascot.
The correct name Spirit of Ecstasy is sometimes substituted by "Emily", "Silver Lady" or "Flying Lady". In 1920 Rolls-Royce had taken part in a competition in Paris for the most apposite mascot in the world. They entered a gold-plated Spirit of Ecstasy, and Rolls-Royce won first place
May 10 04, 2:45 PM
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