Mysore Notes
Chassis # 57YB, 1914 Silver Ghost, Thrupp & Maberly Limousine for Maharaja of Mysore
Details of Rolls Royce Pullman Limousine from Rolls Royce Order Form
Form of body - Special design of enclosed limousine by Thrupp & Maberly as per drawing and specifications. Seating accommodation : seven, two on front seat, 2 on folding and 3 on rear seat
Colour of Body and Wheels - No. 163 Dockers Cardinal Red ( Mercedes)
Upholstery- front seat red side to match the car, extra and rear seats in cloth of choice.
Tyres - Dunlop grooved 935 x 135 to all four wheels.
Extras : Autovox mechanical horn, electric lights to interior (ornamental), spinner ventilation to scuttle dash, polished mahogany instrumental panel board, sheet of asbestos, also cocoa fibre mat to front footboards. Small windows in celestory roof to be of well frosted glass( to keep out sun rays) and also made to open for ventilation. 3 fibre mats with red borders in nickel frames on the step boards, domed mudguards of steel, windows to be provided at east side of drivers seat to make the body fully enclosed. Fixed partition ( with glass windows) made to drop between front and rear of body. Silk blinds to all windows, cobra Horn with flexible tubing ( nickel plated), folding glass windscreen in two halves.
Initial order mentioned ordinary limousine, but making the front part enclosed on either side makes it an enclosed drive Limousine, for which Thrupp & Maberly made the following modifications- V front windscreen to reduce size of front door & so make the body more proportionate.
Amended Specs from Thrupp & Maberly
Constructed of best seasoned ash - kept as light as possible, hammered aluminium and steel panels - door fitted with slam locks, with double acting striking plates and private locks.
Seating accommodation to seat 7 persons- 2 on front seat, 2 on small folding seats with raised backs or to face forward & three on hind seat
A special domed roof of hammered aluminium, back of roof & top quarter panels on one plane, top of roof to be of celestory type - viz built up & sides fitted with windows, interior of roof to be lined & veneered with polished mahogany panel fitted with patent silencers- upholstered in best cloth & laces of choice, cushions & squats stuffed with best horse hair
Over springs, frames, lower part of body covered in the best carpet - cricket seats well padded - top quarter of interior covered in cloth, steps ash framed, supported with RR step irons and covered with aluminium with metal surrounds.
Mudguards of lead coated steel of the domed type, fitted with inside shields and valances to back and front, supported with strong forged iron stays bolted through valances and not through top of wing- metal enclosures between body and steps.
Front seat to be enclosed & side door fitted, windows to fall - hammered aluminium scuttle dash. Canopy over drivers seat to be domed and built up as hind part inside polished wood. Windscreen of the Beatonson type, lower half a fixture, top half to hinge out at any angle - well in step and tyre carriers.
A folding luggage grid at back fitted with guard to protect the back panel
Palace Reports Ref. No. 3 - 1914 Purchase of Rolls Royce Car Vol IV (40/50 HP Pullman Limousine)
(Sl #11) In response to a query from Rolls Royce regarding colours for the Court of Arms, in reply states no particular colours are used & Messrs. Thrupp & Maberly may use such colours as they think would suit best.
Rolls Royce 40/50 Thrupp & Maberly Pullman Limousine - List of Parts Supplied
2 electric headlights, 2 electric side lights, 1 electric taillight, 6 electric lights with bulbs, 1 Stepney wheel complete with cover, 1 set accumulators containing 6 cells, 1 Edison Battery, 1 speedometer, 1 watch, 1 box containing CAV spare blubs (6), 1 Cobra horn, 1 Autovox horn, 1 foot pump complete with gauge, 1 repair outfit box complete, 5 tyre levers, 2 syringes, 1 copper oil feeder, 1 copper funnel, 6 Bosch spark plugs, 1 mallet, 1 small tin funnel, 1 magneto spanner, 1 valve setting gauge, 2 platinum screws, 2 platinum trembles, 1 box containing spare nuts, washers etc, 1 hub spanner, 6 valve springs, 1 inlet valve complete, 1 Jack, 1 iron tube (14” length), 1 wooden petrol gauge, 2 leather straps, 2 no.s holders, 1 leather took bag containing 1 hammer, 6 box spanners, 1 tyre lever handle, I iron tube nut, 5 double headed coil spanners, 2 chisels, 1 pin pinch (?), 1 screw driver, 1 cutting plyer, 2 flat files, 1 valve lifter, 3 hook spanners, 1 petrol tank opener, 1 valve cover opener, 1 ring spanner, 1 key, 1 big screw spanner, 1 small girder spanner, 1 file handle, 3 small coir foot rugs with frames, 1 big coir rug, 1 Bosch magneto book, 1 CAV book, 1 Rolls Royce Instruction book, 2 foot rugs.
This car was dispatched by Wilson Boat “SS Tycho” in 1914 - arrived on 4th or 5th January 1915.
Very different body style as seen in the picture and described above
As seen on the Mysore Roads
Aptly having Palace Plate "MYSORE - 3" after the two Silver Ghosts # 1680 & # 1683 which were MYSORE 1 & 2 respectively
This was in the early 1950's, where under Maharaja Jayachamaraja they stopped the MYSORE Plates and just had the Gandaberunda with number
We do not believe that this car has survived.
Cheers
KPS