This 1969 Silver Wraith Convertible was originally purchased by Maupintour Travel agency in Lawrence Kansas from Taylor Rolls Royce in West Palm Beach Florida in May 1970 for 30,000 dollars. It stayed with the owner, Tom Maupin until his death in 1994. I acquired it from the estate.  43,000 miles.

　　I drove it intermittently for 7 or 8 years. In  the early 2000s the brakes failed. I unfortunately took it to wrong person.  Lots of money and several years later, brakes still did not work.

　　The car sat in my garage for years. I would get it out, but was afraid to take onto the streets.

　　Serendipitously, by chance, I ran into a retired Rolls-Royce mechanic in our town quite by accident. He was quite enthused to work on the Rolls, bringing back many old memories.

　　He is now been working on the car for several years.

　　Although I am not proficient in car lingo,  from his notes, and accompanying photo documentation of his work includes but not limited to:

　　Removing and sandblasting and machining rotors and stubaxles, new switching and wiring to the electric sunroof with rebuilt switch, rotors machine, resurfaced and balanced, fixed carburetor, repainted car, new points, fixing secondary braking system, fixing self leveling suspension, fixing cold start solenoid switch, new brake calipers, and brake pads and brake hoses, replacement transmission oil pan, gasket and filter, adjusting noisy lifter, replacing plate in distributor With new HD leads, new resistor in distributor,  muffler repair.  There is photo  documentation of work in  a Power point presentation.

　　I am now 76 years old and am downsizing  all belongings including wine cellar and  this Rolls Royce. I have no one that I should leave it to. It needs a new home.

　　Rolls Royce Engine

　　Compression Results

　　“A” Bank

　　1)         182 

　　2)         188

　　3)         184

　　4)         179

　　“B” Bank

　　1)         180

　　2)         175

　　3)         177

　　4)         180

　　All readings are in “pounds per square inch, gas” or psig.  The interpretation of the results is often done this way:  The largest compression amount is selected (188 in this case) and 20% of that amount is calculated and subtracted from the original figure (33.6 and 154 respectively).  The resultant amounts give us the acceptable range of the compression results, in that a figure between 188 and 154 would be considered acceptable.  The higher and more consistent the compression results, the better the inferred condition of the engine is.  In this case the variance is 7 psig and the compression results are very good.

　　I have many photos of this restoration on a Powerpoint lecture. And many more separate photos in jpg format. Both of these would need to be sent separately by email or google or mail.