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The Oakville Beaver, W e d n e sd a y M a rc h 20, 2002 - B3 __________________________ II E X T W H E E L S · 1 1 1 k VI L L E ______________________________ "A Royal Tour" showcases cars used by Queen His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent officially opened the royal exhibition of cars entitled "A Royal Tour" at the Heritage Motor Centre, Gaydon. Warwick shire. For those who have a fas cination with "The Royals" or think they have seen every car museum display worth seeing, this is some thing truly different. The Heritage M otor Centre will be showing this unique exhibition of royal cars as part of HM Queen Elizabeth's Golden Jubilee celebrations. The royal exhi bition comprises nine spe cially selected cars, which were used by the Queen and her immediate family for private and state occasions. The Queen has used Land Rover vehicles as her personal transport for many years, particularly when off duty, travelling around her extensive country home estates in Scotland and Norfolk. She currently drives a Land Rover Defender 110 County Station Wagon, 2001 model year, when driving on and off-road. The 1983 Land Rover 110" Station Wagon, donated by Her Majesty to the Royal collection, was in service until last year on the private Crown estates of Sandringham and Balmoral as rural transport for royal pursuits. The vehicle is fitted with some equipment to special order, including leather seats and security radio sys tem and is finished in unique green paint to Her Majesty's personal choice. Some o f the cars have been personally loaned by m em bers o f the Royal Family, such as Prince Philip's 1980 Lucas Bedford CF electric limousine. This vehicle was a limousine ver sion of the Bedford CF van used by the Post Office for city deliveries in the 1970s. When Prince Philip toured the Lucas factory in Birmingham in November 1977, he was shown exam ples of the electric vehicle. Always interested in new technology, the Prince was keen to try out his own model. The limousine was fitted with a Lucas 40 kW The 1954 Land Rover, Royal Review Vehicle spe cially adapted for royal occasions from a basic 86inch wheelbase Land Rover. The body was custom designed with a rear plat form from which the Queen could acknow ledge the crow ds. The vehicle was in materials; wood veneer, leather and chrome finish. This car is painted in a spe cial dark green colour cho sen by Her Majesty. The oldest car in the col lection is the 1900 Daimler 6hp Mail Phaeton. In 1896 His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales (later His Majesty King Edward VII,) was given his first experi ence of the motorcar in a Daimler car. This led to the Prince buying his own Daimler car in 1900. a twocylinder 6hp car fitted with Mail Phaeton bodywork by Hooper. This was the beginning o f a close association between Royalty and the Daimler car. This car is on loan from Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust and was completely restored by the National Motor Museum to mark the Queen's Silver Jubilee in 1977 and is nor mally displayed in the Royal M otor M useum at Sandringham. A 1955 Jaguar Mark VII M is on loan from Jaguar D aim ler Heritage Trust. This car was used by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, for pri vate transport up until 1973. Thecar is finished in a spe cial metallic version of the royal colour Claret. A 1968 MG MGC sportscar is on loan from His Royal Highness the Prince o f Wales. The MGC was designed to be the replace ment for the aging Austin Healey 3000 and was based on the contemporary MGB GT. but with the larger 3litre engine from the Austin Healey. This car was driven per sonally by Prince Charles for many years and then he presented it to the Queen's Head Chauffeur, Harry Purvey, who used the MGC for four years before it then passed in to the collection at Sandringham. This car was refurbished by students from Manchester College o f Arts and Technology and was pre sented back to the Prince o f Wales in 1999. A 1968 Vanden Plas Princess 4-litre was one o f the last to be produced by the Austin Company. A substantial number of these cars were used by the Royal Household over the years. OAKVILLE'S DEALER ALTERNATIVE. r -------------- -- -- -- ---- ---- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---- Lube, Oil & Filter Service Indudes 25 p oin t vehicle inspection, up to 5L CastroI i 5w30 o r 10w30 engine o il & o il filter. Only valid upon presentation o f this advertisement. Most vehicles, i some exceptions apply. ^ Q Q p i Us 1 ta x ! _ Expires A£nlJ(W2J Prive Cicoji Repair CentreA U TO SERVICE & SALES A C C R E D I T E D R E P A I R F A C IL IT Y 573 Chartwell Rd. OAKVILLE ON VISA HM OUEEN ELIZABETH II AND HRH DUKE OF EDINBURGH IN A ROYAL LAND ROVER SPECIAL VEHICLE IN 19S9 ( 905) 844-9641 An Authorized ^ MIN, Retailer IN I T he Q ueen and Prince Philip are shown in the Q ueen's specially-built Royal Tour Land Rover, part of a collection of cars used by The Royals now on display in Britain. traction motor and was able to reach 50 mph with a range o f 70 miles. It was used for driving around London and for the journey betw een Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle. A nother of Prince Philip's cars in the exhibi tion is a 1956 Ford Zephyr estate car. This car was the first modem estate car to be acquired by the Royal Family. Over the last few years, the car has under gone a complete refurbish ment carried out by students from Manchester College o f Arts and Technology. part o f a fleet. which accompanied the Queen and Prince Philip on a six-month Commonwealth tour soon after her Coronation. It cov ered 50,000 miles over a route from London to New Zealand and Australia, then Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Aden (Yemen) and Africa, return ing to Europe via Gibraltar. The 1971 Rover P5B 3.5litre saloon car in the exhibi tion is on loan from HM Queen Elizabeth. A favourite car o f the Royal Family, the Rover P5 car offered luxurious motoring, trimmed with the very best OAKVILLE Celebrating Ford's 100th with GT40 Ford will build the GT40 to help celebrate the automaker's 100th anniversary in 2003. Ford made the announcement to employees at the compa ny's world GT40, the modem version of the historic, two-seat supercar. will help breathe new excitement into the Ford brand and support Ford Motor Company's promise of 20 new or freshened products each year. The production announcement comes on the heels of the 2002 North American International Auto Show debut of the GT40 concept car. The award-winning concept was inspired by arguably one of the most recognized and loved cars in automotive history. In the mid-1960s, the low-slung, mid-engine GT40 was introduced to battle the world's best in endurance racing. Just over 100 of these historic cars were built, placing Ford in prestigious winner's circles worldwide, most notably, winning the Le Mans (France) 24-hour race in 1966, 1967, 1968 and 1969. The new GT40, created by Ford's "Living Legends" studio, is more than 18 inches longer and stands nearly four inches taller than the original. Yet, despite being physically larger, it is unmistakably a GT40. an automotive statement of passion, speed and per formance. GT40 joins Thunderbird. Mustang and the Forty-Nine concept as part o f Ford's "Living Legends" lineup. Production capacity, vehicle specifications, performance numbers, pricing and the final name of the production vehi cle will be revealed at a later date. 5 .9 5 % Lease Rate 2400 S o u th S e rv ic e R d. 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