In true contractor style...

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One trusts it's one of the classic Royces, not one of these truly hideous Teutonic abortions...

a very good example here

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Indeed, the very thing... though one must confess to not being entirely convinced by a "gold plated steering wheel"... a trifle vulgar, what?

And did you notice that magnificent engine breaths through two SU carburettors...

Ah Yes - perhaps a little over the top - but you get the idea.

very nicely described as a 'Vee Eight'