Friday 19 March 2010

As Most Every One Knows I Love Cars, (And Boats, Trains And Planes),

so here is a 'special' car up for sale, one lady owner from new, the Queen's car, it is being offered by specialist memorabilia dealer Peter Ratcliffe, the top-of-the range Daimler, which was specially built for the monarch, only has 14,000 miles on the clock as it was mainly used for driving around the grounds of the Windsor estate, I guess the mileage has not been tampered with! painted a shade of British racing green, the Daimler Majestic V8 has undergone several modifications to suit its previous owner, the car's extras include a secure telephone link to Downing Street and the Home Office, (which is no longer in use), unique window switches were also installed to stop the wind blowing directly into the Queen's face,
other extras include a console of switches to control flashing strobe lamps and blue emergency convoy lights and padded leather inserts for the arm pockets in the doors to stop the corgis sliding off the calfskin seats into them, Mr Ratcliffe said: 'The Queen had the identical car from 1998 to 2001, She liked the car so much that she wanted the same again, the car enthusiast would not comment on the price of the car, although the motor had a list price of £65,000, the Queen is known to be a keen driver following her time as a driver and mechanic in the Women's Auxiliary Territorial Service during the Second World War, so any one for a good used motor? you now know where to buy one.

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