Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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"This man is a connoisseur... Phantoms, Wraiths, Silver Clouds, Coupé de villes, Sedanca de villes, Goshawks, Limosines and tourers."

Cathal O'Shannon reports from the Potteries, on the collection of vintage Rolls-Royces that David Scott-Moncrieff has at his farm near Stoke-on-Trent. The colourful Scott-Moncrieff is a former racing driver, turned car restorer and writer, who has amassed a whopping forty-seven Rolls Royces in his care. They are technically for sale, though he hates the thought of losing them.


Clip taken from Tonight, originally broadcast on BBC One, 1 January, 1965.





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