Oldies But Goodies:

 The Fabulous Toys of Enriqueto “Judge” Rey
[Posted with permission, by Willie Vergara]
 

1951 Rolls Royce Silver Dawn

The Rolls-Royce Silver Dawn is a car that was produced by Rolls-Royce at their Crewe works between 1949 and 1955. It was the first Rolls-Royce car to be offered with a factory built body which it shared, along with its chassis, with the Bentley Mark VI until 1952 and then the Bentley R Type until production finished in 1955. The car was first introduced as an export only model. A mere 760 were produced between 1949 and 1955. The in-line six cylinder, engine had overhead inlet and side exhaust valves and had a capacity of 4,257 cc until 1951 when it was enlarged to 4,566 cc. The carburetor was a single downdraught Stromberg until 1952 when it was replaced by a Zenith.
 

 

 

 

 

 

1934 Bentley Derby

The Bentley 3½ Litre (later enlarged to 4¼ Litre) was presented to the public in September 1933, shortly after the death of Henry Royce, and was the first new Bentley model following Rolls-Royce's acquisition of the Bentley brand in 1931. Bentleys of this era are known as Derby Bentleys because they were built in the Rolls-Royce factory located in Derby, England. Those of Bentley's previous independent era are Cricklewood Bentleys.

 

 

1955 Bentley SI

The Bentley S was a luxury car produced by Bentley Motors Limited from 1955 until 1959.Bentley (and Rolls-Royce)'s first true complete redesign of their standard production car after World War II and their last standard production car with an independent chassis.These cars were given a new V8 engine in late 1959, and those cars are identified as S2. Twin headlamps and a facelift to the front arrived in late 1962, and those cars are known as S3.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1950 MG

The MG Car Company Limited was a former British sports car manufacturer founded in the 1920s by Cecil Kimber. Kimber was an employee of William Morris; MG is from Morris Garages. The MG business was Morris's personal property until 1935 when he sold MG into his holding company, Morris Motors Limited, restructuring his holdings before issuing (preference) shares in Morris Motors to the public in 1936. On 22 July 2005, the Nanjing Automobile Group purchased the rights to the MG brand and the assets of the MG Rover Group for £53 million creating a new company MG Motor.

 

 

 

 

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Judge's Workhorses

2007 Jaguar XK

The XK was unveiled in 2005 Frankfurt Motor Show. The inspiration for the shape of the new XK came from his admiration for British actress Kate Winslet's curves. The standard XK has an unlimited top speed of 158 mph, the XKR an unlimited top speed of 174 mph. The faster XKR-S model (added in 2012) gained an additional 40 horsepower over the XKR bringing the 0-60 mph time down to only 4.4 seconds and the top speed up to 300 km/h (186 mph). A convertible version of the XKR-S has also been released.
 

 

 

2009 Aston Martin Vantage Roadster

In December 2007, the company unveiled a concept based on the V8 Vantage. The car, known as the V12 Vantage RS, featured the V12 engine from the DBS and produced 510 hp (380 kW). The power along with the weight of 3,704 pounds (1,680 kg) allows the car to reach 60 mph (97 km/h) in 4.1 seconds and achieve a top speed of 190 mph (310 km/h).

 

 

2012 BMW 528I

The car is powered by an upgraded S63tu biturbo 4.4 Litre V8 with twin scroll turbocharging technology, that is found in the BMW X5 M and X6 M. The compression ratio has been raised and the pistons strengthened to cope with the added boost and compression. The engine is rated produces 560 hp (418 kW) and 680 N·m (500 lb·ft) of torque, with the redline at 7200 rpm. Acceleration to 100 kilometres per hour (62 mph) is in 4.4 seconds, and top speed is limited to 250 kilometres per hour (160 mph), with an option to raise this to 305 kilometres per hour (190 mph) by specifying the M-Drivers-Package.
 

 

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Judge visits Willy in Rocklin, CA after Judge's recent biking adventure at Lake Tahoe with 3 bicyclist friends

 

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