British Empire Staff Cars

[Bill Murray]

Yes David:
When I lived in Sweden in the seventies, one of my friends owned one of these and what a car it was.

Built like a bank vault, solid as a rock. A bit heavy but the motor was strong and it had good pickup and speed. A bit heavy on the steering. Had a very luxurious interior, leather and wood, a very nice instrument panel and lots of map pockets etc.

For my money, it was a better car than the contemporary Mercedes models in it's class because it was built more or less on the American model. Very simple motor, gearbox and suspension, well overbuilt in terms of strength of components and dead simple to work on.

My friend's car spent the entire war on blocks on someone's farm in the south of sweden in a barn so even in 1974 it was in almost as new shape. Too bad not many were made and precious few survive until today.
Bill