I had the pleasure of seeing this Rolls and meeting its owners today. The Rolls was magnificent and the owners couldn't have been more kind. It was an experience I will never forget.
Has anyone been able to actually visit the car since it got sold at auction. I’m a really massive fan of gatsby and I would love to see the car in person
Having seen the 1974 Great Gatsby film when it first came out, I have always been intrigued by this car. Although Fitzgerald was no doubt referring to a 1922 vintage Rolls in his book, I think this later and unique bodied Rolls suits the Gatsby character better.
Only problem, Fitzgerald's novel describes a car having hat boxes, tool boxes, and super boxes, and a labyrinth of windshields that mirrored a dozen suns. Or something like that. And the cars in the movies do not meet that standard -- if that standard is realistic. Not saying they're not great cars. And, about repeating the past, Gatsy said, "Why of course you can, old sport." Or similar. Does it matter? I believe it does, because the novel is one of the greatest written, worthy of being quoted verbatim, for which I am sorry I only paraphrased.
