Posted on 08/19/2025 3:28:12 AM PDT by RandFan
An abandoned wreck of a Rolls Royce car which once belonged to US army legend Dwight Eisenhower during World War Two has been found and restored.
Now the magnificent vehicle has been painstakingly put back together. Pat Jeater has spent 11 years lovingly restoring the the car used by Eisenhower back in 1944. After the 1940s it ended up being used as a wedding car and a taxi in Amsterdam.
The letter:
"I also found a copy of the Italian paper La Stampa - it was dated 12th April 1944." Pat found that the letter had been written by a businessman called William Zimdin. It was a request that he and the vehicle be allowed to enter Switzerland but the borders had been closed. Zimdin was a brave man who had been based in Monte Carlo. He branded a ‘dangerous fool’ and was on Hitler’s ‘most wanted’ list as he’d refused to help with the war effort to produce more weapons. He died in the United States in 1951.
(Excerpt) Read more at mirror.co.uk ...
What’s so incredible about the letter?
When autos were pieces of art.
I thought it might have been a letter from Dwight to Kay confirming all, but then rejecting her in favor of the life he had built with Mamie.
That's about $16,000, which is really nothing when it comes to classic cars. I wonder how much he paid for it?
I can't imagine what it would sell for now at a Barrett-Jackson auction. But with its history, it's priceless.
(What’s so incredible about the letter?)
Written in invisible ink, it says:
“I have information that will lead to the arrest and
successful prosecution of Hillary Rodham Clinton.”
And Hillary wasn’t born until 1947, so... pretty incredible...
And Hillary didn’t marry Bill until 1975, so...
The height of incredibilicity!
Not sure if “incredible” is the right word. But he’s an excerpt about the letter:
“the letter had been written by a businessman called William Zimdin. It was a request that he and the vehicle be allowed to enter Switzerland but the borders had been closed. Zimdin was a brave man who had been based in Monte Carlo. He branded a ‘dangerous fool’ and was on Hitler’s ‘most wanted’ list as he’d refused to help with the war effort to produce more weapons.”
It was written in cursive.
😃😄🤣🤣🤣
Ike a legend? I’m not sure about that.
I was at a church luncheon about 15 yrs ago and the guest speaker was Eisenhower’s secretary!!!! She is the one who typed the declaration of war - her life story was jaw-dropping.
😂
Can you imagine what would have been in Churchills Rolls? Cigar bands and whiskey bottles.
“ Written in invisible ink, it says:
“I have information that will lead to the arrest and
successful prosecution of Hillary Rodham Clinton.””
That letter and the person who wrote was being protected at a Russian nuclear reactor.
Then something happened.
LOL! 😆 KIDS TODAYwouldnt be able to read it then
It’s as historical as George Washington’s axe. The head has been replaced and so has the handle, but George Washington owned it originally.
That reminded me of “The Command”
Kursk submarine
https://youtu.be/XbUEmr8LPgI?si=RLL1MbmhAxul5dyp
I’ll have to watch this movie some time
Was she FDR's secretary as well?
sometime
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