Local Dentist Revives Vintage Rolls-Royces by Dick Cooper
The overhead f luorescent shoplights make the brass parts on the 1913 Rolls-Royce engine gleam like gold as Dr. Veasey Cullen Jr. opens the cream-colored bonnet to show off the working heart of his prized touring car. There is nary a f leck of dirt or oil anywhere to be seen. Actually, there is more grease and road grime on his well-worn T-shirt than on the entire car. Cullen, a successful dentist by profe ssion, is much more t ha n a Rolls-Royce aficionado. He’s a w rench-i n-ha nd mecha n ic who spends his spare time in his elabo-
rate Easton-area garage ta k ing valuable old luxury cars apart and putting them back together again as good as new. The 104-year-old sportster is his latest project. He has spent years refurbishing the vintage car to its original grandeur, preserving not only the car, but its history and the stories of its former owners along the way. Cullen had his eye on this car when he saw it at a Rolls-Royce rally in the late 1990s, and he bought it when it came on the market in 2004. For those who speak “Antique Car,” it is a Silver Ghost London-
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