re: #275 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

weren’t they tootling around in one of those in Lawrence of Arabia?

There were a couple of them in the movie but I think they were soft-bodied touring types. Lawrence had 9 Rolls-Royces in his desert force, including both armored types and utility-bodied “tenders.” He thought very highly of them and used them in long distance raids against the Turks. They set a whole new standard of mobility.
CHARIOTS OF WAR: WHEN T.E. LAWRENCE AND HIS ARMORED ROLLS-ROYCES RULED THE ARABIAN DESERT
After the war, when asked what he would most like to have, Lawrence responded, “Perhaps it is childish, but I should like my own Rolls-Royce car with enough tires and petrol to last me all my life.”