Eisenhower's Rolls-Royce Restored

Bit long-winded, but interesting.
"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.
But it was eventually sold on and ended up in a remote North Wales car pound where it remained unsold for two and a half years. Pat stumbled across it in 2014, bought it, and has spent over 75,000 hours and £12,000 restoring the Rolls to its former glory.
Incredibly as he was working on the intricate restoration he even found an amazing handwritten letter dated 5th September 1939 hidden inside. He said: "It’s been a real privilege to own this car and organise it being restored. It’s a real part of World War Two history."
He recalled: "When I bought the car I had it transported back to our home in Cheshire and that’s where I started the restoration. The glass partition between the chauffeur’s seat and the back seats had shattered and there was glass everywhere. I tried to clean it up and that’s when I then found this letter hidden inside. I showed it to my wife Annie and we carefully steamed it open.
"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."
Rolls Royce used by Eisenhower in WW2 found with incredible letter inside