Was this the First Olfio?

January 31, 2010  Rohan Flashback  0 comments

Was this the first Olfio? Paul Howcroft’s own OLF10-Ferrari 308 GT 4-2+2. Business must have been good that year. Thank you Ed and Ade Rudler for the photo. However, was this the first Olfio?

We have referred to the naming of Olfio in a few posts on Rohantime. Olfio was indeed named after a car registration plate that was used on a number of Rohan vehicles. Thank you to all who mentioned it. Now is a good time for me to own up to the fact that Rohan Sohao was also a number plate.

It is good to know that some Rohan traditions go on. My first visit back to Rohan Milton Keynes head office for many years was last year and the first thing I saw that stopped me in my tracks was Ofio. There it was, outside Milton Keyne head office, on a beautiful black Land Rover. That raised a smile.

A number of 4 wheeled Olfio’s have passed between the Ferrari and the current Land Rover. The  picture below shows one, the Range Rover with Susan and Allan in Rohan Olfio’s and Rohan Bags 1985.

Are there any photos and stories of the other cars that have carried the Rohan Olfio number plate over the last 25 years?

See a great example of the Rohan Olfio as part of the Rohan Originals collection in Rohan Keswick and Rohan Guildford

Check out to Rohantime Flickr some great photo’s of Olfio taken from the Rohan Catalogues 1985 – 1990.

Sarah Howcroft

• Wanted Rohan Olfio!
• Was it an Olfio?

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