An excerpt from 'Son of a Beach Boy' by Scott Wilson (Dennis' adopted son)
'Christine loved Rolls Royce cars. She owned two whilst I was living at her house. A beautiful Silver Cloud that was more a shade of champaign and then a black convertible Corniche. Dad used to park his 1969 Chevelle next to them which packed a 440 engine, 6 speed. They were parked in a garage Dad once decided to turn into a recording studio and started sawing through the beams that held the roof intact. It almost fell on us and the three prestige cars. We would borrow Christines cars and totally thrash them. If Dad wasnt crashing them. I was. She gave Dad the black Corniche in the end. It was probably less stressful if he was wrecking his own car. I think he actually totally wrote it off in the end believing we were being chased by fans in Cold Water Canyon. We lost control and the car turned over, though thankfully neither of us were hurt.'
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