Rolls Royce on Carnaby Street, London 1968.
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1991 Rolls-Royce Corniche III
The Rolls-Royce Corniche is a two door coupé and as a two door convertible manufactured and marketed by Rolls-Royce from 1971 to 1995.
The Corniche was a development of the Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow, with the two door variants of that model marketed as the “Silver Shadow Mulliner Park Ward two door fixed head coupé & drop head coupé” from 1966 until 1971 when the Corniche name was applied. The exterior design was by John Polwhele Blatchley. The model was assembled and finished in London at Mulliner Park Ward as continuation of the 1965 Silver Shadow coupe and 1967 drophead, with the Corniche name applied in March 1971. The Corniche was also sold as a Bentley, though that model became known as the Continental in 1984.
The first car with the Corniche nameplate was a 1939 prototype based on the Bentley Mark V and never produced because of the onset of World War II.
The Corniche nameplate stems from the originally French and Italian term for a coastal road, especially along the face of a cliff.
The Corniche III was introduced at the 1989 Frankfurt Motor Show with new alloy wheels, color-coded bumpers, a more advanced suspension system, air bags and MK-Motronic fuel injections. Minor interior changes included a revised dashboard, console and seats.
Production 1989-1993
1977 Rolls-Royce Corniche with Supermarine Spitfire (Powered by a Rolls-Royce engine, of course).
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Rolls-Royce Phantom IV two-door cabriolet with coachwork H.J. Mulliner delivered in December, 1951 to HM Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran. The car was returned to Rolls-Royce in 1959, and the body now sits on a Phantom III chassis.
Original Chassis 4AF6
1913 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost & 2013 Rolls-Royce Ghost.
Park Ward Bodied Rolls-Royce
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1926 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost 4050 HP Piccadilly Roadster by Rolls-Royce Custom Coach Work
1936 Rolls-Royce Phantom III
As Rolls-Royce nears the debut of the next-generation Phantom, the company is looking back on some of the famous owners of its ultra-luxury models. After previously highlighting Fred Astaire’s 1927 Phantom I, the automaker now shines the spotlight on British Field Marshal Bernard “Monty” Montgomery and his 1936 Phantom III. The cars will be alongside the new Phantom at its debut on July 27 at an event in Mayfair, London
During World War Two, Field Marshal Montgomery had three Rolls-Royce Phantom III at his disposal. The one going at display at the eighth-generation Phantom launch was his favorite of the trio. Alan Samuel Butler, the Chairman of the De Havilland Aircraft Company, originally ordered the opulent sedan. He specified it from coachmaker HJ Mulliner with an odd front-sloping windshield that made the vehicle 15 percent more aerodynamic. It also featured an enclosed spare tire and sculpted tail. Field Marshal Montgomery kept the car until 1962.
1953 Rolls-Royce Phantom IV State Landaulette
Built in celebration of Rolls-Royce’s Golden Jubilee, used by HM The Queen and kept in the Royal Mews from 1959 until 2002
Offered by Bonhams on September 8, 2018 with an estimate of $1.3M to $2.6M USD.
1923 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Salamanca by Rolls-Royce Custom Coach Work
1935 Rolls-Royce 20/25hp Estate Car
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