When the Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow was released to the public in October 1965, the development departments were showing the result of work carried out over a period of some ten years and the largest production volume of any Rolls-Royce. The new models, designed by J.P Blatchley, were technically striking in three ways. A monocoque chassis was used;..
The Silver Shadow broke new ground for the Crewe Company in a number of key areas, from the sophisticated fully independent suspension with an advanced self-levelling system to the four-wheel ventilated disc brakes. The only major components carried over from the Silver Cloud III was the excellent, all aluminium, 6.2 litre V8 and four-speed automat..
The Citroën Traction Avant was manufactured from 1934 to 1957. The Traction Avant, French for 'front-wheel drive', was designed by André Lefèbvre and Flaminio Bertoni in late 1933. While not the first produced front-wheel drive car, it was the world's first front-wheel drive steel monocoque production car and successfully pioneered front-wheel driv..
Launched in 1962, the Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud III and its Bentley S3 equivalent employed the 6.2 litre aluminium-alloy V8 engine first introduced in the Silver Cloud II although with larger carburettors, new distributor and raised compression ratio. It also came with a four speed GM derived automatic gearbox as standard equipment. Most obvious, am..
Since 1959, there has been, simply put, no other automobile quite like the Rolls-Royce Phantom V - a large, ultra-exclusive four-door saloon produced from 1959 to 1968. Based on the Silver Cloud II, it shared a V8 engine and General Motors Hydramatic automatic gearbox with its smaller sibling. Rolls-Royce assembled the car's chassis and drivetrains..
To Be OFFERED AT AUCTION WITHOUT RESERVE at RM Sothebys' Open Roads, December event, 1 - 8 December 2021. Estimate: $15,000 - $20,000 USD One of just 1,152 examples produced between 1990 and 1993, and one of only 179 left-hand drive chassis for the 1990 model yearPreviously on display at the Cayman Motor Museum; requires full me..
1947 Rolls Royce Silver Wraith H. J. Mulliner Sedanca Chassis number: WTA65 Registration number: HYY129 This Rolls Royce Silver Wraith by H.J. Mulliner of Chiswick, has had a small fortune spent on it in recent years. The previous but one owner entrusted the car to Mr. Ian Pinder at noted marque specialists RR & B Garages of Bromsgrove. No l..
1955 Rolls Royce Silver Dawn.Chassis number: 1955 Rolls Royce Silver Dawn.Registration number: 613UYFA lovely solid silver Dawn imported from dry southern Texas where it spent most of its life. As a result the underside of this car is as solid as any we have seen with none of ..
Coachwork by Freestone & WebbOne-Of-A-Kind A uniquely styled One-Of-A-Kind masterpiece by Freestone & Webb. Special features include a second windshield and fully disappearing convertible top.
The Bentley Mk. VI was the first post-war luxury car from Bentley, produced from 1946 to 1952. It was also the first car from Rolls-Royce with factory coachwork although chassis were still also supplied to independent coachbuilders. The chassis and engine went on to be used as the basis of those in the Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith of 1946 and Silver D..