RM Sotheby’s “Amelia Island 2019” Features A H.J. Mulliner-Designed Rolls-Royce
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The 1959 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud, whose coachwork is done by H.J. Mulliner, will go under the hammer at RM Sotheby’s upcoming auction, “Amelia Island 2019,” which is to be held on March 8 and 9, 2019, at The Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island in Florida.
RM Sotheby’s “Amelia Island 2019” Features A H.J. Mulliner-Designed Rolls-Royce
The 1959 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud, whose coachwork is done by H.J. Mulliner, will go under the hammer at RM Sotheby’s upcoming auction, “Amelia Island 2019,” which is to be held on March 8 and 9, 2019, at The Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island in Florida. “In 1955, the long-awaited Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud and its sibling, the Bentley ‘S’ model, were introduced. Vastly different from the former models — the Silver Dawn and R-Type — the Silver Cloud I was the last series to be powered by the ever-reliable inline six-cylinder F-head engine. The new standard steel saloon was delightfully proportioned, elegant, and cost far less than a coachbuilt car and, thus, out-sold those coachbuilt examples 100 to 1,” stated the auction house in a release. Describing some of the features, the press release further added, “Early Silver Cloud I engine compression ratio was 6.6:1, but later Silver Cloud I models and all models built for the North American market, such as this rare example, were built with an 8:1 ratio. This was the final configuration of the torquey, smooth, and powerful six-cylinder inline engine originally fitted to the venerable Silver Ghost. The General Motors Hydra-Matic automatic transmission, now standard with the Silver Cloud, was extremely well-built, reliable, and was married to a servo-boost system to enhance braking. Specialists frequently remark that this is the ideal configuration of the early post-war models.”Some of the major highlights of this Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud are that it has covered only 48,136 from new, and it is one of only 10 left-hand-drive examples produced. It was previously a part of the Ted Mintz collection, former Rolls-Royce Owners’ Club (RROC) President. It is documented with build sheets from Rolls-Royce Foundation, and includes desirable and rare Continental Touring Kit.“H.J. Mulliner fitted several convertible designs onto Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud chassis, but their most popular was the car offered here — Design 7504 — a factory-modified standard steel saloon, re-fabricated into a two-door drophead coupe configuration. Introduced at the New York Auto Show in April 1959, the new design was wildly popular in the American market, therefore, most of the models were built with left-hand drive for export to the U.S. The accepted term used by H. J. Mulliner for this Design 7504 is ‘Adaptation,’ as the coachbuilder adapted the standard steel saloon into a convertible, then fitting two doors in place of four, creating the most popular body style H.J. Mulliner ever conceived. Only 13 examples were created, of which 10 were produced in left-hand drive configuration, this example being the 4th completed,” reported RM Sotheby’s. http://www.blouinartinfo.comFounder: Louise Blouin Read more
