The development and production history of the elegant and luxurious mainstream Rolls-Royce and Bentley models built between 1947 and 1965. Arguably, these cars - all built on chassis and echoing pre-war practices - were the last of the 'traditional' Rolls-Royce and Bentley models. Many, many of these cars have survived to the present day: all are eminently collectible. Covering concept, design and development, production, promotion, publicity and the coach built cars. There is also helpful practical advice on buying and running these cars today, together with appendices of chassis number sequences and dates, build numbers and modifications and development by chassis number. Illustrated with over 160 black and white and colour photos, this book is a must have for anyone interested in automotive history.
One of a series covering 100 years of The Motor Car from 1885-1985 specific to the Rolls Royce. The book contains upwards of 20 full-page sepia illustrations of various cars plus a colour section of 25 'cigarette' type cards in colour with informative text.
The articles in the book are as follows:
C.S. Rolls and F.H. Royce
The first Rolls Royce cars
The Silver Ghost
Twenty and New Phantom
Phantom II and 20/25 hp
Phantom III 25/30hp and Wraith
Silver Wraith, Silver Dawn and Phantom IV
Silver Cloud I,II & III
Silver Shadow
Coachbuilt cars, Phantom V, VI
Silver Spirit & Silver Spur