Puzzle #1187 - Solved! 1925 Rolls-Royce Phantom I Windovers All Weather Tourer

[Otto Puzzell]

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[shiftfocus]

Rolls-Royce 40/50 hp open tourer, early '20s I'm guessing.  Can't tell the coachbuilder.

[Otto Puzzell]

I have it as a 1925 Rolls Royce _______________.

[shiftfocus]

"Silver Ghost" perhaps? 

The technically-correct designation for it is still the "40/50 hp," as the "Silver Ghost" name was really only applied to one 1908 40/50 hp, registration AX 201, which had silver paint and silver-plated fittings.  But the name is now generally applied to all of the series of large RRs prior to the introduction of the New Phantom.

[Allan L]

"Silver Ghost" perhaps? 

The technically-correct designation for it is still the "40/50 hp," as the "Silver Ghost" name was really only applied to one 1908 40/50 hp, registration AX 201, which had silver paint and silver-plated fittings.  But the name is now generally applied to all of the series of large RRs prior to the introduction of the New Phantom.

Exactly so!
There is a case for calling some 40/50s with similar date and body "Silver Ghost type", but for the post-war cars it is just plain wrong.

[Otto Puzzell]

No, not one of those.

[shiftfocus]

Well from this angle it's almost impossible to tell.  It's too big to be a 20 hp, and it doesn't have the US-spec wheel hubs, so if it's a 1925 modle and it's not a 40/50 hp, then it must be a Phantom I (known at the time as the New Phantom).

[Otto Puzzell]

Yep!

[aymami]

Phantom I Windovers chassis 132LC 1926