What's special about this car #5 - solved! Hinged rear wheel spats on a 1950 Rolls-Royce by Park War

[Ray B.]

A new kind of puzzle to keep you alert.

Name the car if you like, but it won't get you any point. Tell us what's the use of this device. This shouldn't be too hard, so you'll have to tell us also the make of the car in order to get your point.

And if you're new around here, remember that you have to register before you can post your answer.

[Ray B.]

Up one.

[D-type]

It's a "spat" to cover the wheel to improve the aerodynamics and hide the ugly mucky wheel from the public.  It's mounted on a hinge so it can be easily moved aside if you need to change a puncture.

[Ray B.]

You're right and spotted of course its obvious difference with the usual "fender skirts" , as americans call them: the hinge (usually the skirts comes off completely).
But on what car ist it mounted (I'll be satisfied with just the make).
Locked for you 72 hours.

[D-type]

I haven't a clue    so anybody else is free to take it from here

[Djetset]

I would say the make is Riley, and that this particular car is the beautiful Riley RM 2.5 Coupe by Swiss coachbuilder Kong.

[Ray B.]

I don't know much about Rileys, but I checked those and the hubcaps seem different.
This also not what my source says.

[Djetset]

The hubcaps also look quite Bentley-esque, from a Mk IV.

[Ray B.]

You're very close. I can't say about the model, but I found cars, Bentleys and Rolls (my source says Rolls), with about the same hubcaps, and two of those with the same spats, from  the same coachbuilder.

So I am changing the question, for a second point (D-Type gets the first one): which coachbuilder?
Locked for you 72 hours.

[Djetset]

Hooper?

[Ray B.]

Not Hooper

[Ray B.]

[Paul Jaray]

I'll say Park Ward...

[Ray B.]

And you'd be right. Other 1950 examples, a Bentley and a Rolls.