This car is a bit of a replica. Who built it, and which specific car is it supposed to resemble?
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Obviously meant to resemble a Rolls Royce Silver Ghost.
From South America?
From the Middle-East?
It is a replica of a specific Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost.
From the middle-East
At first glance I thought maybe this unfortunate car was intended to replicate the 1912 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Limousine called "Lady Bird," originally owned by Lady Eaton . . . But the rear bodywork actually looks too rounded for that car, it's somewhat similar to a 1920-22 Barker Limousine so that's what I'll guess. In any case, whichever Silver Ghost it's supposed to look like, it's not really very well done . . . The proportions are way off. Oh, well - no accounting for taste, or the lack of it.
No connection to Barker that I have found. Not sure who did the coachbuilding on the original.
So just to clarify . . . We are looking for the particular Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost that this replicar from the Middle East is supposed to be patterned after, but you are unaware of the coachbuilder of the original car?
1) Who built this replica
2) Which Silver Ghost is it supposed to resemble? It would be enough to name the owner of the original, non-replica car.
I am not aware of the coachbuilder of the original Silver Ghost
OK, thanks - that helps. Glad I asked.
After a brief search combining various middle eastern countries and Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost, I turned up Aryaman Motors in Iran. Apparently they have constructed a few replicas of early Rolls-Royce cars, including the puzzle car. It was made for the Saad Abad Palace museum in north Tehran, and the car is supposed to resemble a 1919 Silver Ghost model once owned by the last Shah of Iran, Reza Shah Pahlavi.
And the point goes to Fyreline for the correct answer.
Here is the original car, which seems to be on display in a sealed glass container:
Hi Cuda:
Thanks for that next to the last photo. The reflection in the glass case showed an obvious military truck, my primary research interest, and I was able to find this photo of the truck Googling the Museum.
Bill
Title's a bit confused as surely it should be Silver Ghost - unless the imitation is based on a Shadow of course.
Mis-typed, it is of course a Ghost. No idea what it was based upon.
There are much more egregious "mis-types" . . . The last glass-case photo above shows the Englsh translation on the display sign as "ROLS-ROYS". ;D