Solved - NEH 3996: Rolls-Royce with H.J. Mulliner body built 1951 for the Shah of Persia

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Carnut

March 30, 2015, 08:13:33 AM
What's this car, who built the body, for whom and when - for 1 point?:

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Carnut

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April 13, 2015, 06:23:56 AM
Experts?
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kwgibbs

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April 15, 2015, 03:09:44 PM
was it by Jacques saoutchik?

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April 15, 2015, 06:06:55 PM
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richard cuyler

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April 15, 2015, 07:15:42 PM
 RR Convertible, about 1950-51, Mulliner? ???

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April 16, 2015, 04:41:22 AM
Quote from: richard cuyler on April 15, 2015, 07:15:42 PM
RR Convertible, about 1950-51, Mulliner? ???

Yes!
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richard cuyler

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April 16, 2015, 09:01:38 AM
Was this the one for the Shah of Iran?

Carnut

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April 16, 2015, 11:05:10 AM Last Edit: April 16, 2015, 11:29:50 AM by Carnut
Quote from: richard cuyler on April 16, 2015, 09:01:38 AM
Was this the one for the Shah of Iran?

Yes it was.
I don't know what chassis it was on originally but when it was sold to the USA the body was put on to a Phantom III chassis!

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ropat53

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April 16, 2015, 04:42:16 PM
Sorry for the copy/paste, but this explains just about everything about this car:
"According to Martin Bennett's book "Rolls-Royce & Bentley: The Crewe Years" (3rd edition, 2011), chassis 4AF6, a 2-door convertible, was returned to Rolls-Royce: The third PIV built, and the second delivered to a customer, was 4AF6 for the Shah of Iran. The coachwork was again by H.J. Mulliner, but the huge drophead coupe body, which was finished in a light metallic blue with white leather upholstery, was by no means characteristic of this coachbuilder. It was the only Phantom IV to have built-in Silver Dawn type headlamps. The car was returned to Rolls-Royce Ltd in 1959, it is believed because it had proved insufficiently stiff, flexing severely on Iranian roads. The outcome was that the company scrapped it, though the body survives on a Phantom III chassis, which perhaps suggests that the fault lay with the chassis. The car made its way to the United States in 1982, apparently from Switzerland,[10] still with its metallic blue paint. Recent photos of it (2000s)[11] exist online, but its current whereabouts are unknown."
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