1938 Rolls-Royce Phantom III

VIN: 3DL56

$80,500

Sold

Seller details

  • Auction

    Bonhams

  • Location

    Newport, RI; US

  • Event date

    Aug 1 - Aug 2, 2003

  • Lot

    908

Vehicle specs

  • Chassis/VIN

    3DL56

  • Body style

    Cabriolet

  • Odometer

    40057 m

  • Transmission type

    Standard

  • Engine Type

    L6

  • Horsepower

    165

  • Induction

    1x1 bbl

  • Interior Color

    Gray

  • Exterior Color

    Gray

Vehicle details

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Equipment

RHD. Rebodied by Mulliner in 1950. P top, rollup divider, semi skirted rear wheels, sealed beam lights in KOR housings, dual enclosed sidemount housings, floor shift, fog lights, single driving light. Engine sounds like shaking a paint can full of 1 nuts. Tired and neglected. Awful paint and worn interior with badly pulled drivers seat back. Needs everything, and it wont be inexpensive.

Market commentary

This is a grand and stately automobile with unique coachwork, but PIIIs are known to be finicky automobiles with expensive tastes in parts and service. $100,000 will disappear into this PIII without hesitation and it will not be a $180,500 car when it reappears. The buyer may prove to be right, but $30,000 seems more like real money for this expensive project car.

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