Equipment
Hub caps and trim rings, Lucas P100 headlamps, dual mirrors, luggage rack, rear seat tables, factory air conditioning.
Condition
Baby Phantom body style. One of three LHD examples. Sound older paint and chrome. Lightly worn original upholstery, but charmingly so. Really good interior wood. Good, but not fully restored underneath. Special ordered new by a Rolls-Royce enthusiast (and Price Waterhouse partner) who took in on a six-month continental tour in Europe before shipping it home to the States. An interesting and almost unique car that you know is special as soon as you look at it.
Market commentary
Nearly the end of the era for coachbuilt, bespoke, Rolls-Royce automobiles and as luxurious and distinctive as a car could be in 1961, but the reported high bid is enough for it, or at least close enough that RM should have found a way to make the deal worl.