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Vehicle Description
West Coast Classics are proud to present this extraordinarily rare and 1 of only 1 1955 Rolls Royce Silver Dawn Lightweight Sedan built by renown coachbuilders H.J. Mulliner with a lightweight body. Documented in the renown Rolls-Royce bible, "The Elegance Continues" by Lawrence Dalton, as follows: "Whilst delving in the H.J. Mulliner records I came across the above car (with photo above!) hiding among the Bentley 'R' Type Lightweight saloons. Knowledge of her was denied by all and sundry and it is assumed that she was produced with a batch of Bentleys and given a Sliver Dawn radiator and the last Silver Dawn chassis number, that of LSVJ133 and design number 7243."The car offered here was one of one coachbuilt aluminum bodied saloons by the coachbuilders 'H.J. Mulliner' to their design no. 7243, a beautifully proportioned saloon with curvaceous razor edge lines, in this case with a sliding sunroof in its original 'Black Pearl over Shell Gray' body.. a 4.6-liter engine paired with an automatic transmission. Only Lightweight Silver Dawn built by H.J. Mulliner with an aluminum body. Features a two-tone silver and black exterior, Cream leather interior, factory sunroof and picnic tables.This 1955 Rolls-Royce Silver Dawn is unique in being the only Lightweight Silver Dawn built by H.J. Mulliner with a handcrafted aluminum body.Originally built as a Left Hand Drive vehicle for the 'Bowes Builder Corporation' of Denver CO and shipped on the 'Queen Elizabeth II' on 5/12/1955 from Southampton England to New York, it is powered by a 4.6-liter engine paired with an automatic transmission. This left-hand drive example was built for the U.S. market. Features include a factory sliding metal sunroof, rear wooden picnic tables, an after market 'Blaupunkt' AM/FM/cassette radio and a custom-fitted luggage set. It is finished in its original two-tone Shell Gray over Black Pearl exterior with a Cream leather interior and burled wood trim.Restored to original specifications in 1987 with an invoice totaling over $119,000Specially made for The Bowes Builder Corporation in 1955 to their specificationsU.S. spec delivery with Left Hand Drive on the last Silver Dawn chassis produced and the only Lightweight Silver Dawn made by H.J. Mulliner
West Coast Classics are proud to present this extraordinarily rare and 1 of only 1 1955 Rolls Royce Silver Dawn Lightweight Sedan built by renown coachbuilders H.J. Mulliner with a lightweight body. Documented in the renown Rolls-Royce bible, "The Elegance Continues" by Lawrence Dalton, as follows: "Whilst delving in the H.J. Mulliner records I came across the above car (with photo above!) hiding among the Bentley 'R' Type Lightweight saloons. Knowledge of her was denied by all and sundry and it is assumed that she was produced with a batch of Bentleys and given a Sliver Dawn radiator and the last Silver Dawn chassis number, that of LSVJ133 and design number 7243."
The car offered here was one of one coachbuilt aluminum bodied saloons by the coachbuilders 'H.J. Mulliner' to their design no. 7243, a beautifully proportioned saloon with curvaceous razor edge lines, in this case with a sliding sunroof in its original 'Black Pearl over Shell Gray' body..
a 4.6-liter engine paired with an automatic transmission. Only Lightweight Silver Dawn built by H.J. Mulliner with an aluminum body. Features a two-tone silver and black exterior, Cream leather interior, factory sunroof and picnic tables.
This 1955 Rolls-Royce Silver Dawn is unique in being the only Lightweight Silver Dawn built by H.J. Mulliner with a handcrafted aluminum body.
Originally built as a Left Hand Drive vehicle for the 'Bowes Builder Corporation' of Denver CO and shipped on the 'Queen Elizabeth II' on 5/12/1955 from Southampton England to New York, it is powered by a 4.6-liter engine paired with an automatic transmission. This left-hand drive example was built for the U.S. market. Features include a factory sliding metal sunroof, rear wooden picnic tables, an after market 'Blaupunkt' AM/FM/cassette radio and a custom-fitted luggage set. It is finished in its original two-tone Shell Gray over Black Pearl exterior with a Cream leather interior and burled wood trim.
Restored to original specifications in 1987 with an invoice totaling over $119,000
Specially made for The Bowes Builder Corporation in 1955 to their specifications
U.S. spec delivery with Left Hand Drive on the last Silver Dawn chassis produced and the only Lightweight Silver Dawn made by H.J. Mulliner