Description
Kelham Hall | Newark, Nottinghamshire
Viewing: Tues 9th September from 12pm
Auction: Wed 10st September from 9am
Location: Main Street, Newark, Nottinghamshire NG23 5QX
1968 Rolls-Royce Phantom VI Limousine
1 of just 374 VIs produced
Estimate
£38, 000 - £45, 000
Registration No: T. B. A
Chassis No: PRH4295
MOT: T. B. A
1 of just 374 Phantom VIs manufactured
Lavished with over £15, 000 expenditure with marque specialists Ristes Motor Company in 2019
In regular and continued use since 1979 across the ownership of three funeral companies
In current ownership since 2008, and fully repainted, retrimmed, and woodwork restored shortly after
By far the most expensive car that money could buy when launched in 1968, the Rolls-Royce Phantom VI remained in production for twelve years (albeit the final few examples were not finished until 1991/ 1992 due to the model’s handbuilt nature). Notable as the last Rolls-Royce to employ a separate chassis, the majority were bodied by Mulliner Park Ward as seven-seater limousines. Though, a hearse and even convertible versions were constructed (the latter conceived by the Italian Carrozzeria, Frua). Equipped with independent front suspension, a leaf-sprung back axle and four-wheel drum brakes, the Phantom VI was all about passenger comfort and boasted the world’s first dual zone air-conditioning system. Powered by a 6230cc (later 6750cc) OHV V8 engine allied to automatic transmission, gearing was chosen such that it could be driven at anything from walking pace to 100mph. Customers were encouraged to tax the ingenuity of Rolls-Royce’s in-house craftsmen to the extent that very few, if any, of the 374 completed were to standard specification.
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