*** Interested parties should note, this vehicle was subject to a CAT D insurance loss in 2000 ***
Highlights
- One of only 150 RHD cars of only 529 built
- Beautifully presented car with lots of recent work
- One of only two produced in Claret coachwork from new
- £20,000 recently spent with a well-known Rolls-Royce specialist
- Features picnic tables, cocktail cabinets, and rear television cabinet
- Cost equivalent of over £350,000 when new
- Original stamped service book with 17 stamps and an extensive history file
- Current voluntary MOT to September 2027
The Appeal
Rolls-Royce had extremely rich international jetsetters in its sights when it launched the Camargue right into the heart of the economic and fuel crisis of 1975. Pininfarina's first post-war Italian design for Rolls-Royce, it ushered in a bold, crisp style that split contemporary opinion but has aged extremely well.
Over an 11-year run, just 529 people found the equivalent of £350,000 required to buy one. The first keeper of this car reportedly ran bingo halls, which may explain his decision to add picnic tables, twin rear cocktail cabinets, a rear television cabinet, extra veneered speaker grilles and air vent grilles, and a centre console with a veneered inner lid to the standard specification. Like those features sealed the deal for its second keeper, who ran The Flamingo Club in Blackpool.
Beautifully presented in Claret, one of just two Camargues in this colour, paired with Nuella Stone leather, this is a really tidy car that comes to market fresh from £20,000 of renovation work by marque specialist Harvey Wash. Work covered servicing, replacing nearly all the hoses, carburettor overhaul, new tyres and brake and suspension work. It comes with a useful voluntary MOT valid to September 2027. Approximately 1,000 miles have been covered since this work was completed, and the vendor reports the car runs and drives very well.
The vendor says:
“I have done approximately 1,000 miles in the car since the specialist work was completed, and it runs and drives very well, and it has been enjoyable to drive and reliable.
“A well sorted and very attractive example with a unique specification which is fun and easy to drive and fast becoming a design icon in classic car circles.”
Key Information
- Mileage: 134,250 miles indicated (odometer replaced at 27,752 miles in 1987 by the supplying main agent)
- Country of registration: United Kingdom
- MOT status: voluntary valid until 10th September 2027 with advisories
- Technical specs: 6,750cc V8 petrol, three-speed automatic
- Paperwork: Original stamped service book with 17 stamps, various service invoices, ownership history, and copies of the original Rolls-Royce build file
Specification:
- Picnic tables
- Television cabinet in the rear
- Twin rear cocktail cabinets
- Extra veneered speaker grills and air vent grills
- Contrasting Claret leather top roll
- Centre console with veneered inner lid to middle compartment
- Claret leather steering wheel and bases of door cards
- Nuella Stone coloured hide
- Colour coded bumpers and wipers
Recent £20,000 reported spend in 2025 with Harvey Wash:
- Extensive service
- Replaced most hoses
- Full carburettor overhaul including new floats and gaskets
- Re-build brakes
- Rebuild suspension spheres
- Five new tyres
- New carpets and new sheepskin over rugs throughout
- Attention to paintwork
- New factory rear screen and rubber
The vendor says:
The car was a Cat D loss in 2000 due to an impact to the offside front wing, and due to no new panels being available and its low value at the time, the insurance company decided not to repair it and wrote it off. It was subsequently repaired many years ago, and there are no visible signs of any damage.
The Detail
- Specialist work in 2025 detailed above
- New carpets and sheepskin over rugs fitted throughout
- Claret paintwork in good order with recent remedial work as detailed above
- New factory rear screen and rubber fitted
- Vendor describes paintwork as in good to very good condition
- Minor sinkage to a small area on one wing and some minor stone chips
- Underside reported to be in good order with no structural advisories on MOT
- Recently replaced white banded tyres with steel wheels and body colour hub caps
- Nuella Stone leather interior with Claret dash top and trim features
- Front seats and door cards could benefit from re-Connolising we are told
- Small hole noted in the driver's seat backrest
- Leather is soft and generally well sprung according to seller
- Rear seats appear unused, vendor says
- Headlining in good order
- Woodwork in good original order with minor crazing to the picnic tables
- Vendor reports all interior instruments and equipment are functioning
- This includes seat motors and adjustable door mirrors
- Air conditioning may need further attention as it blows colder on the bottom half only
- Advisories to note on MOT
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