Tuesday, 23 January 2018

1972 ROLLS ROYCE CORNICHE CONVERTIBLE - Bicester Sports and Classics Aylesbury Bucks

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Bicester Sports and Classics
Aylesbury Buckinghamshire
Telephone: 01296 770966 Mobile: 07702 132000
Website: http://www.bicestersportscars.co.uk

1972 ROLLS ROYCE CORNICHE CONVERTIBLE

The Corniche was a development of the Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow, with the two-door variants of that model marketed as the “Silver Shadow Mulliner Park Ward two door fixed head coupé & drophead coupé” from 1966 until when the Corniche name was applied.It was assembled and finished in London at Mulliner Park Ward as continuation of the 1965 Silver Shadow coupe and Drophead Coupe

These hand-built cars were massively expensive and selected by some of the most famous and powerful customers around the world.

This stunning example is finished in Highland green with Brown leather and like most was owned by a famous celebrity Owe Sandstrom who was the clothes designer for Abba during their mega-successful careers.

Considerable expenditure has been carried out during the past few years inc;

High-quality bodywork repaint

New double duck hood

Rechroming bumpers and grille

Leather reconditioning and new carpets inc boot

Top end engine recon

On the road, you cannot fail to be impressed with this stately car with ample performance and smooth drivetrain belying her 44 years and looks that are still impressive today.

Supplied fully inspected, serviced and with 12 months warranty.

ORIGINAL SOURCE: http://bicestersportscars.co.uk/car-sales/1972-rolls-royce-corniche-convertible/

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Thursday, 19 October 2017

1987 LHD ROLLS-ROYCE CORNICHE II CONVERTIBLE - The Real Car Co Ltd Coed y Parc, Bethesda, Gwynedd, North Wales, LL57 4YS

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The Real Car Co Ltd
Coed y Parc, Bethesda, Gwynedd, North Wales, LL57 4YS
Telephone: 01248 602649
Website: http://www.realcar.co.uk

1987 LHD ROLLS-ROYCE CORNICHE II CONVERTIBLE

Chassis Number - HCX16412

Registration Number - D420 FDL

Price - £62,500

A truly lovely example, which has very likely covered just 23,000 miles from new, and only 5,000 miles in the last 25 years! The condition is commensurate with that mileage level, and the car is totally sound, very smart, and very nicely finished in Magnolia with double blue pinstripe, deep blue leather, piped Magnolia, and Cumberland Stone carpets, piped dark blue, all as originally specified. A correct, high-quality new hood was very nicely fitted less than two years ago. Originally delivered to Florida, but since 1991 has resided in Spain until this year. A superb example, offered U K registered for the first time and MoT tested until August 2018.

Snippets: The 1st Nautical Black Box

It is not known the name of the 1st owner but we do know that the car was shipped from the UK to Fort Lauderdale in September 1986 aboard the 28,000-tonne container vessel “Gulf Spirit”. The Gulf Spirit was the 1st vessel which carried a “Black Box” even though it is normally bright orange!! In April 1989 Lloyds of London decided to install this trial device in order to record information that could assist crews to save fuel, avoid damage to the cargo and if the vessel sank the Black Box would jettison itself and float! The device and its installation (in 1989) cost £60,000 and used more than 1km of cabling inside of the hull to connect the various gauges and accelerometers to the recorder. After spending just 4 years in the USA in 1991 HCX16412 was acquired by its second and last owner - a Middle-eastern Prince – who shipped the car to Spain where it remained until earlier this year