Rolls-Royce Phantom II Continental Cabriolet 3-positions par Fernandez & Darrin – 1934

Dutch registration title
Sold without contrôle technique

In 1906, at the Olympia Hall automobile show in London, Henry Royce, a self-taught mechanical genius, and Charles Rolls, an
aristocratic engineer passionate about mechanics, presented the most famous of all their creations, the 40/50 HP, now known as the Silver Ghost, in reference to car chassis number #AX201 painted in silver gray.

It is the first of the “big” Rolls-Royces, followed by the New Phantom, which appeared in 1925, then the Phantom II (the New Phantom was retroactively named Phantom I), marketed from 1929.
It adopted the 7.7-liter 6-cylinder from its big sister, but benefited from a more rigid chassis and better running gear.

In 1931, based on this Phantom II, Henry Royce had a short-chassis version built (everything is relative), called Continental for the most sporting drivers who wanted to take the wheel themselves...

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