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1957 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud Drophead Coupé
France • 2 Feb 2012
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AI Listing Summary
This 1957 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud Drophead Coupé, chassis number SDD172, started as a saloon but was professionally converted to a left-hand drive drophead configuration. It has a rich history, including ownership by a motion picture production company and featuring on a novel cover. Having had a mechanical restoration in 1991 and a cosmetic restoration in 2005, it is described as being in excellent mechanical condition and free from corrosion, with optional air conditioning and power-assisted steering.
Condition
8
The car underwent a total cosmetic restoration in 2005, including bodywork, brightwork, hood, carpeting, woodwork, and leather upholstery. It's described as corrosion-free and in excellent mechanical condition, with recent servicing. It won a Concours d'Élégance in 2005 and was selected for the 'Exception' category of the Grand Concours d'Élégance de Saint-Cloud in 2008. The odometer displays 59,005 miles.
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Transmission:
Automatic
Chassis No:
SDD172
Odometer:
59,905 miles
Reg Number:
557 YRF
RHD/LHD:
LHD
Originally manufactured as a saloon, the car offered here has been professionally converted to left-hand drive drophead coupé configuration in the style of H J Mulliner's design number '7504'.
(It is hoped that further information about the conversion will be available at time of sale).
Chassis number 'SDD172' left the Crewe factory on 21st February 1957 and was delivered to concessionaire J Olding & Co Ltd of London W1 for their customer, Broadmead Wireless Co Ltd of Wimbledon.
It subsequently found its way to Los Angeles, USA, passing into the ownership of a motion picture production company based at the 20th Century Fox Studios in Beverly Hills, California.
On 27th September 1966 the car returned to the UK where its new owner was Electrical & General Development, a company based in London.
Novelist James Hadley Chase chose the car to feature on the cover of his 1977 novel, 'I Hold The Four Aces' (photography by Max Feissel) which would be issued in French as 'On Repique Au Jeu'...
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£399,974
Lowest Price (Since 2020)
£399,974
Median Price (Since 2020)
£399,974
Highest Price (Since 2020)
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