• Rare coachbuilt model • The height of motoring luxury in its day • Extensively restored in the 1990s • Swiss taxes paid "The size and grandeur of the car...

deceive one about the performance which would do justice to many a car of more sporting pretensions.

The finish, both in detail and the broader sense of equipment and trim, is superb." - Motor magazine on the Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud III.

Launched in 1962, the Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud III and its Bentley S3 equivalent employed the 6.2-litre V8 engine introduced on the 'Cloud II/S2 - though with larger carburettors, a new distributor and raised compression ratio - and came with a four-speed GM-derived automatic transmission as standard equipment.

Most obvious among many changes from the preceding models was the adoption of four-headlamp lighting; the absence of sidelights from the wing tops; and a slightly lower radiator shell.

Inside there was improved accommodation with separate front seats and increased room for rear passe...