The paperwork accompanying this fine Silver Cloud confirms it as an E-series car built for the 1958 model year but supplied and registered in the dying days of December 1957.

The supplying dealer was The CarMart of North London, perhaps more widely known as the capital’s sole Austin concessionaire at that time.

The first lucky keeper of the Silver Cloud was the Kleen Klip Scissor Company of North London, with this prestigious car provided for the use of Mr S.

Stevens Esq.

– presumably the proprietor.

The first registered keepers retained the Silver Cloud until 1989 clocking up around 109,000 miles in their thirty plus year tenure.

At that stage our vendor Roger, acquired the Rolls-Royce.

Within a couple of years of acquiring this sublime Silver Cloud, Roger commissioned a thorough schedule of works to bring the Rolls-Royce fully back to its former glory.

This would include the lower half of the car being stripped back to the metal and resprayed.

All exterior brightwork was re-...