Registration No: GSK 454 Chassis No: DRH0050701 MOT: Exempt

Finished in stunning Willow Gold Metallic with a sumptuous Beige leather upholstery
A well looked after and very low mileage example
Offered with an extensive history file
Understood to have only been used on the best of days

Rolls-Royce registered the Corniche name in the 1930s and apparently assigned it to a prototype based on the Bentley MKV, but the model was never progressed due to the onset of World War Two.

The moniker was finally first employed in 1971 on the Coupe and Convertible versions of the Silver Shadow.

In common with the Shadow, the newcomer was penned by in-house designer John Polwhele Blatchley and the underbody and floorpan crafted by Pressed Steel Fisher.

Initial assembly (including alloy bonnet, bootlid and doors) was thereafter entrusted to the coachbuilder Mulliner Park Ward of Willesden, London – by then a wholly-owned division of Rolls-Royce.

At this stage the cars were transported to the main f...