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1967 Vanden Plas Princess R (4 litre

United Kingdom • 16 Jul 2022 • Lot 138

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AI Listing Summary

This is a Vanden Plas Princess R, a somewhat rare model with a Rolls-Royce engine. It was recently recommissioned and imported from a middle eastern collection and said to have belonged to the Governor of Barbados. The car is reported to drive well but is being sold with the advice of further recommissioning.

Condition

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The car is described as being in good order throughout, with the interior and paintwork presenting very well and showing little sign of age. It has been recently treated to a thorough recommissioning by Alan Mann Racing. However, further recommissioning is recommended.

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42,324 miles

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One of Britain's most illustrious coachbuilders, chiefly remembered for its sublime vintage Bentleys, the firm of Vanden Plas was acquired by Austin in 1946 and re-invented as a marque in its own right some years later.

From the late 1940s onwards Vanden Plas engaged in bodying top-of-the-line Austins, most notably the A135 Princess Limousine, before marque status arrived for 1960.

When the Austin A99 was upgraded to A110 specification in 1961, gaining a longer wheelbase and more power, the Princess followed suit, becoming the 'Mk.

II'.

Over 50% more expensive than its three-litre predecessor, the Vanden Plas 4-Litre Princess R (as it was officially known) justified its price and its rather grand demeanour on the grounds of its parentage – it was the offspring of a somewhat unlikely liaison between BMC and Rolls-Royce.

The Princess R was offered with the aluminium six-cylinder Rolls-Royce FB60 engine: a short-stroke 3,909cc variant of that used in the Silver Cloud.

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