Year: 1956 Make: Rolls-Royce Model: Silver Wraith LWB Ex-Nubar Gulbenkian ‘Perspex Top’ Saloon Chassis No: LELW74 Odometer: 95,318 Rolls-Royce's first post-war model, the Silver Wraith debuted in late 1946 and employed a chassis similar to that of the Silver Dawn and Mk.

VI Bentley, though with a 7” longer wheelbase at 10’ 7”.

The Wraith, however, was only intended for traditional coachbuilt bodies rather than the Mk.

VI’s pioneering ‘standard steel’ bodywork.

Powering Rolls-Royce’s post-war range was a new 4,257cc six-cylinder engine of cast-iron, monobloc construction with aluminium cylinder head featuring overhead inlet and side exhaust valves.

Only the bore and stroke dimensions were shared with the pre-war overhead-valve Wraith engine, the major advantage of this ‘F-head’ layout being its large valves and generous water jacketing around the valve seats.

A four-speed manual gearbox with synchromesh was standard initially, an automatic option (for export models only at first) ...