1949 Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith No Reserve • Chassis No.

W38C • French registration • Full history • Timeless elegance, a symbol of British refinement.

Delivered new in June 1949 to Sir Arthur Stewart Leslie Young, a Scottish industrialist born in Glasgow, this Silver Wraith embodies the quintessence of post-war British grand touring.

The first Rolls-Royce produced after the Second World War, the Silver Wraith marked the marque's return to the sophistication and mechanical serenity that made it legendary.

Following the death of its first owner in 1950, the car joined Adams Oliver Ltd in Huntingdonshire, England, in 1960.

It then crossed the Channel in 1986, imported to Toulouse by Lucas Frank, who registered it in France on December 23 of the same year.

The vehicle then passed into the hands of International Trading Consultants (ITC) Vibrac on March 13, 1990, before being acquired on November 20, 1996, by Pierre Tournier of Domaine de Lafont in Mérignac, Charente, for 340,000 fran...