Among the most elegant postwar bodies created for Rolls-Royce was the Silver Cloud II Drophead Coupe by H.J.

Mulliner, design number 7504.

The car was known as an “Adaptation,” and it was created using a factory standard steel saloon body that had been modified into a convertible by removing the steel top, fitting two doors in place of the usual four, and adding a modified chromed waistline moulding.

So extensive were Mulliner’s modifications that the resulting car was, in its every detail, essentially a fully custom body, and indeed, the cars were available with the same range of bespoke options available to any Rolls-Royce client—that is to say, anything the buyer desired.

This stunning left-hand drive Drophead Coupe example offered here, chassis LSZD53, was delivered new in August 1961 to noted Chicago businessman and art collector Mr.

Samuel G.

Rautbord.

A copy of its original build sheet illustrates that it was specified from new with electric windows, plain “Sundym” glass,...