When the Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II was launched in 1959 at the Earls Court Motor Show, the coachbuilder H.J.

Mulliner & Co., Ltd.

was urged to continue production of its popular 7504 style—better known as the Drophead Coupé Adaptation—for the evolved model.

This plea was accepted, and the custom configuration lived on through the Silver Cloud’s production run.

These attractive dropheads were known as “Adaptations” because they began as standard steel saloons, which were then almost totally reworked by the venerable coachbuilder, transformed by the removal of the steel roof and the fitment of two (rather than four) doors, as well as other unique cosmetic touches.

More than half of the 107 Drophead Coupé Adaptations produced were exported across the Atlantic Ocean to meet the great demand in the United States.

This Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II Drophead Coupé was one of just 74 left-hand-drive, coachbuilt examples adapted by H.J.

Mulliner.

This Silver Cloud II was delivered on 14...