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

Mulliner, design number 7504.

Introduced very late in Silver Cloud I production, the car was officially known as an Adaptation, as it was created using a factory Standard Steel Saloon body shell, modified into a convertible by removing the steel roof, fitting two doors, and adding a modified chromed waistline molding.

So thoroughly massaged and reworked were the factory components, however, that the end result was truly a piece of coachbuilt craftsmanship, as much as any fully custom body.

A total of 107 examples were made on the Silver Cloud II, of which 74 were left-hand-drive models.

The Drophead Coupe Adaptation offered here was equipped with power windows and top, as well as a radio.

It was originally shipped from London to Miami for delivery to Elisabeth Freeman Barney of Palm Beach, Florida, whose husband Philip was heir to an extremely wealthy East Coast family th...