Only 125 Rolls-Royce Phantom II chassis were produced with left-hand drive, numbered as the AJS and AMS series.

Chassis number 234AJS, offered here, was one of only three of these cars bodied by Brewster as Newmarket convertible sedans, a style more often seen on the Phantom I, and is one of two of these delineated as “Special” models, indicating it had deviations from the stock design.

In this case, such touches included the brightwork, finished in polished brass.

The car was delivered new in Hershey’s backyard, to Vance McCormick of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

A former mayor of Harrisburg, Mr.

McCormick later became a trusted, close advisor to President Woodrow Wilson, serving as chair of the American delegation at the Treaty of Versailles and as Wilson’s 1916 campaign manager.

Mr.

and Mrs.

McCormick would be regularly seen in the car in the streets of Harrisburg, including when they were chauffeured to church on Sundays; their chauffeur would polish the car outside the church ...