Believed to be the 502nd example of the 516 total Rolls-Royce Phantom Vs produced Features traditional Touring Limousine body style by coachbuilder James Young Factory supplied with air-conditioning, glassware set, silk curtains, hydraulically operated rear seat, plus radios for both front and rear passenger compartments Presented in the original colour scheme of two-tone Black and Garnet over Beige hide Straightaway from its introduction in 1959, the imposing Phantom V represented the last of a dying breed.

Rather than this being a case of “one size fits all” with regards to the styling, for its new flagship Rolls-Royce still offered customers the opportunity to purchase a bare chassis—one which housed an alloy 6,230-cc V-8 engine—that could then be dressed in custom bodywork by an array of coachbuilders.

Most notable were Hooper, H.J.

Mulliner, Chapron, Park Ward, and James Young of Bromley, Kent.

The latter’s design, numbered PV15, was still very much a traditional limousine bod...