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Chassis | First owner | Carrossier | Type of coachwork | Coachwork number/design | Original colour | Upholstery | Delivery date | Curiosities |
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4AF2 | Élisabeth, Duchesse d’Édimbourg | H. J. Mulliner | Limousine 7-seater | 5034 / 7162 | First Valentine green with a red stripe down either side; repainted claret and black in 1952 | Front: blue leather, rear: grey cloth | 6 July 1950 | Mascot of Saint George and dragon, designed by artist Edward Seago, it is made of silver and can be transferred from car to car—whichever the Queen is riding in. Fitted with a specially modified driver's seat in case the Duke of Edinburgh wished to drive himself.
On April 10, 1952 the Queen was driven in this car to her first Royal Engagement, the presentation of Maundy Money at the Westminster Abbey. Carried the Queen to the opening of the Parliament in 1954.[1] |
4AF4 | Rolls Royce | Park Ward | Pick-up truck | ~ | Grey | ~ | 1 October 1950 | Experimental truck used for the factory. Dismantled in 1963. |
4AF6 | HM Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran | H. J. Mulliner | Cabriolet | 5077 / 7205 | Blue silver | White | 3 December 1951 | According to Martin Bennett's book "Rolls-Royce & Bentley: The Crewe Years" (3rd edition, 2011), chassis 4AF6, a 2-door convertible, was returned to Rolls-Royce: The third PIV built, and the second delivered to a customer, was 4AF6 for the Shah of Iran. The coachwork was again by H.J. Mulliner, but the huge drophead coupe body, which was finished in a light metallic blue with white leather upholstery, was by no means characteristic of this coachbuilder. It was the only Phantom IV to have built-in Silver Dawn type headlamps. The car was returned to Rolls-Royce Ltd in 1959, it is believed because it had proved insufficiently stiff, flexing severely on Iranian roads. The outcome was that the company scrapped it, though the body survives on a Phantom III chassis, which perhaps suggests that the fault lay with the chassis. The car made its way to the United States in 1982, apparently from Switzerland,[2] still with its metallic blue paint. Recent photos of it (2000s)[3] exist online, but its current whereabouts are unknown. |
4AF8 | Abdullah III du Koweït | H. J. Mulliner | Limousine 6 light saloon | 5153 / 7206 | Beige and royal midnight blue | Biscuit | July 1951 | At the Nethercutt Museum, 15151 Bledsoe Street, Sylmar, CA 91342. Abdullah III's two-tone green example is also in the museum (see below). |
4AF10 | HRH Prince Henry, Duc de Gloucester | Hooper | Limousine | 9663 / 8292 | Black | Fawn | 1 September 1951 | Featured in the 1966 films Arabesque[4] and Fumo di Londra (Smoke over London). |
4AF12 | Ernest Hives, director of RR, then HRH Princesse Marina, The Duchesse de Kent | Hooper | Limousine 7-seater | 9719 / 8307 | Blue, later repainted black | Beige | 1 July 1951 | According to Martin Bennett's book "Rolls-Royce & Bentley: The Crewe Years" (3rd edition, 2011), Ernest Hives is said to have used the car only infrequently, preferring his Bentley R-Type B226WH. The car was built with a manual transmission but was converted to automatic before being sold to Princess Marina. |
4AF14 | General Francisco Franco | H. J. Mulliner | Limousine 5-seater | 5035 / 7181 | Black | West of England beige | 13 June 1952 | Armoured rear. |
4AF16 | General Francisco Franco | H.J. Mulliner | Limousine 7-seater | 5036 / 7181 | Black | West of England beige | 4 July 1952 | Armoured rear. |
4AF18 | General Francisco Franco | H. J. Mulliner | Cabriolet | 4945 / 7183 | Black | Green leather | 28 March 1952 | It was officially used for the first time on the 18 July 1952 victory parade. Armoured rear. |
4AF20 | HH Aga Khan III | Hooper | Limousine sedanca de ville | 9750 / 8293 | Dark green with a sideline in light green; later repainted entirely red | Red leather | May 1952 | When R. R. sold the car to the Aga Khan they included a clause which said he could not sell the car. However after his death his widow sold it to the Mayfair-Lennox hotel (Missouri, USA), where it was used to pick up guests at the airport but due to the boot short capacity it was resold in 1962. The car was later repainted red. In August 2011, the car was offered for sale at the Gooding & Company auction held in Pebble Beach, California. It was estimated to sell for $850,000-1,100,000. Bidding failed to satisfy the vehicle's reserve and it left the auction unsold.[5] |
4AF22 | HH The Prince Talal of Saudi Arabia | Franay | Cabriolet | - / 7183 | Cream and green | Green leather | June 1952 | The only Phantom IV with a French-made coachwork. This one was listed in their works description as a sedanca de ville, but a four-door cabriolet was erected on the chassis instead. |
4BP1 | Fayçal II d'Irak | Hooper | Limousine | 9890 / 8361 | Black | Red leather | 26 March 1953 | Made for his coronation. |
4BP3 | HRH Abd al-Ilah, Prince Régent d'Iraq | Hooper | Touring limousine 7-seater | 9891 / 8370 | Delivered all-black; later black over white, with black fenders[6] | Light blue leather | 26 March 1953 | Built for the coronation of his nephew, King Faisal II. Years later all the royal family members were assassinated in the 1958 coup d'état. At the time of the uprising, the car was at Hooper's in London for servicing and was saved as a result. |
4BP5 | Élisabeth II | Hooper | Landaulet | 9941 / 8399 | Claret and black | Front: blue leather, rear: grey cloth | 1 May 1954 | Rolls-Royce kept this car for the exclusive use of the British Sovereign. Finally in 1959 it was purchased by the Queen and used by the royal family until the late 1980s.
It is currently on display at the Sir Henry Royce Foundation. |
4BP7 | HRH Princesse Margaret, Comtesse de Snowdon | H. J. Mulliner | Limousine 7-seater | 5686 / 7368 | Black | Beige cloth | 16 July 1954 | Purchased by Princess Margaret, she chose Pegasus designed by Edward Seago and made (by Louis Lejeune Ltd, London) as her mascot. Fitted with an adjustable seat in case the Princess wished to drive herself. The car, still in its original black color and featuring its Pegasus hood ornament, was offered for sale by The Real Car Company of Bethesda, Gwynedd, North Wales[7] in 2008. No selling price was published but the company states that it sold for "somewhere around $750,000." |
4CS2 | Abdullah III du Koweït | H. J. Mulliner | Limousine 6 light saloon | 5724 / 7376 | Two-tone green | Olive green leather | 1 February 1955 | On display at the Nethercutt Museum, USA. Previously at the now-defunct Ellenville Motor Museum of Ellenville, New York. According to a plaque at the Nethercutt Museum, the car cost $25,000 when purchased new. |
4CS4 | Abdullah III du Koweït | H. J. Mulliner | Limousine | 5725 / 7376 | Golden copper and silver | Beige | August 1955 | On display at Castillo Concejuelo in Torre Loizaga, Biscay, Spain |
4CS6 | HM Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah d'Iran | Hooper | Limousine | 10177 / 8425 | Black then repainted in bordeaux | Grey leather | October 1956 | In 1977 the car was in London for "major repairs and refurbishing". After three years and a reported $25,000 worth of repairs, the car was still in the UK. There was a dispute over who owned the car; the ousted Shah or representatives of the Iranian Embassy who said it belonged to their country.[8] Finally the exiled Pahlavi family lost their claim to ownership in the British courts. This unit is currently displayed at the National Car Museum of Iran. |
- (en) Martin Buckley: Cars of the Super Rich, Books.google.es, (lire en ligne)
- http://www.prewarcar.com/postwarclassic/magazine/previous-features/comes-with-an-armed-guard-013544-2.html%7Ctitle=Comes with an armed guard - Rolls-Royce Phantom IV in Denver
- http://www.flickr.com/photos/11040070@N07/4241174749/in/set-72157622995782389%7Ctitle=Rolls Royce Phantom IV 4AF6 at auto show
- « Internet Movie Cars Database: 1951 Rolls-Royce Phantom IV Limousine Hooper [4AF10] », Imcdb.org (consulté le )
- http://www.conceptcarz.com/z20782/Rolls-Royce-Phantom-IV.aspx
- http://www.rrab.com/nov03.htm
- http://www.realcar.co.uk/cars_sold_2009.htm
- (en) New York Magazine: 17 March 1980, Books.google.es, (lire en ligne)