Vehicle Description
Rolls-Royce Motors formed Mulliner Park Ward by the 1961 merger of
two Rolls-Royce subsidiaries: Park Ward of Willesden, London, a
Rolls-Royce subsidiary since 1939 and H. J. Mulliner & Co. of
Chiswick, a Rolls-Royce subsidiary since 1959. Mulliner Park Ward
continues to operate as the vehicle customization division of
Bentley Motors Limited, the successor of Rolls-Royce Motors. The
Corniche was a development of the Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow with
the two door variants of that model marketed as the �Silver Shadow
Mulliner Park Ward' two-door fixedhead coup�, the very handsome
coachwork design was by John Polwhele Blatchley. The model was
assembled and finished in London at Mulliner Park Ward as
continuation of the 1965 Silver Shadow coup�, the Corniche name was
applied from 1971 for all two-door coup�s. The car used the
standard Rolls-Royce V8, 6750cc engine with an aluminium-silicon
alloy block and aluminium cylinder heads with cast iron wet
cylinder liners mated to a three-speed automatic transmission from
General Motors. Originally registered on 16th February 1967, this
Rolls-Royce has been owned by the current vendor for the last eight
years. He purchased the car after she had been in storage for some
20 years and immediately set about re-commissioning it. The velvet
green coachwork is in excellent order and the cream leather
interior has a lovely patina, commensurate with age and mileage.
With an engine that purrs effortlessly, this Rolls-Royce is a
delight to drive. Taking into account this vehicle is now half a
century old, the style, comfort, reliability and presence of this
delightfully handsome car is testament to the magnificent cars that
were built by Rolls-Royce in collaboration with Mulliner Park Ward.
Supplied with a V5C registration document and an MoT test
certificate valid until 4th June 2018, this vehicle is ready to use
and looks to offer excellent value given the estimate. For sale by
auction on Saturday 23 September 2017 with Historics at Brooklands,
Brooklands Motor Racing Circuit, Weybridge, Surrey, Call 01753
639170
