Vehicle Description
This is a very nicely restored and beautifully presenting
Rolls-Royce Corniche Fixed Head Coupe ("FHC") finished in Masons
black, black leather interior and matching black Wilton wool
carpets. The body waist-rail is accented with a single grey
hand-painted fine-line delightfully finishing off the elegance. In
any setting the car takes on a very formal appearance. Once you
open the doors, the matching black with the contrasting richness of
the burl walnut wood throughout makes her striking in a very
masculine manner. She is simply stunning. This Corniche was
originally purchased in Texas as part of a bespoke restoration for
one of Park-Ward's most esteemed clients. The project was completed
some 6-7 years ago and is now back in our collection for sale. When
Park-Ward first purchased the car, prior to the restoration, it was
straight and dent free. The paint was lightly blistered and faded
but the body very straight, rust free and "dry". The interior was
dirty and dusty but complete. The car was a complete and running
example - an original car that was just tired. Although an
all-together example, this did not matter as our job was to "redo
everything" and make her look new again. She did receive the full
treatment which included a bare metal repaint, new interior to
include leather, carpets (in the boot as well), new headliner, wood
refinished and making sure everything worked both mechanically and
operationally throughout. The paint job is stunning. The car was
stripped of all its fittings to include all windows (including side
and door window frames) out and then prepped to bare metal. This
revealed a rather straight motor car with no rust or previous
accident repair. The car was meticulously repainted using modern
2-stage paint technology in Masons black. Upon reassembly we fitted
all new body gaskets, clips, boot seal, and edge finishers. All the
bright work was removed and machined polished and then hand
polished upon finally reassembly. This included the grille,
headlight brows, bumpers, side mouldings, rocker mouldings, door
handles, hub caps, inner sill mouldings and door entry scuff plates
including the fitment of new rubber treads. Some items, like the
door handles and C pillar demarcation mouldings for the vinyl top
were rechromed. The existing vinyl top was in excellent condition
and retained. The overall finish is as good as you would hope for.
To complete the "new-look", new tail lamp lenses and correct Lucas
style headlights were fitted. A factory correct badge bar fitted to
the front bumper. On pre 1977 Rolls-Royces, matching right-hand
side door mirrors were not available. A door mirror from a
right-hand car cannot be simply attached as the angle of reflection
does not work, so a factory right-hand spec mirror was carefully
modified and set so it performs as it should. The car now displays
what would like a factory pair of right and left side mirrors. The
final touch being the pin-striping down the side of the car and
hubcap beauty rings. Applied by the original hand-painted technique
using only the finest squirrel hair brushes and performed by an
artisan with the steadiest of hands. The fine lines were done in
light grey to accent the light grey broad cloth headliner and
provide a distinctive contrast to the new black paint. The interior
was subject to similar attention to detail. All new leather front
seating in black was completed. The leather door panels were
retained and the rear seat as these were in very fine condition.
Specification correct light grey broad cloth wool was used for the
headliner and all new Wilton wool carpets were fitted. This process
also included new underlay. All the Italian burl walnut wood inside
the car was stripped and refinished with no less than 20 coats of
clear lacquer, each hand-rubbed between coats to provide a final
glass-like finish. This includes the dash, front doors, rear seat
inner waist-rails, door and window surrounds, rear ash-tray
surrrounds and c
