Vehicle Description
West Coast Classics are proud to present this extraordinarily rare
and 1 of only 1 1955 Rolls Royce Silver Dawn Lightweight Sedan
built by renown coachbuilders H.J. Mulliner with a lightweight
body. Documented in the renown Rolls-Royce bible, "The Elegance
Continues" by Lawrence Dalton, as follows: "Whilst delving in the
H.J. Mulliner records I came across the above car (with photo
above!) hiding among the Bentley 'R' Type Lightweight saloons.
Knowledge of her was denied by all and sundry and it is assumed
that she was produced with a batch of Bentleys and given a Sliver
Dawn radiator and the last Silver Dawn chassis number, that of
LSVJ133 and design number 7243." The car offered here was one of
one coachbuilt aluminum bodied saloons by the coachbuilders 'H.J.
Mulliner' to their design no. 7243, a beautifully proportioned
saloon with curvaceous razor edge lines, in this case with a
sliding sunroof in its original 'Black Pearl over Shell Gray'
body.. Powered by a 4.6-liter engine paired with an automatic
transmission. Only Lightweight Silver Dawn built by H.J. Mulliner
with an aluminum body. Features a two-tone silver and black
exterior, Cream leather interior, factory sunroof and picnic
tables. This 1955 Rolls-Royce Silver Dawn is unique in being the
only Lightweight Silver Dawn built by H.J. Mulliner with a
handcrafted aluminum body.Originally built as a Left Hand Drive
vehicle for the 'Bowes Builder Corporation' of Denver CO and
shipped on the 'Queen Elizabeth II' on 5/12/1955 from Southampton
England to New York, it is powered by a 4.6-liter engine paired
with an automatic transmission. This left-hand drive example was
built for the U.S. market. Features include a factory sliding metal
sunroof, rear wooden picnic tables, an after market 'Blaupunkt'
AM/FM/cassette radio and a custom-fitted luggage set. It is
finished in its original two-tone Shell Gray over Black Pearl
exterior with a Cream leather interior and burled wood trim.
Restored to original specifications in 1987 with an invoice
totaling over $119,000 Specially made for The Bowes Builder
Corporation in 1955 to their specifications U.S. spec delivery with
Left Hand Drive on the last Silver Dawn chassis produced and the
only Lightweight Silver Dawn made by H.J. Mulliner Known as
LSVJ133, it was made by H.J. Mulliner & Co. Ltd. Made from
hand-formed Aluminum Odometer reads 37,660 miles Optional picnic
set containing a lunchbox, plates, thermos and matching silverware
mounted in a sliding access door inside the driver's door Crystal
decanter and 3 shot glasses in the front passenger door, also
inside a sliding access door Rear seat wooden picnic tables 6-piece
set of fitted bags by Velation Planned Luggage Featured in the
books Rolls Royce, the Elegance Continues by Lawrence Dalton and
Silver Dawns & Silver Wraiths by Bernard King Copy of
handwritten Certicard Copies of factory works specs instructions
and copy of the ledger showing LSVJ133 as being the last chassis
produced Today the saloon presents beautifully, with the interior,
swathed in Connolly leather with beautiful rich woodwork, which is
particularly comfortable and sumptuous. Further, the car is offered
with full sets of road and hand tools, as well as its original
handbook. This increasingly desirable and legendary marque, 1955
Rolls Royce Silver Dawn Lightweight Saloon is a moving work of art
from a time when Rolls-Royce and Bentley were famously building the
"Best Cars in the World" with the craftsmanship and quality of
these cars obviously speaking for themselves. So buy with
confidence, this Classic Car Club of America (CCCA) Full Classic,
will no doubt prove a fabulous investment for the astute investor,
Bentley or Rolls Royce enthusiast or collector to own one of the
last remaining coachbuilt and the only aluminum built Silver Dawn
ever built!
