Featured in the 1974 Film, The Great Gatsby, the Embodiment of the American DreamCHASSIS NO: 5304KPRobert Redford driven “Gatsby Rolls” from the original film, The Great GatsbyBelieved to be the only Ascot Sport Phaeton built as a dual cowlRecipient of a fresh, no-expense-spared restoration totaling over ..
The Springfield Phantom I provided the American Rolls-Royce customer with a chassis tailored to stateside driving conditions, featuring left-hand steering placement, a three-speed gearbox and the Bijur centralized chassis lubrication system. Among the 1,243 chassis built, the final PR series benefited from additional improvements including alumi..
"La migliore auto del mondo" era molto più di un'iperbole pubblicitaria della Rolls-Royce e la Silver Ghost fornì un ampio supporto a questa audace affermazione. I successi alle prove di affidabilità scozzesi del 1907 e alla prova alpina austriaca del 1913 convalidarono l'affidabilità intrinseca del telaio della Silver Ghost. Tra le 6.173 Silver..
Building his first vehicle as early as 1894, Elwood Haynes left an indelible mark on the automotive industry. His advances in metallurgy and manufacturing helped pave the way for the mass production of the early automobile.
The Haynes Touring on offer here was purchased new by the O’Leary family of Mason City, Iowa, and handed down thro..
Boasting what its manufacturer had learned from its decades of experience with aeroengines, the Phantom III was always silky-smooth and powerful, but its proportions did not lend itself easily to beautiful coachwork. There were a handful of exceptions, prominent among them this car, chassis 3BT149, dressed with a unique sedanca coupe body by Bar..
This Rolls-Royce Phantom II Continental Tourer, chassis 4PY, was specified with a unique open four-door tourer body by Barker. Its specifications included a special 58" hood, with a long row of louvers extending into the cowl, as well as a chrome-plated dashboard with white instrument dials, a speedometer in miles and kilometers, and a Dover spr..
The Rolls-Royce Twenty served as the smaller companion to the flagship Silver Ghost and Phantom models. Just under 3,000 units were built between 1922 and 1929, each sold as rolling chassis and delivered to independent coachbuilders. With the 20 HP being smaller and lighter than its flagship siblings, many buyers selected sporting coachwork suited ..
The Peerless Company of Cleveland, Ohio was, for a brief period, one of America’s most exclusive automobile companies. Along with Packard and Pierce-Arrow, the trio of car makers known as “The Three Ps,” was equally revered for their quality, refinement, and engineering excellence. The route Peerless took to automobile manufacturing was remarkably ..
Buick’s largest and most expensive offering from 1912, powered by a 318 cubic-inch, “valve in head” inline-four rated for 48 horsepower. This is one of approximately 15 known survivors, sporting a lovely, well-maintained older restoration, and pleasingly detailed with period-correct accessories. Discreetly updated for touring with electric start, a..