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!
