Talk:Rolls-Royce Phantom IV
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12 feet wide seems unlikely
editIs there a typo or mistake in the dimensions? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.111.83.148 (talk) 16:54, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
- It's less than 2 meters wide or about 6 feet wide. B.I.G. but not impossibly so, I think. (12 feet would be 144 inches.) Regards Charles01 (talk) 16:02, 24 September 2013 (UTC)
Proposed revision of the 18 car table
editWhen viewed on a tablet, the 18 car table is too wide, going beyond the width of the article. It might help if the images were moved into the cell with the commentary and the image column were removed. I have attempted to do this below; comments on this version are invited. Sincerely, SamBlob (talk) 10:45, 9 June 2015 (UTC)
Chassis | First owner/user | Coachbuilder | Type of coachwork | Coachwork number/design | Original colour | Upholstery | Delivery date |
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4AF2 | HRH The Princess Elizabeth, The Duchess of Edinburgh | H. J. Mulliner | Limousine 7-seater | 5034 / 7162 | First Valentine green with a red stripe down either side; repainted claret and black in 1952 | Front: blue leather, later redone in darl blue cloth. Rear: grey cloth | 6 July 1950 |
File:Rolls-Royce Phantom IV, 4AF2.jpg | Mascot of Saint George and dragon, designed by artist Edward Seago, it is made of silver and can be transferred from car to car—whichever the Queen is riding in. Fitted with a specially modified driver's seat in case the Duke of Edinburgh wished to drive himself. It is fitted with a Lion as the mascot when used in Scotland
On April 10, 1952, the Queen was driven in this car to her first royal engagement—the presentation of Maundy Money at the Westminster Abbey. It carried the Queen to the opening of the British parliament in 1954.[1] Fitted with an automatic gearbox in 1955. | ||||||
4AF4 | Rolls-Royce | Park Ward | Pick-up truck | ~ | Grey | ~ | 1 October 1950 |
File:Rolls-Royce Phantom IV, 4AF4.jpg | Experimental truck used for the factory. Dismantled in 1963. | ||||||
4AF6 | HM Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran | H. J. Mulliner | Cabriolet | 5077 / 7205 | Blue silver | White | 3 December 1951 |
File:Rolls-Royce Phantom IV, 4AF6.jpg | According to Martin Bennett's book "Rolls-Royce & Bentley: The Crewe Years" (3rd edition, 2011), chassis 4AF6, a 2-door convertible, was returned to Rolls-Royce: The third PIV built, and the second delivered to a customer, was 4AF6 for the Shah of Iran. The coachwork was again by H.J. Mulliner, but the huge drophead coupe body, which was finished in a light metallic blue with white leather upholstery, was by no means characteristic of this coachbuilder. It was the only Phantom IV to have built-in Silver Dawn type headlamps. The car was returned to Rolls-Royce Ltd in 1959, it is believed because it had proved insufficiently stiff, flexing severely on Iranian roads. The outcome was that the company scrapped it, though the body survives on a Phantom III chassis, which perhaps suggests that the fault lay with the chassis. The car made its way to the United States in 1982, apparently from Switzerland,[2] still with its metallic blue paint. Recent photos of it (2000s)[3] exist online, but its current whereabouts are unknown. | ||||||
4AF8 | HH Abdullah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah, Hakim of Kuwait | H. J. Mulliner | Limousine 6 light saloon | 5153 / 7206 | Beige and royal midnight blue | Biscuit | July 1951 |
File:Rolls-Royce Phantom IV, 4AF8.jpg | |||||||
4AF10 | HRH The Prince Henry, The Duke of Gloucester | Hooper | Limousine | 9663 / 8292 | Black | Fawn | 1 September 1951 |
File:Rolls-Royce Phantom IV, 4AF10.jpg | According to Philip C. Brook's article "Phantoms in a Postwar World": "(...) The car was very imposing. It was also huge, and the late HRH Prince William of Gloucester told me that the family sold the car because it was too big. Delivered in 1951, it was sold in October 1960 (...)." It was later featured in the 1966 films Arabesque[4] and Fumo di Londra (Smoke over London). | ||||||
4AF12 | Ernest Hives, director of RR, then sold to HRH The Princess Marina, The Duchess of Kent | Hooper | Limousine 7-seater | 9719 / 8307 | Blue, later repainted black | Beige | 1 July 1951 |
File:Rolls-Royce Phantom IV, 4AF12.jpg | According to Martin Bennett's book "Rolls-Royce & Bentley: The Crewe Years" (3rd edition, 2011), Ernest Hives is said to have used the car only infrequently, preferring his Bentley R Type B226WH. The car was built with a manual transmission but was converted to automatic before being sold to Princess Marina. In the collection of Ion Țiriac, Romania. | ||||||
4AF14 | Generalissimo Francisco Franco of Spain | H. J. Mulliner | Limousine 5-seater | 5035 / 7181 | Black | West of England beige | 13 June 1952 |
Armored. | |||||||
4AF16 | Generalissimo Francisco Franco of Spain | H.J. Mulliner | Limousine 7-seater | 5036 / 7181 | Black | West of England beige | 4 July 1952 |
File:Rolls-Royce Phantom IV, 4AF16.jpg | Armored. Used by H.M. King Felipe VI of Spain for his ceremonial progress from the Zarzuela Palace to Congress, Madrid, for his Coronation on 19 June 2014. | ||||||
4AF18 | Generalissimo Francisco Franco of Spain | H. J. Mulliner | Cabriolet | 4945 / 7183 | Black | Green leather | 28 March 1952 |
File:Rolls-Royce Phantom IV, 4AF18.jpg | Armored. Also used by H.M. King Felipe VI of Spain after his Coronation on 19 June 2014 for ceremonial procession from Congress to Royal Palace in Madrid. | ||||||
4AF20 | HH Aga Khan III | Hooper | Limousine sedanca de ville | 9750 / 8293 | Dark green with a sideline in light green; later repainted entirely red | Red leather | May 1952 |
File:Rolls-Royce Phantom IV, 4AF20.jpg | When R. R. sold the car to the Aga Khan they included a clause which said he could not sell the car. However after his death his widow sold it to the Mayfair-Lennox hotel (Missouri, USA), where it was used to pick up guests at the airport but due to the boot short capacity it was resold in 1962. The car was later repainted red. In August 2011, the car was offered for sale at the Gooding & Company auction held in Pebble Beach, California.[5] It was estimated to sell for $850,000-1,100,000. Bidding failed to satisfy the vehicle's reserve and it left the auction unsold. It is now in the collection of Ion Țiriac. | ||||||
4AF22 | HH The Prince Talal of Saudi Arabia | Franay | Cabriolet | - / 7183 | Cream and green; later repainted black | Green leather | June 1952 |
File:Rolls-Royce Phantom IV, 4AF22.jpg | The only Phantom IV with a French-made coachwork. This one was listed in their works description as a sedanca de ville, but a four-door cabriolet was erected on the chassis instead.[6] | ||||||
4BP1 | HM King Faisal II of Iraq | Hooper | Limousine | 9890 / 8361 | Black | Red leather | 26 March 1953 |
File:Rolls-Royce Phantom IV, 4BP1.jpg | Made for his coronation. | ||||||
4BP3 | HRH 'Abd al-Ilah, Prince Regent of Iraq | Hooper | Touring limousine 7-seater | 9891 / 8370 | Delivered all-black; later black over white, with black fenders,[7] and then finally the white segments painted dark blue. | Light blue leather | 26 March 1953 |
File:Rolls-Royce Phantom IV, 4BP3.jpg | Built for the coronation of his nephew, King Faisal II. Years later all the royal family members were assassinated in the 1958 coup d'état. At the time of the uprising, the car was at Hooper's in London for servicing, and it was eventually sold in the USA. Displayed at The Royal Automobile Museum, Amman, Jordan. | ||||||
4BP5 | HM Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom | Hooper | Landaulet | 9941 / 8399 | Claret and black | Front: blue leather, rear: grey cloth | 1 May 1954 |
File:Rolls-Royce Phantom IV, 4BP5.jpg | Rolls-Royce retained this car for the exclusive use of the British Royal Family. Finally in 1959 it was purchased by the Queen. This car was built to celebrate RR Golden Jubilee, 1904 - 1954. On permanent loan at the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation, Paulerspury, U.K. | ||||||
4BP7 | HRH The Princess Margaret, The Countess of Snowdon | H. J. Mulliner | Limousine 7-seater | 5686 / 7368 | Black | Beige cloth | 16 July 1954 |
File:Rolls-Royce Phantom IV, 4BP7.jpg | Purchased by Princess Margaret, she chose Pegasus designed by Edward Seago and made (by Louis Lejeune Ltd., London) as her mascot. Fitted with an adjustable seat in case the Princess wished to drive herself. The car, still in its original black color and featuring its Pegasus hood ornament, was offered for sale by The Real Car Company of Bethesda, Gwynedd, North Wales[8] in 2008. No selling price was published but the company states that it sold for "somewhere around $750,000." | ||||||
4CS2 | HH Abdullah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah, Hakim of Kuwait | H. J. Mulliner | Limousine 6 light saloon | 5724 / 7376 | Two-tone green | Olive green leather | 1 February 1955 |
On display at the Nethercutt Collection, 15151 Bledsoe Street, Sylmar, CA 91342 (USA). The series C, to which belong only the last three P. IVs had a powered version of the engine with 197hp compared to 160hp of the rest. According to a plaque at the Nethercutt Collection, the car cost $25,000 when purchased new. | |||||||
4CS4 | HH Abdullah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah, Hakim of Kuwait | H. J. Mulliner | Limousine | 5725 / 7376 | Golden copper and silver | Beige | August 1955 |
On display at Castillo Concejuelo in Torre Loizaga, Biscay, Spain. | |||||||
4CS6 | HM Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran | Hooper | Limousine | 10177 / 8425 | Black then repainted in bordeaux | Grey leather | October 1956 |
File:Rolls-Royce Phantom IV, 4CS6.jpg | In 1977 the car was in London for "major repairs and refurbishing". After three years and a reported $25,000 worth of repairs, the car was still in the UK. There was a dispute over who owned the car; the ousted Shah or representatives of the Iranian Embassy who said it belonged to their country.[9] Finally the exiled Pahlavi family lost their claim to ownership in the British courts. Displayed at the National Car Museum of Iran. |
- ^ Buckley, Martin (2004). "1 Pomp & circumstance". Cars of the Super Rich: The Opulent, the Original and the Outrageous. St. Paul, MN USA: Motorbooks International. p. 24. ISBN 0-7603-1953-7. Retrieved 2012-10-05.
The Phantom IV was the royal family's official state limousine and carried the Queen to the opening of Parliament in 1954.
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One chassis was rebodied with a six seat convertible body for the Shah and because it had been at the Mulliner Park Ward body works during the overthrow, it survived. It was smuggled into Switzerland and kept hidden.
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Disappearing photos
editA bot removed most of the photos. What's going on??? --RThompson82 (talk) 22:29, 22 May 2016 (UTC)