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Whaddyacallit #416 - Nubar Gulbenkianīs 1947 Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith by Hooper
« on: September 07, 2009, 05:29:20 PM »


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Re: Whaddyacallit #416
« Reply #1 on: September 13, 2009, 08:40:47 AM »
No rookie guess, let's move this to the experts' floor.
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Re: Whaddyacallit #416
« Reply #2 on: September 13, 2009, 09:03:38 AM »
Is it a one-off Silver Wraith?
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Re: Whaddyacallit #416
« Reply #3 on: September 13, 2009, 09:09:03 AM »
One-off I don't know, but coachbuilt for sure.
Give us the coachbuilder, and preferably the year.
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Re: Whaddyacallit #416
« Reply #4 on: September 13, 2009, 10:03:50 AM »
But it is a Silver Wraith, ain't so?
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Re: Whaddyacallit #416
« Reply #5 on: September 13, 2009, 10:16:50 AM »
Yes
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Re: Whaddyacallit #416
« Reply #6 on: September 13, 2009, 10:22:38 AM »
Nubar Gulbenkienīs 1947 Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith by Hooper..one-off,

WTA62, supplied October 1947 with body 9278, design 8141 amended as 8152
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Re: Whaddyacallit #416 - Nubar Gulbenkianīs 1947 Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith by Ho
« Reply #7 on: September 13, 2009, 10:39:30 AM »
Sorry, pnegyesi. Joao came up with a complete ID first.
Silver Wraith was too obvious, that's why I couldn't lock the puzzle for you.
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Re: Whaddyacallit #416 - Nubar Gulbenkianīs 1947 Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith by Hooper
« Reply #8 on: October 14, 2016, 03:38:02 AM »
A rather unknown contemporary photo of this unusual car:
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