Topic: Whaddyacallit #328 - 1954 Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith by Vignale

[Ray B.]

Ever seen this ?

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[Ray B.]

You may have seen it elsewhere, I know, but this is its best profile.

[pguillem]

Rolls-Royce 1954 Silver Wraith Vignale

[Ray B.]

Right. It's somewhere in a group puzzle, but from the rear, and I thought you deserved a front view to see its ugly front.

[grobmotorix]

Well, the side view is not too esthetical, too, as you can see in this 1954 Turin photo:

[D-type]

I see a Triumph TR2, a Standard 10, a Bentley Continental, a Jaguar XK140 and a Sunbeam Alpine.  What do you see?

[grobmotorix]

Well, the1954 Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith by Vignale, of course...

[D-type]

Well, the1954 Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith by Vignale, of course...

That goes without saying!  it's central to the picture.  I was intrigued by how many of the surrounding cars I could recognise straight off.  This must have been the British area of the show.

[fyreline]

This must have been the British area of the show. . .

Except for the 1955 Chrysler Corporation models in the center backgound.  Looks like a couple of Plymouths in the middle, and a Chrysler and a Dodge at the end of the right-hand row.

[Tom_I]

There's also a gaggle of Hillmans behind the Sunbeam Alpine - a Minx Californian, then a saloon, then a convertible, with a Husky estate behind them.

[Carnut]

And here's a rare rear view:

[sixtee5cuda]

The Rear View, aka The Pretty Side

[Iluvatar]

Well, the side view is not too esthetical, too, as you can see in this 1954 Turin photo:

1954 Turin?! are you sure? 

[Carnut]

Well, the side view is not too esthetical, too, as you can see in this 1954 Turin photo:

1954 Turin?! are you sure? 

Isn't that a Park Ward Bentley S1 Continental DHC in front of the Vignale Wraith in grobmotorix's Turin picture?
The S1 was first introduced in 1955 and the Continental about 6 months later.
It's therefore highly unlikely to be 1954!  More like 1956, although possibly a 1956 model seen in 1955 since Turin was in November.

[grobmotorix]

Donīt trust any sources that you havenīt scanned yourself...
It could have been 1955 or 1956, too, of course.

[Wendax]

That explains why I couldn't match that picture with the photos in Iluvatar's Turin 1954 puzzle. 

[Iluvatar]

That explains why I couldn't match that picture with the photos in Iluvatar's Turin 1954 puzzle. 

[Iluvatar]

That explains why I couldn't match that picture with the photos in Iluvatar's Turin 1954 puzzle. 

When I saw the picture posted by grobmotorix captioned as Turin 1954...  ...I thought it could have spoiled a lot of car of my puzzle... 

[grobmotorix]

To defend myself:

the source did not name a year, only Turin show.

And I did not expect, that this might have been presented even two years later.

The photo itself was not filed with a year - so sorry for the fuzz...

[Iluvatar]

To defend myself:

the source did not name a year, only Turin show.

And I did not expect, that this might have been presented even two years later.

The photo itself was not filed with a year - so sorry for the fuzz...

don't worry...