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Solved - NEH 3980: 1954 Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith tastefully modified in Indiana
« on: March 19, 2015, 08:27:14 AM »
And just the car Otto's been waiting for!
No points for the marque but I need the model, when it originally dated from and where it was "improved" for the point!

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Re: NEH 3980
« Reply #1 on: March 20, 2015, 04:46:08 AM »
Just a bit over the top...
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Re: NEH 3980
« Reply #2 on: March 21, 2015, 08:06:48 PM »
1954 Rolls Royce Custom; modified in the '70s.
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Re: NEH 3980
« Reply #3 on: March 22, 2015, 10:30:40 AM »
Quote from: Cars on March 21, 2015, 08:06:48 PM
1954 Rolls Royce Custom; modified in the '70s.

Not wrong, but for this to be solved and a point awarded I will need answers to all the questions asked in my initial post!
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Re: NEH 3980
« Reply #4 on: March 23, 2015, 08:44:44 PM »
was liberace involved?
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Re: NEH 3980
« Reply #5 on: March 24, 2015, 05:14:34 AM »
Quote from: iani on March 23, 2015, 08:44:44 PM
was liberace involved?

Not that I know of!
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Re: NEH 3980
« Reply #6 on: April 02, 2015, 06:23:57 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NEH 3980
« Reply #7 on: April 04, 2015, 07:55:04 AM »
As mentioned above, it's a 1954 Silver Wraith which was originally modified in Indiana, USA in the 1970s at a measly cost of 250,000 Dollars - and it's for sale for a mere 125,000 Dollars. Bargain. I'm sure a Russian oligarch will snap it up - as a group, oligarchs seem to have the very good taste required to own such a beauty. However, if nobody has the chutzpah to buy it, I'm positive it would achieve the full asking price at a scrapyard once it's placed on the scale and its weight in metal becomes apparent. :yuck: :yuck:
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Re: NEH 3980
« Reply #8 on: April 04, 2015, 08:13:50 AM »
Quote from: richard cuyler on April 04, 2015, 07:55:04 AM
As mentioned above, it's a 1954 Silver Wraith which was originally modified in Indiana, USA in the 1970s at a measly cost of 250,000 Dollars - and it's for sale for a mere 125,000 Dollars. Bargain. I'm sure a Russian oligarch will snap it up - as a group, oligarchs seem to have the very good taste required to own such a beauty. However, if nobody has the chutzpah to buy it, I'm positive it would achieve the full asking price at a scrapyard once it's placed on the scale and its weight in metal becomes apparent. :yuck: :yuck:

That's it, yes.
No-one had actually identified it as a Silver Wraith, which was needed for the point.
The car is actually for sale in Toronto, so maybe Canadian dollars are worth more than US ones?!
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Re: Solved - NEH 3980: 1954 Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith tastefully modified in Indiana
« Reply #9 on: April 04, 2015, 08:46:54 AM »
Thanks for the solution, Richard.

I found a lot of photos, including the Canadian "For Sale" ones, but none of the sources seemed to know the history of the car.  Nice to see it solved.

Bill
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Re: Solved - NEH 3980: 1954 Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith tastefully modified in Indiana
« Reply #10 on: April 05, 2015, 06:03:19 PM »
Thanks, Bill. :)
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