Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud - The Complete Story: Including Phantom V and VI, Bentley S and Continental
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Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud - The Complete Story: Including Phantom V and VI, Bentley S and Continental

Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud - The Complete Story: Including Phantom V and VI, Bentley S and Continental

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James Taylor (Author)  

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The Rolls-Royce company acquired Bentley Motors in 1931 and, although models continued to be produced with the Bentley name, they increasingly used many Rolls-Royce components. By the time the Silver Cloud and Bentley S were released in 1955, they were really differently badged versions of the same design. Yet the sporting tradition of the Bentley marque was upheld with the exotic Continental models that were derived from them. The Silver Cloud family represents a pinnacle for the Rolls-Royce company. The cars all had and still have a very special presence, and the standard saloons have an unsurpassed elegance and rightness of line. The special-bodied cars, meanwhile, are reminders of an age when the skill of the best coachbuilders was something deserving of universal admiration. With around 190 photographs, this book features: The story of the design and development of the Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud and Bentley S Type; A look at the production development of these cars between 1955 and 1965; An examination of the Bentley Continental models that were derived from Silver Cloud and S Type design; The history of the Phantom V and Phantom VI limousine chassis introduced in 1959 and destined to last until 1990; Full technical specifications, including paint and interior trim choices; Production figures and chassis codes and finally, a chapter on buying and owning one of these wonderful classic cars. 189 Halftones, color
James Taylor has been writing professionally about cars since the late 1970s, and his interests embrace a wide range of older cars of all makes and nationalities, as well as classic buses, lorries and military vehicles. He has written widely on the Rolls-Royce and Bentley marques over a number of years. James has written more than 130 books in all, and among them have been several definitive one-make or one-model titles, including a large number for The Crowood Press.
  • Contributor: James Taylor
  • Imprint: The Crowood Press Ltd
  • ISBN13: 9781785009679
  • Number of Pages: 192
  • Packaged Dimensions: 215x260x20mm
  • Packaged Weight: 868
  • Format: Hardback
  • Publisher: The Crowood Press Ltd
  • Release Date: 2021-11-08
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Biography: James Taylor has been writing professionally about cars since the late 1970s, and his interests embrace a wide range of older cars of all makes and nationalities, as well as classic buses, lorries and military vehicles. He has written widely on the Rolls-Royce and Bentley marques over a number of years. James has written more than 130 books in all, and among them have been several definitive one-make or one-model titles, including a large number for The Crowood Press.

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