• Year of manufacture 
    1956
  • Car type 
    Saloon
  • Reference number 
    18701-64
  • Drive 
    RHD
  • Condition 
    Used
  • Location
    United Kingdom
  • Exterior colour 
    Other
  • Gearbox 
    Automatic

Description

Ordered new by heir to what became Citibank, Chauncey Devereaux Stillman First delivered to the 1,000 acre Wethersfield Estate in New York Fitted from new with Air-conditioning by US Importers J.S. Inskip Uniquely delivered with blind rear-quarters and no division Desirable Mulliner design 7356 Touring coachwork One of 10 LHD examples built Highly specified with power steering, P100 Headlamps and 4-Speed Automatic The ultimate Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith Beyond the unobtainable Rolls-Royce Phantom IV, the Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith was the ultimate Rolls-Royce of the immediate post-war period. As had always been the case with pre-war Rolls-Royce models, the Silver Wraith was available with a vast array of coachwork options and each car was truly made to order. It was no wonder that the Wraith was favoured by heads of state and the super-wealthy alike, whether it be countless Royal families around the globe, Nubar Gulbenkian, Aristotle Onassis and countless others. They are also equally at home on the silver screen, perhaps most notably in the 1981 comedy Arthur which features a Silver Wraith Touring, design 7356 by H.J.Mulliner. Our Silver Wraith is no exception to the general customer parameters outlined above. It was ordered new by an heir to what became Citibank, Chauncey Devereaux Stillman. Stillman was “one of the richest men of his generation, but he was never idle of indolent,” and he served as an intelligence officer aboard the USS Enterprise during WWII, pur