| Re: LWB Phantom with compartment Divider -
10-21-2005, 09:57 PM
Nice pictures. I think the LWB Phantom's divider glass looks like one of those cigar closets with the built-in humidifier controls. I think the new design may be considered more appealing to the new owners. It looks chic, higher-tech, but still retains a RR touch. The market for Phantoms has changed. Premiership footballers, golfers, athletes, musicians and twenty-somethings drive Phantoms today. The old Phantom IV, V were owned by royalty and only the wealthiest of industrialists so it was old money. It would have been impossible for even the most successful footballers to own a Phantom in the 1960s. Personally, I prefer the glass divider and cabinetry of Phantom V. It retains the English country estate look that I prefer.
Roberto, is that fourth picture a Silver Spur Limousine? That does not look like the full-length PW Limousine. In the late 1990s, RR released a variant unofficially, or perhaps officially, called Silver Spur w/ Division. The car was extended enough for rear-facing jumpseats to be installed and only had room for the divider. A version of this car was on eBay about a year ago and had been owned by the chairman of Newcastle United FC. I believe it was one of, if not the final Park Ward Limousine chassis.
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