German Car Zone

Oh yeah, LOL - I have quite a short attention span I guess - I like to change them when I get sick of them - I put things on there that are interesting to me - I guess it is a bit funny, I've never really thought much about it before.

That's the only thing i wanted to say....

Hey Robert, look at what was parked in my neighborhood over the weekend. I took the pictures just for you man

I did a little research and I think it's a Sliver Cloud. You correct me on that

I did have a little chat with the owner, a gentleman from Texas. He drove it all the way from Texas to New York. He said he got it up to 107MPH .

This beauty has been fully restored for about $40,000. During that time he said he found out it was the first '57 ever made. I'm sorry, I forgot to take pictures of the interior. I didn't want to push it you know, he let me take pictures of the exterior at least. Plus, he was drawing attention with a car like that. People were stopping to ask questions. We don't see this everyday on the streets of New York.

Enjoy!

Thanks Yaz,

it is indeed a Silver Cloud ...and it is one of my favourite old Rolls-Royces. It is either a Silver Cloud 1 or Silver Cloud 2 (they look identical). The later Silver Cloud 3 had the twin headlights, I have always liked the single headlight version more (like the one you have posted)

The picture below shows a Bentley S3 saloon, but it is identical to the Silver Cloud III ...except for the Bentley grille obviously.

This is amazing. A Rolls-Royce Phantom I built by a Belgian coachbuilder called Jonckheere. If you ever wanted to know what true luxury really means, then this surely would answer the question.

The featured Phantom I started out life as a 'regular' Hooper convertible, but early in the 1930s that body was scrapped and the rolling chassis sent to Jonckheere in Belgium for something a little more exotic. A few years later a fire destroyed all of the company's records, so it is uncertain who commissioned and who designed the new coupe coachwork. What remains however is the end-result; one of the most extravagant designs ever put on four wheels. From the huge front fenders on to the oval doors and finishing off with a tall fin on the back, the Jonckheere Coupe is six meters of exuberance.

Shortly after it was finished in 1934, it won its first Concours d'Elegance; the Prix de Cannes. Not much later, it was acquired by an American and on its way to the United States, where the lavish coupe would fit in slightly better. During the 1950s it was painted gold and used in an automotive freak show together with a number of other striking 1930s designs, which people could look at after paying $1. Fast forward to 1991, the peak of the classic car craze, when the gold painted behemoth was auctioned to a Japanese collector for a staggering $1.5 million.

In good Japanese tradition, the car entered a collection and was not seen for many years, until the Petersen Automotive Museum pursuaded the owner to part with the gold Phantom. He had it painstakingly restored to be entered in the 2005 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. The unique design proved troublesome to restore, but the owner figured he had a winner on his hands and urged his team to complete the job. They did, but because the car's early history could not be fully recovered, the Pebble people already hinted it would not be eligible for the big one before the show. Nevertheless, the car was one of the big (no pun intended) stars on the field and was awarded the Lucius Beebe Trophy reserved for the finest Rolls entered.

After its grand debut, it received much attention in the leading classic periodicals and travelled to a variety of shows. It is seen above at its Pebble debut and at the 2006 Meadowbrook Concours d'Elegance where it received the Public Choice Award.

Those are all gorgeous. They could almost take the place of my all time favorite, the Duesie (silver one in the 2nd pic)! I dunno where you reside but if you haven't visited The Nethercutt Collection in CA then you owe it to yourself to tour the museum and plan on at least 2 full hours of stargazing. This place has by long and far THE most stunning collection of antique & vintage cars anywhere on Earth, imo.

I didn't take these pics btw.

Wow!, what a wonderful collection kovachian ...and a beautiful building too. If I visit California sometime in the future, I will certainly make it a priority to see this museum.

Thank You kovachian

BTW kovachian, were you a member of GCF's? ...if so, was it you who used to talk about Duesenbergs on that forum? ...or was it Imhotep Evil? ....or it could have been dOmInIX -- I can't remember.

My name on the GCF's forum was I am RNDS

I'm not totally sure, I've mentioned Duesenbergs a few times on various forums but I've joined so many forums, I can't keep track of what I post about on which forum.

Arghh, I'm a Duesey fan. And I've first mentioned Duesenberg in the old GermanCarFans forum.

The Duesenberg really were the greatest cars.
With the J/SJs every body was unique build by coachbuilders around the world. The build the first production cars to brake the 400 HP barier.

The the Mormon Meteors esablished world records that lasted for over 50 years.
The Mormon Meteors mk II and mk III were even more powerfull than the Silver Arrows.

Can you imagine driving, one of a kind car, like the Mormon Meteor Mk III, down the street knowing you have a 750 HP airplane engine under the bonnet ?!

Ahh, oh yes ...obviously it was you Imhotep Evil ...I should have remembered that