Rolls-Royce Silver Dawn Standard Steel Saloon, 1953
Rolls-Royce Dawn
Rolls-Royce Dawn•
•75 مشاهدة
Chassis No.: LSMF8
Engine No.: S4F
US$40,320 USD | Sold
- 4,566-cc Inline F-Head 6-Cylinder Engine
- Single Downdraft Carburetor
- 130-hp (est.)
- 4-Speed Hydra-Matic Automatic Transmission
Independent Coil Spring Front and Live Rear Axle with Semi-Elliptic Leaf Springs Rear Suspension
4-Wheel Power-Assisted Hydraulic Drum Brakes
- Elegant and understated Rolls sedan
- Copies of factory records on file
- Lovely, older restoration
- Known ownership for almost all its life THE SILVER DAWN The policy of rationalization begun in the late 1930s continued at Rolls-Royce after WWII; more components were brought in rather than manufactured in house and for the first time there was factory bodywork, which was better suited to the owner-driver than to a chauffeur. Produced by the Pressed Steel Fisher Company, of Cowley, this 'standard steel' body was available at first only on the MkVI Bentley, the equivalent Rolls-Royce—the Silver Dawn—not appearing until 1949. A separate chassis was retained, the same basic design being built in three different wheelbase lengths, while other notable features were independent front suspension and hydraulic front brakes.
The range featured a new 4,257cc six-cylinder engine (enlarged to 4,566cc for 1951) with inlet-over-exhaust valve gear, which had been under development since the mid-1930s. The company used belt drive for the water pump and dynamo for the first time on this engine, which employed a Zenith Stromberg carburetor in Rolls-Royce configuration. The latter was preferred to the MkVI's twin SUs as it offered smoother running and a cold start facility, which was not available on the SU-equipped Bentley until 1952.
A welcome improvement to the standard bodywork arrived in mid-1952 in the shape of an enlarged trunk together with associated changes to the rear wings and suspension. This design was introduced on the 'E' series Silver Dawn and was retained until the final 'J' series. The first Rolls-Royce to be offered with factory bodywork, the Silver Dawn is recognized as a landmark model in the marque's history and is fast becoming sought after as the enthusiasts' choice.
Because England was in the throes of a post-war financial crisis and needed hard currency, the Silver Dawn was an export-only model until 1953. Consequently, the bulk of the production is left hand drive. Only 760 were made, 60-some receiving custom bodies.
THE CAR OFFERED
According to copies of the factory records, which reside with the Rolls-Royce Owners Club in Mechanicsburg, PA, the car was built for the American market when new, and as completed was imported and retailed through Royston Motors, Inc. The original owner was Frederic R Mann, Esq who received the car in April 1953. Those same build records note that it was supplied in Silver to the top and bottom half of the bodywork, separated only by a single red colored pinstripe. Complementing this was an all-red leather interior.
Ownership is listed from its earliest days by the RROC, a note on the Schoelkopf cards indicating the car arrived at Royston in February of '53 but wasn't delivered until April. The next recorded keeper, in 1963, was James Scott Appleby of Washington, D.C. who kept the car with his Gurney Nutting bodied PII. Robert Embree of Monaca, Pennsylvania was next to have the car, acquiring it in December of '71. Eight years hence, James Jackson of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina bought the car, followed by Raymond Fisher of Jefferson, Ohio a year later. Fisher, who also owned Phantom II, sold both the Dawn and PII to Carl Horton of nearby Columbus, Ohio in December of '86.
Remaining in Columbus with its next keeper, Robert Kuhns, in 1989, Henry Bringham II of Houston, Texas would take ownership in 1991 and commence a complete, down to bare metal restoration. Listed in
The Flying Lady
for $69,000 in 1994, a few price cuts later the Rolls came to Barry Lerner of Beverly Farms, Massachusetts in 1995 and nearly a decade later to Lee Plumber of Florida. The current owner acquired the Rolls in November of 2008.
On static display since, it is ripe for mechanical refreshing after 15 years of minimal use.
التكلفة
148,076 AED
