MOTORING
Phantom of the Barn
This 1933 Rolls-Royce Phantom
Limousine being offered with
’no reserve’ by Shannons at
its March 12 Sydney Autumn
Auction still wears its original
stately Thrupp & Maberly
coachwork.
Hidden for more than 30 years, original British
coachwork and engine, offered for first time in
54 years at ‘no reserve’
A BARN-FIND 1933 Rolls-Royce
Phantom II Limousine that has been
laid-up in a Sydney Eastern Suburbs
garage since the early 1980s and hasn’t
been started in over 30 years will haunt
Shannons Sydney Autumn Auction on
March 12.
The road-shy Rolls-Royce with its
stately Thrupp & Maberly coachwork, was
built for American socialite Lady Rachel
Workman, who married the Scottish
founder of the British India Corporation,
Sir Alexander MacRobertson.
It remained in the United Kingdom
until 1969, when it was imported to
Australia by its late, subsequent Welsh
owner, still wearing its original Scottish
number plates – ALB 900 and coachwork.
Due to lack of use, the Phantom
has remained reclusively in a Sydney
Eastern Suburbs garage with its original
coachwork and engine and is now offered
for the first time since its arrival in Australia
by the estate of its owner for 54 years.
The car’s amazing seclusion means
that it hasn’t been mentioned in any of
the usual RR reference books, however it is
being offered for sale with its UK logbook
and other documentation, including a
copy of its purchase details and its import
papers, dating from 1969.
Because of its amazing time-warp
condition and fabulous potential as a
preservation candidate or restoration
project, Shannons believe that the
‘Phantom of the Barn’ will find willing
bidders in the $35,000-$50,000 range
when it is offered for sale with ‘no reserve’
at Shannons Sydney Autumn auction on
March 12, 2018.
To view all Shannons March 12
Sydney Autumn Classic Auction lots,
visit www.shannons.com.au. [Source:
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