The King of Spain's Roller

[V41LEY]

Rather an impressive large old roller transporting him around yesterday.
Model please ?

[HenryJM]

Phantom IV, they have three of them

[mikey77]

Fowler? Aveling & Porter? Burrell?

Oh, I see. You mean a Royce.

[Riley Blue]

mikey77 said:

Fowler? Aveling & Porter? Burrell?

Oh, I see. You mean a Royce.

Well put!

[Dogwatch]

Spanish royal family behind a flat-capped Dibnah type doing the steering chores amidst clouds of steam?

Doesn't really bear thinking about.








'Did yer like that?'

[mikey77]

Phantom 4 is pretty unusual, isn't it? Wasn't that the one with the straight-8 motor?
I think the British Royal family still have one, or did recently.

[V41LEY]

Thanks.

Wiki is pretty thorough. Looks like Felipe used two of their three yesterday.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Phantom...

[Cheib]

That Wiki link led me to the Car Museum of Iran who have one!

http://www.supercars.net/news/The_National_Cars_of...

[ClassicMotorNut]

mikey77 said:

Phantom 4 is pretty unusual, isn't it? Wasn't that the one with the straight-8 motor?
I think the British Royal family still have one, or did recently.

Yes, this one:

H.M. The Queen's 1949 Rolls-Royce Phantom IV by Zack S. Classic Cars, on Flickr

[SilverWraith]

Phantom IV's were only ever built for heads of state.

[HenryJM]

SilverWraith said:

Phantom IV's were only ever built for heads of state.

And the Duke of Gloucester, and Princess Margaret...

[LordBretSinclair]

...... and Princess Marina .......