1965 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud III Standard Steel Saloon

1965 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud III in Jay Leno's Garage (Web Series), Non-fiction TV, 2006-2026 Ep. 210607

Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin: — Made for: USA

Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase

Author	Message
chicomarx ◊ 2021-07-19 01:26	"Purchased in London by John Frankenheimer (director of 51 films including Grand Prix and Ronin) during a weekend trip to Savile Row while filming The Train in France." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBc2XxDkMuI
dsl ◊ 2021-07-19 01:36	LHD, knobbly over-riders, all-red rear lights (without orange), white sidelights - not a UK spec, even if it was bought in London. Matches a US spec for visual detail. -- Last edit: 2021-07-19 02:07:16
chicomarx ◊ 2021-07-19 01:59	Also called a 1963 by some sources.
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2021-07-19 07:32	So he just walked into Rolls-Royce Park Lane and bought a new Silver Cloud to American specifications off the shelf?
dsl ◊ 2021-07-19 11:27	Well it makes a good story. Maybe RR Park Lane had one as a stock item for eg diplomatic sales or wealthy tourists doing Europe??
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2021-07-19 12:04	Doubtful, you might as well go to Malvern Link and try the same trick. Well, maybe not so much of late.
robgeelen2 ◊ 2021-08-10 13:47	RR was on on Conduit Street, not Park Lane. Unless previously ordered for delivery they would not have had a LHD Silver Cloud III waiting for a client to pick upin a whim.