1962 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II
1962 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II in Hunter, TV Series, 1984-1991 Ep. 3.15
Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin: 
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◊ 2011-01-29 23:27 |
![[Image: hunt31533.443.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/0is84/hunt31533.443.jpg) |
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◊ 2011-01-29 23:38 |
Silver Cloud 1 or 2. Looks like UK plate 333 PFA/PFH/PFK - if genuine (is this RHD - has a driver door mirror?). 333 PFK seems the only one of these actually issued - in 1962 suggesting this is an SC2, but RR expert needed to confirm detail. -- Last edit: 2011-01-29 23:39:12 |
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◊ 2011-01-30 05:53 |
Silver Cloud II, the I had the mirrors on top of the fenders... |
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◊ 2011-01-30 06:11 |
allthough, the series and the other cars are US cars, so this may be a US Spec one, in which case I can;t be certain... than again, it does have, as dsl points out, UK plates... |
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◊ 2011-01-30 16:33 |
If, by fenders, you mean front wings, then this statement is untrue. I have pictures of both Series I and II Clouds without mirrors, which anyway were an after market fitment. I fitted the mirrors to my own Bentley (admittedly an R-type) myself. This is a quote from Graham Robson's book, "The Rolls-Royce and Bentley Volume 1: Standard Production Models 1945 to 1965" Quote: - "Externally, it was well-nigh impossible to 'pick' a V8-engined from a six-cylinder-engined car, except purely for detail styling purposes the front ventilation air intakes were now coloured black. There were no new badges, no new items of decoration, no gratuitous changes for change's sake." The inference that this is a Silver Cloud II may be correct from the appearance of black air intakes. -- Last edit: 2011-01-30 16:42:18 |
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◊ 2011-01-30 17:55 |
yes I did, and thanks for the quote, quite enlightening.. notice I made a typo though (that's what you get for diving in after a long and boring nightshift), cause I meant to state the opposite, going by RRAB.com Once again, something learned.... I have never seen them without mirrors, and while going through various pictures, this was one difference that always struck me... all though on the images I went by from rrab.com, they both have chrome/stainless steel intakes as for this particular one, I find it difficult to identify the intakes, as they are in the shadow of the wings and even SS/chrome can appear black in that case... guess the plates are the best thing to go by, which would agree with DSL and yourself on the SCII classification... |
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◊ 2011-01-30 18:50 |
333 PFK is a Worcester registration, dating from April 1962, so could indicate a SCII. Not all the English registration authorities issued reversed registrations in the pre 1964 pre-seven digit series, FA (Burton upon Trent) never did any, and FR (Blackpool) did not reach PFR as it stopped at 999 JFR sometime in 1964, when the next issue in this series would have been AFR 1B. The whole system was the subject of a major shake-down in 1972, and a complete revamp in 2001. You had to be there! |
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◊ 2011-01-30 19:03 |
I was over-zealous when I tagged the "Made in USA" button when entering. I don't see a steering wheel on the left-side of the car, so probably a gray-market British one. |
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◊ 2011-01-30 20:36 |
The Rolls-Royce Springfield Mass. subsidiary factory which opened in 1921 and built 1701 cars of the 40/50 horsepower model was closed in 1931. Apart from those cars, the chassis of all Rolls-Royces and Bentleys are of English make. Some bodywork on the coachbuilt cars is not English, you could buy a chassis and have any coachwork you wanted built. All the monocoque cars are English. |
