One-Off Rolls-Royce Drophead Coupé Created for Masterpiece London 2011, Has Space for the Family Jewels

Thank you for using rssforward.com! This service has been made possible by all our customers. In order to provide a sustainable, best of the breed RSS to Email experience, we've chosen to keep this as a paid subscription service. If you are satisfied with your free trial, please sign-up today. Subscriptions without a plan would soon be removed. Thank you!

What does Rolls-Royce do in honor of British antique and art fair Masterpiece London? It drops a Phantom Drophead Coupé on ‘em, Harry! Ginned up especially for the event, but no doubt soon to be snatched up by some well-heeled aficionado of the finer things, the Masterpiece London 2011 Drophead Coupé is the first Roller to be sprayed in Mazarine Blue paint. Given the company's limited production and that a Rolls-Royce purchaser is greeted with 44,000 shades to choose from, this is not quite the shocker it would be if the car in question were, say, a Model T.

The Masterpiece London car also features the Chris-Craftabee teak decking—a gimmicky touch that we love nonetheless. The interior's done up in Seashell leather with Navy Blue floor and door panels, mother-of-pearl inlays and Santos Palissander wood veneers. In short, it's the most nautical thing on the road this side of an Amphicar. This particular car's soiree-stopper is a custom Asprey jewelry case designed to fit the glove box just so. The suede case is made of one hide cut into fifteen separate pieces, and took craftsmen two working days to assemble. Do you have any idea how many Model Ts Henry's men could've thrown together in the same amount of time, circa 1925? About 20,o00 of them. Fear not, plutocrats! German efficiency has not wholly sullied your symbol of utter dominance with the same-y ways of mass production!

Davey G. Johnson 30 Jun, 2011

--
Source: http://blog.caranddriver.com/one-off-rolls-royce-drophead-coupe-created-for-masterpiece-london-2011-has-space-for-the-family-jewels/
~
Manage subscription | Powered by rssforward.com