Résumé
There are cars in the histories of all marques that are absolute milestones. In the case of Rolls-Royce, Silver Ghost AX201 and the experimental 1928 Phantom I torpedo 17EX were the first two of a string of chassis that all contributed to establisingh the reputation of the marque.
In the late 1920s, luxury cars were offered on both sides of the Atlantic, and various competition cars were winning races and customers on the Continent. Therefore, to keep up with the competition, Henry Royce felt it necessary to jazz up the one model he had in production then, the Phantom I, successor to the famed Silver Ghost. A hundred miles an hour was the goal, an almost mythical barrier for many cars! As a consequence, a lightweight streamlined style of body was tested on three experimental chassis (hence the EX tag in the chassis number). The design had been created by Ivan Everndern and all cars received almost identical bodies by different coachmakers to enable undisputable comparisons and tests.
This book is the story of one of them, 17EX, from conception to 2012.
Ouvrage de Gautam Sen .
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