1934 ROLLS-ROYCE PHANTOM II CONTINENTAL KELLNER
3-POSITION CABRIOLET
SERIAL NO. 164PY
THIS MAGNIFICENT CAR, ORIGINALLY DELIVERED IN MAY OF 1934 TO EDMOND BLAWL OF ST. CLOUD, FRANCE IS A HAPPY MARRIAGE OF ONE OF THE MOST DESIRABLE CHASSIS OF ITS DAY WITH THE STRIKING COACHWORK OF ONE OF FRANCE’S MOST RESPECTED BODY BUILDERS, KELLNER. IT WAS THEN PURCHASED BY A K.C. DOBSON OF SURREY, ENGLAND IN OCTOBER OF 1946 AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY OWNED BY SIR ASHLEY HAVEDEN IN 1951. IN 1956, IT CAME TO THE U.S. WHERE IT HAS HAD BUT A FEW OWNERS - THE FIRST KEEPING IT FOR SOME 25 YEARS. IT WAS RESTORED BY ONE OF CALIFORNIA’S PREMIER FACILITIES AND THIS LOW MILEAGE CAR WAS THE GWENN GRAHAM AWARD WINNER FOR THE MOST ELEGANT OPEN CAR AT THE 1990 PEBBLE BEACH CONCOURS D’ ELEGANCE FOLLOWED BY BEST OF SHOW AT THE CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL CONCOURS D’ELEGANCE AND BEST OF SHOW AT THE FISHER ISLAND CONCOURS D’ELEGANCE.
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