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1952 Rolls Royce Phantom IV Sedanca de Ville

Chassis no. 4AF20
Engine no. P10A
Coachbuilder Hooper & Co
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23rd April 1951
1st and current engine no. p10a
Manufacturer: ROLLS-ROYCE MOTOR CARS LTD.
Note: Type B 80
23rd April 1951
1st and current chassis no. 4af20
1952
Manufacturing
1952
Record: Document
From 1952
to 1986
Plate: 915TT06
Country: IN
From May 1952
to 11th July 1957
Owner: H. H. Aga Khan I I I (IN)
Famous owner: Sir Sultan Muhammed Shah, Aga Khan III (2 November 1877 – 11 July 1957) was the 48th Imam of the Nizari Ismaili community. He was one of the founders and the first president of the All-India Muslim League. He was nominated to represent India to the League of Nations in 1932 and served as President of the League of Nations from 1937–38
Note: Rolls-Royce received an order from Franco Britannic Auto of Paris, the agent for the Aga Khan III, on April 25th of 1950, prior to the first Phantom IV.
May 1952
1st body no. 9750
Coachbuilder: Hooper & Co
Type: Coupé de Ville
Colour: Dark Forest Green with a lighter olive green band at the waistline
May 1952
Generic fact: Other photos
1957
Record: Historic register Hooper & Co.
From 12th July 1957
to March 1960
Owner: Begum Om Habibeh Aga Khan (FR)
Famous owner: She was the fourth and last wife of Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah, Aga Khan III
Note: She was born Yvonne Blanche Labrousse and she was named Miss France. She met Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah, Aga Khan III in Egypt and they married on 9 October 1944 in Switzerland. The new Begum assumed the name of Om Habibeh after one of the Prophet Muhammad’s wives.
From March 1960
to 1962
Owner: Potter (US)
From 1962
to 1963
Owner: Charles Wolf (US)
Famous owner: After passing through a dealer on the East Coast, the car was sold to Charles Wolf, the owner of the Hotel Mayfair and Lennox Hotels (Missouri, USA), Lennox Hotel Company
Note: It is believed that the Mayfair and Lennox hotels used the Phantom IV to collect guests at the airport. The limited luggage capacity and complex logistics ultimately made the proposition impractical
From May 1963
to 1969
Owner: Elwood L. Hansen (US)
1969
Owner: Thomas W. Barrett Iii (US)
Famous owner: Founder of Barrett-Jackson Auction of Scottsdale, Arizona
Note: Called "Tom"
From 1970
to 1976
Owner: Burton Roy Sugarman (US)
Famous owner: Called "Burt" is an American television producer best known for producing the iconic 1970s showcase for rock-n-roll groups The Midnight Special and the movie Children of a Lesser God (1986)
1970
Generic fact: Other photos
From 1976
to 1983
Owner: Thomas W. Barrett Iii (US)
Famous owner: Founder of Barrett-Jackson Auction of Scottsdale, Arizona
Note: Called "Tom". Mr. Barrett re-purchased the car
1983
Owner: John Duncan (US)
From 1986
to 1996
Owner: Unknown
1986
Plate: 4AAA
Country: Unknown nationality
1993
Generic fact: Other photos
16th May 1996
Event: Christie's - Important Collectors' Motor Cars and related Automobilia
Locality: Unknown city (CH)
Note: Lot 104 - Estimate: 300,000 - 400,000 CHF. Price realized: 289,500 CHF (230,000 dollars)
16th May 1996
Bibliography: Unknown author, Christie's - Important Collectors'motor Cars And Related Automobilia , Unknown publisher, Ginevra 1996
1996
Body update no. 9750
Coachbuilder: Hooper & Co
Type: Coupé de Ville
Colour: Red
From 2006
to 2008
Owner: Tom Driscoll (US)
From 2008
to 2012
Owner: Robert D. Shaffer (US)
April 2008
Generic fact: Other photos
2011
Generic fact: Other photos
From 20th August 2011
to 21st August 2011
Event: Gooding & Company - Pebble Beach
Locality: Unknown city (US)
Note: Lot 132 - Estimate: 850,000 - 1,100,000 dollars. Not sold
From 21st March 2013
to 31st March 2013
Event: Rolls Royce Motor Cars Zu Gast Im BMW Museum
Locality: Unknown city (DE)
2014
Record: Paulespury Uk
2014
Record: Studio Photo
2014
Press review: Segerfeldt Jan, "Hunt House 2014", Rolls-Royce Enthusiasts'club Bulletin- Scandinavian Section , no. 2, 2014, pp. 22
2015
Current body no. 9750
Coachbuilder: Hooper & Co
Type: Coupé de Ville
Colour: Dark Forest Green with a lighter olive green band at the waistline
Note: Original color scheme restored
16th August 2015
Event: Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance
Locality: Carmel-by-the-Sea (US)
Race number: #02
Class: H2: Rolls-Royce and Bentley Postwar
Driver: Ion Tiriac (RO)
Results / Prizes: 1st CL / Lucius Bebbe Trophy
2016
Press review: Brooks Philip, "Phantoms In A Postwar World", The international club for Rolls-Royce and bentley Owners Desk Diary , 2016, pp. 34
From 20th May 2016
to 22nd May 2016
Event: Concorso Internazionale d'Eleganza di Villa d'Este
Locality: Cernobbio (IT)
Race number: #26
Driver: Ion Tiriac (RO)
Results / Prizes: 1 st in Trofeo Rolls-Royce