1925 Rolls Royce Phantom - La Jolla Classic Car Show La Jolla Cove

[doerlidoe]

This car has great looks, but is realy a inpractical and stupid design; notice the small rear windows, the low road clearance, and why are there ventilation strips in the booth ?

has it perhaps its engine in the rear ?

This is a car to look at in a museum. not something that you drive on the road.

[Orlik7]

awesome car, but the music on the backround is just terrible! lol

[doerlidoe]

@Orlik7 That music sounds like jewish klesmer to me.

[TheChristwire]

Now this is the real phantom!

[doerlidoe]

To me this does not look fake: this is no real rolls royce

[JamesPriceJohnson]

that does not look it belongs in 1925 at all. GOD I LOVE OLD CARs

[HEAVYMETALGODS86feb9]

THIS CAR SHOULD BE IN THE NEXT 2011 2012 BATMAN MOVIE

[Avalon400]

Why cant cars be that be good looking now ?

[CrouchingCrab]

Sickest looking car I have EVER seen!

[xlxshanexlx]

steering wheel is on the wrong side :O

[masterpd85]

And here I thought Audi and Peugeot were doing something different for their La Mans cars. RR was rolling with the splitter 86yrs ago, ha!

[frankie5fingers]

why should the guy back up out there. People taking photos just have to wait!

[2035reprezent]

is it wrong if this gave me a bonner?

[griesrt]

I wanna roll up to the club with this

[jaqjaques]

wooooooooooooooooooow!

[haaa16]

Bat mans grandfather built this one

[DerAdventurer]

God Almighty! That aint a car. It's a masterpiece of engineering and design! And it looks awesome 85 years later!

[Lambo0225]

holy shit



[ihaveaverybadcold]

that lady is kind of a b word geez!!

[VonDuesenberg]

this is the Johnkeere Coupe

[Miguelsr1rst]

is this just one custom 1925 or did they make this in prodcution scale even small scale

[sixtiesforever1966]

50 years ago the car was in disrepair and owned by someone in New Jersey

It had a leather strip down the tail fin and was a shabby brown.

Great to see it restored. It is a Gem. Sir David

[Alex19al]

@sixtiesforever1966 yes it still belongs to the museum, i recently saw it it is a beautiful car.

[VegardMinde]

It looks like a Tatra. 

[coffeewhacked]

why is that horrible jew music playing in the background?

[shitstomp]

@coffeewhacked im seriously glad someone else caught on to that. what is this the annual JEWISH FINE AUTOMOBILE CELEBRATION-OF-OUR-SUCCESS-AS-­LAWYERS,ACCOUNTANTS AND STOCKBROKERS OI, LOOK AT US.

[coffeewhacked]

@shitstomp No, no, no-more like shysters, shylocks, and gold shavers.

Success is great when it's achieved honestly but most of you jews have a funny definition of honesty.

Never fear Irving, some of us goys have read your Talmud and know all about you and your games, like the kol nidre.

Nice try, enjoy it while you got it, it won't be for much longer. The clouds are upon us and one hell of a storm is coming.

[rrahjayh33025]

I saw this car as a kid in the 1950's it was being shown at fairs and such. It was on display at my home town for a small fee. It was said that it was custom made for the Prince of Wales or King Edward . it is now in Peterson's Museum in Ca. For info google Rolls-Royce Phantom I Jonckheere Coupe or round door rolls royce. Some of the articles will mentioned it being shown at side shows at fairs and mention the claim that it belonged to royalty .It has been restored ,was pretty much junk

[xXGreyWolf]

why are modern rollers so plain looking?

[Chris265265]

I've googled the 1925 Rolls Royce Phantom but can't find this model for hire. I've typed in 1925 Rolls Royce Phantom and I cant find it. Anyone find it?

[jimmyattard]

very nice !

[thecheesburgler]

circle door coupe

[MrBigbiggerbiggest]

kool

[zarits500]

I soo miss this type of gatherings..is my thing really..♥..

[ragemanchoo82]

So this car would have had a 7.7-liter I-6 engine originally? I wonder if they retained it when they built the modern body?

I've seen a lot of modified Rolls-Royces, I don't think I've ever seen one this old modified this heavily. Very well done, though. :D Borrows heavily from the Bugatti Atlantic. Which isn't a bad thing.

[dejavu77pv]

how much this car is it? money

[plxplox94]

the 1925 batmobile lol

[peti82]

really amazing

[jobatribe]

I love classic cars and this Rolls Royce is very beautiful!

[Jon26462]

As a lifelong lover of Rolls-Royce that is the most repulsive thing that I have ever seen in my life.

Sir Henry would be mortified if he knew that one of his creations was turned into that piece of junk

[Kaalec]

You taste is obviously firmly imbedded up your arse.

[Jon26462]

Kaalec - The restoration of a Phantom 1 is not a matter of taste. The car must be original or sympathetic to the period. This thing is neither.

It would also be nice if you would make your comments without using vulgarities.

[Kaalec]

Jon. I apologize for the vulgarity. But actually, the "restoration" of the Phantom IS a matter of taste. This one-of-a-kind 1925 Phantom was given a new body in 1934 by Belgian coach builder Jonckheere Carrossiers, hence its very Art Deco lines. The work won many awards, including top honours at le Prix de Cannes.

This is what the car was restored to not the original 1925 design. It is a unique Art Deco which, to me, is astonishing beautiful. Everything is a matter of taste.

[Jon26462]

Kaalec - The real problem here is that the body design does not fit the car. Every attempt to slope a RR radiator fails because it is meant to be square. Even modern RRs have a basically square radiator. If this body was put onto a Chrysler for instance then it would work and look beautiful (I'd cut the fin down a bit though). Perhaps your right about the taste bit though, but to change it from a Hooper Cabriolet body into this is really not right.

PS apology accepted.

[Kaalec]

I understand from your pure point of view how you feel. But a Chrysler!? Gasp! I guess my feeling is, I love this Art Deco body. I find this car to be truly one of the most beautiful automotive designs of the 20th century. So, agin for me, only a Rolls Royce chassis is worthy of this design. I fear we will have to agree to disagree. We both appreciate fine automobiles, just not always how they are presented.

[SuperCarMania]

Beautful car

[Teschtescht]

I think it's one of the coolest vehicles I ever saw!

[ROONTANG]

No offence, but why can't Americans pronounce "chassis" properly?!

[Miha011]

nice koachwork...

[gravityhammer25]

actually it reminds me of the batmobile

[gravityhammer25]

I dont like old cars classic but i must say this car looks sexy as hell

[08Dazza80]

i love this car in my view its the only nice phantom rolls have made .... dose anyone no how much one of these are worth these days they must be worth mills

[HistoryBuff1942]

I'm going to guess that since it's almost 100, The car is probably worth 1 million and up...

[08Dazza80]

not yet its only 84 when its about 97 then u can say its almost 100

[oneluvpitbull]

Nothing says "pimp status" like a ride like this...

[niswel]

Will Rolls Royces ever look this good again?? My favorite at the Petersen museum!

[JokeriPokeri17]

Its amazing that when i went to england and i visited local car wrecking company, i saw that model rusty and wrecked in junk yard. I asked them do they sell it, but it was already sold to old gentleman who visited yard early in morning at same day

[zarits500]

This car is one of the most exotic cars i ever saw!!!!!! i had a 1959 rolls silver shadoww fully customized and that was very exotic, but this one takes the cake !!!!!!!!!!

[ragemanchoo82]

......You mean a Silver Cloud? RR didn't introduce the Silver Shadow till 1966.

Nice try. ^_~

[zarits500]

yea sorry it was a silver shadow....1959...

[zarits500]

@ragemanchoo82 yes sorry it was a 1959silver cloud... endid..

[Elefant95]

The engine in the Phantom 1 is a pushrod ohv 7.7ltr straight six and the cylinders were built in company of two then the three sections of two cylinders were put together.

[Elefant95]

Wow this Phantom is pretty, you don't see new Rollers styled like this one.

[1021946]

@Elefant95 I agree, this car is beautiful, large yet sporty. formula automotive. com seems to be building a similar car. The days of new cars looking different, where you just had to have one, are gone. Now they all look the same.