The Rolls Royce Silver Cloud III - 1964

The Silver Cloud III arrived in 1963. External dimensions were slightly tweaked, the interior remodelled, the weight reduced by a little over 100 kg (220 lb) and improvements to the engine boosted speed and performance slightly. The headlights were changed to a four-headlamp layout remarkably similar to that of the later Silver Shadow, a model which the company had been brainstorming since the late-1950s. Official Rolls-Royce documents indeed state the four-headlamp layout was introduced to prepare customers for the radically new, then-forthcoming Shadow.

A notable (but not particularly favored among classic car circles) version of the Silver Cloud III is the "Chinese Eye", featured on the Mulliner Park Ward coach built cars, of which only about 100 were made, including one drop-head coupé that was owned by Peter Sellers for four years, and another by Lucille Ball, among others.

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