1976 Rolls-Royce Corniche - £24,500

: 1976 Rolls-Royce Corniche

Registration number WGT 227R

Chassis number CRH24805

Engine number 24805

Bill Allen from the Styling Department at the Crewe factory had been responsible for the timeless elegance of the H.J. Mulliner, Park Ward two door saloons based on the Silver Shadow's standard coachwork. In 1971 just after the company had been forced to call in the receiver over financial trouble associated with problems in the jet engine production the two door models were given an independent identity of their own when the Rolls-Royce Corniche was announced. This bold action was well founded, because motor car production was solvent and profitable. The new Corniche with a low-loss exhaust system, tuned engine, new facia and new spun stainless steel wheel trims differed in technical specification as well as in outward appearance from the basic models. From 1982 onward only the convertible remained.

: Rear

Technical Data:

8 cylinder 90 degree V-configuration, aluminium-silicon alloy cylinder block with cast iron wet cylinder liners, bore x stroke 104.14 x 99.06 mm (4.1 x 3.9 in), capacity 6,750 cc; aluminium alloy cylinder heads, twin SU-carburettors (from 1975 single Solex 4-barrel carburettor, twin SU-carburettors remained on export models for Canada, Japan and Australia; from 1980 Bosch fuel injection on export models for the U.S.A., Canada, Japan and Australia); 3-speed automatic gearbox; independent suspension with coil springs front and rear, hydraulic self-levelling height control rear; disc brakes front and rear (from 1972 ventilated disc brakes front); wheelbase 3,041.6 mm (119.75 in) (from 1974 wheelbase 3.048 mm (120 in); from 1979 wheelbase 3.061 mm (120,5 in); tyre size 205VR15 (from 1974 tyre size 235/70VR15).

: Engine

Rolls-Royce Corniche, Mulliner Park Ward Two Door Saloon, #CRH23535. Perhaps this version might have been considered by a great many as a fixed head coupé.

This 1976 model is referred to as the Series 1A, by many collectors, as it has the chrome bumpers and round rear view mirror of the earlier Corniche models combined wit the mechanical specification, interior and raised wheel arches of the post 1976 Corniche models.

number made:
1108 - Rolls-Royce Corniche saloon (1971-1982)
3239 - Rolls-Royce Corniche convertible (1971-1987; for the USA and Japan only till 1986)

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