1935 Rolls-Royce Phantom II Continental

Arguably the best car in the world, Rolls-Royce was the preferred choice for traditional customers of refined and elegant tastes in the 1930s. They built up a well-deserved reputation of high quality engineering, refinement and reliability. Naturally only the best coachbuilders were commissioned by buyers to build bodies that could match the car – Hooper, Barker, H J Mulliner, Park Ward and Freestone & Webb were some of the popular names, along with J Gurney Nutting. Known for their understated and elegant designs, J Gurney Nutting was patronized by many of the Maharajas and landed gentry in India for their new purchases – the featured car was one of them, ordered for the Maharaja of Jodhpur. Chassis number 62UK was the very last Phantom II Continental built, and a striking sporty coupe body style was designed, with prominent streamlining and deco details like rear wheel spats with teardrop Motifs, also making an appearance in the interior on the door cards. A full-sized car measuring approximately 18 feet, the mastery of the coachbuilders’ craft shows in how elegant the car still looks, without ever giving the impression of being ungainly. This car is in long term ownership in Mumbai and has undergone a complete purist’s restoration.