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Forney Museum of Transportation
1927 ROLLS-ROYCE
Rolls Royce

NEW PHANTOM

ORIGINAL OWNER
PRINCE ALY KHAN OF NEPAL

The hood and wheels were originally gold plated.

The car has only 24,000 miles.

The NEW PHANTOM, commonly referred to as the PHANTOM 1 succeeded the famous 'SILVER GHOST'. PHANTOM 1 was produced 1925 to 1929.

Mr. Forney purchased this car in Germany in 1960
and it was driven in the 1964 Glidden Tour.

Please note the red RR medallion on the front of the radiator.
These were red until 1933 when changed to black as a sign of
mourning due to the death of Henry Royce in 1933.

Rolls died in an aircraft accident in 1910.

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