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The book The Spectre Arises covers The Story of the Phantom III, the ultimate Pre-war Rolls-Royce.
Clothbound edition. Limited print 500 copies.
The book The Spectre Arises covers The Story of the Phantom III, the ultimate Pre-war Rolls-Royce. The author is Steve Stuckey, from Australia, and is the result of more than 30 years of research into the Phantom III. The Spectre Arises describes in detail the development of the most innovative Rolls-Royce of the pre-war era, with its 7.4 litre V-12 engine and independent front suspension. This is followed by comprehensive chapters about the coachbuilders and the bodies they mounted on the chassis, and histories of many of the cars. There are almost 500 illustrations, most from the 1930s and 1940s, including large numbers of original coachbuilder and dealer photographs, many never published before. Most examples of the 727 Phantom IIIs ever built are illustrated in the book.
The features of the book include:
- The predecessors to the Phantom III and its competitors in the U.K., Europe and the U.S.A.
- The Rolls-Royce Company in the middle to late 1930s
- The ten experimental “Spectre” cars
- Production of the chassis and engine, and refinements during production
- A 100-page chapter on coachbuilders and the cars they produced
- Colours of the cars and their interiors
- Changed and new coachwork, from 1937 to today
- 1930s Motor Shows where the Phantom III appeared
- Ordering a Phantom III in the 1930s
- Owners of the cars, and their dealings with Rolls-Royce
- Phantom IIIs during World War II and the late 1940s
- Buying and owning a Phantom III today
- Extensive lists of all the cars, and their original owners
- Catalogues from Rolls-Royce and the coachbuilders
- Phantom IIIs on the silver screen
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Already reported
Reçu il y a quelques jours, je l'ai dévoré. Passionné de Rolls-Royce , un ouvrage parlant enfin des Phantoms III me fait vraiment plaisir. Les Phantom III sont connues mais il restait encore quelques mystères les concernant. Je suis comblé car j'ai trouvé ce livre à la hauteur de mes espérances. Très détaillé, j'en ai appris beaucoup. Il y a quand même un petit point négatif : Les photos des voitures avec leur numéro de châssis ne sont pas classées par ordre. Pour trouver la solution, il reste la liste des châssis avec les N° de page indiqués à la fin du livre. Pour les intérieurs ils ne sont pas tous montrés. Mais cela reste un superbe ouvrage indispensable pour les passionnés de la marque.
Already reported
Un ouvrage de RÉFÉRENCE ! Que dire de plus ?
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