Lot details Registration No: B43 WYM Chassis No: SCAYJ0009ECH09039 Mot Expiry: Nov 2016
- 1 of 530 examples made, Nuella hide and 'whisper quiet' engine
- Featured in Classic & Sports Car's Camargue 40th Anniversary Article
- Reportedly 'a pleasure to drive, be in and be around'
When launched in March 1975, the Camargue was the flagship of the Rolls-Royce range and the world's most expensive production car; for the price of which you could have bought five Jaguar XJ6s or 26 Minis! While sharing the platform of the Shadow and Corniche, the Camargue was the first post-war production Rolls-Royce not designed in-house, and was penned by Paolo Martin of Pininfarina. The bodies were crafted in London by Mulliner Park Ward and power was provided by a mildly uprated version of Rolls-Royce's 6.75-litre V-8 engine mated to Turbo Hydra-Matic 3-speed automatic transmission. In 1977 the steering was upgraded to Shadow II specification and in 1979 the model received the Silver Spirit rear suspension. Though a two-door model, this was a big car that stretched to nearly 17ft and weighed in at 2.3 tons. It also sported a number of innovations - it was the first Rolls-Royce designed to metric dimensions, and featured the world's first completely automatic split-level air conditioning system. Between 1975 and 1986 just 530 Rolls-Royce Camargues were produced, plus one bearing Bentley badges.
This smartly-presented 1985 Camargue is finished in the stately combination of Cotswold Beige coachwork with Connolly's finest Nuella hide interior trim. Featured in Classic & Sports Car's Camargue 40th anniversary article on the model, the vendor informs us that it is 'a pleasure to drive, be in and be around', and that the interior 'is in super condition, with all instrumentation and componentry in correct working condition'. He also states 'the V8 engine is whisper-quiet and exceptionally clean - commensurate with the rest of the motorcar'. He classifies the engine, automatic transmission and interior trim as 'excellent' and the coachwork and paintwork as 'very good' and is selling 'B43 WYM' complete with 19 old MOTs from 1990 to 2015. Registering some 78,000 miles, it is also accompanied by an MoT to 26 November 2016 with no advisories.
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