1954 Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith

Chassis Number: WVH94
Body Number: 5431
Engine Number: W93H
Design Number: 7120
Delivery Date: October 1953
1 of 5 Sedanca deVilles built with design 7120
33,509 original miles with a comprehensive restoration
Accompanied by its original under-dash tool kit and manuals
Documented history and exquisite
Former Owners:
Blackhawk Collection Danville, California
Salvatore Campo New Jersey
One of the last Rolls-Royce models to feature specialist coachwork
Lighted Lalique Chrysis radiator ornament
Finished with canework or basketweave painted finish on its rear doors - an effect developed by a carriage painter at Brewster & Co. and carried out by Mike Fennel Restorations.
Original 4.9 Litre inline 6-cylinder engine
4-speed manual transmission
One of the finest surviving formal Silver Wraiths
With its elegant coachwork by H.J. Mulliner, chassis number WVH94 is a marvelous example of the stately and imposing Silver Wraith. This stunning Rolls-Royce comes with a large history file spanning more than seven decades of ownership. Build records provided by the Rolls-Royce Foundation document the cars history from the chassis completion in October of 1953, to its shipment to H.J. Mulliner coachbuilders. Mulliner records indicate the order was for style number 7120, the elegant Sedanca De Ville. Assigned body number 5431, this car features several individual touches, including an electrically operated division window, electric rear sunshade, rear trays, jump seats and radio.
The Silver Wraith of 1946 ushered in a new era for Rolls-Royce. Yet while the all-new chassis and engine transformed the driving experience and ride, one thing remained the same. Supplied as a rolling chassis, it was one of the last Rolls-Royces that allowed coachbuilders free reign to exercise their craft before the move towards standardized factory bodies. Indeed, its almost as if coachbuilders saw the writing on the wall, as the designs were wide and varied, but few were as elegant and exclusive as the HJ Mulliner Sedanca de Ville. Additionally, the Mulliner Sedanca was one of the most expensive choices, more than doubling the price of the bare rolling chassis. This 1954 example has been comprehensively restored and has 33,509 original miles on the odometer.
In 1954 the chassis featured independent front suspension and powerful servo-assisted hydromechanical brakes, while the development of the F-head 6-cylinder engine, with cast-iron block and aluminum head, overhead intake and side exhaust valves, had already been proven during World War II in troop carriers and light tanks. Initially produced with a displacement of 4.25L producing 125-135 HP, it expanded to 4.6L and, in 1954 to, 4.9L with output around 178 HP. This rare 1954 Mulliner Sedanca de Ville features that most powerful 4.9L engine, and thus it combines true postwar performance and refinement with classical prewar elegance.