The Queen's Rolls Royce - Breakfast Show TVNZ

This Phantom V in Webb's upcoming Collectors' Cars auction was built and outfitted by Rolls-Royce as a royal car, imported into New Zealand and used in Queen Elizabeth II’s 1963 and 1970 tours of New Zealand.
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The auction takes place Sunday 11 August, 2:30pm at Webb's Mount Eden Gallery, 33a Normanby Road, Mount Eden.
It was maintained most of its running life by Wally Presard on behalf of the Department of Internal Affairs. The current vendor’s family has owned this regal Phantom for 40 years. It was used throughout the ‘80s as a wedding car before being put into storage in the early ‘90s, where it remained for 30 years. In the last three years, it has been used as a wedding car again. Our vendor, an engineer by trade, removed it from storage and carried out some remedial work to make it roadworthy again. It currently carries a COF and is presented in highly original condition.
The car remains in a state similar to when it carried Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip, Prince Charles, and Princess Anne while in the country and is an immensely well-documented piece of tangible royal and New Zealand history. Originally registered as 800.601. There is a wealth of archival evidence to support the car’s excellent provenance and numerous photographs and even newsreel footage that features the car during the tours, as illustrated on page 14.
This example is fitted with an elegant H.J Mulliner Park Ward body and is specified for the comforts of royal travel. Through the rear-hinged coach doors and into the spacious passenger compartment, within the wooden panels is an inbuilt drinks cabinet complete with silver goblets and decanters. Ashtrays are present in the armrests, the floor is fitted with folding footrests, and, supposedly at the Queen’s request, the floor is triple-carpeted. As a result of her dislike of leather, the seats are made of wool.
An excellent example of a post-war Rolls-Royce in its own right, this Phantom V lacks no elegance, engineering acumen, or history. It has lived an important professional life over its 83,167mi travelled and is now ready to be admired in its retirement by a marque enthusiast, history lover, or collector.
Please contact Caolán McAleer, Head of Collectors' Cars, with any enquiries | [e-mail]