The use of the arcane Scottish word ‘wraith’ was in keeping with the established tradition of naming models after spectral beings.

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With their industrial plants turned over to making such armaments as bombers and fighter planes during World War 2, Rolls suddenly found itself with the cessation of hostilities with a large surplus of manufacturing capacity: accordingly the company quickly retooled to produce this significantly modernized car.

Servo assisted drum brakes were used at both ends of the Silver Wraith, hydraulically operated at the front, and mechanically operated at the rear.

Retaining the Rolls-Royce format of luxury UK automobiles from before World War 2, the Silver Wraith was available only as a chassis for luxury coachbuilders: like the legendary Park Ward, for example, as is the case with the 1954 model we presently have at Beverly Hills Car Club.

This left-hand-drive 1954 Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith Park Ward Limousine long-wheelbase is finished in Red, complemented with a Gray leather interior. This high-end luxury limousine is equipped with a GM-sourced Hydramatic transmission, 4.6-liter straight-six engine, Stromberg carburetor, Smiths instruments, Lucas branded ammeter, single exhaust outlet, Lambswool floor mats, chrome bumpers, chrome trim, interior wood trim, three-spoke steering wheel, Spirit of Ecstasy hood ornament, unique triangular-design tail lights, BF Goodrich whitewall tires, Rolls-Royce branded hub caps, jack, and a full-size spare tire in the trunk.

This car is a very presentable and prestigious post-war Rolls Royce that is mechanically sound.

The impressive 2010 Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe that we presently have at Beverly Hills Car Club is finished in its factory two-tone color scheme of Arctic White and Primer Grey gracefully complemented with a Moccasin interior.

The royal Dutch, Danish and Greek families traveled to official engagements in a Silver Wraith; as did the Chief Minister of Penang in Malaysia before he was ambushed in it by communist rebels in 1951. In 1959 the Yugoslavian President Josip Tito used a Silver Wraith to transport the Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie about his country.

So, some history. And in case that wasn’t enough, the Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith became an iconic presence in a multitude of top movies, right up until quite recently with its appearance in the 2015 James Bond modern classic Specter; which was like a reprise of its role right at the beginning of the Bond cycle in 1963’s From Russia With Love.

Wherever, it seemed, there was a classy film, up popped a Silver Wraith, almost outshining the human stars: Billy Wilder’s 1957 courtroom drama Witness for the Prosecution; the next year’s Indiscreet, starring Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman; the Marilyn Monroe vehicle Let’s Make Love in 1960; 1975’s fabulous Return of the Pink Panther; Woody Allen’s Stardust Memories in 1980; the splendid Arthur in 1981, starring Dudley Moore; the seemingly inescapable cult film Withnail and I – on Roger Ebert’s Great Movies list – in 1987; and – inevitably, it feels – Batman and Batman Returns in 1989 and 1992. Plus much, much more.

Beginning in 1933, when they obtained patents, Park Ward developed a technically interesting all-steel saloon in conjunction with Rolls-Royce, and from 1936 offered it on the new Bentley chassis.

The Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith Park Ward Limousine long-wheelbase we have at Beverly Hills Car Club is left-hand drive with an automatic transmission, making it ideal for modern North American roads.

-Alex Manos, Owner