AUTOLUST | 1925 Rolls-Royce Phantom I Aerodynamic Coupe - Crave Online
If there’s a parking lot for such cars, the 1925 Rolls-Royce Phantom I Aerodynamic Coupe deserves the CEO’s parking space. I first came across the car at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, but I've seen it out and about at multiple classic car events. Well known around car lovers and automotive history enthusiasts, it’s a fixture at such events across the country. The angelic Rolls-Royce ornament perches over a massive, sloping grill that gives way to a long runway of hood. The regal windscreen spreads out above sloping fender and perfectly rounded doors — a trait that leads many gearheads to call it the Round Door Rolls. Petersen’s records on the car tell of a wild ping-pong’ing existent worthy of Forest Gump. While the majority of the vehicle’s core identity was built in 1925 at the then-factory out in Springfield, Mass, this example ended up in Belgium where artistic restorer Henri Jonckheere got a hold of it. He added its signature Art Deco flares,... The Jonckheere ended up in the car pool of an Indian Raja and the Duke of Windsor before it found its way back to a private collection in 1950s New Jersey. The mobile masterpiece looked beat to hell and the car faced a key moment: It would fade into rusty history or some entity would jump in to recreate it for a second time. Source: www.craveonline.com
