1937 Rolls Royce Phantom III Brewster Newmarket Faux Cabriolet

Rolls Royce has always been the pinnacle of automotive design and excellence and the design of the Silver Ghost in 1906 was arguably 20 years ahead of its time. When the Phantom III was introduced in 1936 it was a state of the art mechanical masterpiece that was more advanced than anything else out there. It used advanced materials and techniques such as 'skeleton' cylinder blocks with wet liners and aluminum alloy cylinder heads, the PIII V12 produced 165bhp in its debut form. Later PIII's were boosted to 185bhp and were capable of 100MPH. Only 710 Phantom III's were produced before the beginning of WWII when production was halted and roughly only 300 remain today. On top of being scarce, even more scarce is a Phantom III with really attractive coachwork, most had heavy formal coachwork and very few having sporty and sleek lines. 

Offered here is one of the greatest body designs to ever adorn a Rolls Royce chassis and one of only 21 Phantom III"s delivered new with American coachwork. Nothing short of a masterpiece describes this car with its body by the Brewster Body Company of New York. This body has a really wild sillouette that Brewster was really great at achieving. Another great examole would be the Phantom II town car designed ans built by Brewster for the famous 1930's movie actress Constance Bennett. With a low roof, raked windscreen, long tail, scalloped hood that extends all the way back to the windscreen and a really beautiful silhouette this car is one of the best looking Phantom III's ever created. The Brewster coachwork was originally built specially for a Mr. Frederick Brewster of New Haven, Connecticut who was actually a distant relative of the Brewster body family. Mr. Brewster's father was treasurer of Standard Oil. Frederick owned the large New Haven estate named "Edgerton" that he would later donate to the city of New Haven upon his passing and is now known as Edgerton Park. Being a long time Rolls Royce owner, he had owned a left hand drive Springfield Phantom II (216AMS) that he purchased new in 1934 and decided once the Phantom III was introduced, to keep his Brewster body from the Phantom II and transfer it to a brand new Phantom III chassis in April of 1937. He would keep the car until 1939 when he sold it through Inskip to a Mr. Clarence Rodermond of Ridgewood, New Jersey who was a high end ship builder. Later Mr. Clarence Curtiss of Shelton, Connecticut would purchase the car in 1970 where it would remain until 2017 when we acquired the car from his estate.

With a recently completed concours restoration, 3BT129 is looking more beautiful than ever and back to its original design as Frederick Brewster ordered his car in 1937. The long sweeping rear is amazing as is the long scalloped hood and exposed wood headliner. It also features pop out air vents in the rear section of the roof and long bullet shaped headlights with marchal inserts. Finished in dark blue and grey with a tan cloth and red leather interior this car is incredibly elegant. It is an incredible car with a really good looking and high quality body and an excellent provenance. If you are looking for a car that is really significant, really special, and ready for the Concours circuit or for driving, it doesn't get much better than this. Contact us for more information.