1958 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud I Sedanca Coupe

This Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud I wears a Sedanca Coupe body, style number SC20, by James Young. Only two examples were produced and both were built for American clients. One of the distinguishable features was the sliding roof panel over the driver's compartment.

This particular example was commissioned by Dr. Rudolph A. Light of Nashville, Tennessee. It was optioned with an automatic transmission, power steering, and an original livery of silver with green interior. Dr. Samuel L. Scher of New York purchased the car in the 1960s. He eventually owned both of the James Young sedanca coupes, and had both redesigned to his tastes by the British coachbuilders FLM-Panelcraft. The side windows in the roof were blanked off and landau irons added, the rear window was reduced in size, and free-standing Marchal headlights were installed. The body was finished in Reuter Red.

One of his neighbors living in Palm Beach later acquired the car. In the 1990s it was acquired by a marque specialist, who sold it to the current owners.

Currently the car has 6,553 miles on the odometer. It has a modern Blaupunkt stereo system and trunk-mounted air conditioning.

By Daniel Vaughan | Dec 2018