1962 Mercedes-Benz 300d

The Rolls-Royce Phantom V was an ultra-exclusive limousine produced by Rolls-Royce Motorcars Limited from 1959 to 1968. Based on the Silver Cloud, it shared a V8 engine and four-speed automatic gearbox with that model. Rolls-Royce assembled the cars' chassis and drivetrains, but all bodies were custom-made to customer specifications.

They were the favorite cars of royalty, dictators, and pop stars. Notable Phantom V owners included Queen Elizabeth II and her mother, Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. The Shah of Iran, Yugoslav president Josip Broz Tito, Imelda Marcos, John Lennon, Elton John, Liberace, Elvis Presley, Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, Idi Amin, and many others owned these massive cars.

This car was bodied in Paris by famed coachbuilder Henri Chapon, making it one of the very few British cars with flamboyant French coachwork. He bodied very few Rolls-Royce motorcars and likely on two cars in the Post-War era.