1923 Rolls-Royce Piccadilly Roadster #7678
by Earl Johnson
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1923 Rolls-Royce Piccadilly Roadster #7678
Artist
Earl Johnson
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Photograph - Photography
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Engine: Straight 6 cylinder
Displacement: 7.0 Liters
Horsepower: 80 hp at 2,250 RPM
Transmission: 4-speed manual
One hundred and five examples were produced with the Piccadilly Roadster coachwork for the Silver Ghost; most were re-bodying of older rolling chassis, making “original coachwork” Piccadillys rare and highly desirable today. Distinguished by its British geographic name, the roadster was dubbed the Piccadilly after the London traffic circle that surrounds the statue of Eros.
Rolls-Royce had its own coachworks on Waltham Avenue in Springfield Massachusetts, but most of the bodies were subcontracted to other coachmakers who delivered the bodies to Waltham Avenue ‘in the white’ — meaning that they were primed but unpainted, and without interior or the top canvas. Waltham Avenue would finish them to suit the customer’s order.
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July 18th, 2020
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