Princess Diana's armored Rolls-Royce sells for over $45,000
A vintage Rolls-Royce, specially ordered and armored to be used by Princess Diana during an official visit to the U.S. in 1990, sold at auction Wednesday for US$45,250.
The 1987 Rolls-Royce Silver Spur, the long-wheelbase version of the Silver Spirit model, was ordered by the U.K. Foreign Office for its U.S. Embassy in Washington, D.C. The car was then armored by coachbuilder specialists MacNeillie & Son Ltd., and shipped to the U.S., according to Bring A Trailer, the online auctioneer that handled the sale.Princess Diana was seen in and with the vehicle on Oct.
The car has a 6.75-liter fuel-injected V8 engine paired with three-speed automatic transmission, and maintains its original Balmoral Green Metallic finish and beige leather interior. As part of the armoring, the vehicle was believed to have been fitted with steel and Kevlar plates, extra reinforcement of the doors and hinges, along with polycarbonate windows to replace the original glass windows, according to Bring A Trailer.
It wasn’t clear when the U.K. government sold the Rolls-Royce, but ownership history on Carfax indicates that it was in Arizona before it was purchased in 2007 by Chicago Vintage Motor Carriage, a car dealership and vintage car specialist.
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