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10/06/2023 2:01 pm
The 1925/35 Rolls Royce Phantom l Jonckheere Aerodynamic Coupe, now a perennial favorite at the most prestigious car shows will never be able to win a single award. It was commissioned by a lady from Detroit in 1924 and was coached as a cabriolet from Hooper Coachworks. Never delivered, it was resold to the Rajah of nanpara who in 1934 sent the car to Jonkheere Coachbuilders in Antwerp, Belgium who rebodied the car in this unique black/red round door aerodynamic beauty. Henri Jonckheere founded the company in 1881 building horse drawn carriages. By 1902 the company began bodying classic Minervas and Rolls. The completion of this car in 1935 marked the company's last car body. Since then they limit themselves to bus designs. The car ultimately fell on hard times and was found in a junk yard in New Jersey in the mid-fifties, painted white. A man named Max Obie restored the car had had it painted using 6 lbs of gold in lacquer and put the car on tour charging a dollar to view it. He later sold it to a Japanese businessman who just stored it for 20 years until it was rescued by the Petersens and put back to its original condition, in black. Little is known for sure as to who designed it and all the paper provenance needed was lost or destroyed in WWll. Because of this lack of provenance, the poor old Rolls can never be eligible to win any major awards. Here is the model as presented in gold.
Here it is as found in a New Jersey junkyard:
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10/06/2023 3:46 pm
It's a damn shame that so much of this "rolling art's"Â history was lost to the ravages of war. This is a gorgeous model in gorgeous colors.
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10/06/2023 4:29 pm
@mikedetorrice A couple of guys in China started their own garage modeling. They only made a total of 75 with just 25 each of the three colors it existed in. It came in cardboard and foam pieces in a plain brown box. They may have been what later morphed into CMR. Mine came missing a door handle and I got a replacement in 2 weeks.Â
Steve Jacobs and Christopher Moroni reacted
10/06/2023 4:57 pm
Here's the black one. It was sold as a CMR, and I got it through American Excellence. Unfortunately, I broke the hood ornament and was too late to get a replacement.
Topic starter
10/06/2023 8:58 pm
@paul-rouffa I bought mine straight out of China. Did yours come with a dedicated box with CMR box art? Mine was just plain cardboard.
10/06/2023 10:43 pm
@chris I broke it forgetting that I could have removed it while I had the model turned upside down for a quick repair on one of the running boards.Â
@rich-sufficool It was a black CMR box, nicely packed.
11/06/2023 1:12 am
A couple of guys in China started their own garage modeling. They only made a total of 75 with just 25 each of the three colors it existed in. It came in cardboard and foam pieces in a plain brown box. They may have been what later morphed into CMR. Mine came missing a door handle and I got a replacement in 2 weeks.Â
Thanks ! They and later CMR did a fine job with this one. A unique one in any collection !
John Kuvakas reacted
11/06/2023 7:13 am
I have the model in black in 1/43 scale. The model is displayed in an area where I can't reach it, I can't identify the model maker.
John Kuvakas reacted
11/06/2023 3:33 pm
And here's the car in 1:1 as seen at the Peterson Museum in Los Angeles. Â
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12/06/2023 9:25 am
How in the THEE HELL could this vehicle ever turn up in a NJ junk yard? But then again, Duesenbergs were crushed during WW II scrap drives. 😬 😬 😬Â