1928 Rolls-Royce Phantom 17EX — Handmade Metal Model Car
1928 Rolls-Royce Phantom 17EX — Handmade Metal Model Car
Model details
- Construction
- Handcrafted
- Collection
- Automobile Models
- Item no.
- AJ051
The Rolls-Royce that was built to go fast — which the company officially disapproved of.
Handcrafted on an iron frame with rolling metal wheels and hand-painted finish, carrying the 17EX's low, streamlined sports body — a shape that looks nothing like the upright limousines the marque was selling at the time.
Details
- 100% iron frame and body
- Metal wheels that roll
- Hand-painted with applied detail
- Interior detail — seats, steering wheel, dash
- Exterior fittings welded
- Ready to display
The car
Rolls-Royce built three experimental Phantom chassis in the late 1920s — 15EX, 16EX and 17EX — to test whether the company could produce a genuine high-speed car. 17EX was bodied by Jarvis of Wimbledon with a low, wind-cheating open body and reportedly exceeded 90 mph, at a time when most cars struggled past 60.
The official Rolls-Royce line remained that speed was vulgar. The experimental cars said otherwise, and the Phantom II that followed was noticeably quicker for it.