Beginning about halfway through the production run of the Silver Cloud I, Rolls-Royce offered a drophead coupé by H.J. Mulliner, style number 7504. Unlike previous Mulliner drophead coupés on this chassis, the new car, referred to as an adaptation, made use of a "Standard Steel" saloon body shell, which was then modified by Mulliner. This would be the standard method of construction for most Mulliner DHCs through to the end of the Silver Cloud series in 1965.

No others were as rare as the Silver Cloud I variant, of which 13 were built, with 10 being left-hand-drive examples. The remaining three were right-hand-drive cars, which had been produced for the “Home Market".

The car offered here, chassis number SNH14, is one of those three right-hand-drive Silver Cloud I Drophead Coupé Adaptations, making it a most rare and desirable offering, especially here in London. It has been based in this area virtually since new, having originally been delivered in July 1959 to A. Robert Gooda, of Goodhale Engineering Ltd., who was a devout Bentley and Rolls-Royce enthusiast and a great customer of the factory. Mr Gooda specified to have the car built with several bespoke options, as is indicated by original build records. The car is well documented, including mentions in several archival publications, most prominently Lawrence Dalton’s Rolls-Royce: The Classic Elegance, James Taylor’s Original Rolls-Royce and Bentley 1946–65, and Davide Bassoli’s definitive work on the model, Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining.

Mr Gooda owned his Silver Cloud I until 1975, when it was sold to the present owner, Sir Ken Adam, the renowned British film production designer who is best remembered for his iconic work on many of the classic James Bond films. Sir Ken has been nominated three times for an Academy Award and has won twice. He is considered a legend in his field and one of the most important surviving figures of the Bond films’ golden era.

Sir Ken was a great fan of this Rolls-Royce, and for many years during his long career, the car was shipped to wherever he was working, all over the world. Even when he travelled to Hollywood the Silver Cloud I followed him, accompanied by its own driver.

The car is presented today wearing an older but presentable Porcelain White repaint, as well as a lovingly much-patinated red leather interior with wool carpeting and exquisite wood veneer trim, all of which is believed to be highly original. It is an honest automobile that looks exactly like what it is: a Rolls-Royce that has been owned and used for enthusiastic touring all over the world by the same owner for the last four decades.

It is proudly offered here from a great home with one of the film world’s most iconic figures.