OWNERS NAME: Carlos Gomez
YEAR: 1964
MAKE: Rolls Royce
MODEL: Phantom
SUB MODEL: V
BRIEF MANUFACTURER DETAILS AND SIGNIFICANT HISTORY OF CAR:
The Rolls-Royce Phantom V is a large four-door limousine produced by Rolls Royce Limited from 1959 to 1968. Based on the Silver Cloud II, it shares a V8 engine and General Motors Hydra-Matic automatic gearbox with that model. Rolls-Royce assembled the cars’ chassis and drivetrains with bodies made to standard designs by coach builders Ward and James Young, former vendors absorbed by Rolls-Royce.
| Production | 1959–1968 832 produced |
| Assembly | Crewe, England (engine and chassis) |
| Designer | Park Ward for model #980 or James Young for model #2003 |
| Body and chassis | |
| Body style | 4-door sedan |
| Layout | FR layout |
| Related | Silver Cloud II |
| Powertrain | |
| Engine | 6,230 cc Rolls-Royce V8 |
| Transmission | 4-speed automatic |
| Dimensions | |
| Wheelbase | 144 in (3,658 mm)[1] |
| Length | 238 in (6,045 mm) |
| Width | 79 in (2,007 mm) |
| Height | 69 in (1,753 mm) |
| Kerb weight | 5,600 lb (2,540 kg) |
| Chronology | |
| Predecessor | Phantom IV |
| Successor | Phantom VI |
| Manufacturer | Rolls-Royce Ltd |
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