Rolls-Royce Corniche 2-door saloon
with Hooper conversion

Contents of this page 1. General information about this car 2. Photos to introduce the car; if available 3. Copies of documentation, such as specifications and details of the Hooper coachbuilding; if available 4. Photos from the internet, Facebook and other sources; if available

Chassis number	CRX50264		Colour exterior	Shell grey with Black Everflex later refinished in Turquoise metallic
Model year	1980		Colour interior	Black leather later retrimmed in beige leather
First owner	Warranty acknowledgement says: "Vextree"; the car was owned by Hooper		Registrations	J28292
Factory features	-
Hooper coachbuilt	Silver Spirit front-end and rear section Hooper coachbuilt smaller rear window Rolls-Royce badges to rear quarter panels Hooper badge to left hand side rear of boot lid Colour co-ordinated bumper bars with polished infills Colour co-ordinated outside mirrors Colour co-ordinated windscreen wipers and arms and scuttle grilles Polished stainless steel wheel arch surrounds and sills Polished stainless steel infills to tail lights Badge bar Hooper wire wheels Front fog lamps, traditional style mounted under front bumper bar Hooper centre console containing upgraded I.C.E. and roll top storage area Hooper sports steering wheel Headrests Hooper sunroof Hooper sill tread plates
Further remarks	The car was owned by John Dick, chairman of Hooper at the time. The car was used in Beverly Hills.

3. Copies of documentation


Documents of the donor car

















No Hooper documents available


Text from the RM auction brochure, 27 October 2010:

Estimate: £40,000-£55,000. Sold for £40,000.
- From the Hooper Corporate Collection
- Single ownership from new
- Unique one-off custom coachwork by Hooper with bespoke interior and exterior
- Driven just 15,000 miles since new
The original and current owner is the Hooper Corporate Collection. The one-owner, one-off car was custom-built to the vendor's specifications with no expense spared at the time of construction. Everything is hand-crafted and bespoke to this particular Corniche. The cost of Hooper's custom coachwork far exceeded the original price of the car when new. The work took some 18 months to complete with thousands of hours of work and hundreds of major and minor changes.
In addition to the dramatic turquoise metallic colour, the exterior has been specially fitted with a limousine-style back window along with a Silver Spirit front-end and rear section to give the car a more modern and classic, albeit updated, look. It has also been fitted with chrome wire wheels, fog lights, bespoke twin exhausts, and chrome rocker panel sills to complete the exterior ransformation. It has also been fitted with Bailey sport suspension components, which give the car more agile driving dynamics not usually associated with Rolls-Royce automobiles. The interior is swathed in Connelly leather, including the dash and steering wheel which are covered to match the striking exterior colour. The centre console of the car is equipped with a Howard Becker (of Beverly Hills) stereo entertainment system that cost well over $30,000. Mechanically the car has not been changed from its original configuration when delivered.
Though showing evidence of some use under the bonnet, the car has been used minimally but regularly and shows just 15,000 miles on its odometer. Initially, the car was driven in the United Kingdom. Somewhat later it was shipped to the United States where it saw little use while in California. It was then shipped back to the UK and has been used sparingly since.
The Guernsey Registration Book signifies that the lot originates from Jersey and is in Free Circulation within the EU for duty purposes, but is present at the sale under a temporary import bond, which must be cancelled either by exporting the lot outside of the EU on an approved bill of lading with supporting customs documentation, or by paying the applicable VAT for the lot to remain in the EU.

4. Photos from the internet, Facebook and other sources















































Photo of the RM auction, 2010.