Rolls-Royce Phantom III cars have been converted to hearses and shooting brakes. In 1964, more than 20 years after the end of production, the villainous Auric Goldfinger (played by Gert Fröbe) drove an excellently preserved black and yellow Phantom III (Chassis Number #3BU168 Sedanca de Ville by Coachbuilder Barker), knowing that its great strength would be able to hold the weight of the vast amounts of gold that he smuggled around Europe. Rolls-Royce Phantom III The Rolls-Royce Phantom III was the final large pre-war Rolls-Royce. Introduced in 1936, it replaced the Phantom II and it was the only V12 Rolls-Royce until the 1998
Rolls-Royce Goshawk officially sponsored prototypes, the Supermarine Type 224 ("K2890"),the Westland F.7/30 ("K2891") and the Blackburn F3 ("K2892"), which only taxied with the Goshawk fitted and did not fly, in addition to two private venture entrants, the Bristol Type 123 and the Hawker P.V.3. The Goshawk also powered Hawker's privately developed "High Speed Fury Mk 2" ("K3586") and "Intermediate Fury" 2" (the latter Hawker's own development aircraft and "hack" serial "G-ABSE") and the Westland Pterodactyl V ("K2770") and was installed for trials in the Gloster TSR.38 ("S1705"), and the first Gloster Gnatsnapper prototype ("N227"). Rolls-Royce Goshawk The Rolls-Royce Goshawk was a development