Regular production of the Rolls Royce Phantom II ceased


Saturday 12th October 1935

Regular production of the Rolls Royce Phantom II ceased. It used a refinement of the Phantom I’s 7.7 L (7,668 cc or 467.9 cu in) pushrod-OHV straight-6 engine with a new crossflow cylinder head. Unlike on previous 40/50 hp models, the engine was bolted directly to the 4-speed manual transmission. Synchromesh was added on gears 3 and 4 in 1932 and on gear 2 in 1935.Power was transmitted to the rear wheels using an open driveshaft, a hypoid bevel final drive, and Hotchkiss drive, replacing the torque tube from a remotely mounted gearbox used on earlier 40/50 hp.

When Marlene Dietrich came to the USA in 1930, the Blue Angel director Josef von Sternberg welcomed her with gifts including a green Rolls-Royce Phantom II. The car later appeared in their first US film Morocco. The Phantom II was featured in the films The Sorcerer’s Apprentice and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.[8] When its specifications are quoted during the scene in the Kingdom of Hatay, the Sultan states that the Rolls-Royce Phantom II has a “4.3 litre, 30 horsepower, six cylinder engine, with Stromberg downdraft carburetor” and “can go from zero to 100 kilometers an hour in 12.5 seconds (and I even like the color).” However, the car used in the film was actually a Rolls-Royce Barker Saloon, with 20/25 hp.[9] It is also the star of the 1964 movie The Yellow Rolls-Royce where its engine specifications are given as the engine having a bore of 4.5″ and stroke of 5.5″, which would equate to 525 cubic inches


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