The story of the Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow

1968 Bentley T Pininfarina Coupé Speziale

Pininfarina was commissioned by James Hanson, later Lord Hanson, to create a one-off coupé using the Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow as its base.

Badged as a Bentley, the Coupé Speziale was styled by Paolo Martin with a pronounced fastback profile.

Pininfarina displayed the coupé at various motor shows in 1968 before Hanson took delivery in 1969.

Hanson had the Bentley updated to Shadow II specification with new bumpers, a three-speed automatic gearbox and hubcaps, between 1978 and 1979.

The Brewster Green coupé was later sold and claimed to be the ‘world’s most expensive used car’ at the time.