In 1968, Caine set out with a shopping list that included a Rolls-Royce. Half a century later, the car is up for auction. Photos: dpa/H&H Classics Ltd
A handsome 1968 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow convertible that once belonged to British actor Michael Caine is set to come under the hammer near London in March.
The actor, 89, first bought the Roller back in 1968 aged 35, a year before he starred in the bank heist film The Italian Job. It was Caine’s first car and the actor bought it while out running errands in London, according to the auctioneer.
He reportedly wandered into the upmarket Jack Barclay showroom on London’s Berkeley Square, with a handwritten shopping list which read, “Milk, bread, newspaper, cigarettes, Rolls-Royce”.
The black two-door drophead has been painstakingly restored and is likely to fetch up to £150,000 (RM800,000), says vendor H&H Classics. The auction takes place at the Imperial War Museum in Duxford, north of London, on March 15 – a day after Caine’s 90th birthday.
The black two-door drophead has been painstakingly restored.
Caine had no driving licence at the time he bought the car and hired a chauffeur to drive it. He sold the Roller after two years but was often pictured with it.
The car is one of 506 Silver Shadow Two-Door Drophead Coupes that Rolls-Royce’s in-house coach-builder Mulliner Park Ward hand-built between 1967 and 1971. – dpa
