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SILVER SHADOW MPW & CORNICHE (1966-1981)

The fixed head coupes first named after the coachbuilder Mulliner Park Ward then, from 1970 simply as Corniche, are increasingly hot property at the moment. While not quite at the point of crossing over six figures as the even more glamorous drophead coupes are, these are more than double what they would have been just ten years ago.

The earlier cars, particularly the MPW models, but really anything with the chrome bumpers up to 1977

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