Nice to ride you, to ride you… nice! Sir Bruce Forsyth’s vintage Rolls-Royce will fetch £60,000 when it goes under the hammer
The price could be right if Sir Bruce Forsyth’s vintage Rolls-Royce goes up for auction.
The late TV star’s 1971 Corniche Convertible will go under the hammer later this month with an estimate of between £50,000 and £60,000.
The prestige model was first delivered to Brucie in July 1971 and remained in his possession for seven years.
The price could be right if Sir Bruce Forsyth’s vintage Rolls-Royce goes up for auction
The late TV star’s 1971 Corniche Convertible will go under the hammer later this month with an estimate of between £50,000 and £60,000
After failing to secure a winning bid at auction at Silverstone Auctions in February, Brucie’s Rolls will return to the block in two weeks in hopes of finding a new owner at an event hosted by Classic Car Auctions (CCA). ).
Described as Ming Blue with a Navy Blue leather interior, the Roller has only 39,719 miles on it.
That’s an average annual mileage of 764 miles from new.
CCA said: ‘If this beautifully elegant Rolls-Royce has just a pinch of Sir Bruce’s warmth and bonhomie, it will be a joy to own and drive.
“One can only hope that something of the much-loved entertainer seeps into this car that once carried him on a daily basis.
The prestige model was first delivered to Brucie in July 1971 and remained in Brucie’s possession for seven years.
Described as Ming Blue with a navy blue leather interior, the Rolls has only 39,719 miles on the clock
Sir Bruce is seen driving what appears to be the same Rolls Royce in 1975, although he had his private number plate ‘BFE 9’ at the time
When this Rolls-Royce pulls up in your driveway, you might be quoting Sir Bruce’s famous slogan when your eye catches this beauty: “Nice to see you, to see you nice.”
If a winning bidder is found later this month, he will get his hands on a well-functioning classic car.
That’s because over £5,000 was spent on the Corniche during a mechanical overhaul carried out in 2019 by specialist firm The Percival Motor Car Company.
Despite being over 40 years old and therefore not requiring an MOT, the Rolls is uniquely offered with a new certificate without warnings, valid until January 23, 2024.
Considered by many enthusiasts to be the most attractive version of the Rolls-Royce Corniche Convertible, only 1,232 of these cars with chrome bumpers were produced between 1971 and 1977 – and very few were finished in the desirable Ming Blue paint.
Sir Bruce Forsyth’s career spans more than 70 years, with highlights including TV shows The Generation Game, Play Your Cards Right and Strictly Come Dancing.
He passed away in 2017 at the age of 89.
The summer sale of the classic car auction takes place at the Warwickshire Events Centre, near Leamington Spa on Saturday 17th June.