Rare concept and coachbuilt cars

chris lamb • July 5, 2022

A wonderful selection of rare and one-off coachbuilt cars are set to grace the lawns of the London Concours

This takes place next week from June 28th – 30th June. The special class, called Coachbuilt & Concepts will bring together a stunning line-up of classic and collector machinery.

The Coachbuilt & Concepts class is focused on the unique projects – either by design or by circumstance – that continue to captivate the automotive world decades after they first appeared.
which takes place next week from June 28th – 30th June. The special class, called Coachbuilt & Concepts will bring together a stunning line-up of classic and collector machinery.

The Coachbuilt & Concepts class is focused on the unique projects – either by design or by circumstance – that continue to captivate the automotive world decades after they first appeared.


The words Rolls-Royce and ‘pick-up’ rarely go together, but when one particular classic motorsport enthusiast was looking for the ultimate Goodwood Revival towing car, there was only one solution. Clark & Carter in Essex were tasked with transforming a 1967 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow into an elegant pick-up. In fact, the example they were given had already been shoddily converted but to attain the quality they wanted, they practically had to start again. The result is befitting of the original car’s intentions, with hand-crafted detail applied throughout and fun flourishes like the ‘pick-up’ badging, created in a script mimicking the original Silver Shadow.


The Mercedes F200 Imagination was a concept study unveiled by Daimler Benz at the 1996 Paris Motor Show. Only two were built, and the example that will appear at the London Concours in all its sleek, futuristic glory is the only driving and working example. The German manufacturer’s aim was to showcase its latest innovations in control, design and comfort – many of which were to debut on the S-Class and CL-Class models eventually launched in 1999.

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