The first Golden Jacks edition, #273, had one of the shortest lives of any Corgi model in 1970 but its successor, #280 lasted all the way through to 1978 and that was with later competition from the bigger scale Corniche with which this is often confused.
Initially available in the silver and blue of the previous edition, this is also found in all blue and all silver. This has quarter lights where a panel provides the door insert as well as the window section. Later models, with the same wheel types, are known without this. Here is a curious edition which has the six-point star wheels, fitted sometime after the 'crown' type and before the more realistic all silver type. Although a later edition it still has the quarter lights. These wheels are quite inappropriate for Rolls Royce but do make this significantly scarcer than the other types and so more expensive.
This is a splendid example. It appears to have no marks to the paintwork and the all important icon is in place on the chrome radiator.
The interior is clean and the windows are all clean and clear of marks. the doors, boot and bonnet all open and close smoothly and in line and the interior is brown and in good condition. The suspension is sound.
A splendid example.