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Rolls-Royce Prototype « Jules » ex Paris-Dakar – 1981
The item was sold for 600 000 €
Fees include commission and taxes.
Rolls-Royce Prototype "Jules" ex Paris-Dakar - 1981
Chassis no. CRX9234 (voir texte/see text)
French registration
French registration title
"Legends can't be invented. Mysterious, they write their stories with panache and mark their eras, becoming icons in the process. "Jules, the Rolls-Royce of the sands, is one of them!
(Paris-Match 6/02/81 and Le Figaro 15/01/81)
"Legends can't be invented, they're mysterious, they write their names with panache and mark their eras, becoming icons in the process. Jules, the Rolls Royce of the sands, is one of them!"
(Paris-Match 6/02/81 and Le Figaro 15/01/81)
The most legendary of all the cars that took part in the original Paris-Dakar.
Ready for the next Dakar Classic.
Eligible for the world's finest events.
A rare and unique opportunity to acquire this sacred monster.
Never before seen at public auction.
December 26 1978, Paris, Place du Trocadéro. A tall, slender
slender man, dressed in a white guru-style suit,
gives the go-ahead for a completely mad rally, a "Transat' des sables
sables" rally from Paris to Dakar. A motley caravan
of 182 vehicles (cars, motorcycles and trucks) set out
adventure through 6 countries, with no less than
3,168 km of highly selective special stages. History is
the legend of Thierry Sabine and his unique rally was born.
rally was born. This incredible adventure will be inextricably linked with
Africa, which it would leave at the end of the 2000s, to set course for
South America, then Saudi Arabia.
The popularity of the event grows rapidly, with
216 vehicles at the start of the 1980 event, and 291 in 1981...
600 in 1988. The distinctive feature of these early
of these first Dakar rallies was the mix of professional drivers in search of
adventure, "leeks" in search of trouble, and genuine "Geo Trouvetouts
Geo Trouvetouts convinced they had designed the right car for this
for this hellish event. In 1981, in the midst of this eclectic
Thierry de Montcorgé, a dandy playboy adventurer and
dandy playboy adventurer, perfectly in tune with his time
with the times and the adventure.
Legend has it that, one evening in the summer of 1980, Thierry and
Thierry and a friend, Jean-Christophe Pelletier (future partner
future partner of Cyril Neveu in the organization of the Rallye du Maroc
Rallye du Maroc) had the unlikely idea of entering the recalcitrant Rolls-Royce
Corniche. No sooner said than done
with... the search for a sponsor, and not the least! Very
the house of Christian Dior decided to take part in the
to promote its new men's fragrance: Jules.
For a trial run, it turned out to be a masterstroke. Legend has it
that the British firm Rolls-Royce tried to prevent this
unconventional association, but bowed to the French haute couture house's
of the French haute couture house. Well done them, for
to this day, no communication operation has ever matched
the Rolls-Royce prototype "Jules". The success was total
and media coverage is worldwide!
Our crew set about building what was to become a genuine
prototype, with the invaluable wizard Michel Mockrycki
Mockrycki, an American V8 specialist in France and the father of
Citroën prototypes. Thierry de Montcorgé
already had a solid off-road background, and decided to build a Rolls
a Rolls with the best of the best. Forget the weight and
British coupé design. A tubular structure is
from scratch before being fitted to a chassis and reinforced
chassis and running gear from a Toyota BJ 45. A big 5.7-liter V8 from
Corvette, power steering from Rolls, a bespoke fuel tank
332-liter fuel tank and a body that perfectly matches the
and dimensions of the Corniche are made of polyester...
The illusion is real, the marketing coup is grandiose.
and the public went wild.
If people at Rolls tear their hair out to see a Corniche silhouette
a Corniche silhouette grafted onto a Japanese chassis, and powered
an engine from across the Atlantic, as soon as the Trocadéro
Trocadéro, we know that the Rolls Jules (which borrows the Corniche's
the identity of the "organ donor" Corniche) was won.
And it's not even the adventures of the crew and the machine
which prevented them from arriving in Dakar in order.
the enormous media impact of this publicity stunt
heist of the century. Although Thierry de Montcorgé would later attempt
other Dakar coups, notably with an improbable
- but too fragile - 6-wheel Jules proto, it wasn't until
2021 for the "Dakar Rolls-Royce" to return to the spotlight, sold
the spotlight again, sold by Aguttes in a Private Sale at the
the unmissable Ven
Chassis no. CRX9234 (voir texte/see text)
French registration
French registration title
"Legends can't be invented. Mysterious, they write their stories with panache and mark their eras, becoming icons in the process. "Jules, the Rolls-Royce of the sands, is one of them!
(Paris-Match 6/02/81 and Le Figaro 15/01/81)
"Legends can't be invented, they're mysterious, they write their names with panache and mark their eras, becoming icons in the process. Jules, the Rolls Royce of the sands, is one of them!"
(Paris-Match 6/02/81 and Le Figaro 15/01/81)
The most legendary of all the cars that took part in the original Paris-Dakar.
Ready for the next Dakar Classic.
Eligible for the world's finest events.
A rare and unique opportunity to acquire this sacred monster.
Never before seen at public auction.
December 26 1978, Paris, Place du Trocadéro. A tall, slender
slender man, dressed in a white guru-style suit,
gives the go-ahead for a completely mad rally, a "Transat' des sables
sables" rally from Paris to Dakar. A motley caravan
of 182 vehicles (cars, motorcycles and trucks) set out
adventure through 6 countries, with no less than
3,168 km of highly selective special stages. History is
the legend of Thierry Sabine and his unique rally was born.
rally was born. This incredible adventure will be inextricably linked with
Africa, which it would leave at the end of the 2000s, to set course for
South America, then Saudi Arabia.
The popularity of the event grows rapidly, with
216 vehicles at the start of the 1980 event, and 291 in 1981...
600 in 1988. The distinctive feature of these early
of these first Dakar rallies was the mix of professional drivers in search of
adventure, "leeks" in search of trouble, and genuine "Geo Trouvetouts
Geo Trouvetouts convinced they had designed the right car for this
for this hellish event. In 1981, in the midst of this eclectic
Thierry de Montcorgé, a dandy playboy adventurer and
dandy playboy adventurer, perfectly in tune with his time
with the times and the adventure.
Legend has it that, one evening in the summer of 1980, Thierry and
Thierry and a friend, Jean-Christophe Pelletier (future partner
future partner of Cyril Neveu in the organization of the Rallye du Maroc
Rallye du Maroc) had the unlikely idea of entering the recalcitrant Rolls-Royce
Corniche. No sooner said than done
with... the search for a sponsor, and not the least! Very
the house of Christian Dior decided to take part in the
to promote its new men's fragrance: Jules.
For a trial run, it turned out to be a masterstroke. Legend has it
that the British firm Rolls-Royce tried to prevent this
unconventional association, but bowed to the French haute couture house's
of the French haute couture house. Well done them, for
to this day, no communication operation has ever matched
the Rolls-Royce prototype "Jules". The success was total
and media coverage is worldwide!
Our crew set about building what was to become a genuine
prototype, with the invaluable wizard Michel Mockrycki
Mockrycki, an American V8 specialist in France and the father of
Citroën prototypes. Thierry de Montcorgé
already had a solid off-road background, and decided to build a Rolls
a Rolls with the best of the best. Forget the weight and
British coupé design. A tubular structure is
from scratch before being fitted to a chassis and reinforced
chassis and running gear from a Toyota BJ 45. A big 5.7-liter V8 from
Corvette, power steering from Rolls, a bespoke fuel tank
332-liter fuel tank and a body that perfectly matches the
and dimensions of the Corniche are made of polyester...
The illusion is real, the marketing coup is grandiose.
and the public went wild.
If people at Rolls tear their hair out to see a Corniche silhouette
a Corniche silhouette grafted onto a Japanese chassis, and powered
an engine from across the Atlantic, as soon as the Trocadéro
Trocadéro, we know that the Rolls Jules (which borrows the Corniche's
the identity of the "organ donor" Corniche) was won.
And it's not even the adventures of the crew and the machine
which prevented them from arriving in Dakar in order.
the enormous media impact of this publicity stunt
heist of the century. Although Thierry de Montcorgé would later attempt
other Dakar coups, notably with an improbable
- but too fragile - 6-wheel Jules proto, it wasn't until
2021 for the "Dakar Rolls-Royce" to return to the spotlight, sold
the spotlight again, sold by Aguttes in a Private Sale at the
the unmissable Ven