It's hard to picture sunny days out in glorious convertibles when you're in the middle of a British winter. Perhaps readers in other parts of the world are slapping on the sunblock and taking the roof down, so we'll try to get into the same mood. After all, it was only a few short months ago that we had a wonderful day in subtropical East Yorkshire, meeting Blair Jacobs and his Rolls-Royce Corniche.
As we pull up outside the farm property where Blair's business, Pipe Dreams Classic Cars, is based, the Corniche is glinting in the sun like a well-polished bronze sculpture. That paint shade is actually called Nutmeg, a fine metallic that changes in the light, showing hues of rose gold amongst the darker tones. This is a 1980 example, and therefore a Corniche I Series II (see The longest-lived model’, p.43)
