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Saoutchik (France) special creation #7 for the Saudi Arabian royal household. This is a stretched convertible sedan (23½ feet long!) on the Series 75 chassis built for King Bin Seoud of Saudi Arabia [believed to be still in the Saudi royal garage]. It was ordered in May 1952, as a gift, by the younger brother of the Prince who was to be King upon the death of his lather, the late Ibn Seoud. The car was ready for shipment late in 1953 and arrived in Saudi Arabia in time for the coronation ceremonies and festivities, early 1954.There was a write-up about it in the Swiss annual Année Automobile, 1953. My translation follows: A Masterful Example of French Coachwork: The Car of King Seoud: Last May the younger brother of the man who was heir to the Throne of Saudi Arabia, and who since has become King following the death of his father, the well-known Ibn Seoud, ordered this beautiful automobile from the Saoutchik workshops in Paris, France with the intention of giving it to his brother as a coronation gift. It has just been shipped to Arabia where it is hoped it will arrive in time for the Coronation ceremonies due to begin early this year.

This is not the first car commissioned from the French coach-builder by the Arabian Royal family. This will be the seventh such car delivered by Saoutchik.

Wikipedia: Groen is de traditionele kleur van de islam.
Volgens de overlevering was groen de lievelingskleur van Mohammed.
In de vlaggen van Arabische landen verwijst groen naar de islam. Voor bedoeïenen die in de woestijn rondzwerven betekent de kleur groen de nadering van een oase