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1935 ROLLS-ROYCE 20/25 BROUGHAM DE VILLE
COACHWORK BY WINDOVERS
Registration No. NPD 63
Chassis No. GXK 50
Engine No. V 22 F
Chocolate brown over fawn with brown wings and brown leather/cloth interior.
Engine: six cylinder in-line, overhead valve, 3699cc; Gearbox: four speed manual with syncromesh on upper two ratios; Suspension: beam axle to front, live axle to rear, half elliptic springs all round; Brakes: servo assisted mechanically operated four-wheel drum. Right hand drive.
Under the dedicated direction of Claude Johnson, Rolls-Royce had been well served by its magnificent 40/50hp Ghost since its introduction in 1907. But in the early 1920's it became clear that demand for a rather smaller luxury car was strong and likely to grow. In response, in 1922 the company introduced the Twenty, a very refined 3.2 litre overhead-valve 53bhp six-cylinder model, initially offered with a three-speed gearbox. As was the Rolls-Royce practice, though painstakingly built and lovingly finished, it was quite a conventional automobile, but there was scope for the customary programme of regular improvements. Four-wheel brakes came along in 1924, together with a four-speed gearbox controlled by a right hand gear lever. The Twenty was given an extra half-litre of swept volume in 1929 to become the 20/25. It sold briskly throughout the increasingly difficult late 1920's and provided the basis for a whole family of six-cylinder motors which lived on into the post war Silver Wraith era.
Windovers completed this attractive Brougham de ville in May 1935 for a Mrs Cartwright whilst she was living in Paris. The Rolls-Royce Enthusiasts Club chassis records detail the car returning to the UK four years later still in this ownership and subsequent history is recorded up until 1960 when it is thought the car was sold to California where it resided in a private museum for over twenty years.
The car was restored by Antique Automobiles Ltd of Baston prior to its purchase by the current owner just over ten years ago. A well proportioned design on the long type chassis, the Brougham is handsomely liveried and carries basket weave to the rear part of the bodywork.
The rear passenger compartment has been re-upholstered in a woven fabric and is equipped with a single occasional seat and writing desk as well as a small smokers companion and speaking tube. Unusually both the division and door panels are furnished with full wood panelling.
The front driving compartment features leather upholstery, correct Rolls-Royce instrumentation and a pull-out under seat tool tray to the nearside. Externally the presentation is completed with details including Opera lights, Marchal headlights together with a central driving light and the car has a fold-away luggage rack to the rear.
A stylish 20/25hp in fastidious ownership, the car has been regularly shown at R.R.E.C. Concours events, being an Elegance Class winner in 1991 and 1993 at Castle Ashby and Althorp Park and is ready to be used for similar events in the future.
COACHWORK BY WINDOVERS
Registration No. NPD 63
Chassis No. GXK 50
Engine No. V 22 F
Chocolate brown over fawn with brown wings and brown leather/cloth interior.
Engine: six cylinder in-line, overhead valve, 3699cc; Gearbox: four speed manual with syncromesh on upper two ratios; Suspension: beam axle to front, live axle to rear, half elliptic springs all round; Brakes: servo assisted mechanically operated four-wheel drum. Right hand drive.
Under the dedicated direction of Claude Johnson, Rolls-Royce had been well served by its magnificent 40/50hp Ghost since its introduction in 1907. But in the early 1920's it became clear that demand for a rather smaller luxury car was strong and likely to grow. In response, in 1922 the company introduced the Twenty, a very refined 3.2 litre overhead-valve 53bhp six-cylinder model, initially offered with a three-speed gearbox. As was the Rolls-Royce practice, though painstakingly built and lovingly finished, it was quite a conventional automobile, but there was scope for the customary programme of regular improvements. Four-wheel brakes came along in 1924, together with a four-speed gearbox controlled by a right hand gear lever. The Twenty was given an extra half-litre of swept volume in 1929 to become the 20/25. It sold briskly throughout the increasingly difficult late 1920's and provided the basis for a whole family of six-cylinder motors which lived on into the post war Silver Wraith era.
Windovers completed this attractive Brougham de ville in May 1935 for a Mrs Cartwright whilst she was living in Paris. The Rolls-Royce Enthusiasts Club chassis records detail the car returning to the UK four years later still in this ownership and subsequent history is recorded up until 1960 when it is thought the car was sold to California where it resided in a private museum for over twenty years.
The car was restored by Antique Automobiles Ltd of Baston prior to its purchase by the current owner just over ten years ago. A well proportioned design on the long type chassis, the Brougham is handsomely liveried and carries basket weave to the rear part of the bodywork.
The rear passenger compartment has been re-upholstered in a woven fabric and is equipped with a single occasional seat and writing desk as well as a small smokers companion and speaking tube. Unusually both the division and door panels are furnished with full wood panelling.
The front driving compartment features leather upholstery, correct Rolls-Royce instrumentation and a pull-out under seat tool tray to the nearside. Externally the presentation is completed with details including Opera lights, Marchal headlights together with a central driving light and the car has a fold-away luggage rack to the rear.
A stylish 20/25hp in fastidious ownership, the car has been regularly shown at R.R.E.C. Concours events, being an Elegance Class winner in 1991 and 1993 at Castle Ashby and Althorp Park and is ready to be used for similar events in the future.