.jpg?w=1)
Details
1934 ROLLS-ROYCE 20/25hp SPORTS SALOON
COACHWORK BY H.J.MULLINER
Registration No. JSU 911
Chassis No. GXB 21
Engine No. N 5 D
Black with red leather interior
Engine: straight-six, 3,699cc overhead valves; Gearbox: four speed manual with side change and synchromesh on top ratios; Suspension: beam front, live rear axle with semi-elliptic leaf springs front and rear; Brakes: four-wheel mechanically operated servo assisted drum. Right hand drive.
Scottish Rolls-Royce retailer, The Clyde Automobile Co, handled the original sale of this 20/25hp, purchasing it for stock in October 1933, but before the order was completed within a month they sold it to Mackay, Rennie and Lindsay for a Mr. A.C.J.M. Anderson. A long type chassis, it was bodied by H.J. Mulliner with the handsome Four Door Four Light Sports Saloon coachwork it carries today, and in line with the practice on Continental Phantom chassis, a louvred bonnet was requested, it was also equipped with twin side mounted spare wheels and untarnishable fittings. Finally tested at Mulliners late in February 1934, Mr Anderson took delivery a few weeks later.
Build-sheets offered with the car confirm that it remained in Scotland through the war, and ownership is recorded until 1953 by which time the owner was G.E. Small of Princes Street, Edinburgh. Further documentation with the car notes that by 1973 the car had been exported to America, where it was purchased by Anne Adams of Virginia. In her ownership it appears to have been the subject of a thorough restoration of the coachwork, renewal of the interior to the current Mulberry hide, and full mechanical overhaul. It remained in America until 1987.
The present lady owner spent a long time choosing a 20/25hp that was the most pleasing to her eye, and impressed by the lines of this car, with its sporting four light design and integral boot, she acquired the Rolls-Royce approximately ten years ago. Work carried out on the car soon after purchase included repainting the coachwork to the present black livery and wheels to silver, and the sourcing of a full set of correct tools for the boot-lid tray.
In more recent years however the car has seen limited use, and not content by its deteriorating condition the vendor has reluctantly decided to part with it. Sympathetic attention would be recommended to small areas of the coachwork, as would mechanical recommissioning, prior to road use. However, with these aspects attended to the car will once again make a very attractive and usable owner driver saloon.
COACHWORK BY H.J.MULLINER
Registration No. JSU 911
Chassis No. GXB 21
Engine No. N 5 D
Black with red leather interior
Engine: straight-six, 3,699cc overhead valves; Gearbox: four speed manual with side change and synchromesh on top ratios; Suspension: beam front, live rear axle with semi-elliptic leaf springs front and rear; Brakes: four-wheel mechanically operated servo assisted drum. Right hand drive.
Scottish Rolls-Royce retailer, The Clyde Automobile Co, handled the original sale of this 20/25hp, purchasing it for stock in October 1933, but before the order was completed within a month they sold it to Mackay, Rennie and Lindsay for a Mr. A.C.J.M. Anderson. A long type chassis, it was bodied by H.J. Mulliner with the handsome Four Door Four Light Sports Saloon coachwork it carries today, and in line with the practice on Continental Phantom chassis, a louvred bonnet was requested, it was also equipped with twin side mounted spare wheels and untarnishable fittings. Finally tested at Mulliners late in February 1934, Mr Anderson took delivery a few weeks later.
Build-sheets offered with the car confirm that it remained in Scotland through the war, and ownership is recorded until 1953 by which time the owner was G.E. Small of Princes Street, Edinburgh. Further documentation with the car notes that by 1973 the car had been exported to America, where it was purchased by Anne Adams of Virginia. In her ownership it appears to have been the subject of a thorough restoration of the coachwork, renewal of the interior to the current Mulberry hide, and full mechanical overhaul. It remained in America until 1987.
The present lady owner spent a long time choosing a 20/25hp that was the most pleasing to her eye, and impressed by the lines of this car, with its sporting four light design and integral boot, she acquired the Rolls-Royce approximately ten years ago. Work carried out on the car soon after purchase included repainting the coachwork to the present black livery and wheels to silver, and the sourcing of a full set of correct tools for the boot-lid tray.
In more recent years however the car has seen limited use, and not content by its deteriorating condition the vendor has reluctantly decided to part with it. Sympathetic attention would be recommended to small areas of the coachwork, as would mechanical recommissioning, prior to road use. However, with these aspects attended to the car will once again make a very attractive and usable owner driver saloon.