Sold | Offered from the late Colin Clifford Collection 1936 Riley 15/6 Kestrel Saloon

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£23,000 (Est: £20,000 - £30,000)

Offered from the late Colin Clifford Collection 1936 Riley 15/6 Kestrel Saloon

United Kingdom • 13 Sept 2025

Vehicle Details

AI Listing Summary

This 1936 Riley 15/6 Kestrel Saloon, offered from the Colin Clifford Collection, features a rebuilt engine and overhauled gearbox. While restored in 2000 and retaining its original leather, it shows wear consistent with rally use and requires some reconditioning.

Condition

6

The car has been restored, with the engine rebuilt and gearbox overhauled, and the chassis has been Waxoyled. However, there is mention of replaced carpets but retention of the original leather upholstery. The listing also refers to attendances to annual rallies and car shows, suggesting moderate wear and tear typical of a regularly used classic car.

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Transmission:

Manual

Chassis No:

47K 3068

Odometer:

6,000 miles

Reg Number:

DKM 156

RHD/LHD:

[RHD/LHD]

• Relatively rare six-cylinder Riley • Restored in 2000 • Engine rebuilt in 2005 ( circa 6,000 miles ago) • Gearbox overhauled in 2022 "Certain characteristics, as original as they are concisely practical, have caused the Riley '9' to be regarded as the most advanced design of British built small cars on the market.

Now the makers have completed the task of giving the '9' a larger brother and are placing on the market a five seater of similar characteristics, but with a six-cylinder engine." – Autocar .

Clothed in stylish bodywork by Stanley Riley, the Coventry marque's pre-war offerings were among the world's finest small-capacity sporting cars.

Percy Riley's 9hp, 1,087cc, twin-camshaft four was an outstanding engine design by any standards, various versions powering Rileys from 1926 to 1957.

The twin-cam Riley engine was one of the most advanced of its day, so it can have caused little surprise when the Coventry manufacturer created its first six by, in effect, adding a pair of c...