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£1,000

1955 Riley RME

United Kingdom • 13 Sept 2023

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Vehicle Details

AI Listing Summary

This 1955 RME is a late model presented as a restoration project, purchased in 2011 and requiring extensive re-commissioning. It comes with spare parts and documented engine work from the 1990s, offering a 'low value opportunity' for enthusiasts.

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Condition 

3

The vehicle is described as a 'potential project' in need of 'extensive re-commissioning.' While some work was done in the 1990s, it is now presented with panel sections and spare parts included, indicating it requires significant restoration work.

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[Transmission]

Transmission:

RHE23865

Chassis No:

Odometer:

[Odometer Reading]

LMW681

Reg Number:

RHD/LHD:

RHD

Description From a deceased estate; potential project for the Autumn months; lots of spares included First registered in January 1955, this is a relatively late RME showing off its sleek bodywork without the dated running boards of the earlier RMA.

It was approximately the 85 th last chassis off the line.

Obviously in need of extensive re-commisioning, it was purchased by the now deceased register keeper in 2011 for £3,400, so one can assume the condition was in a similar state then.

Before this, the previous owner had cared for it since 1994, after seven other keepers, all recorded on the filed buff logbook.

Significant work during the 1990s took place, some of which is documented in the file and did include the engine being reconditioned, costing in the region of £2,000 in 1995.

Photographs of this are also on file.

Now presented very much as a project, several panel sections and spare parts are included, making it a relatively low value opportunity to take part in 1950s motori...

Points of note

£1,000

Lowest Price (Since 2020)

£6,588

Median Price (Since 2020)

£24,080

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