Description A super example of this sporting saloon; interesting history; restored in the early 1990s and lightly used since; runs like a Swiss watch; former show-winner and one of the nicest we have seen The RM series was the last range of cars to be developed independently by Riley before the firm was swallowed up by BMC in 1952.

Originally made in Coventry, by 1949 production had moved to the MG works at Abingdon.

While the RMA and RME made do with a 1.5-litre engine, the RMB and its successor, the RMF, had the 2.5-litre 'Big-Four' with twin camshafts mounted high at the sides of the cylinder block, hemispherical combustion chambers and twin SU carbs.

In RMF form the engine produced 100bhp giving the car a top speed just a whisker shy of the magic ton, driving through a four-speed manual gearbox.

All the RM models were built on separate chassis assemblies with unstressed, ash-framed steel panelwork and a fabric-covered roof, although the RMF had a bigger rear window which improv...