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£22,400 (Est: £20,000 - £25,000)

1937 Rolls-Royce 25/30 Tourer

United Kingdom • 19 Feb 2025

Vehicle Details

AI Listing Summary

This 1937 Rolls-Royce, originally a Thrupp & Maberly limousine, was later rebodied as an open tourer. It features an engine from a 1933 model and has been dry-stored for several years, requiring recommissioning.

Condition

5

The car's history includes a rebodied conversion, engine replacement, and a period of limited use. While maintained by specialists, it hasn't been running recently and is missing side screens. Overall, it needs some work to bring it back to top condition.

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Transmission:

[Transmission]

Chassis No:

GUN5

Odometer:

[Odometer Reading]

Reg Number:

142YKR

RHD/LHD:

RHD

Description From a deceased estate; current owner 33 years; originally supplied by Rootes of Piccadilly as a Thrupp & Maberly limousine; rebodied by H Horsefield and Son; engine from a 1933 20/25 Supplied new by Rootes of Piccadilly in 1937, this Rolls-Royce (chassis number GUN5) comes with RREC paperwork confirming that it started out in life as a 25/30 with enclosed limousine coachwork by Thrupp & Maberly and was originally finished in black with the registration number OC 111.

The first owner was a Mr Smith of Stratton House in Mayfair, opposite The Ritz Hotel.

At some point between the 1960s and 1983, the original engine was changed to a 20/25 unit (number J5F) which came from a 1933 Rolls (chassis number GTZ-26, according to RREC records on file).

A buff logbook records three owners between 1947 and 1966.

By 1983 it was owned by a Mr P Walker of Leeds and was still a black limousine, but bills on file to the tune of c.£5,000 imply that it was converted to the current open tour...