Sold | 68-Years-Family-Owned 1923 Rolls-Royce Springfield Silver Ghost 7-Passenger Oxford Tourer

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£120,818

68-Years-Family-Owned 1923 Rolls-Royce Springfield Silver Ghost 7-Passenger Oxford Tourer

United States • 15 May 2022

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This 1923 Rolls-Royce Springfield Silver Ghost, family-owned for 68 years, features Oxford seven-passenger touring coachwork and a 7.4-liter inline-six engine. Sold for $166,000, it presents an older repaint, blue interior, and comes with extensive historical documentation, though it shows some cosmetic wear and requires re-covering of the convertible top.

Condition

6

The car is described as wearing an older repaint, with various dings and imperfections on the body, suggesting moderate wear. The interior was reupholstered several decades ago. Some components like the fuel gauge are not working, and the convertible top needs re-covering. While it comes with historical documentation and has been well-maintained by a family for many years, these cosmetic and minor mechanical issues indicate that it's in good, but not excellent, condition.

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Transmission:

Manual

Chassis No:

152JH

Odometer:

50,000 miles

Reg Number:

23 ROLLS

RHD/LHD:

RHD

This 1923 Rolls-Royce 40/50 is one of approximately 1,700 Silver Ghosts built at the company’s American factory in Springfield, Massachusetts, and is said to be one of only 77 dressed in Oxford seven-passenger touring coachwork.

Chassis 152 JH was delivered new on April 28, 1924, in Germantown, Pennsylvania, and passed through three known owners in the region before being purchased from the widow of a Philadelphia businessman circa 1954 by the current owners’ great uncle.

It remained with him until his 1959 passing, after which it spent several years with the current owners’ grandmother before being given to the owners’ father, who subsequently brought it with him to California.

The car remained in California for most of the ensuing four decades before being moved in 2010 to Las Vegas, where it was placed in storage.

Wearing an older repaint in blue and black, it is powered by a 7.4-liter L-head inline-six with a single updraft carburetor, twin-plug ignition fed by a magneto and a ...