£22,500
1933 Rolls-Royce 20/25 Saloon Coachwork by Park Ward
United Kingdom • 26 Jul 2023
Vehicle Details
AI Listing Summary
This 1933 Rolls-Royce 20/25 Saloon, chassis GBA8, features coachwork by Park Ward. It has known ownership since new, including time with Capt. A.G.Soames and a possible connection to Winston Churchill's daughter. It also benefits from mechanical work including a new clutch by Fiennes, radiator re-core, and new cylinder head at a cost of £5,130.
Condition
6
The car has been re-trimmed previously, with new carpets, headlining and a re-covered roof. Chassis GBA8 has benefitted from a starter ring, a new clutch, a radiator re-core, a new cylinder head at a cost £5,130, the starter and dynamo overhauled, the wipers refurbished, brakes checked-over and cleaned, the servo re-lined, a new calorstat, the carburettor refurbished, some chroming re-done, rear wings re-modelled, front and rear aprons re-primed, new tyres and tubes, a part new exhaust, a new clutch by Fiennes.
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Manual
Transmission:
GBA8
Chassis No:
Odometer:
[Odometer Reading]
ALW 20
Reg Number:
RHD/LHD:
RHD
Launched in 1929, the Rolls-Royce 20/25 was powered by a 3669cc OHV straight-six engine allied to four-speed manual transmission.
Usefully faster than its 20hp predecessor, the model remained in production until 1936 by which time some 3,827 had been sold.
Capable of supporting a wide variety of coachwork, the 20/25hp's substantial ladder frame chassis was equipped with all-round semi-elliptic leaf-sprung suspension, four-wheel drum brakes and a mechanical servo.
Originally built for Capt.
Arthur Granville Soames, it is believed 'ALW 20' (Chassis GBA8) was used by Winston Churchill's daughter, whose father-in-law was Capt.
Soames.
Mary Spencer-Churchill (Baroness/ Lady Soames 1922 - 2014), married Capt.
A.G.Soames' son, Christopher Soames (Baron/ Lord Soames1920 - 1987), in 1947.
Presented in Black over Blue, the interior is finished in Brown leather.
The interior has been re-trimmed previously, with new carpets, headlining and a re-covered roof.
Chassis GBA8 has benefitted f...
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£16,800
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£22,750
Median Price (Since 2020)
£31,236
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MOT Information
Expired
Expired on Sep 06 2022
Latest MOT Mileage
64,248 miles
Registration Date
1933-12-31
MOT History
Passed
On Sep 07 2021 with 64,248 miles
Passed
On Jun 02 2012 with 64,248 miles
Passed
On Feb 26 2011 with 64,248 miles
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