Sold | 1924 Rolls-Royce 40/50hp Silver Ghost Pickwick Limousine A rare and highly original RHD Springfield Ghost

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£27,000 (Est: £30,000 - £35,000)

1924 Rolls-Royce 40/50hp Silver Ghost Pickwick Limousine A rare and highly original RHD Springfield Ghost

United Kingdom • 15 Oct 2025

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This 1924 Rolls-Royce 40/50hp Silver Ghost Pickwick Limousine is a rare, right-hand drive Springfield Ghost, sold for £27,000. It features Pickwick Limousine coachwork by Willoughby & Co and has been part of a private collection since 1990, requiring recommissioning after 35 years of storage.

Condition

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The car is described as being in a very original and unmolested state, with the interior especially standing out for its seemingly original condition. It is also mentioned that the car will require recommissioning and registration before it can be enjoyed on the road, and that the carburettor, cooling system, exhaust, brakes, steering and suspension will require attention. The car has been in storage for 35 years, it has moderate wear on the exterior and interior. Some reconditioning is required.

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Transmission:

Manual

Chassis No:

81JH

Odometer:

[Odometer Reading]

Reg Number:

[Reg Number]

RHD/LHD:

RHD

The model upon which Rolls-Royce's reputation as makers of “The Best Car in the World” was founded, the 40/50hp debuted at the November, 1906, London Motor Show.

A somewhat conventional yet beautifully-executed design, the newcomer was based around a massive ladder-frame chassis equipped with all-round leaf-spring suspension, powerful rear wheel brakes and spiral-bevel final drive.

Displacing 7,036cc (7,428cc from 1910), its superlatively smooth six-cylinder engine featured a seven-bearing crankshaft, full pressure lubrication and twelve spark plugs (fed viâ a dual magneto-and-coil ignition system).

Allied with a four-speed manual transmission (though a three-speed was utilised from 1909 to 1913), the sidevalve unit proved both wonderfully torquey and eerily quiet.

Possessing a legendary eye for detail, Henry Royce continued to develop the 40/50hp throughout its 18-year production life.

Thus, late Silver Ghosts boasted considerably more horsepower (up from 48bhp at 1,250rpm to 80b...