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£37,125 (Est: £12,000 - £15,000)

1924 Rolls-Royce 40/50hp Silver Ghost

United Kingdom • 29 Apr 2026 • Lot 121

Vehicle Details

AI Listing Summary

This 1924 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost, once owned by Otto Oppenheimer of the De Beers diamond empire, is a worthwhile restoration project. It boasts its original engine and comes with RREC chassis records, though it needs rebodying and some restoration work.

Condition

4

The car requires rebodying and further restoration, though the chassis and engine are believed to be in good condition. There is also a note that the chassis number has been recorded incorrectly on the logbook.

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Transmission:

Manual

Chassis No:

36LM

Odometer:

[Odometer Reading]

Reg Number:

RPL 600

RHD/LHD:

RHD

PLEASE NOTE: The registration number ‘XT 1692’ confirmed in the text is only believed, not confirmed as the original registration number.

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-sprung 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/coil ignition system).

Allied to four-speed manual transmission (though a three-speed gearbox 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 40/50...