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£27,440

1935 Railton Eight ‘Woody’ Estate Car

United Kingdom • 2 Mar 2019 • Lot 140

Vehicle Details

AI Listing Summary

This is a 1935 Railton with a rebuilt 'Woody' shooting brake body, replacing its original tourer style. It features its original eight-cylinder engine, registration number, and comes with historical documents, offering a unique opportunity to own a piece of pre-war motoring history, albeit with significant modifications.

Condition

6

The car has been restored with a custom 'Woody' shooting brake body, replacing the original Fairmile One Tourer body. While the restoration includes original parts like wings, bonnet, and scuttle, the non-original body style and the fact that it was stored in a barn for a significant period impact its originality and condition. The interior has been redone in brown leather, and the car comes with documentation and historical tax discs.

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Transmission:

[Transmission]

Chassis No:

543632

Odometer:

36,426 miles

Reg Number:

EGU 9

RHD/LHD:

RHD

Conceived by business partners Reid Railton and Noel Macklin, Railton cars were based on Hudson mechanics and assembled at the old Invicta works on Macklin's Fairmile estate in Cobham, Surrey.

Introduced in 1933, the first Railton used a modified Terraplane Eight chassis on which was mounted British-style coachwork.

The Railton weighed less than the Terraplane and with 94bhp available from the 4,010cc side-valve straight eight, the result was a stylish car with outstanding performance for its day.

Priced at £499, it also represented remarkable value for money.

Tourers were offered at first, followed by saloons and dropheads.

Various other Hudson chassis were used over the years, the second series being based on the 4.2 litre Hudson Super Eight, and there was also a 'baby' Railton in the late 1930s, which was based on the Standard Ten.

The marque was effectively killed-off at the outbreak of WW2 having produced around 1,400 cars although a handful of prototypes were exhibited post...