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£28,000
1935 Rolls-Royce 20/25 By Hooper
UK • 25 Sept 2021 • Lot 247
Vehicle Details
AI Listing Summary
This 1935 Rolls-Royce 20/25hp, chassis GBJ44, features a four-door sports saloon coachwork by Hooper Ltd. It was originally ordered by Mrs. F M Houghton and comes with original build sheets and documents. The car is finished in a deep Maroon/Garnet exterior with a grey hide interior. It has been maintained by Ristes Motor Company and is reported to be running and driving very well.
Condition
7
The car is described as being in very good order throughout and running/driving well. The exterior is finished in a deep Maroon/Garnet with black wings and a twin gold coachline accentuating the body lines. The grey hide interior is somewhat patinated but beautifully original and the woodwork presents very well.
/ 10
97,610 miles
CGF 298
1935
Auction
GBJ44
RHD
United Kingdom
Description
By the late 1920s the trend for ever-heavier coachwork on the Rolls-Royce 20hp had inevitably had a detrimental effect on performance.
Rolls-Royce’s solution was to increase the comparatively small six-cylinder engine’s capacity from just over three litres to 3,699cc which, together with a stronger crankshaft allowing increased rpm, raised its output to 25hp.
Over the past eight decades the 20/25hp Rolls-Royce has earned an enviable reputation of being among the most dependable, satisfying and highest quality pre-war models of all.
Produced from 1929 to 1935, it represented the marque’s determined effort to move away from massive formal cars, routinely chauffeur-driven, to the newly-fashionable owner-driver market for the wealthy private owner-driver.
Hooper Ltd earned the name ‘The King of Coachbuilders’, a title rightfully earned in 1830 after being appointed the royal warrant as coachbuilder to King William IV.
Ordered new by Mrs. F M Houghton of Harrogate on 6th July 1935, cha...
Price Analysis vs Other 20/25 Hoopers
£8,625
Lowest Price (Since 2020)
£21,000
Median Price (Since 2020)
£28,000
Highest Price (Since 2020)
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MOT Information
Expired
Expired on 27th Apr 2013
Latest MOT mileage:
96,630 miles
MOT History
Passed
On 12th Apr 2012, 96,630 miles
Passed
On 30th Mar 2011, 96,058 miles
Passed
On 28th Apr 2010, 95,847 miles
There were 3 defects noted.
User Entered:
- slight seepage from steering box
- slight seepage from offside front shock unit
- underneath of vehicle covered with paint/underseal
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Historics
Unit D, Lyndhurst Buildings, Lyndhurst Road, Ascot, Berkshire, SL5 9ED
Operating from Ascot, Berkshire, Historics is a physical auction house handling classic, sports, and collector cars. They conduct live auctions in the UK and offer vehicle consignment and valuation services.
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