Year: 1935 Make: Railton Model: Eight Tourer by Abbot Registration: DPF 89 Chassis No: 545207 Odometer: tba One of the most synonymous names in British motoring history, Railton Cars was founded in 1933 by Noel Macklin, a well-respected engineer who had already established his credentials as a top class car manufacturer with the Invicta marque which he founded in 1925.

For his new venture, he teamed up with Reid Railton, another brilliant engineer perhaps most famous for designing Sir Malcolm Campbell’s ‘Bluebird’ Land Speed Record cars of 1931 to 1935, and John Cobb’s record-breaking ‘Railton Mobil Special’.

Manufactured at the old Invicta works on Fairmile estate in Cobham, Railtons’ were handbuilt to order for a wealthy client base, no two Railtons were exactly alike but all were excellent cars and survivors are highly sought after today.

The marque was effectively killed-off at the outbreak of WW2, having manufactured 1,379 Eights of all types.

Our vendor, a serial Railton owne...