Mileage: 3600
Transmission: 4-Speed Manual
Chassis Number: AU21 Long Chassis
Engine Number: U17
Colour: Black over Royal Blue
1924 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost 40/50hp Enclosed Drive Arthur Mulliner Limousine
Exquisite. Finely detailed, with polished inlaid wood, second to none. Very few recorded owners
NOW SOLD
3600 miles since £103,000 spent. RREC Chassis card build sheet file
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Luxurious interior to rear with fabulous Bedford cord, detailed pockets to front & rear doors, with woven door and ceiling leaf motifs
Blinds to 5 windows.
2 occasional seats. (5 passenger seats to rear, plus 2 seats to front)
Silver plated detailed door handles ornately decorated with leaf motifs - illustrated
The most fabulous curved wood and glass division
Four part Vee-windscreen with two upper opening sections
Smokers chimney to rear
No expense spared with Arthur Mulliner on this car.
3600 miles since £96,749.09 of restoration work by Ristes of Nottingham including engine rebuild.
£6,250 new & correct set of 33" x 5" straight sided wheels and tyres fitted recently. Twin side-mounts. This new set has replaced the well-base wheels & tyres fitted until recently.
A gorgeous family limousine for summer picnic outings, incidental Wedding Car use for friends, family or even occasional hire if so minded.
This is a very large and imposing motor car with no illusion to its high status in the day.
7428cc side valve 6-cylinder
6'9" in height, 16'7" in length. 12'6" long wheelbase.
Measure your motor house or enquire about professional car storage & come to view this long wheelbase Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost.
A perfect example of one of the finest & most elaborate luxury motor cars of the early 1920s having had restoration invoices of £103,000 in the last 10 years.
V5C registered with original registration number. Brown 1950s log book
Located in the New Forest
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The 2nd owner was internationally famous; Fred Roper is pictured here with his Wonder Midgets in 1931.
Fred Roper was a theatre owner with performing adult Wonder Midgets - see You Tube film https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHuzWfat8dMI
Fred Roper is the tall one in the film. There are also any number of films and references on this link
http://www.google.co.uk/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=Fred+Roper+performing+midgets&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&gfe_rd=cr&ei=kxO3WNGVHamn8weF05rAAw
http://www.genealogy.com/forum/regional/states/topics/fl/15747/
https://finepixtrix.wordpress.com/2013/10/04/fred-roper-and-his-amazing-midgets/
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