1933 Rolls-Royce 20/25 Rippon Sports Saloon GWX10 Sports Saloon Petrol Manual

Description

A substantially built car in wonderfully solid condition, constructed in typical Rippon fashion, and with some lovely touches. The doors close beautifully, as though created yesterday, not ninety-odd years ago! The car is particularly handsome, with various appealing features, such as glass draft deflectors to the top of the doors, beautiful wings, incorporating sculpting and trouser creases, various stainless-steel fittings, including the door handles & the lovely P100 headlights, a sliding sunroof, and more besides. Unusually for a pre-war car, it is fitted with inertia reel seat belts in the front, neatly installed. We should also mention the very impressive toolkit, mounted in the boot, below which are two fitted suitcases. The car really is something special and out of the ordinary, is all correct, matured cosmetically in an attractive way, and in good order mechanically (with recent full re-wire inc. sensible upgrades), running smoothly and driving nicely. Offered serviced and MoT tested. Chassis No. GWX10 Reg No. KY 4506 . Snippets: The Darwin LinkGWX10 was ordered by Bertram Parkinson of B Parkinson & Co (Wool Merchants & Top Makers) & delivered to his home Creskeld Hall, Arthington. In 1800s Creskeld Hall was owned by the Rhode family, in 1849 Francis Rhode married Charlotte Marian Darwin Cooper, whose was a cousin of Charles Robert Darwin (their mutual great-grandfather being Robert Darwin). In 1850 Francis Rhode inherited the estate of his brother in law (Robert Alvey Darwin) part of the condition of inheritance was that Francis changed his name by deed poll to that of Darwin, not an uncommon occurrence in those days. In 1920 Creskeld Hall was bought by Bertram Parkinson & members of the Parkinson family still live there. In July 1940 Bertram Parkinson transferred ownership of GWX10 to his daughter Elsie Mary who had recently married Colonel Malcolm Stoddart-Scott, (Dr, MP & OBE) who by coincidence in 1932 had changed his name from that of Scott to Stoddart-Scott. From our research it would appear the GWX10 stayed with the Stoddard-Scott until 1972, almost 40years with one family.During the 1970s the 20/25 was owned by A. J. Le Blond from Newcastle, an entrepreneur who as a hobby bred & raced several racehorses including Javorrian, Spoofer & Shady. Then was also J. Oliff-Cooper, a keen angling journalist whose family played the roles of aristocratic owners of an Edwardian County House which was broadcast in 2002 by Channel 4. In the late 1980s the car was acquired by R. Skerman of C. Skerman & Sons, the company were manufacturers of what can only be described as Cement mixers for rolling sweets in!!

Central Locking; Sunroof; Safety Belt Pretensioners

About Us:
The Real Car Company Ltd

The Real Car Company was established in 1987 by Ray Arnold & Ian Johnstone to specialise in the sale of early Rolls-Royce and Bentley. It was a hobby that 'Got out of hand'. Our interest in cars of the type that we now sell goes back to our childhoods, and ownership back to the 1970s.
Gradually more cars started passing through our hands, and by 1986 we had decided to make a full-time occupation of buying and selling the cars that we love.

We started with a single car (all we could afford) which we sold quickly, and before we knew it we had 4 or 5 on our hands! This was alongside another business (exhaust systems) that we were involved in at the time.
In the spring of 1988 we gave up the other business, rented part of the premises that we still operate from now, and went full time.

We started well in the boom years of the late eighties, which set us up well enough for us to ride the storm of recession in the years that followed. As the years went on the number of cars going through our hands increased gradually, we built up a workforce, and we now carry a stock of around 30 to 40 vehicles with nine of us here. Over the years we have gratefully received awards from the motoring press.

We are always interested in acquiring cars of the type that we sell so if you know of a Rolls-Royce or Bentley for sale, anywhere in the World, particularly an early model, please let us know.



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Th: 09:00 AM to 05:00 PM
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Sa: Closed
Su: Closed

Why buy from us?
* Classic Cars
* Over 30 years in business
* Cars are physically at our premises
* Lovely roads to test drive on
* Our reputation

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