1937 ROLLS ROYCE 25/30

1937 Rolls-Royce 25/30 chassis number GAN37. Hooper Sports Saloon design 6684 built for Rolls-Royce themselves for the Geneva Motor Show. She weas originally delivered to Geneva on a French chassis plate and is marked up in metric and imperial. Her first private owner led the development of UK Aluminium industry. Her third owner was the surgeon on the Royal Yacht Britania and a renowned arctic explorer, know to her late Majesty, Queen Eliabeth II as ‘Our David’. A more recent custodian was the director of the VSCC and the Twenty Ghost Club, he added overdrive which has aided the car recent and frequent trips to France and Italy. We have maintained the car for the last owner who, with his wife, regularly covered trips of over 1000 miles with this 25/30 which was affectionately known as ‘Little Ethel’. She made the trips with ease and was more than comfortable cruising at 110 KPH all day long. Having been maintained to an extremely high standard, the previous owners invested some £40,000 during their 13-year tenure ensuring that the car was in first class condition. Looking through the extremely large history files, dating back to the 1950’s, it is clear to see that the cars previous owners have had a similar attitude toward maintenance, the car has simply been cosseted and that really shows today in the way she presents and drives. An extremely fine example of what must be one of the most drivable prewar Rolls-Royce’s on the market.