Equipment
RHD. Overdrive, cream wire wheels, blackwall tires, Elliott speedometer, Boa Constrictor bulb horn, single right side spare, CAV electric headlights and sidelights, wood windshield frame.
Condition
Long owned by the Knowles family in Massachusetts, donated to the Henry Ford museum in 1941 with 2-seat coachwork. Bought from there as a rolling chassis by Dr. Sam Scher in 1968 (for $7,000) who fitted a new body (this one, probably) and returned it to the Henry Ford. Bought by Millard Newman. Later owners include Philip Peterson, Nic Moller and Dr. Veasey Cullen, Jr. since 2004. Concours quality older paint, interior, engine, underbody, chassis and bright nickel. Impossible to fault in any material way except that it's not freshly done and that the body was built by Gus Reuter in the style of its original London to Edinburgh Tourer coachwork.
Market commentary
While some may scoff at the replica coachwork, it is the way it was originally built by Rolls-Royce and Barker and the intent of owners like Dr. Scher to keep it as intact as possible as well as several owners driving it extensively over the years confers no small measure of honor on it in its present guise. Starts and runs well and is a proud acquisition at this price.