1919 ROLLS-ROYCE SILVER GHOST LAUNDALETTE COACHWORK BY KELLNER Chassis No. 20PP Engine No. PP32 Green and black with black leather interior in front and green brocade in rear compartment. Engine: six-cylinder, 7,428cc, side valves, 48bhp at 1,000rpm; Gearbox: four speed manual; Brakes: two wheel drum; Suspension: front, semi-elliptic leaf springs, rear, cantilever. Right hand drive. The 40/50hp six-cylinder Rolls-Royce was conceived by Henry Royce in 1905 and in-fact was a redesign of the existing six-cylinder 30hp model. Production began in 1907 and the famous factory demonstration chassis 551, with its Barker Touring body was dubbed "Silver Ghost" due to its silver plaited coachwork and fittings. The publicity created by this car with its 14,731 mile RAC observed trial and its top gear only drive from the South Coast to Scotland persuaded the company to adopt the Silver Ghost name for all forms of future 40/50 models. The original design was so good that very little change took place during the cars long production run up to 1925. It set new standards of engineering and although it was no more technically advanced than some other cars, it always performed better and in a more refined and silent manner than any of its contemporaries. Thus the "Best Car in the World" reputation was established and became a legend in its own lifetime. Rolls-Royce only built the chassis, that is until after the last War, and therefore the prospective owner had an enormous variety of styles and shapes to choose from the leading coachbuilders of the day. It was not unusual for owners to change the coachwork style for summer and winter motoring, and for variations in family circumstances. In fact this beautiful Kellner coachwork was originally fitted to a 1914 chassis taken for use in the Great War. This Ghost has spent much of its life in Switzerland, and was brought to this country by the current owner, via a Poerters of Kensington in the mid-1980s. The car is said to be a strong runner, and three years ago completed a 200 mile journey.
1919 ROLLS-ROYCE SILVER GHOST LAUNDALETTE COACHWORK BY KELLNER Chassis No. 20PP Engine No. PP32 Green and black with black leather interior in front and green brocade in rear compartment. Engine: six-cylinder, 7,428cc, side valves, 48bhp at 1,000rpm; Gearbox: four speed manual; Brakes: two wheel drum; Suspension: front, semi-elliptic leaf springs, rear, cantilever. Right hand drive. The 40/50hp six-cylinder Rolls-Royce was conceived by Henry Royce in 1905 and in-fact was a redesign of the existing six-cylinder 30hp model. Production began in 1907 and the famous factory demonstration chassis 551, with its Barker Touring body was dubbed "Silver Ghost" due to its silver plaited coachwork and fittings. The publicity created by this car with its 14,731 mile RAC observed trial and its top gear only drive from the South Coast to Scotland persuaded the company to adopt the Silver Ghost name for all forms of future 40/50 models. The original design was so good that very little change took place during the cars long production run up to 1925. It set new standards of engineering and although it was no more technically advanced than some other cars, it always performed better and in a more refined and silent manner than any of its contemporaries. Thus the "Best Car in the World" reputation was established and became a legend in its own lifetime. Rolls-Royce only built the chassis, that is until after the last War, and therefore the prospective owner had an enormous variety of styles and shapes to choose from the leading coachbuilders of the day. It was not unusual for owners to change the coachwork style for summer and winter motoring, and for variations in family circumstances. In fact this beautiful Kellner coachwork was originally fitted to a 1914 chassis taken for use in the Great War. This Ghost has spent much of its life in Switzerland, and was brought to this country by the current owner, via a Poerters of Kensington in the mid-1980s. The car is said to be a strong runner, and three years ago completed a 200 mile journey.
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