Description
7th Dec, 2024 10:00
The December 2024 Auction
1964 Riley 4/ 72
Lovely genuine example
Estimate
£10, 000 - £12, 000
Buyer's premium: 15. 00%
Lot details
Registration: 956 XAE
Chassis: RH5317374
Odometer: 26, 000
Transmission: Manual
MOT: Exempt
Credible and believable mileage
Lovely condition
Lots of paperwork
Been in long term storage and had low owners
We are very pleased to bring to market this lovely Riley 4/ 72 saloon with the manual gearbox. This example has only had 5 owners in 60 years and comes with some of its older V5s to back this up. It also has a lot of paperwork, invoices and receipts detailing work carried out, driver’s manual, copies of older adverts when it was for sale some years ago and a sales brochure which is a nice bit of history to have. This is backed up with details from the Riley Owner’s Club indicating one of the owners were members. All this tells us that the Riley has had the good fortune to have lived in some good homes over its life.
The vendor believes that the displayed mileage of 26, 000 miles could be correct. As always, it’s hard to tell but the condition of the Riley would lend itself to back this up, however, we invite you to make up your own mind as to what you think. Whilst the car has at some point been re-painted, the interior would appear to be very original and in very smart clean condition. The chromework is excellent, and could have been replaced, but it looks very original. In the boot there are some spares that the vendor has included.
We are grateful to the Vendor for the following information:
“This Riley 4/ 72 was first purchased on 17th June 1964 as ‘956 XAE’. The colour scheme was Arianca Biege and Sandy Biege with mushroom leather seats. The first owner was a Mr J. R. Goodman of Bristol and it remained with him until his death. The car was ran until 1972 (8 years) and for some unknown reason placed in a garage for 39 years until 2011. The mileage was 23, 000 which can be fully accepted as genuine judging by the condition of the body, underside, stunning interior and unmarked leather seats.
After Mr Goodman’s death, his son sold the car to J&J Services at Gatwick, they in turn sold it as a restoration project to an unknown person who quickly lost interest in the car and sold it to Tim Langrish. Tim carried out lots of the restoration work including respray, new brake and clutch master cylinders and all brake cylinders and brake pipes. The dynamo was reconditioned, and a full stainless-steel exhaust was fitted in October 2016.
After 5 years, Tim sold the car to David Thomson of Somerset. David continued the restoration work including painting the wheels and fitting 5 new tyres, new wheel trims and new hubcaps where added. He gave the car a full service, including rebuilding the SU carbs, new front brake shoes were fitted and rear brakes where adjusted. A new rev counter cable, water temp gauge, voltage regulator and dynamo were fitted. David Thomson sold the car to me on 31st March 2017. I will continue the restoration and attend as may shows as I can with this little known 4/ 72.”
All this really does make you think that this is a really genuine example, so we recommend you come and see what you think!
