Description
Pavilion Gardens | Buxton, Derbyshire
12th Feb, 2025 9:00
1936 Rolls-Royce 25/ 30 Sedanca de Ville
Estimate
£28, 000 - £32, 000
Registration No: CYU 376
Chassis No: GUL 41
MOT: November 2025
Fitted with its original Barker 'Owen' coachwork with twin spare wheels
Current ownership since 2018
Offered with chassis card records, owners handbook, invoices and current V5c
Subject to a previous overdrive and engine overhaul
Maintaining its policy of offering one ‘Large’ and one ‘Small’ model (the terms being purely relative!), Rolls-Royce introduced the 20/ 25 in 1929 as a successor to the outgoing 20HP. Though the newcomer was intended to appeal to owner drivers, many examples were in fact sold to customers with chauffeurs. Power came from an enlarged version of the straight-six unit used in the 20HP. Now of 3699cc, it made for swifter acceleration and a higher top speed – up to 75mph, depending on the chosen body. The four-speed manual gearbox featured the manufacturer’s traditional right-hand change and was equipped with synchromesh on the top two ratios from 1932 onwards. The substantial chassis sported rigid axles front and rear suspended on semi-elliptic leaf springs. The four-wheeled braking was mechanically servo-assisted. In 1936, the company opted to increase the performance once more, further enlarging the engine to 4257cc to create the so-called 25/ 30, of which 1, 201 examples were made before the model was superseded by the Wraith in 1938. Like many Rolls-Royce motorcars of this elegance, the 25/ 30 marque starred on the silver screen, most notably in ‘The Naked Truth’ and ‘Death on the Nile’.
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