Location: Melbourne
Year: 1926
Make: Rolls Royce
Model: 20HP
Engine Type: 6 Cylinder
Transmission: Manual
Odometer Reading: 8989 Miles Showing
Body Type: Sedan
VIN / Chassis: GUK68
Engine Number: G1811
Exterior Colour: Blue
Interior Colour: Beige
Being offered UNRESERVED.
Almost 100 years old and very few examples left make this a rare opportunity.
Vendor Notes:
This very unique Rolls Royce 20HP 1926 is a very smooth with an exceptionally quiet engine and the rest of the car provides the driver with a car that is a delight to handle. Beautiful Martin & King body presents very well for its age. Delicacy of control is a notable feature with every lever moving easily and with accuracy. The four-speed gear change is very light to handle, the steering is accurate and the brakes are powerful. The vehicle comes with extensive documentation of history, receipts and other paperwork detailing full ownership and much more. It runs and drives very well and commands a lot of attention where ever it goes. This car is a true vintage gem and collector’s item. The Lord Mayor of Melbourne was just one of its illustrious owners. Restored by its previous owner it has all of its Identification Plates intact and is a very original matching numbers car. This vehicle is a rare offering and a unique vehicle being part of Australia’s history, approaching 100 years.
In the years following the First World War, Rolls-Royce supplemented the Silver Ghost with an entirely new six-cylinder model codenamed the Goshawk, a car designed to appeal to the owner driver market. Introduced in 1922 and well suited to the prevailing economic conditions of the day, the Twenty proved a remarkable success, becoming the first in a line of smaller horsepower models produced alongside the Phantoms in the period leading up to the Second World War. The Twenty was an innovative design, featuring a 3.1-litre six-cylinder monobloc engine with a one-piece detachable cylinder head and was the first Rolls-Royce engine to feature overhead valves. A three-speed centre-change gearbox was initially used, with a four-speed unit added from 1925 onwards, along with all-wheel brakes. The chassis was a simpler version of the Silver Ghost’s, riding on a 129-inch frame with semi-elliptic suspension front and rear. Visually distinguished by the horizontal shutters on the radiator, the Twenty had been intended by its makers for light tourer coachwork but all too often they were burdened by the additional weight of cumbersome limousines, sedancas and landaulettes. Nonetheless, the press and customers alike were enamoured with the impressively smooth new engine, silent running and superb build quality – indeed, Rolls-Royce successfully introduced a new class of clientele to ‘The Best Car in the World’. In total some 2,885 examples of the Twenty were introduced before its replacement, the 20/25, was launched in 1929 and approximately 125 examples made their way to Australia when new, of which the majority were bodied locally.
This vehicle is located in our facility in Melbourne, for further information please contact Dave Hosking 0474 182 002 or Mason Hibbert 0455 191 035.
To protect your investment vehicle bidders should consider at a minimum replacement of fuel, oil, fluids, filters and thorough brake inspection as vehicles may have been stationary for some time. Vehicles are sold as is off the floor – unregistered. No warranty expressed or implied, sold with all or any faults, and where applicable sold with Australian Government Import Approval.
