- sedan
- 5,000 below average
- 189,900 fair
- Bedford Heights, OH
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- carsforsale.com
- 5,000 below average sedan gasoline white manual
1921 rolls-royce 40/50hp silver ghost cabrioletcoachwork by windoverschassis no. 32sgengine no. P68although the 40/50hp model would have earned its 'the best car in the world' sobriquet in any event, rolls-royce's decision to drop all other types only served to focus attention on what would become known as the 'silver ghost'. The heart of the silver ghost was its magnificent engine, a 7,036cc (later 7,428cc) sidevalve six equipped with seven-bearing crankshaft and pressure lubrication. A sturdy chassis comprised of channel-section side members and tubular cross members was suspended on semi-elliptic springs at the front and a 'platform' leaf-spring arrangement at the rear, though the latter soon came in for revision. The car offered here – chassis number '32sg' – was completed on 23rd december 1921 and despatched to coachbuilder windovers ltd for bodying as a coupé cabriolet. Founded in 1856 in huntingdon but from 1924 based in north west london, windovers diversified into the manufacture of motor bodies in the early 1900s, concentrating on quality marques – chiefly daimler and rolls-royce at first – before adding the likes of alvis, armstrong-siddeley, lagonda, lanchester, mercedes-benz and bentley to its portfolio in the 1930s. On completion in 1922 the silver ghost was delivered to consul general c f glad via the danish importer k w christensen, and has remained in and around copenhagen all its life. It retains its original engine, 'p68'. On 1st november 1930 the rolls-royce was delivered to j f schibler, a director of the wessel & vett company, owners of the famous magasin du nord department store in copenhagen. In 1947 the silver ghost was owned by dentist helpe poulsen and in 1950 was restored leo jansen. It subsequently passed into the ownership of architect paul tybjerg, a board member of the dansk veteranbil klub, who in 1958 donated the car to the klub's museum. In 1979 the rolls-royce was restored again and reunited with its original style windovers cabriolet body by paul bachmann frederica, passing in 1990 to jorgen hansen and thence to the current vendor in 2014. Strikingly finished in ivory white with contrasting dark red leather interior, '32sg' is still in generally very good condition some 30-plus years after restoration, the engine having been started recently after the car's lengthy period in storage. It comes with copies of the original build sheets; numerous other documents and period photographs; and danish registration papers.
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