1924 Rolls-Royce 20hp Park Ward Cabriolet

Estimate: £12,000 - £15,000*

Reg No: PM 5453 MOT: Exempt

Chassis No: GAK46

The car offered for sale here is a Rolls-Royce 20hp Park Ward Cabriolet, registered ‘PM 5453’, first delivered in 1924 to William Chater Lea. Copies of the original build sheets show this was chassis no. GAK 46 and engine no. G846. The documented history of GAK46 is unknown after the vehicle being gifted to Mrs Chater Lea’s chauffeur. Chassis no. GAK46 is pictured on page 437 of John Fasal’s book ‘Rolls-Royce Twenty’ and is shown to have suffered fire damage. In the 1980s Mr Eric W. Hillyard purchased a 1927 Rolls-Royce 20hp dismantled chassis with an earlier 1924 20hp engine. Mr Hillyard rebuilt the 1927 chassis with a period correct 1927 engine and kept the earlier 1924 (G864) engine to one side within his spares. In 1990 Mr Hillyard then purchased another Rolls-Royce 20hp rolling chassis with some bodywork still intact, this being chassis GAK46. It was then that Mr Hillyard realised he had reunited the engine G864 and chassis GAK46 from the original car purchased by William Chater Lea in 1924. In 1990 both the engine and chassis of Mr Chater Lea’s car was sold to a restorer in Cheshire.

Today, the chassis is in a restored state with a mixture of original and new coachwork. The engine and running gear are complete and ready for re-assembly. This includes a reconditioned head and engine internals and an untested but original gearbox. There are numerous spares included in the sale as a result of a lifetime of collecting including gasket sets and original Rolls-Royce tools. Also included are the many correspondences, including some with the Chater Lea family and various communications regarding the car, backing up the provenance along with photos and other rare memorabilia and technical drawings.

2012 Bentley Continental Flying Spur

Estimate: £20,000 - £25,000*

Reg No: YO12 PKD MOT: November 2023

Chassis No: SCBBE53W1DC081296

‘There is much to love about the Bentley Flying Spur: it creates a sense of occasion like few other cars at any price, and offers an endearing blend of performance, potential top speed and braking power. The interior sets it apart from the more mainstream rivals, and there can be no denying that it fulfills its remit as a big, lavish limo. It’s even fun to drive, in a brutish kind of way’ - Autocar magazine.

Introduced in 2005 to complement Bentley’s existing two-door Continental GT model, the four-door Flying Spur used a stretched version of its sibling’s platform. Powered by the same twinturbocharged 6.0 litre W12 engine allied to six-speed automatic transmission, the luxury sports saloon boasted 552bhp and 479lbft of torque; outputs sufficient for 0-60mph in 5.2 seconds and 194mph. Equipped with Adaptive Air Suspension, Continuous Damping Control and Tosen-based permanent four-wheel drive, the big Bentley proved surprisingly nimble.

Finished in White complemented by a Tan leather interior ‘YO12 PKD’ displays c.32,000 miles and has recently been imported from the dry climate of Singapore. Offered with the original handbook and service book, plus the V5C document and a current MOT certificate into November 2023.