Rolls Royce 25/30

This was one of the exhibits at the Footman James Classic Car Show Manchester at EventCity in September 2017.

It's a 1937 Rolls Royce 25/30, chassis GGR17, with a Thrupp & Maberly body and 4,345cc 6-cylinder in-line engine.

A note in the window had this information about the car and its owners since new:

Custodians from new:

1938-45        G French, Hale, Cheshire

1946-58        Sir Fred Emery JP

                     Tory MP for Salford West 1935-45

1958-60        L Jackson, Clifton Arms Hotel, Lytham

1960-74        Harold Hobson, Hobsons Garage, Liverpool  5

1974-86        Alexander Stratis Andreadis, London EC3

                     Son of Athens shipping & banking magnate; married to Christina Onassis 1975

                     Daughter of Aristotle Onassis, stepdaughter of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

1986-2012    Autosales of Kirriemuir wedding hire, Angus

                     Yellow paint added

                     Major engine rebuild 1994

2012 -           Martin Sinclair, Sale, Cheshire

                     Upgraded engine to Bentley 4¼ spec, with cross flow cylinder head & twin carbs

                     Modern Motoring (reversible) improvements include heating, electronic ignition,

                     Electric water pumps & fans