1933 Rolls Royce Phantom II Continental

1933 Rolls Royce Phantom II Continental Barker Sedanca De Ville.

2PY was for a time in America. and was in a collection in San Francisco. It eventually returned to England. where the last owner before restoration was Edward Evans. a writer living in Haworth. the home of the Brontes. Since then over the last two years a massive restoration has been undertaken.

The body has been completely disassembled and repaired where necessary (Very little. condition of frame etc. . underneath the skin. was good. A new wooden sedanca box. and rear window frame. were made. ) and returned to the colours and state it was in when on the 1933 Paris Salon Rolls-Royce Stand.

Pale blue leather was used for the rear compartment in place of the original pale blue cloth. The whole car has just emerged from being retrimmed and the sedanca roof and the main roof have been covered in black japanned leather. The art deco inside has been preserved rather successfully and all the woodwork has been professionally re-veneered. The instruments read in Imperial (in white) and metric (in pale blue). Lambs' wool over-rugs are fitted front and rear. The interior of the luggage box on the rear is trimmed. Big tools are in a leather bag.

Note the Barker Body number plate on the driver's A-Post. and the Barker plaque on the driver's sedanca arm. There are two silver plaques on the inside of the glove box lid on the front passenger's side. One gives the Countess of Granard's name and addresses. the other. because of its residence in France. gives the relevant serial numbers of the car.

There is an electric master switch on the right hand side in the rear. under the passenger's knees on the floor.

There is a working blind on the rear window.

The car is magnificent and runs very well. The tracking is properly set up making for pleasantly light steering. Tyre pressures are 45psi front and rear.

The engine was extensively rebuilt by marque experts Ristes Motor Co less then 1000 miles ago. The compressions have been recorded and were all 90. + or – a few. It starts readily off the switch & pulls extremely strongly; combined with the modern overdrive & a long axle ration it truly lives up to the Continental Monniker.

The car is fitted with an overdrive. The original exhaust cut-out lever is in place on the floor in front. but is not connected. On the instrument panel on the left is a modern contact point for a sat-nav or to recharge a telephone.

The current owner has researched the cars history in detail & tells us the following:

The first registered owner was Mrs Dorothy Hearn Stubbs. who lived in the Deepdene Hotel in Dorking. a massive five star affair in a huge country house which had been built by the Hope family of bankers in about 1830. Now demolished.

The car passed to Beatrice. Countess of Granard. in the late summer of 1934. I suspect that Mrs Stubbs may have been an employee of Beatrice Granard. or maybe a companion. who did the deal on her behalf.

Beatrice was the twin daughter of Ogden Mills. who was himself the son of a very mega-rich American banker. Ogden Mills was secretary of the US Treasury and married several extremely rich wives. The Mills family lived at Livingston Mansion in Staatsberg. a huge house in New York State where they had lived for a number of generations. The whole scene was beyond imagination.

Beatrice married The 8th Earl of Granard. Master of the King's Horse to King George V. an Irish peer. who lived at Castle Forbes. Newtown Forbes. County Longford. Ireland.

She threw millions at Castle Forbes. and was the most successful owner of race horses in the 1930s in England. and in France. where she had been left a large house in the centre of Paris and a racing establishment. by her father in 1929.

To sum up this is an impeccably restored Phantom II continental that runs effortlessly in modern traffic & has been restored to a very high standard. It boasts numerous Art Deco touches & is elegance personified.

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