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1937 Rolls-Royce 25/30 Hooper Limousine GAN78

Sale price: £14500 Make an offer

Car location: Bethesda, United Kingdom

Sale type: Fixed price listing

Technical specifications, photos and description:

Make:: Rolls-Royce
Model:: 1937 Rolls-Royce 25/30 Hooper Limousine
Year:: 1937
Type:: Standard Car
Color:: Other
Engine:: 4,257
Transmission:: Manual
Fuel:: Petrol
Drive side:: Right-hand drive
V5 Document:: Yes
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1937 Rolls-Royce 25/30 Hooper Limousine GAN78 for sale

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1937 Rolls-Royce 25/30 Hooper Limousine GAN78

A relatively light project. being a sound. correct limousine. with much potential. Good body structure. with good door fit. deep red leather front and rear. most of which is good. and even some of the paint will clean up reasonably. The engine is out and dismantled. and has a repaired crankcase. but we also have a spare engine available. if you wish to go down this route. The car has been in storage for a number of years. but with the engine done. should come back to life nicely. and be a very respectable wedding hire limousine. Has a correct and desirable set of QK 596 headlamps and long trumpet horns. Last on the road in 2006.

Chassis No. GAN 78.

Reg No. AGE 307.

£14. 00.

Snippets – The Biscuit Family:

Delivered to John Ewing Mac Farlane (1883/1973). his grandfather had inherited the biscuit (translated as twice baked) firm of Macfarlane Lang in 1841 from his uncle James Lang. John Macfarlane Snr died in 1908. literally the day before he was due to retire & the firm was left to his 3 sons James (Kt 1932). John & George.

In 1912 John & his daughter were aboard the P&O liner “Oceana” enroute to India when it was rammed & sunk by the German iron barque “Pisagua” the Oceana lowered one of her lifeboats but it capsized killing 9 of the occupants including John Mac Farlane. his daughter was thrown clear and survived.

The Mac Farlane family business interests were varied & included Shipping: Thomas Dunlop & Co with a vessel named “Clan Mac Farlane” Power: Gas Light & Coke Co Ltd and Property.

John E. Mac Farlane's brother Robert French Mac Farlane (French being his mother's maiden name) was a notable inventor who between 1922 & 1951 had some 51 worldwide patents registered in his name for use with the production of Biscuits.

The Mac Farlane family felt a great deal of responsibility towards their local communities & employees both in Scotland & England to the extent that in 1926 Sir James & his brother George donated 22 acres on which was built the Canniesburn Infirmary. in 1960 John Ewing funded a lifeboat which was duly christened the “John & Frances Macfarlane”.