Classic Cars / Rolls-Royce / Car for sale
1928 Rolls-Royce 20hp Park Ward Landaulette GYL62
Sale price: £45,000.00 Make an offer
Car location: Bethesda, United Kingdom
Sale type: Fixed price listing
Technical specifications, photos and description:
- Make:
- Other
- Model:
- OTHER
- Year:
- 1928
- Type:
- Other
- Color:
- White
- Engine:
- 3,127
- Transmission:
- Manual
- Fuel:
- Petrol
- Drive side:
- Right-hand drive
- Previous Owners:
- 3
- V5 Document:
- Yes
- Got questions?
- Ask here!
1928 Rolls-Royce 20hp Park Ward Landaulette GYL62 for sale
Current customer rating:
() based on 259 votes
An original-bodied four light Landaulette. re-painted in recent years. nicely re-upholstered in red leather throughout. and both the fixed and folding part of the roof has been re-covered in suitable mohair. Mechanically in good order. running nicely. and benefiting from a recently overhauled gearbox. Other work in the past few years is well documented and includes overhauled dynamo. and a very nicely re-nickel plated set of correct Lucas lamps. An attractive car. with correct 20" wheels. rear-mounted trunk. all in decent order. and offered at a sensible price.
Chassis No. GYL 62.
Reg No. BF 4551.
£45. 00.
Snippets: The South African Connection
Delivered to Samuel Wilkinson Pilling (1856/1939) JP of Welton Hall. Yorkshire. who was 72 years young when he took delivery of GYL 62! S. W. Pilling was a director of Beyer. Peacock & Co Ltd –
manufacturers & exporters of locomotives – their articulated locomotives were mainly exported to South & East Africa and Australia with their standard locomotives being used in Sweden. Norway. Buenos Aires. Malta. Isle of Man & Wales! Samuel Pilling was a noted organist & he regularly gave recitals on his Four Manual Concert Organ at Welton Hall.
His wife. Leila. was a daughter of Marmaduke Fox. a popular & wealthy woollen merchant at Marmaduke's funeral (Feb 1892) the local press reported that at least 1. 00 people attended the funeral.
Samuel & Leila's son Richard Norman Pilling lived at Kiplin Lodge. Howdendyke which had been inherited by his wife Maud. she was a member of the Anderton family whose fortune was made in the Chemical industry.
A book titled “The Annihilation of a place called Howdendyke” was published by J D Porteous which details the Anderton family & their involvement with the community.
By 1964 GYL 62 was in Transvaal (across the Vaal). Pretoria with A J Messenger and in 1965 he & GYL 62 took part in the 1 st Shell Rhodesia National Vintage Motor Rally.
It is believed that Mr Messenger caught site of GYL 62 whilst he was “geographically misplaced” touring Wales. he stopped at a farmhouse to ask directions. saw GYL 62 & immediately purchased her!
Chassis No. GYL 62.
Reg No. BF 4551.
£45. 00.
Snippets: The South African Connection
Delivered to Samuel Wilkinson Pilling (1856/1939) JP of Welton Hall. Yorkshire. who was 72 years young when he took delivery of GYL 62! S. W. Pilling was a director of Beyer. Peacock & Co Ltd –
manufacturers & exporters of locomotives – their articulated locomotives were mainly exported to South & East Africa and Australia with their standard locomotives being used in Sweden. Norway. Buenos Aires. Malta. Isle of Man & Wales! Samuel Pilling was a noted organist & he regularly gave recitals on his Four Manual Concert Organ at Welton Hall.
His wife. Leila. was a daughter of Marmaduke Fox. a popular & wealthy woollen merchant at Marmaduke's funeral (Feb 1892) the local press reported that at least 1. 00 people attended the funeral.
Samuel & Leila's son Richard Norman Pilling lived at Kiplin Lodge. Howdendyke which had been inherited by his wife Maud. she was a member of the Anderton family whose fortune was made in the Chemical industry.
A book titled “The Annihilation of a place called Howdendyke” was published by J D Porteous which details the Anderton family & their involvement with the community.
By 1964 GYL 62 was in Transvaal (across the Vaal). Pretoria with A J Messenger and in 1965 he & GYL 62 took part in the 1 st Shell Rhodesia National Vintage Motor Rally.
It is believed that Mr Messenger caught site of GYL 62 whilst he was “geographically misplaced” touring Wales. he stopped at a farmhouse to ask directions. saw GYL 62 & immediately purchased her!
Want to buy this car?
Comments and questions to the seller:
Other classic Rolls-Royce cars offered via internet auctions:
price: $15,100.001978 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow II w/ 48k Orig Mi, Rare Chrome Yellow Calif Car
price: $75,000.001984 Rolls-Royce Corniche ~ by Mulliner Park-Ward
price: £14,990.001994 Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit 111 6.8 Auto Final Edtion. MK 111. Late Model
price: $39,995.001960 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II
Latest arrivals:
-
$19,950.000 -
$29,625.000 -
$30,100.000 -
$69,950.000 -
$19,999.000 -
$15,100.000 -
$57,799.000 -
$6,700.000 -
$56,800.000 -
$14,999.000 -
$8,600.000 -
$12,500.000 -
$650.000 -
$75,880.000 -
$45,880.000 -
$500.000 -
$46,500.000 -
$71,000.000 -
$49,900.000 -
$35,500.000