A lovely, correct and original drophead, finished in a tasteful shade of soft, muted pale green with nicely contrasting red leather interior - a very attractive combination and all in excellent condition. In the early 1980s, a major restoration took place, mechanically, structurally and cosmetically, all documented, with invoices, correspondence, etc, and since then the car has been well attended to, with more work carried out, including a new cylinder head being fitted in 2009. There is a detailed log of maintenance and repairs carried out by the last owner over the last twenty years or so, and all-in-all, the history file contains a great deal of letters, invoices, MoT certificates, etc, as well as an old green logbook, which added together form a picture of a car that has been loved and cherished. All of this attention has resulted in the car you see today, which has stood the test of time extremely well. A delightful car, sensibly priced, offered serviced, with five new Waymaster tyres, which suit it particularly well, with new heavy duty inner tubes, and newly MoT tested.

Chassis No. B117AE Reg No. AXY 216

Snippets: A Pair of Military Crosses Col. James Nockells Horlick (1886/1972) owned B117AE for just a year before he sold it to Richard Maurice of Little Grove Priory in Chesham. During WWI Col Horlick served with the Coldstream Guards and was awarded both the British & Greek Military Cross for his actions in Greece, he also received the Order of the White Eagle (4th Class) & the Chevalier Legion d'Honneur. In 1944 he purchased the estate of Achamore on the Isle of Gigha, Argyll where he restored the gardens to their former glory and include plants such as Southern Rt (New Zealand), Puya Alpestris (Andes) and Wollemia Nobilis (Australia) plus many Rhododendrons which Col Horlick cultivated. When R. Maurice owned B117AE it appeared at the JCC Rally at Brooklands in March where the car was driven by a Mr. J. Martin who managed a respectable 3rd place overall in the over 16hp event. We think this person could be James Martin of Kirriemuir - a well known sportsman and participant of various Rallies, he also owned a SS100 & in 1939 was fined £4 for driving his car at excessive speeds in Dundee! After WWII Richard Pilkington a scion of the Pilkington Glass family registered B117AE at the family London home of 3 Palmer Street, Westminster. In 1930 he joined the Goldstream Guards and was stationed in Sudan and Egypt, in 1935 he resigned from the army to become MP for Widnes but with the outbreak of WWII he rejoined the Army. In 1940 he was awarded the Military Cross for his work during the Dunkirk evacuation.

V5 Registration Document; Electronic Stability Program (ESP); Safety Belt Pretensioners

About Us:

The Real Car Company was established in 1987 by Ray Arnold & Ian Johnstone. It was a hobby that 'Got out of hand'. Our interest in cars of the type that we now sell goes back to our childhoods, and ownership back to the 1970's. Gradually more cars started passing through our hands, and by 1986 we had decided to make a full time occupation of buying and selling the cars that we love.

We started with a single car (all we could afford) which we sold quickly, and before we knew it we had 4 or 5 on our hands! This was alongside another business that we were involved in at the time. In the Spring of 1988 we gave up the other business, (exhaust systems), rented part of the premises that we still operate from now, and went full time.

We had a good start in the boom years of the late eighties, which set us up well enough for us to ride the storm of recession in the years that followed. As the years went on the number of cars going through our hands increased gradually, we built up a workforce, and we now carry a stock of around 40 to 50 vehicles and there are nine of us here. In 1999 we were awarded 'International Classic Car Dealer of the Year' by Classic Cars Magazine. The market for 'our' kind of cars is nicely stable, generally prices are creeping upwards all the time, and we feel that investing in a car - or cars - of the type that we sell is generally a great place to put your money. Don't do it just for investment, but you can get a great deal of pleasure from these vehicles, prices are - in our opinion - unlikely to drop, and you can't drive a share certificate! Some prices in the last three or four years have moved up considerably, and these cases have shown a tremendous return on investment.

Over the last fifteen years or so we have brought home several hundred cars from the USA, and we are always looking for more. If you know of a Rolls-Royce or Bentley anywhere in the world, in absolutely any condition, please let us know. Distance no object, commissions happily paid. We always particularly enjoy the 'barn finds'.

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Why buy from us?

* Classic Cars

* Over 30 years in business

* Cars are physically at our premises

* Lovely roads to test drive on

* Our reputation