Unusually, this car was originally finished in silver, and still is, now enhanced with deep red waistline and matching leather, all in good order, and the dashboard and door cappings are finished in black lacquer. The car has benefitted hugely from major restoration work by the last two owners, including an engine overhaul (aluminium head), installation of a fully rebuilt 'MX' series overdrive gearbox, rear axle overhaul, radiator rebuild, and a great deal of other mechanical work, including to brakes and chassis generally, much of it carried out by Fiennes Restorations. A new mohair hood was fitted in 2009. Altogether, something in the region of £200,000 has been spent, all documented with detailed invoices in the fat folder that is with the car. There is too much to list here, but all of the invoices are available for inspection. As you can perhaps imagine, the car runs very well! Desirable, attractive, 'well sorted' and now representing very good value for money. Offered serviced and MoT tested until October 2023.

Chassis No. B45KU Reg No. ELF 314

Snippets: WWI Chauffeur & lover of Speed & Style -

Miss Nora MacCaw (1893/1971) was a lover of both Speed & Style - her cars included a Bentley 8 Litre, several 4 Ltrs, 3 Derby Bentleys and a PIII to mention a few!! Nora & her siblings were born in India and she was the youngest child of William & Eleanor MacCaw; he had qualified as a solicitor but he & his wife moved to Calcutta where he joined the firm of Kettlewell, Bullen & Co (est 1853), managing agents for jute & cotton mills, tea, railways. By 1895 William MacCaw was a partner and in 1895 he was elected President of Kettlewell & Bulen. Upon his return to the UK he became involved in politics & stood as Unionist MP for West Down. Nora's 3 siblings were Sir Vivian (1883/1936) who in 1932 became Sheriff of Calcutta & was knighted shortly before his death; Guy (1886/1952) who during WWI learnt Russian and served with the 17th Lancers - he was awarded the Military Cross, Vera MacCaw was educated in England alongside Guy, during their educational years they stayed with Hubert Hind (Vicar of Stoke) & his family. Nora was a keen motorist and during WWI she joined the Red Cross traveller and was stationed at Salonika in Greece as a chauffeur. After the war she remained in Europe and spent her summers in Biarritz with her companion Mrs. Lillian A Jupp; Nora later became a resident of Monte Carlo and in the 1950s she owned Villa Sauber - now part of the Monaco Museum complex. By 1941 B45KU was with another keen automobilist Hermon Bradley of Bilston - his wife Eleanor Bird was a member of the Bird's Custard family who were well known for their Yellow cars! The Bradley family firm was started by Walter Bradley with the production of frying pans and buckets, it soon evolved into kettles, cake stands, ironing boards and history has it that the company name of ''Beldray'' came about when Walter asked his sons Hermon & Hector to spell their surname with their wooden alphabet bricks and they got it wrong & the Beldray brand was born! Later fascinating British owners include Ronald Olaf Hambro (Banker, tragically widowed when his wife drowned in Loch Ness; Fred Parsons (printing & press), E. Deshaw (Ismay lamps), John W. S. Utley (Cotton Mills & rally driver), John S. Batchelor (Orthopaedic Surgeon & Rugby player), Dr. L. E. Ridge (3rd generation medical man).

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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'.

Opening Hours:

Mo: 09:00 AM to 05:00 PM

Tu: 09:00 AM to 05:00 PM

We: 09:00 AM to 05:00 PM

Th: 09:00 AM to 05:00 PM

Fr: 09:00 AM to 05:00 PM

Sa: Closed

Su: Closed

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