Beschreibung
This wonderfully styled and quite rare 1948 Rolls Royce Silver Wraith is now available due to semi-retirement and the resultant downsizing of our wedding car fleet.
Manufactured new in 1948, chassis WC2B was supplied to Park Ward & Co on the 18th of June 1948 for clothing in Sports Saloon Coachwork. Supplied new to the first owner that year, the first owner being owner being A. H MacGeorge Esq, likely a gentleman of high status, not only due to the Rolls-Royce purchase but also due to residing in George Square Glasgow a very smart area of the city.
Retained in first ownership until 1960, the Rolls-Royce was then acquired by a motor trader based in Glasgow who is understood to have displayed the Silver Wraith at a number of events including winning its class at the 1960 RREC Concours d 'Elegance in Scotland. Exported to America in 1971, the Silver Wraith entered the ownership of World War II veteran Milton Blackstone who served with the 7th Ferrying Group of the Air Transport Command (ATC) and in whose ownership WCB26 remained for forty-five years.
As an active member of the San Diego Rolls-Royce Owners club, the Wraith is understood to have attended further rallies while a resident in America. Repatriated in 2016 by the current owner, chassis WCB26 has benefitted from comprehensive restoration works including a full bodywork renovation and repainting, new clutch, overhauled front suspension a completely retrimmed interior, new exhaust system and new tyres with the engine and gearbox only requiring servicing, with much of the work completed by Rolls-Royce specialists Ristes Motors of Nottingham and recent bills on file for £7, 400 pounds worth of expenditure. Now presenting in White with a Cream leather interior and finished off with Red piping and Red carpeting. The Wraith retains its matching chassis and engine numbers as originally built.
Starting readily and running and driving well during a recent photography session in Peterborough the Wraith which has been reunited with its original registration (DHS 665) is an appealing prospect for any new owner having had just 4 known owners from new. Supplied with a large history file that contains the RREC factory records; invoices from the car’s time in America; photographs and correspondence from Mr Blackstone’s ownership; numerous state titles, accompanying Rolls-Royce literature; and a current V5C document.
A few finshing cosmetic touches could be done in the future but nothing major as much money has been spent on this car in my ownership. The car is available to view in Peterborough. See Description
