Descrição
For sale in our forthcoming auction 'Retromobile the Official Sale', on 2 February 2024 :
French title
Chassis n° WCB 56
- Very rare shooting brake version with driver separation!
- Invoiced at Lecoq at over €63, 000 in 2014
- Known history and same owner for over 40 years
- No reserve
The first post-war Rolls Royce, the Silver Wraith was produced from 1946 to 1959. In keeping with the pre-war tradition, the chassis were sent to the major coachbuilders for dressing. Chassis WCB 56 was delivered on 4 August 1948 to Park Ward Ltd in Willesden. This Rolls was later converted into a wooden station wagon, allowing the rear seat to be folded down and the car to benefit from a large flat floor. Factory documentation tells us that it was delivered new on 14 December 1948 to Colonel Sir R. A. Needham in London, and acquired 3 years later by Short Bros & Harland Ltd. In 1952, it came into the ownership of Miss Yule of Bricket Wood (who was probably responsible for modifying it to a wooden station wagon) and changed hands on her death to Mr Willis of Ealing on 14 October 1960.
Its current owner acquired it around 1978 (and registered it in France in 2000) from a collector who had registered it in May 1977 in England. In 2014 carrosserie Lecoq restoring the bodywork, including a new set of wood panelling, at a cost of over €63, 000.
This Rolls-Royce-based wood station wagon is a rare opportunity to acquire an exceptional model offering undeniable practicality and originality.
