1932 Rolls-Royce 20/25

The Rolls-Royce was the result of a meeting between Henry Royce, a manufacturer of electric cranes in Manchester, and the Honorable C.S. Rolls, a pioneer motorist then selling Panhard automobiles in London. Rolls wanted his name to be associated only with the finest motorcar available and when he learned of the cars Royce was building, he was convinced he had found his opportunity. The first Rolls-Royce cars were offered in 1906 and by September of that year the first Rolls-Royce arrived in America. From the inception of the company until the outbreak of World War II, Rolls-Royce built only chassis, with coachbuilders creating each body to suit specific customers.

Though Rolls-Royce is well known for building large, stately vehicles, they offered smaller cars as well. The 20/25 was built along with the Phantom II from 1929 to 1936, and more 20/25 chassis were built than any other model between the First and Second World Wars. Many were completed with limousine type bodies; the Paris coachbuilder Vanvooren originally bodied this car as a Sedanca Saloon. In the 1950's and 1960's, it was common to take early Rolls-Royce models with closed bodies and refit them with sportier bodies reminiscent of the 1930s.

Collection of Fred Einer

Source - SDAM