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This Rolls-Royce features custom coachwork by Merrimac Body Company, which was the largest supplier of bodies to the American-based Rolls-Royce manufacturing operation in Springfield, Mass. (1920-1931).
Though the Rolls-Royce name is indelibly linked to England, the firm once manufactured automobiles on United States soil in Springfield, Massachusetts, from 1920 until 1931. The reason for this business venture were numerous: America had become the most important automobile market in the world; U.S. duties on imported cars made them unrealistically expensive; the Rolls-Royce manufacturing plant in Derby, England lacked the capacity to meet global demand and delays in shipping automobiles from England to the United States didn't sit well with impatient, affluent buyers.
The car was retrofitted at the Rolls-Royce Springfield factory with four-wheel brakes (mechanical), vertical radiator shutters, 7.00 x 21 'balloon' tires and hydraulic shock absorbers. In addition, the top was lowered.
This car was originally owned by a Mrs. D.P. Robinson of Rye, New York. In 1926 she sent the car back to the factory in Springfield, to be retrofitted with four-wheel brakes and a Westinghouse vacuum booster. At the same time, the factory made several changes to update the car. The windshield and top were lowered to give the car a more rakish look. Vertical shutters were installed in the grill and larger tires and wheels were installed along with Autolite twin distributors.
In May 2007 the current owner drove the car more than 7,000 miles on tours in the United States and in the Alps. The car has participated in the Silver Ghost Centennial in England and Scotland as well as Extreme Mountain Driving in the French and Swiss Alps.
The car remains largely original and is driven regularly.
Though the Rolls-Royce name is indelibly linked to England, the firm once manufactured automobiles on United States soil in Springfield, Massachusetts, from 1920 until 1931. The reason for this business venture were numerous: America had become the most important automobile market in the world; U.S. duties on imported cars made them unrealistically expensive; the Rolls-Royce manufacturing plant in Derby, England lacked the capacity to meet global demand and delays in shipping automobiles from England to the United States didn't sit well with impatient, affluent buyers.
The car was retrofitted at the Rolls-Royce Springfield factory with four-wheel brakes (mechanical), vertical radiator shutters, 7.00 x 21 'balloon' tires and hydraulic shock absorbers. In addition, the top was lowered.
This car was originally owned by a Mrs. D.P. Robinson of Rye, New York. In 1926 she sent the car back to the factory in Springfield, to be retrofitted with four-wheel brakes and a Westinghouse vacuum booster. At the same time, the factory made several changes to update the car. The windshield and top were lowered to give the car a more rakish look. Vertical shutters were installed in the grill and larger tires and wheels were installed along with Autolite twin distributors.
In May 2007 the current owner drove the car more than 7,000 miles on tours in the United States and in the Alps. The car has participated in the Silver Ghost Centennial in England and Scotland as well as Extreme Mountain Driving in the French and Swiss Alps.
The car remains largely original and is driven regularly.
2024 Gooding & Company : Pebble Beach
Pre-Auction Estimates :
USD $200,000-USD $300,000
Sale Price :
USD $212,800
1925 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Auction Sales
Recent Sales of the Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost
(Data based on Model Year 1925 sales)
1925 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Piccadilly Roadster Chassis#: S204PK Sold for USD$212,800 2024 Gooding & Company : Pebble Beach | |
1925 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Piccadilly Roadster Chassis#: S169MK Sold for USD$291,000 2023 Bonhams : Amelia Island Auction | |
1925 Rolls-Royce 40/50 HP Silver Ghost Piccadilly Roadster by Merrimac Chassis#: S369RK Sold for USD$280,000 2019 RM Sothebys : The Guyton Collection | |
1925 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Piccadilly Roadster Chassis#: S77LK Sold for USD$550,000 2014 Gooding & Company : Pebble Beach Concours | |
1925 ROLLS-ROYCE 40/50HP SILVER GHOST ALL WEATHER TOURER Chassis#: S283 PK Sold for USD$308,000 2014 Bonhams Quail Lodge Auction | |
1925 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Piccadilly Roadster Chassis#: S169MK Sold for USD$250,000 2014 Greenwich Concours D'Elegance Auction | |
1925 Rolls-Royce 40/50 Silver Ghost Salamanca Permanent Chassis#: S242PK Sold for USD$203,500 2013 Gooding and Company - Pebble Beach | |
1925 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Pall Mall Tourer Chassis#: S88LK Sold for USD$203,500 2012 Gooding and Company - Pebble Beach Auction | |
1925 Rolls-Royce 20hp Barrel-Sided Open Tourer by Rippon Chassis#: GCK19 Sold for USD$109,092 2010 Coys Auction - Blenheim Palace | |
1925 Rolls-Royce 20hp Sedancalette de Ville Chassis#: GSK55 Sold for USD$47,978 2009 Bonhams - Beaulieu Autojumble, National Motor Museum | |
1925 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Sold for USD$132,000 2009 Automobiles of Arizona | |
1925 Rolls-Royce 40/50hp Silver Ghost Rolling Chassis Chassis#: S152MK Sold for USD$49,725 2006 Bonhams - The Frank Cooke Collection | |
1925 Rolls-Royce 40/50hp Rolling Chassis Chassis#: 278 Sold for USD$55,575 2006 Bonhams - The Frank Cooke Collection | |
1925 Rolls-Royce 40/50hp Silver Ghost Display Chassis Chassis#: S287PK Sold for USD$58,500 2006 Bonhams - The Frank Cooke Collection | |
1925 Rolls-Royce 45/50hp Silver Ghost Schapandrier-style Tourer Chassis#: 104 EU Sold for USD$164,573 2005 Bonhams - Collectors' Motor Cars, Motorcycles & Automobilia |
Rolls-Royce Silver Ghosts That Failed To Sell At Auction
1925 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost's that have appeared at auction but did not sell.
Vehicle | Chassis | Event | High Bid | Est. Low | Est. High |
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1925 Rolls-Royce Springfield Silver Ghost Berwick Sedan | S298PK | 2016 H & H Auctions Imperial War MuseumDuxford | |||
1925 Rolls-Royce Springfield Silver Ghost Berwick Sedan | S298PK | 2015 H & H RREC Burghley House | |||
1925 ROLLS-ROYCE SPRINGFIELD SILVER GHOST RIVIERA TOWNCAR | 390XH | 2015 BarrettJackson Scottsdale | |||
1925 Rolls-Royce Springfield Silver Ghost Berwick Sedan | S298PK | 2014 H&H Auctions : RREC Rockingham Castle | |||
1925 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost 40/50 Dual Cowl Tourer | 62 EU | 2012 H & H Auctions Rockingham Castle | |||
1925 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost 40/50 Sedan | S287PK | 2012 H & H Auctions Rockingham Castle | |||
1925 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost 40/50hp Playboy Roadster | S227PL | 2003 Bonhams Collectors' Motor Cars, Cycles, & Automoblia at RAF Hendon | $80,000 | $100,000 | |
1925 ROLLS-ROYCE SILVER GHOST PALL MALL TOURER | 2001 Kruse Auction San Antonio, TX | $81,000 | |||
1925 ROLLS-ROYCE SILVER GHOST PALL MALL TOURER | 2001 Kruse Auction Scottsdale Arizona | $85,000 |
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