1938 Rolls-Royce 25/30HP Sport Sedanca

This 1938 Rolls-Royce 25/30 wears a Sport Sedanca body created by Hooper. It rides on 19-inch, steel-spoke, wire wheels wrapped with whitewall tires. The six-cylinder overhead valve 4,257cc engine produces 115 horsepower and has an aluminum crankcase and cast iron cylinder block. The carburetion is a single downdraft Stromberg unit fed by dual SU electric fuel pumps from an 18-gallon tank. The 4-wheel drum brakes are assisted by a gearbox-mounted Hispano-Suiza licensed clutch-type servo. The chassis is equipped with a DWS permanent jack system and was lubricated by a pedal-operated Bijur oiling system. The gearbox is a floor-lever-operated, synchronized manual 4-speed unit.

Just three Rolls-Royce 25/30 models were coachbuilt with Sport Sedanca coachwork by Hooper. Hooper was formerly the designated coachbuilder for the Queen and the Royal House of England. The exterior is finished in silver and gray and features an aluminum sliding roof concealed in the roof of the rear compartment. The front and rear doors are rear-hinged, and a single spare tire and wheel are mounted in the right side fender.

This Sedanca has a stainless radiator shell wearing a Spirit of Ecstasy mascot, defining most Rolls-Royce motorcars since 1911. There are large, plated headlamps, and dual chrome-plated trumpet horns are mounted on both sides of the radiator.

The interior is trimmed in pleated brown leather in the rear compartment and silver-gray leather in the front with tan wool carpeting. A fine-grained veneer is used on the window openings, door, and dash.

This Rolls-Royce 25/30 was originally purchased on March 26th of 1938 and delivered to D.A. Liddell in England on March 26, 1938. Its next owner was Richard Murdock of England who purchased it on March 22nd of 1950.

By Daniel Vaughan | Oct 2022