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CHEAPEST ROADWORTHY VINTAGE ROLLS?

Finding a pre-war Rolls-Royce project isn’t difficult. Finding a useable car ready to use and enjoy while you improve it is less straightforward, especially if the price is south of £30,000. This 1928 Rolls-Royce 20hp Limousine may well be the most affordable roadworthy vintage Rolls-Royce (in the proper sense of the ‘V’ word – 1919 to 1930) on the market.

The car was bodied by Flewitt of Birmingham, who only bodied a few 20hp and 40-50hp Silver Ghost chassis in the 1920s, making this a rare survivor, though there was a time when its survival seemed unlikely. Owner Tom James recaps the history.

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