1935 Rolls-Royce 20/25 Coupe by Freestone & Web

West Coast Classics are proud to present this extraordinarily rare, award winning of prestigious events and very original 1935 Rolls-Royce 20/25 Coupe with aluminum body and wood frame by Freestone & Webb. Chassis # GLG53 Engine # D3T Fixed Head Three Quarter Coupe 20/25 GLG53 One of two examples of this attractive body on the 20/25 chassis Beautifully finished, national award-winning restoration Accompanied by copies of build records, restoration photos, and invoices A CCCA Full Classic Chassis number GLG53 was one of two Rolls-Royce 20/25s fitted with coupe bodies to this design by Freestone & Webb, who were renown and highly regarded for their sporting razor edge style. Featuring sweeping fenders and an especially tasteful roofline, it was specified for continental touring with firmer springs, lower headlights, and dual spares by its original owner, Sir James Henderson, Esq., a British diplomat living in Milan, Italy at the time.The elegant coupe is shown as delivered in Lawrence Daltons legendary Rolls Royce bibles \"Those Elegant Rolls-Royce\", as well as in a period advertisement by legendary London dealer Jack Barclay Ltd, who appeared especially proud of this sale and chose this particular car over any other for his 1935 advertisements. Factory records indicate that the car next passed to a Mr. Stroppel, then to Donald Fraser of Harley Street, London, and to American enthusiast W.E. Hurlock in 1965. Two additional owners, Fred Pennington of Pennsylvania and Thomas Moody of Florida, followed before the car was acquired by its most recent caretaker, an avid Rolls-Royce enthusiast, before we recently acquired the car. Beginning in 2016, the owner undertook a full restoration of the car to its original condition. Much of the work was completed in his own hands, including rebuilding the inner wood framework, repairing the sheet metal, and finishing the body in a period-correct color scheme of Embassy Beige and Sandstorm Beige. The engine was rebuilt by James Long and the upholstery done by L&S Auto Trim of Gainesville, Florida, using wool and leather materials matched to samples of the originals. With restoration at last complete, the car was shown quite successfully in competition, including appearances at Keeneland and Hilton Head in 2018, a very prestigious Antique Automobile Club of America First Junior at Palatka in 2019, and winning the coveted first place in the Early Small Horsepower Concours class at the Rolls-Royce Owners Club Annual Meet at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in 2023. Still in excellent overall condition, it is accompanied by a particularly interesting history file, including photographs and invoices from the restoration. One of the most award-winning and best-finished small Rolls-Royces offered in recent memory, with especially pleasing and dramatic styling, this is an exceptional example of the 20/25, offered from one excellent caretaker to the next. The Rolls-Royce 20/25 is the second of the inter-war entry-level models. Built between 1929 and 1936, it was to prove very popular, becoming the most successful selling inter-war Rolls-Royce. Its success enabled Rolls-Royce to survive the Great Depression, unlike the majority of its competitors in the luxury market, and remain one of World's great brands. Only 3,827 20/25s were produced over its 7 years of production, and as a testament too their incredible build quality more than 70% of these reportedly still survive in use today. The target market for the 20/25 was the same as the Twenty the luxury, owner driver, not chauffeur driven, market. The project to develop the next generation 20 hp was code named Goshawk with the goal for the new model to increase both power & performance. This was achieved by increasing the bore from 3 to 3.25 inches. The stroke was unchanged at 4.5 inches. This increased capacity by 17%, from 3,128 to 3,675cc, and raised the RAC rating up to 25.4 hp! In 1936 the 20/25 model wa