General Information

Serial #

GY5907

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

SHEET METAL/ CAST IRON/ STEEL/ TAN FABRIC TOP/ GLASS/ RUBBER/ SYNTHETIC

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

467.0 cm

Width

167.0 cm

Height

183.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

2540.0

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Motorized Ground Transportation

Category

Automotive vehicles

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Rolls Royce

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

City

Derby

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

The first Rolls-Royce sold in Canada belonged to Fred Booth, the son of the logging magnate, in 1907. Canadian elite such as the Eaton family, James Dunn, Captain Clarence Mawson Marpole from Vancouver etc. owned such luxury cars since at least 1907. They were a symbol of status. This particular car has been owned first by a British person, Lord Wakefield, founder of Wakefield Oil Co. which became Castrol Oil. He bought the car after he became a Baron and before he became a Viscount. He was also mayor of London from 1915-1916. Later on, the car belonged to Robert F. Huskins, who lived in Nova Scotia, Canada from at least the 1960's until 1974. After that he was living in the U.S.

Function

Owner driven passenger vehicle for general transportation.

Technical

The body was made by Windovers. It has the number 5833 and was done under job no. J8276. All bodies from Rolls-Royce were always custom made by the most important coachbuilders from England. The chassis was "off test" at the Rolls-Royce factory in Derby, England on 13 May 1932. After, it had been completed and tested, it went to the Rolls-Royce depot at Lillie Hall, London by train and was delivered to Windovers Ltd, in Hendon, London for the body to be erected. This car has been specially ordered by Lord Wakefield as to his specifications: black paint, white fine striping, striped cloth for the rear interio and black leather seats for the front, with folding armrests rare at the time), a coronet painted on the main doors, with Lucas lamps and accessories, cobra horn, etc. He paid 1050 pounds for the chassis including the trade of 2 Crossley cars. The body would have cost about 600 pounds. The white top is most probably not original to the car. It must have been dark color. 20/25 HP refers to the new engine that had been developed in order to have more performance in accordance to the Rolls-Royce body weights. It was produced from 1929 until 1937. 3 827 were produced.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

N/A

Missing

INSIGNIA IN RIGHT HEAD LIGHT From CA of 02/03/2000 by Kevin Machan: Undetermined - Unknown.

Finish

DARK GREEN/ BLACK FENDERS

Decoration

N/A