Rolls-Royce Wraith 1937 - Park Ward Saloon WXA6 4-Door

PRICE REDUCTION Originally an experimental test car, numbered 27GVI, this car was prepared by the factory in 1939 and became one of the very first production models (renumbered WXA6) when the Wraith was introduced to the public. The car is handsome, sound, in fine condition, with an imposing and attractive frontal aspect, featuring an impressive array of correct lamps and horns. The car has been well cared for by one family since 1997, and we have a complete ownership record prior to that. Also in the file is a buff logbook from 1949, various documentation, old MoT certificates and invoices confirming £32,000 of expenditure during the last ownership. Nicely correct, with particularly appealing brown leather interior, excellent headlining, carpets and wood veneers and a sliding sunroof. Some of the beige paintwork is losing adhesion, on one side of the car, and ideally will need attention in the near future, but the panels are totally sound, and this does not prevent the car from being used and enjoyed. Running and driving well, offered serviced, prepared and newly MoT tested. Chassis No. WXA6 Reg No. RC 5447 .Snippets: After being used as an experimental car (original chassis Nr 27-G-VI) WXA6 was sold to Lt. Col. Reginald George Stanham just prior to the outbreak of WWII. His wife, Helen MacArthur, was an Australian whose family imported the first merino sheep to Australia in 1796. When her father James Macarthur-Onslow died in 1945 she and her husband sold up and moved back to the family home Camden Park. The house has over 80 rooms and it is still owned by members of the MacArthur family. The 2nd owner was Captain Roger Cookson, the 4th son of George Cookson of Treslissick, Cornwall. The house has over 80 rooms and it is still owned by members of the MacArthur family. The 2nd owner was Captain Roger Cookson, the 4th son of George Cookson of Treslissick, Cornwall. Two of his older brothers died when they were just 25, in 1907 Geoffrey succumbed to the plague whilst serving with the KRR in Jubbulpore, India & in 1909 Christopher drowned whilst stationed with the 1st Battalion Rifle Brigade at Holywood. Another sibling, George, joined the Royal Flying Corps and in 1918 he was mentioned in despatches. Media reports of the time refer to Roger Cookson as being a racing driver for the Bentley Team but no evidence of this has surfaced. In 1913 Roger married Sybil Taylor (an author & journalist) they had two daughters, Georgina, who became an actress & Patricia who became a princess with her 2nd marriage to Henry Aymon Marle Rodolphe (Prince de Faucigny-Lucinge et Coligny).