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BethesdaHi Can we update the customer dealer page with this The Real Car Company Ltd The Real Car Company was established in 1987 by Ray Arnold & Ian Johnstone to specialise in the sale of early Rolls-Royce and Bentley. It was a hobby that 'Got out of hand'. Our interest in cars of the type that we now sell goes back to our childhoods, and ownership back to the 1970s. Gradually more cars started passing through our hands, and by 1986 we had decided to make a full-time occupation of buying and selling the cars that we love. We started with a single car (all we could afford) which we sold quickly, and before we knew it we had 4 or 5 on our hands! This was alongside another business (exhaust systems) that we were involved in at the time. In the spring of 1988 we gave up the other business, rented part of the premises that we still operate from now, and went full time. We started well in the boom years of the late eighties, which set us up well enough for us to ride the storm of recession in the years that followed. As the years went on the number of cars going through our hands increased gradually, we built up a workforce, and we now carry a stock of around 30 to 40 vehicles with nine of us here. Over the years we have gratefully received awards from the motoring press. We are always interested in acquiring cars of the type that we sell so if you know of a Rolls-Royce or Bentley for sale, anywhere in the World, particularly an early model, please let us know
A smart, clean and handsome example, very nicely finished in silver, with wings and waistline moulding in a lovely shade of blue. The interior consists of excellent leather to the front, cloth to the rear & the headlining all in deep blue, with light blue carpets & particularly attractive wood veneers all work together to create a very unusual and pretty combination. All in fresh, smart condition & to a high quality. Appealing features include trouser crease wings, an original Philco Transitone radio control on the dashboard, flashing indicators incorporated into the existing sidelights and taillights, as well as trafficators worked from a different switch. Mechanically very good, running and driving nicely, clutch just overhauled and various other preparation works carried out. Offered newly MoT tested. Chassis No. GUB77 Reg No. XXS 192. Snippets: Grocers & MilkThe first owner of GUB77 was Susan Herald Cochrane the widow of Andrew Cochrane who with his brother Alexander, started their Grocery & Tea trade in the 1870s with 3 shops. When Andrew died in 1924 (of appendicitis) the family firm had expanded to over 100 stores in the Glasgow area and at his death his estate was valued at some £238,000 which today would be in excess of £10m.In 1921 Andrew Cochrane & James FyfeJamieson purchased Viewfield Villa in Alyth which they gifted to the local nursing association, it remained used by the medical profession until 2014 when it was sold to a private family. It is not known how long Susan Cochrane kept GUB77 but from 1965 to 1990 the 20/25 was with Edward Stanley Domnarski of Ledyard in Connecticut. Edward had 3 sons Edward Jr, William & David who all appear to be involved in the legal industry & have remained in Connecticut.The last longterm owner was Cornelius de Rijke (1922/2015) who owned GUB77 from 1990 until his death but the car remained with the family until 2017. In 1945 Cornelius started his milk transport company which rapidly expanded into general haulage and today the company has some 27 branches in 7 countries with 1,300 employees in Europe. The wealth the company produced enabled Cornelius to indulge in his hobby of classic cars and he started his private collection which ended up with some 200 cars in a purposebuilt museum in Oostvoorne.