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

Originally an experimental test car, numbered 27-G-VI, this car was prepared by the factory in 1939 and became one of the very first production models (re-numbered 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 & driving well, offered serviced, prepared & newly MoT tested. Chassis No. WXA6 Reg No. RC 5447 Snippets: Australian Estates, Beechs Chocolates & a Russian SurgeonAfter being used as an experimental car (original chassis Nr 27-G-VI) WXA6 was sold to its first private owner, Lt. Col. Reginald George Stanham just prior to the outbreak of WWII. His wife Helen, was an Australian & her family had imported the first merino sheep to Australia in 1796. When her father James Macarthur-Onslow died in 1945 Helen & George sold up & moved back to the family home Camden Park, a property with some 80 rooms & still owned by the MacArthur family. From 1944/45 WXA6 was with Captain Roger Cookson, the 4th son of George Cookson of Treslissick, Cornwall. Two of his brothers died when they were just 25, Geoffrey (1907) succumbed to the plague whilst serving with the KRR in Jubbulpore, India & in 1909 Christopher drowned whilst stationed at Holywood with the 1st Battalion Rifle Brigade. A third brother 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 concrete evidence has been found to confirm this. In 1913 Roger married Sybil Taylor (an author & journalist) they had 2 daughters, Georgina, who became an actress & Patricia who on her 2nd marriage to Henry Aymon Marle Rodolphe (Prince de Faucigny-Lucinge et Coligny) became a princess! In 1945 WXA6 was bought by George Bankoff a British surgeon of Russian origin & author of over 100 books, subjects of these books varied from politics, history, medical, fiction & a biography of his father Ivan.In 1946 it was sold to Edward W Collinson who in 1949 sold WXA6 to his own company (Beechs Chocolates) in order to buy WCB45! Sadly in 1949 whilst on holiday in Scarborough, he fell down a 200ft cliff and was killed as a result of the fall. WXA6 remained with the chocolate firm until 1955 when it was bought by Herbert Kaiser of de Oude Plaats, Corbridge. Herbert worked in Singapore where he was GM of Straits Steamship (Engineering Division) & later Chairman of a subsidiary, Watt & Akkermans. The 1990s saw WXA6 with Rami Elle, whose tailoring business Elle 1981 included African Chiefs, Oil Sheikhs, royalty & government officials amongst their client list.