Rolls-Royce 20/25 1990 - Windovers Landaulette GXO48

A delightful, early 20/25 with traditional, tall, upright coachwork, very stately, but fresh & cheerful in primrose paintwork with tan leather interior, attractive veneers and excellent headlining and carpets. In fact, the car is very fresh and clean throughout, inside and out. The car has some appealing vintage features, such as two-way divided windscreen, a porthole communication window to the division, a lovely set of instruments, P80 bullseye headlights, Windover patent slimline bumper front and twin bladed quarter bumpers at the rear, a full set of wheel discs (also by Windover) and a very characterful trunk on the rear. We have just completed an engine overhaul, which included new main and big end bearings, new pistons and little ends, timing case bearings, etc, and a clutch overhaul while we were at it, giving the car new lease of life. Correct, attractive and smart, offered newly MoT tested. Chassis No. GXO48 Reg No. GE 8697 Snippets: Rugby Union, Civil Engineer & Football socks / boots The 1st owner of GXO48 was Sir David McCowan (1860/1937) of Park Circus Place, Glasgow who between 1880/84 played international Rugby for Scotland and was capped 10 times, in 1928 he became President of the SRU. Sir McCowan was a senior partner with William Euing & Co, specialists in Marine Insurance. In 1889 David married Gertrude Cargill whose father David Cargill (in 1886) was the founder of Burmah Oil Ltd and who remained as their chairman until his death in 1904. Within a few years GXO48 was with Sir Frederick Llewelyn Palmer (1862/1934) who worked for the civil engineer Sir Alexander Rendel and was seconded to the East Indian Railway Company in the capacity of assistant engineer. Whilst in India Frederick Palmer was responsible for the construction of the Moghalserai Gaya line which took over 4 years to complete & included the Sone Bridge, which at that time was the 2nd longest bridge in the world, it had some 93 spans of 100ft. In 1909 Palmer returned to the UK becoming the chief engineer to the Port of London Authority with work on the Albert Dock & the King George V Dock. During WWI he was consulting engineer to the Air Ministry & his international works included Port Churchill for Hudson Bay River, Montreal Terminal, Haifa Harbour and the new Zambesi Bridge. In 1907 he was appointed Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire & in 1930 Commander of the Order of St Michael & St George for his contributions to engineering. His home, Crowhurst Place, was previously home to Consuelo Vanderbilt, 9th Duchess of Marlborough after her separation & later divorce from the 9th Duke.