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1936 Rolls-Royce 25/30 Barker “Owen” Sedanca De Ville

This car is a really lovely example, very handsome and well proportioned, being designed by H. R. Owen, through whom the car was sold when new. The same design was also used by Gurney Nutting at the time. Wonderfully sound and very smart cosmetically, with excellent paint, chrome work and appealing brown leather interior. The dashboard, instruments and switching are lovely, as well as the impressive set of lamps, including P100 Lucas headlights. Driving very nicely indeed, with a particularly smooth and quiet engine, following an overhaul in recent years. In addition, a few years ago, a new cylinder head was fitted and the car was re-wired. An overdrive unit is fitted, which is of great benefit for long distance touring, for which the sizeable fitted rear trunk and twin side-mounted spare wheels are also very useful! Complete with a buff logbook from the 1950s, a sales invoice from 1966 and various other documentation, including a sales invoice from 1966, when the car sold for £795! An excellent car, which has been through our hands before, now ready for its next adventure! As well as the main video below, you can see a walk round of the car here; https://youtu.be/AwXceMLB3uk?si=AVJqli5HuaRXzJMI

Chassis No. GUL41.

Reg No. CYU 376.

Price £49,500.

GUL41P100 10
GUL41ext78a
GUL41dash11
GUL41det11
GUL41det13
GUL41int18
GUL41int12
GUL41eng11
GUL41papers2
GUL41int17
GUL41int14
GUL41int10
GUL41int11
GUL41papers1
GUL41eng10
GUL41int16
GUL41dash71
GUL41dash72
GUL41ext76
GUL41eng70
GUL41eng72
GUL41tools70
GUL41eng78
GUL41eng75
GUL41eng73
GUL41ext75
GUL41papers70
GUL41tools71
GUL41tools72
GUL41P100 6
GUL41P100 3
GUL41P100 1
GUL41P100 16
GUL41P100 13
GUL41P100 14
GUL41P100 11
GUL41P100 10 GUL41ext78a GUL41dash11 GUL41det11 GUL41det13 GUL41int18 GUL41int12 GUL41eng11 GUL41papers2 GUL41int17 GUL41int14 GUL41int10 GUL41int11 GUL41papers1 GUL41eng10 GUL41int16 GUL41dash71 GUL41dash72 GUL41ext76 GUL41eng70 GUL41eng72 GUL41tools70 GUL41eng78 GUL41eng75 GUL41eng73 GUL41ext75 GUL41papers70 GUL41tools71 GUL41tools72 GUL41P100 6 GUL41P100 3 GUL41P100 1 GUL41P100 16 GUL41P100 13 GUL41P100 14 GUL41P100 11
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Snippets: Cecil Rhodes Dormer

GUL41 was bought by Cecil Rhodes Dormer (1889/1951) – his father Francis Dormer (1854/1928) was an associate of Cecil Rhodes – the pair had met on HMS Teuton in 1875 whilst en route from London to Cape Town.  By 1878 Francis Dormer was the editor of the “Cape Argus” & in 1881 he purchased the publication from Saul Solomon for £6,000 – the funding being provided by Cecil Rhodes who used the Cape Argus as his mouthpiece!  Francis Dormer is accredited with bestowing the name Rhodesia on the area between the Limpopo & the Zambezi as early as 1891 before it was officially adopted in 1897.  Cecil was named after his father’s benefactor – Cecil trained as an accountant & in 1921 he became a partner in Cooper Brothers & Co of London where his clients included Ariel Motors & Marconi Scientific Instrument Co.     After Cecil’s death (1951) GUL41 was acquired by the spinning & mill owning firm of William M Haggas & Son – their involvement in the trade can be traced back to 1786 when James Haggas of Oakworth Hall married Esther Roper, a young widow.  By the 1960s GUL41 was all at sea with D. A. Claxton RN who was stationed at HMS Caledonia – a shore based Royal Navy training establishment on the Rosyth prior to the car being acquired by Andrew Plotzke of Suffolk.