Luxury Cars

1937 railton stratton

US$89,500.00 1933 was a bleak year for automobile manufacturers around the world. The global depression had affected virtually every economy and there were a great number of manufacturers who could not weather the storm. In Britain, it was no different. Bentley had been run out of resources and was acquired by Rolls Royce in 1931, and others such as Alvis and Lagonda were struggling mightily to survive. Invicta, builder of low-slung sporting automobiles, were facing the end of the road as well. Invicta’s founder, Noel Macklin, had been with the company since 1925 but in seeing the troubles ahead, he sold his shares and Invicta moved from Cobham, Surrey to Chelsea, London in 1933, eventually folding in 1938. Rather than resign to failure, Macklin teamed up with Reid Railton later in 1933 to form the Fairmile Engineering Company. Rather cleverly, Macklin brought Railton on board mainly to use his famous name for their new marque. Reid Railton had designed several land and water speed-record vehicles during the period when the World Speed Record had achieved massive global popularity. Railton had designed the iconic Campbell-Napier-Railton Bluebird vehicles with Sir Malcolm Campbell, the famous aero-engine Napier-Railton and many other significant watercraft and land-based vehicles.Rather than start with a clean sheet, Macklin took advantage of the budding popularity of American cars in England. Their straight line performance was superior to that of most home-market offerings, though American build quality and questionable handling left quite a bit to be desired. Using Hudson’s innovative and high-performance 8-cylinder Terraplane as a base, Macklin’s new machine combined the performance and robust drivetrain of the Terraplane but with a lighter, higher-quality body and sophisticated chassis. Railton’s involvement - beyond lending his name to the project - was to tune the chassis to suit British roads and buyer’s needs,...

1913 regal underslung model n roadster

US$139,500.00 The Regal Motor Car Company founded in Detroit, Michigan in 1908 quickly established a reputation for well-constructed and reliable automobiles. The early reputation came largely from the 1909 Regal “Plugger”, a Regal 30 that was driven from New York to San Francisco and other pioneering journeys, accompanied by feverish accounts from newspapers throughout the country. The Regal Model N...

1968 riley elf jolly

US$57,500.00 The beach car phenomenon of the late 1950s is often credited to Gianni Agnelli, the playboy grandson of Fiat founder Giovanni Agnelli. While it was Agnelli who made it popular, the idea is said to have originated with Ghia’s Gigi Segre. Whilst on holiday, Segre noticed big taxis lumbering around the streets of the island of Capri. He thought...

1913 rolls-royce silver ghost sports tourer

US$895,000.00 The Rolls-Royce 40/50hp “Silver Ghost” made its spectacular debut in 1907, recognized almost immediately as the finest motorcar money could buy. At the heart of the 40/50hp was Henry Royce’s impressively powerful and reliable 7,428cc side-valve inline-six. In its day, the inline-six configuration was considered a folly as competitors could not cope with the issue of long, flexing crankshafts....

1930 rolls-royce phantom i newmarket phaeton

US$249,500.00 The Silver Ghost was the car that fully established Rolls-Royce as the undisputed king of fine automobiles. The Ghost was over-engineered to a standard that was unmatched by its rivals and often wore the finest bodies from the most respected coachbuilders the world over. When a replacement was due, Rolls-Royce made sure the new car lived up to the...

1934 rolls-royce 20/25 tourer

US$125,000.00 e six-cylinder engine was similar to the outgoing 20 HP, but enlarged to 3,669 cc. Both coil and magneto ignition systems were provided, and the four-speed manual gearbox returned with traditional right-hand shift. Early 20hp models had a central shifter on the 3-speed gearbox which was (rather curiously) condemned by the public as appearing cheap and not to the...

1934 rolls-royce phantom ii drophead

US$475,000.00 Between 1929 and 1935, the magnificent Phantom II sat atop the Rolls Royce range. Serving as a replacement for the original Phantom, the Phantom II was completely redesigned from the ground up, and shared very little in common with its predecessor beyond the bore and stroke dimensions of the 7,668cc inline six-cylinder engine. Engineers made a great deal of...

1960 rolls-royce phantom v by park ward limousine

US$109,500.00 Rolls-Royce had experienced a major shift of philosophy in the post-war years. The Silver Dawn was the first car from Crewe to wear a standard factory-supplied body, which signaled the beginning of the end of the British coachbuilding industry. Although the custom body segment was dwindling, there was still enough demand to support continued production of the Silver Wraith...

1922 stanley 735 touring

US$69,500.00 Steam cars manufactured by the Stanley Motor Carriage Company of Newton, Massachusetts were among the first successful commercially produced automobiles. The ‘Stanley Steamer’ became part of popular American culture and an icon of the old car hobby. Steam was an easy sell in a century when steam was called “The Power That Moves the World”. The disadvantages of steam...

1920 stutz bearcat

US$475,000.00 As the son of a farmer, Harry C. Stutz grew up tinkering with mechanical objects. Prior to the turn of the twentieth century, young Stutz was repairing and improving implements on his family farm and he soon became enthralled with the burgeoning world of motorized transport. He left home to pursue an engineering education, and in 1897, built his...

1929 stutz blackhawk roadster

US$137,500.00 Harry C Stutz is one of the great automotive pioneers who may be considered among the greats such as Ettore Bugatti, Harry Miller and the Duesenberg Brothers. A farm boy from Ohio with a natural gift and fascination with machinery, Stutz earned a local reputation as the boy who could fix anything. He left his home at 18 to...

1968 stutz bearcat roadster

US$189,500.00 By the time the 1970’s rolled around, the television Western was beginning to run its course. Numerous programs such as Bonanza, The Rifleman, Gunsmoke, Cheyenne, and the Virginian (among many, many others) had flooded the airways during the previous decade. American viewers had probably had just about enough and were beginning to turn away. For the 1971 season, CBS...

1954 sunbeam alpine convertible

US$46,500.00 The Rootes Group was once a powerhouse of the British motor industry. In the late 1920s, the Rootes brothers, Reginald and William, expanded their distribution businesses with the goal of manufacturing the same products they sell. Rather than start small, they began by buying up a number of well-known British automobile manufacturers, eventually building a large conglomerate that included...

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