1915 Rolls-Royce 40/50 h.p. 'Silver Ghost' Alpine Eagle Tourer replica [6AD]

1915 Rolls-Royce 40/50 h.p. 'Silver Ghost' [6AD] in Best of British: Rolls-Royce, Documentary, 1995

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1915 Rolls-Royce 40/50 h.p. 'Silver Ghost' Alpine Eagle Tourer replica [6AD]

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Dmitry_P ◊ 2023-11-02 18:38
dsl ◊ 2023-11-03 04:43	2019 auction listing: "1915 Rolls-Royce 40/50hp Silver Ghost Alpine Eagle Tourer Registration IO 36 Chassis 6AD, Sold for £264,500 inc. premium. In 1912 James Radley privately entered his 40/50hp in the Austrian Alpine Trial only to find that the three-speed gearbox's limitations prevented him from negotiating the Katschberg Pass. As a result, Rolls-Royce prepared four cars for the 1913 event, equipping them with four-speed transmissions and more powerful engines producing 75bhp (up from 60 horsepower) courtesy of a raised compression ratio and larger carburettor. These changes made for a dramatic improvement and the team cars won six awards, including the prestigious Archduke Leopold Cup. Inspired by this success, the factory began producing cars of the same specification for customers. Officially they were 'Continental' models but are better known by the evocative 'Alpine Eagle' nickname given them by Ernest Hives. Chassis '6AD' was delivered new as a rolling chassis to HJ Mulliner for bodying as a tourer. Like many cars undergoing construction at that time, it was commandeered for military purposes, serving as a Royal Navy ambulance before being re-bodied as a saloon circa 1919. When sold in 1958 it was fitted with body number '3' (the saloon) and in about 1972 was totally restored, receiving a new replica London-Edinburgh tourer body. During the 1990s Jonathan Harley of Harley Engineering in Stratford-upon-Avon constructed the Alpine Eagle replica body it carries today, similar in style to that of Radley's car mentioned above."

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2019 auction listing:
"1915 Rolls-Royce 40/50hp Silver Ghost Alpine Eagle Tourer Registration IO 36 Chassis 6AD, Sold for £264,500 inc. premium.
In 1912 James Radley privately entered his 40/50hp in the Austrian Alpine Trial only to find that the three-speed gearbox's limitations prevented him from negotiating the Katschberg Pass. As a result, Rolls-Royce prepared four cars for the 1913 event, equipping them with four-speed transmissions and more powerful engines producing 75bhp (up from 60 horsepower) courtesy of a raised compression ratio and larger carburettor. These changes made for a dramatic improvement and the team cars won six awards, including the prestigious Archduke Leopold Cup. Inspired by this success, the factory began producing cars of the same specification for customers. Officially they were 'Continental' models but are better known by the evocative 'Alpine Eagle' nickname given them by Ernest Hives.

Chassis '6AD' was delivered new as a rolling chassis to HJ Mulliner for bodying as a tourer. Like many cars undergoing construction at that time, it was commandeered for military purposes, serving as a Royal Navy ambulance before being re-bodied as a saloon circa 1919. When sold in 1958 it was fitted with body number '3' (the saloon) and in about 1972 was totally restored, receiving a new replica London-Edinburgh tourer body. During the 1990s Jonathan Harley of Harley Engineering in Stratford-upon-Avon constructed the Alpine Eagle replica body it carries today, similar in style to that of Radley's car mentioned above."

1915 Rolls-Royce 40/50 h.p. 'Silver Ghost' Alpine Eagle Tourer replica [6AD]

1915 Rolls-Royce 40/50 h.p. 'Silver Ghost' [6AD] in Best of British: Rolls-Royce, Documentary, 1995

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