• 1950
• Coupe
• 68675
• Manual
• 4.2L Petrol

With us at RFH Classics we are pleased to bring you this 1949 Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith 2 Dr Coupe finished in Gloss black with Air Force Blue Leather. The Silver Wraith is special in its own right and as a stunning Coupe comes to the market for the first time in its life. It has a very special history having not only been family owned from new but built for the grandfather of todays owner Hugh., It was back in 1948 that Mr W H Smith, a successful woodwork engineer affectionately known as Willie Smith was approached by the well renowned Yorkshire coachbuilders, Rippon Bros of Huddersfield with the proposal of them building for him a coach built 2dr Coupe R-R Silver Wraith. Subsequently a deal was struck between them that saw this beautiful Coupe, which was built in time to exhibit on the Rippon stand at the 1949 Earls Court Motor Show with the car being delivered in early 1950 to Mr W H Smith, who incidentally was not the bookstore owner as some records we have found indicated., Mr Smith enjoyed the car for a few years before passing the car on to his daughter in the mid 1950s. Initially the car was used as an everyday car but as new custodians of such a beautiful car, Mr Smiths daughter and her husband became members of the Rolls-Royce Enthusiasts Club (RREC) in the 1970s and 1980s and enjoyed using the coupe for many years for pleasure both in the UK and on regular trips abroad. Such was the wonderful drivability of the coupe that family trips, including their children, went as far afield as Denmark, Spain and Belgium where the car was driven around the Spa-Francochamps circuit, yet at a fairly sedate speed prior to the Spa 6 hour sports car race! You can only begin to imagine some of the admiring looks, which the car would have received., Upon the passing of Mr Smiths son in law in 1993, the ownership passed to the grandson of Willie Smith, Hugh, who at the time was living in London and storage of such a magnificent car was not easy. Subsequently a suitable home

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