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The Rolls-Royce 20/25 was the second of Rolls-Royce Ltd's pre-war models. Built between 1929 and 1936, it was hugely popular, becoming the best-selling interwar Rolls-Royce. Rolls-Royce 20/25 CP appears in movies such as: The League of Gentlemen (1959), Father Came Too! (1963), Brides of Fu Manchu (1966), To Be or Not to Be (1983), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), The Remains of the Day (1993), Simon Sez (1999), Enigma (2001).
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The Rolls-Royce 20/25 was built between 1929 and 1936 and succeeded the 20hp as Rolls-Royce's "small car". The model was thus designed to appeal to driving enthusiasts, but many buyers of this car had personal drivers. The in-line 6-cylinder overhead valve engine was like that used in the 20HP but was enlarged to 3,699cc by increasing the bore from 76mm to 82mm with the stroke remaining at 114mm. A single Rolls-Royce carburetor was used, and both coil and magneto ignitions were fitted. The four-speed gearbox was a mounted unit with the engine and a traditional right-hand change used. Synchromesh was fitted to third and top gears from 1932.
The substantial chassis had rigid front and rear axles suspended by half elliptic springs with braking on all four wheels assisted by a mechanical servo and separate rear brakes were fitted for the handbrake. The famous Rolls-Royce radiator with triangular top was used with vertical louvres, the angle of which could be adjusted to control engine cooling. The larger engine allowed the top speed to increase too but many owners had large limousine bodies fitted to the chassis with the predictable degradation of performance.
First registered in 1935 this 20/25 chassis started life as a four-door saloon by Thrupp & Maberly, body number 6116, design TF 988.
The car underwent a complete restoration that spanned over a period of ten years, in the late 1990s. The body was hand crafted, using another pre-war 20/25 body.
The Rolls-Royce 20/25 hp is featured in movies such as: The League of Gentlemen (1959), Father Came Too! (1963), The Brides of Fu Manchu (1966), To Be or Not To Be (1983), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), The Remains of the Day (1993), Simon Sez (1999), Enigma (2001).
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