1908 Rolls-Royce 40/50 HP Silver Ghost long-wheelbase landaulette

First owner, took delivery of the car new; original purchase invoices and repair records from coachbuilder John Croall survive with the vehicle. Car was registered SX48 and bodied as an open-drive landaulette.

Car was retired from standard use and rebuilt as a shooting brake, retaining core original structural elements. Reportedly used annually for Highland shooting excursions.

Scottish railway magnate and prominent early vintage car collector; his ownership is regarded as a mark of distinction for Edwardian automobiles.

Acquired at a now-notable 1962 auction sale; the Nevada-based collection was one of the largest and most celebrated in the United States.

American Rolls-Royce specialist who purchased the car when Harrah's divested it; fitted a period-style tourer body during restoration.

British collector who commissioned a thorough restoration by John Cockayne, David Hemmings, and Brian Frost, and subsequently had the original landaulette coachwork faithfully recreated using recovered period components.

Current custodians; the car is described as being in attractive, well-detailed condition and is regarded as among the most mechanically authentic surviving early 40/50 HP examples.

One of several awards won following the restoration undertaken by Cockayne, Hemmings, and Frost on behalf of owner Terry Cohn.

Car withdrawn from regular service and converted to a shooting brake body, though the original lower wood framing, front seat, firewall, wheels, and Barker wings were retained.

Conversion preserved key original structural and mechanical elements that later aided restoration.

Full restoration carried out by Tom Batchelor, during which a contemporary tourer body was fitted in place of the shooting brake body.

Commissioned by Batchelor following acquisition from Harrah's.

Comprehensive mechanical restoration undertaken by John Cockayne, David Hemmings, and Brian Frost, yielding a result described by Cockayne as among the finest examples of early Silver Ghost mechanical correctness.

Commissioned by Terry Cohn following his acquisition of the car.

The car was returned to its original open-drive landaulette configuration by David Hemmings, incorporating recovered original components — including ironwork, a pair of doors, Barker kick plates, and Rushmore headlights — sourced from a former Dundas estate employee's family, mated with original body structure retained during the 1913 conversion.

The recreated body was verified against the car's original delivery photograph as published in Fasal's reference work on Edwardian Rolls-Royce models.