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Make is easy of course but I also need to know the model, type of body, year and the coachbuilder for a point.

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Re: MJW #889
« Reply #1 on: April 23, 2012, 04:53:49 PM »
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Re: MJW #889
« Reply #2 on: April 24, 2012, 03:22:12 AM »
ca. 1926 Rolls Royce 20 hp Drop Head Coupé (sometimes called doctor's coupé) by Maddox?

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Re: MJW #889
« Reply #3 on: April 24, 2012, 06:10:44 AM »
ca. 1926 Rolls Royce 20 hp Drop Head Coupé (sometimes called doctor's coupé) by Maddox?
I have it as a 1928 Rolls-Royce 20 hp Doctor's Coupe but with a different coachbuilder.
I'll LOCK it for you to have another guess......

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Re: MJW #889
« Reply #4 on: May 08, 2012, 01:11:50 PM »
ca. 1926 Rolls Royce 20 hp Drop Head Coupé (sometimes called doctor's coupé) by Maddox?
I have it as a 1928 Rolls-Royce 20 hp Doctor's Coupe but with a different coachbuilder.
I'll LOCK it for you to have another guess......
Any thoughts bentleybob? - another 12 hours before I unlock it......

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Re: MJW #889
« Reply #5 on: May 08, 2012, 01:54:17 PM »
Sorry, I had completely forgotten about this one, sorry. I will have a look!

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Re: MJW #889
« Reply #6 on: May 08, 2012, 02:24:05 PM »
Sorry, I had completely forgotten about this one, sorry. I will have a look!

No problem - good luck!

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Re: MJW #889
« Reply #7 on: May 08, 2012, 04:31:50 PM »
1928 Rolls-Royce 20 hp Doctor's Coupe by Caffyns, sold by Clarendons in London in 1978/9?

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Re: MJW #889
« Reply #8 on: May 09, 2012, 01:26:41 AM »
1928 Rolls-Royce 20 hp Doctor's Coupe by Caffyns, sold by Clarendons in London in 1978/9?
According to my source, a Rolls-Royce dealer's ad, it is a 1928 RR 20 hp Doctor's Coupe but not by Caffyns.
The coachbuilder I have comes from the northern half of the UK....

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Re: MJW #889
« Reply #9 on: May 09, 2012, 02:50:34 AM »
Rippon?

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Re: MJW #889
« Reply #10 on: May 09, 2012, 04:22:00 AM »
Rippon?
Not Rippon
Go further north.....

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Re: MJW #889
« Reply #11 on: May 09, 2012, 06:31:02 AM »
Croall?

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Re: MJW #889
« Reply #12 on: May 09, 2012, 11:58:19 AM »

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Re: Solved - MJW #889 - Rolls-Royce 20hp Doctor's Coupe by Croall 1928
« Reply #13 on: May 09, 2012, 01:53:49 PM »
One of those car that, even if you have the full info, there is very little info available about the car online.

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Re: Solved - MJW #889 - Rolls-Royce 20hp Doctor's Coupe by Croall 1928
« Reply #14 on: May 09, 2012, 03:30:12 PM »
What makes it a "Doctor's coupe"?  I understood that a "Doctor's coupe" was a fixed head not a drophead.

I'm not being picky - just curious.
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Re: Solved - MJW #889 - Rolls-Royce 20hp Doctor's Coupe by Croall 1928
« Reply #15 on: May 09, 2012, 03:37:33 PM »
1. Croall actually owned H.J.Mulliner & Co.Ltd. from before the the First World War until it was sold to Rolls-Royce in 1960. They did build bodies for each other if deemed neccessary.
2. This is a Drop Head Coupé. Doctor's Coupé was a term used very loosely. Of course few doctors would earn enough money to have a Rolls-Royce with this body, and then would be need to use it to do visits to patients.