A really handsome sports saloon, with a particularly attractive tail, complete with rear-mounted spare wheel, a complete set of five ‘Ace’ wheel discs, quarter bumpers, P100 headlamps and a sunroof, all of which add to the appeal of the car, which is in sound condition, and is cosmetically smart, nicely finished in black, with beige leather interior. Mechanically good too, running and driving well, and used enthusiastically by the last owner. We are currently in the process of applying for the original registration number, DKN 262, to be re-applied. Correct and desirable.
Chassis No. GGM1. Reg No. DKN 262. £39,500.
Snippets: Delivered to Alfred Matthew Cawthorne at Rusthall House, Tunbridge Wells just in time for Christmas in 1936. Between 1836 & 1936 Rusthall had been home to several interesting characters including: Miss Jane Bowen Harding, a subscriber to Mary Ashdowne’s treatise “The Seasons of Life”. From the mid to late 1800s Sir John A Musgrove (Mayor of London 1850/1) & his wife Lady Emma occupied Rusthall House, after Lord Musgrove’s death in 1881the house was purchased by Frank McClean (1837/1904) astronomer & engineer. Frank McClean built an observatory & fitted his Polar Heliostat to the roof of Rusthall House so that he could study the Northern night skies, the results of his observation of the Spectra of 160 stars was published in 1896 & in 1897 he travelled to S. Africa to study the Southern Skies with the result in that he was awarded the Gold Medal of the R.A.S. His son, Francis McClean was a pioneer aviator who flew with Wilbur Wright in 1908 at Le Mans; Francis’s best known stunt was when, in 1912, he flew his plane between the upper & lower decks of Tower Bridge & also underneath London Bridge! The history of the Cawthorne family has been extensively researched as far back as the 1500s by the current generation who discovered that in 1891 Alfred changed his name by deedpoll from Churley to his mother’s maiden name of Cawthorne - as had his elder brother George. The permission to do this was signed by Queen Victoria herself. Speculation is that there was a family scandal involving an Uncle James, a dairymaid, slave trade & a “Skeleton in the Cupboard” – to know more you need to buy the car! After WWII Alfred sold GGM1 to Howard Ross Tremlett of Exeter whose family tree can be traced back to James Tremlett, a dyer in the early 1700s. The Tremlett family business included serge-making, fabric & paper mills & in modern day Exeter there is still a Tremlett Quay.
Chassis No. GGM1. Reg No. DKN 262. £39,500.
Snippets: Delivered to Alfred Matthew Cawthorne at Rusthall House, Tunbridge Wells just in time for Christmas in 1936. Between 1836 & 1936 Rusthall had been home to several interesting characters including: Miss Jane Bowen Harding, a subscriber to Mary Ashdowne’s treatise “The Seasons of Life”. From the mid to late 1800s Sir John A Musgrove (Mayor of London 1850/1) & his wife Lady Emma occupied Rusthall House, after Lord Musgrove’s death in 1881the house was purchased by Frank McClean (1837/1904) astronomer & engineer. Frank McClean built an observatory & fitted his Polar Heliostat to the roof of Rusthall House so that he could study the Northern night skies, the results of his observation of the Spectra of 160 stars was published in 1896 & in 1897 he travelled to S. Africa to study the Southern Skies with the result in that he was awarded the Gold Medal of the R.A.S. His son, Francis McClean was a pioneer aviator who flew with Wilbur Wright in 1908 at Le Mans; Francis’s best known stunt was when, in 1912, he flew his plane between the upper & lower decks of Tower Bridge & also underneath London Bridge! The history of the Cawthorne family has been extensively researched as far back as the 1500s by the current generation who discovered that in 1891 Alfred changed his name by deedpoll from Churley to his mother’s maiden name of Cawthorne - as had his elder brother George. The permission to do this was signed by Queen Victoria herself. Speculation is that there was a family scandal involving an Uncle James, a dairymaid, slave trade & a “Skeleton in the Cupboard” – to know more you need to buy the car! After WWII Alfred sold GGM1 to Howard Ross Tremlett of Exeter whose family tree can be traced back to James Tremlett, a dyer in the early 1700s. The Tremlett family business included serge-making, fabric & paper mills & in modern day Exeter there is still a Tremlett Quay.