A spacious, particularly handsome D-back, of attractive proportions with an elegant sweep to the rear styling, fluted rear valance, cut away front wings and a subtle peak above the windscreen, adding to its appeal. The body structure is good and solid, with nicely fitting doors, closing with a pleasing 'click'.The car also benefits from a large sunroof, stainless steel headlights, and Ace discs to all five wheels, as well as some nice, minor touches here and there. In good mechanical order, running sweetly, driving nicely, and benefitting from a stainless steel exhaust system. The interior is blue/grey leather throughout, showing its age, with unusual and appealing black lacquer finish to dashboard, door cappings, and all interior wood components, complemented by recent blue carpets and grey headlining. Within the car's history file is a buff logbook from 1946, an early DVLA V5, some old MoT certificates, various invoices and a copy of an original sales brochure. Offered serviced, and newly MoT tested.
Chassis No. GZU8 Reg No. JK 2864
Snippets: The Tennis, Cricket & Hockey families
Although the chassis cards state that Windover's customer was the Earl of Bradford GZU8 was actually delivered to Mrs Sybil Gertrude Harvey in Eastbourne. With help from the Eastbourne historical society we have worked out that her husband was Charles Alexander Harvey whose sister Miss Ermyntrude Hilda Harvey (1895/1973) was an international Lawn Tennis player! During her career Ermyntrude played at Wimbledon no less than 22 times, she won the Ladies doubles at the 1927 US National Championship with Kathleen Godfree, was a member of the winning team in the Wightman Cup (1925 & 1930). During WWI Ermyntrude & her mother Theodora both volunteered at the Frinton Military Hospital where her mother was known as ''Lady Pork''. This was because a number of Frinton residents were known by their trade with Charles Henry being a provision merchant he was Lord Pork so she was Lady Pork. Charles Alexander Harvey was often known as Alex or Alexander to save being confused with his father. During WWII Michael Alexander Harvey (Sybil & Charles's son) served with the Royal Horse Artillery and in Nov 1942 he was captured at Sidi Rezegh, Libya and was transferred to Camp 19 in Bologna, Italy. In 1943 whilst being transported from Modena, Italy to Brenner in Germany in a ''cattle truck'' he & another officer escaped and made their way over the Gavia Pass into Switzerland and then back to Britain. The 2nd owner of GZU8 was Thomas Andrew Common, the son of an eye surgeon, Thomas became an distinguished engineer and made lenses and telescopes; at the time he made the largest reflecting equatorial telescope for the Royal Astronomical Society of which he was President of. Several of the models of his lenses and telescopes were presented by him to the Science Museum. Thomas and the 3rd owner of GZU8 had London residences within 3 miles of each other in Albert Rd and Grosvenor Sq., perhaps they had met each other? George Reginald Taylor Thomas (1876/1965) was a son of Thomas Albert Oaks Taylor of Clarence Iron Works. George & his brother Tom Lancelot Thomas (1878/1960) were both under 20 years old when their father died - the brothers continued working for the family concern until it was nationalised in 1951. George became director of London Midland & Scottish Railway, Dep. Chairman of Vickers, Taylor Bros & Co., International Combustion Ltd and Coal Extraction Ltd to mention a few!! His brother Tom played cricket for Yorkshire (1899/1902) and for Lord Hawke's team in New Zealand (1902/3) and hockey for England 1900/03!
Tuning; Sunroof; Safety Belt Pretensioners
About Us:
The Real Car Company was established in 1987 by Ray Arnold & Ian Johnstone. It was a hobby that 'Got out of hand'. Our interest in cars of the type that we now sell goes back to our childhoods, and ownership back to the 1970's. Gradually more cars started passing through our hands, and by 1986 we had decided to make a full time occupation of buying and selling the cars that we love.

We started with a single car (all we could afford) which we sold quickly, and before we knew it we had 4 or 5 on our hands! This was alongside another business that we were involved in at the time. In the Spring of 1988 we gave up the other business, (exhaust systems), rented part of the premises that we still operate from now, and went full time.

We had a good start in the boom years of the late eighties, which set us up well enough for us to ride the storm of recession in the years that followed. As the years went on the number of cars going through our hands increased gradually, we built up a workforce, and now in 2009 we carry a stock of around 40 to 50 vehicles and there are ten of us here. In 1999 we were awarded 'International Classic Car Dealer of the Year' by Classic Cars Magazine. The market for 'our' kind of cars is nicely stable, generally prices are creeping upwards all the time, and we feel that investing in a car - or cars - of the type that we sell is generally a great place to put your money. Don't do it just for investment, but you can get a great deal of pleasure from these vehicles, prices are - in our opinion - unlikely to drop, and you can't drive a share certificate! Some prices in the last three or four years have moved up considerably, and these cases have shown a tremendous return on investment.

Over the last fifteen years or so we have brought home several hundred cars from the USA, and we are always looking for more. If you know of a Rolls-Royce or Bentley anywhere in the world, in absolutely any condition, please let us know. Distance no object, commissions happily paid. We always particularly enjoy the 'barn finds'.

Opening Hours:
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We: 09:00 AM to 05:00 PM
Th: 09:00 AM to 05:00 PM
Fr: 09:00 AM to 05:00 PM
Sa: Closed
Su: Closed
Why buy from us?
* Classic Cars
* Over 30 years in business
* Cars are physically at our premises
* Lovely roads to test drive on
* Our reputation