Lot details Registration No: 714 UXT Chassis No: 60556706 Mot Expiry: Nov 2006
Aimed squarely at the profitable US market, the Riley RMC Roadster was launched in 1948. Based on the same low-slung chassis as its RMB saloon sibling, its sleek two-door bodywork featured cutaway doors, a compact hood, fold-flat windscreen and three abreast seating. An engaging drive courtesy of independent torsion bar front suspension, a 'live' rear axle, Girling four-wheel hydro-mechanical drum brakes and rack and pinion steering, it was powered by a 2443cc 'twin-cam' four-cylinder engine mated to four-speed manual transmission. Quoted as having some 100bhp and 134lbft of torque on tap, it was reputedly capable of over 90mph. Neither flash (think Jaguar XK120) nor quaint enough (think MG TC) to win over the American public, the RMC was quietly dropped in 1951 after just 507 are thought to have been made.
According to information supplied by the vendor, this particular 'floor-change' example has been treated to a "meticulous detailed total rebuild just completed". The recipient of a "new bonnet and rear wings" during this reported "ground up restoration", it also benefits from a "rebuilt engine with shell bearings" and "rebuilt clutch". Sporting reupholstered light beige leather seats, a "new wiring loom" and "overhauled Jaegar instruments", its interior further boasts "new carpets, hood and sidescreens". Finished in jade green, it wears a "stainless steel exhaust" and sundry rechromed trim. Said to have covered just eleven miles on its rejuvenated engine, this handsome Riley is offered for sale with MOT certificate valid until 3rd November 2006, historic class (free) road tax until January 2007 and "photographic history file, bills etc".
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