The Railton was the first and most successful of the Anglo-American sports cars in combining an American (Hudson) rolling chassis with British coachwork. First produced in 1933 it remained in production for seven years and nearly fifteen hundred cars were produced. It was a very distinctive car with a vee-fronted radiator and an angular bonnet with exposed rivets.
This particular car carries the very stylish Berkeley drop-head coachwork. Its sporting design has very clean lines. The doors have glass winding windows and can be used whether the hood is up or down. It is a full four-seater with access to the rear seat being afforded by folding of the front seats. To the rear the boot opens both up and down allowing easy stowage of a large trunk, or providing ideal luggage space for the continental tour. The Magna hub wire wheels are fitted with 6.50 - 6.70 x 16 inch tyres and there are twin mounted spare wheels on either side of the scuttle. The car also has twin Lucas horns mounted above the front bumper on either side of the radiator, complimenting the impressive Lucas P80 headlights. It is finished in Regal Cherry red and light silver with burgundy leather to the interior. The carpets are beige and door cappings are polished mahogany. The dashboard is comprehensively instrumented whilst the handbrake lever is mounted on the right, near the drivers door aperture.
This car has had a considerable amount of work carried out since 2003 and is in excellent running order. It is a pleasure to drive with high speed cruising available from the very quite and unhurried straight eight engine. The car comes with numerous history files, a workshop manual and spare parts list. The car is well catered for by the enthusiastic Railton Owners Club.
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