12th May, 2019 11:30 GMT/BST

Motor Cars, Motorcycles & Automobilia

 
Lot 275
 

275

Riley RME 1.5 Litre Registration Number: OAO 270 First Registered: 16-06-1954 Engine Size:...

Riley RME 1.5 Litre 
Registration Number: OAO 270
First Registered: 16-06-1954
Mileage: 43,602
Engine Size: 1496cc
Colour: Blue
Engine Number: 12830
Chassis Number: RME 22608
V5C present

Riley's slogan was 'As old as the industry-As modern as the hour '. And to many the Riley proved to be the most successful motor car in the world. From its humble beginnings in the late 19th century to creating some of the most beautiful and advanced cars ever made.
Riley prided itself on its sporting pedigree and with the help of aeronautical designers built gorgeous streamline bodies in the 1930s. The postwar RM series was derived from earlier body styling that gave birth to its predecessors such as the Kestrel and Big four. The RM's grace and quality of build firmly secured Riley's position as a major player in Post war Britain and although the company now run by Nuffield, managed to create probably the last truly classic Riley, taking aspects of the thirties but with a revised, more powerful twin overhead cam, one and a half and two and half litre units, bigger breaks by girling, independent suspension and better handling.
The RM was born in the late 1940s and under the guise of earlier design was a truly modern motor car, or as Riley themselves described it in 1945, 'Magnificent Motoring'.
In this sale we are pleased to offer two very good examples of the famous RM from a single vendor.
This model sports the smaller, and very successful one and a half litre engine . A late RME dating from 1954 in charming smoke blue with black vinyl roof . In very good condition with no signs of corrosion, well maintained by its present owner and Riley enthusiast. Charming original interior, good chrome-work and is said to be mechanically good order.
Riley RM prices are still sensible unlike their pre-war cousins, and with good spares availability and two strong national owners' clubs, they are a joy to own and drive.

Buyer's premium of 10% (+VAT) applies to this lot

Sold for £5,000
Estimated at £5,000 - £7,000


 

. Older restoration showing signs of minimal wear to paint. Chrome work good with areas of light tarnishing. Original interior with age related wear to leather seats and headlining. Minor perishing to tyres. Some corrosion.
Starts and drives well.

 


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