A fabulous example of a late Ghost with four-wheel brakes. Very appropriately bodied many years ago to a high standard, very well built & now in excellent condition, nicely matured to just the right degree! The doors close with a delightful 'click', and the overall structure and design are excellent. The car is very good mechanically, well appointed, has an interesting history, has been very well cared-for and prepared by the last owner, and as a result is nicely 'tried & tested', ready for its next adventure in life, 100 years after coming into this world! Maintenance & repair over the last 15 years or so is well documented in the history file, which also includes various literature, letters etc from earlier in the car's life and photos of its appearance in the 'Lawrence of Arabia' film. Four-wheel brakes make the car more practical and useable than earlier models, adding to the usability. Adjustable rake windscreen, rear ‘Auster’ screen, correct lamps, straight-sided tyres (including twin side mounts), wheel discs, three-piece tonneau cover, toolkit, etc, etc, all add to the appeal. If you are looking for a ready to go, four-wheel brake, open Ghost, you may have just found it!
Chassis No. 82EM Reg No. EE 5220
Snippets – Bacon & Bond
82EM was ordered by D H Bloomer of Eleanor St., Grimsby est1920 for their wealthy customer Edwin Bacon (1852/1943). Edwin Bacon started work as a fishing lad and by 1899 owned his own trawling firm, by the start of WWI his business had expanded to the extent that he had his own engineering, plumbing, blacksmithing and carpentry firms just to keep his fleet of 70 vessels afloat! During both WWI & WWII a number of his ships were used to carry out minesweeping duties in the North Seas with many vessels and crews not returning to harbour. Edwin Snr’s wealth was such that during WWII he loaned the British Government the sum of £45,000 (interest free) and he donated the sum of £9,436 to the Spitfire Fund which enable the production of a pair of Spitfires Grimsby I and II. He sold 82EM in 1928 having just acquired a little Rolls-Royce Limousine 20hp GKM3. When he died in 1943 his estate was in excess of £260,000 which today would be around £15m. Not bad for a fishing lad. The next owner of 82EM was Frederick Malcolm Bond MD of Limmer & Trinidad Lake Asphalt Co Ltd and also on the board of Penmaenmawr & Trinidad Lake Asphalt Co & Western Trinidad Lake Asphalt Co Ltd. The firm used high quality asphalt from Limmer in Germany and from the Pitch Lake in Trinidad. In 1922 Frederick’s wife, Rosa, was charged with causing death by dangerous driving of one William Eagle whose occupation was described as a rag dealer. With the evidence provided by Lord Hampden who was driving in the opposite direction to Mrs. Bond she was acquitted of manslaughter – it’s not known what make or model the car was only that it was described at the time as “a powerful car”.
