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£4,000 - £5,000
1954 Riley RME, 1496 cc. Registration number OAO 270. Chassis number RME 22608. Engine number RMA 12930.
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'.
The Riley RM Series was produced from 1945 to 1955, there were three types produced. All used Riley engines with four cylinders in-line, hemispherical combustion chambers and twin camshafts mounted high at the sides of the cylinder block.
The RMA (1945 - 1952) was a large saloon, and was replaced by the RME (1952 - 1955). Both used a 1.5 L 12 hp, developed before WWII. The RMB (1946 - 1952) was a longer car; it was replaced by the RMF (1952 - 1957). Both cars used a larger engine, new in 1937, a 2.5 L 16 hp.
An older restoration that has mellowed well, it started very easily when viewed and drove well around a yard but buyers should be aware that the brakes are very poor. It is being sold as the vendor has lost his storage facility.
Sold with the V5C.
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