Fitted initially with Enclosed Drive Limousine coachwork by Hooper, chassis 89RM was supplied new to the financier and MP Sir Harry Mallaby Mallaby-Deeley of Mitcham Court, Surrey on 11th November 1924. Returning to the factory some twelve years later, the Silver Ghost was treated to an engine overhaul, upgraded to Andre Telecontrol shock absorbers, re-tempered leaf springs, sundry rewiring, and converted to the well base wheel rims. Passing to Sir Guy Meyrick Mallaby Mallaby-Deeley upon his father's death in 1937, the Rolls-Royce appears to have remained in the Surrey area until 1958 when Bertram Cowan sold it to fellow dealer F.G. Wade Palmer for £100. Based at the Jack O'Lantern garage near Romsey in Hampshire, Mr. Wade Palmer breathed new life into countless Silver Ghost and Phantom chassis. As well as recreating the Silver Ghost Armoured Cars featured in the 1962 film Lawrence of Arabia, he rebodied chassis 89RM as a Shooting Brake/Estate Bus.
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