Originally an experimental ‘test car’, numbered 27-G-VI, this car was prepared by the factory in 1939 and became one of the very first production models (re-numbered WXA6) when the Wraith was introduced to the public. The car is handsome, sound, in fine condition, with an imposing and attractive frontal aspect, featuring an impressive array of correct lamps and horns. The car has been well cared for by one family since 1997, and we have a complete ownership record prior to that. Also in the file is a buff logbook from 1949, various documentation, old MoT certificates and invoices confirming £32,000 of expenditure during the last ownership. Nicely correct, with particularly appealing brown leather interior, excellent headlining, carpets and wood veneers and a sliding sunroof. Some of the beige paintwork is losing adhesion, on one side of the car, and ideally will need attention in the near future, but the panels are totally sound, and this does not prevent the car from being used and enjoyed. Running and driving well, offered serviced, prepared and newly MoT tested.

Chassis No. WXA6 Reg No. RC 5447


Snippets: Australian Estates, Beech’s Chocolates & a Tailor
After being used as an experimental car Nr 27-G-VI was sold to its first private owner, Lt. Col. Reginald George Stanham just prior to the outbreak of WWII. His wife was an Australian - Helen MacArthur – whose family imported the first merino sheep to Australia in 1796. When her father James Macarthur-Onslow died in 1945 she and her husband sold up and moved back to the family home Camden Park – a property with some 80 rooms and still owned by members of the MacArthur family. The 2nd owner of WXA6 was Captain Roger Cookson, the 4th son of George Cookson of Treslissick in Cornwall. Two of Roger’s older brothers namely Geoffrey & Christopher died when they were both 25 years old; in 1907 Geoffrey succumbed to the plague whilst serving with the King’s Royal Rifles in Jubbulpore, India and in 1909 Christopher drowned whilst he was stationed in Holywood with the 1st Battalion Rifle Brigade. George Cookson had a need for speed and he joined the Royal Flying Corps and in 1918 he was mentioned in despatches. Newspapers & social entrys of the time also refer to Roger Cookson as being a racing driver for the Bentley Team! His wife Sybil left George for part of the marriage and was companion to Hannah Gluckenstein before returning to him. Sybil and George had two daughters – Georgina Cookson who became a star of stage, screen and TV and Patricia whose 2nd marriage was to Henry Aymon Marle Rodolphe, Prince de Faucigny-Lucinge et Coligny. The 3rd owner (1946/55) was Edward W Collinson who in 1949 sold WXA6 to his own company so that he could buy WCB45! Sadly in 1949 E. W. Collinson, whilst on holiday in Scarborough, fell down a 200ft cliff and did not survive. WXA6 remained with the family firm who produce Beech’s Chocolates until 1955. A mysterious owner is a Herbert Kaiser of de Oude Plaats in Corbridge, Northumberland about whom I can find no information at all! The 1990s saw the Wraith with Rami Elle, whose tailoring business “Elle 1981” included African Chiefs, Oil Sheikhs, royalty & government officials amongst their client list.