A 1934 White Rolls Royce Light Saloon that was built for Peter Morton, chairman of famed Hovis will make its first public appearance since lockdown in August.

The pristine saloon, which will appear at Stokesley’s Classics on Show in August 7 this year, served the Marton family until the end of World War II when it was sold to a US buyer.

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When first bought by Peter Morton back in 1934 the saloon cost £1,500, which is the equivalent of £300,000 today.

The car then remained in the US, where it underwent a respray to white, until 1988 when it was tracked down to Seattle by Graham Armstrong of Marton, Middlesbrough.

Graham, a lifelong Rolls Royce fanatic and a member of Teesside Yesteryear Club, set his heart on the car and brought it back to the North-East where he renovated it.

The 87 year-old Rolls Royce still gets admiring glances wherever Graham takes her.

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He said: “Driving her is a bit like living in a goldfish bowl – everyone stops for a look, and photos, if possible.”

Chris Mayes, Chairman of the Classics on Show committee of event organiser Stokesley Rotary Club, said: “This Rolls Royce is a bit of history maker in that it has Lancashire heritage now in the care of a Yorkshire man.

“She is one of many interesting vehicles with equally intriguing back stories which can be retold at this year’s show.”

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Classics on Show regularly attracts up to 400 exhibitors, funds raised from this year’s show will go to the Great North Air Ambulance, The Samaritans, Blood Bikes and other Rotary supported charities.

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