1939 Riley Twelve . Work Done & data
Chassis 29D 8418 Manufactured
1938 Sold and Registered 23 April 1941
Battleship Grey when sold then later black eventually
white as wedding car
1st
Owner Dr Stephen Grange Askey
(Royal Army Medical Corps, 10 Brit Stationary Hop ex
Gallipoli WW1) living @ 2
Balham Park Road, London until 1955. **To buy a vehicle
in WW2 you needed to be a medic/military or similar. **
The car was intended to have a major service to adjust
the shims and steering which was never done on this car
until I bought it although adjusted frequently
(The two year service would have been 1943 ie
during the Battle of Britain)
2nd
Max Settelelen, 15 Lovelace Road, East Barnet
3rd
William Herbert Selwyn, 36 Crofters Road, Northwood,
4th
Edward John Taylor, 37 Bishops Avenue, Northwood
5th Mrs
Vivienne Rebecca Mindel , 36 Furze View, Chorleywood,
Hertfordshire later moved to Highgate, London
6th
Jonathon Joseph Brick, Saffrons, Bucklers Lane,
Kings Langley,
7th
Ernest Parker James, 12 Brownlow Road, London N11
8th Ronald
Brown Jordan, Staverton, The Street, Shorne, Kent also
owned EVE 570 and BFN 559 so a man of taste !
9th Trevor
James Godfrey, Chapel Raod, Bexley Heath, Kent
29.3.1996
Spares bought:-Plugs,HT leads,Carb
overhaul,petrol Tank Filler grommets,Petrol tank drain
plug,rear axle oil seal,Rear lamps and flashers,New
windscreen wiper motor,wingard front lamp flsaher. speedo
cable,front spring bushes,front springs re-tempered,
Gaskets= Instrument bezels,new front shock absorbers,
valve springs and guides, engine studs, steering box
overhaul,fan-belt, bottom steel pipe, hose clips, roller
bearings de-coke kit,clevis pins,throttle bearing
joints,pedal rubbers,copper washers, top hose, bottom
hoses, engine rebuild £1340
1996:-Front
Bumpers re-chromed,Red leather hide base front seas,2
spare wheels and tyres,Petrol tank,rebuilts carb, King
pins, bushes,water pump, bearings and seals,electric fuel
pump,rear springs rebuilt,steering box overhaul,french
polish,brake tree overhaul, £2791.76
1996:-
Stainless steel exhaust, exhaust manifold
repair, coolong fan, timing gear pinion, new front springs
and bushes, £445
10th
Colin Simms, 27 Goodwyn Avenue,Sandlands :- Crank
reground, re-metal bores and bigends,Clean
crankshaft, rebore internaloilways,Repair racked block,
Fit 12 helicoils,rebore block,Supply set pistons,Supllu
little end bushes,Reface block + block,Modify Valve guide
+ fit,Supply 4 of harden valve seats + fit,Reface
cyclinder head, Clean+ rebuild cost £1337

Grandy Mack (DEALER) West
Knapton 2004 sold for £14k mileage 47305
11th
Richard Green 6 Mayfield Close, Harrogate bought
2004 sold 2022 @ £15k
12th Ros
King, Bratch farmhouse, Wood Lane, Fonthill Gifford
bought February 2022 for £15k
2022
onwards :- Delivery £570, Initial steering
rebuild, tyre fitting and some engine work £1200, Burlem
Gasket bits £21.11, Bottom end gasket set £43.49,
Condenser,Contacts.Spark plugs set of 4,£41.89, Burlen
£47.73, Wing Mirrors £114.98, bearing kit £47.90, silcone
radiator hose, £41.93, gaskets £27.65, gaskets £31.55,
Head gasket set,exhaust pipe, washers etc£216.72, Gaskets
washers £32.15, throttle cable, gaskets £55.13,
thermostat, etc £30.02, Burlen £23.99.Custom made springs
£120, gaskets washers £198.72, £68.98, Gaskets, Engine
Mountings, £159.08, £7.73, Gaskets £65.22, Core plugs etc
£22.32, Exhaust manifold , pipes etc £305.52,Suspension
drop ends refurb + other bits £235, Head Gasket rebuild
£120 parts only,Bonnet corner s£31, Fitting all
above spares £448 or free in house,plugs £20.98,
Distributor kit + cap £63.96, Studs etc £39.60. RM boot
hinges to be modified and replace unobtainable 12hp ones .
. . original retained and in the car £227 + fitting
more
to list as paperwork is located