'Oldest' surviving Rolls

Share Save Add as preferred on Google Hsin-Yi Lo South East Royal Automobile Club The 1904 car underwent a three-year restoration which returned it to its former glory A Rolls-Royce believed to be the world's oldest surviving model will return to British roads for the first time in decades at the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run.

The 1904 vehicle is due to appear at the St James's Motoring Spectacle in London before joining the annual 60-mile (96.56km) event on 1 November.

Chassis 20154, as the car is known, has recently undergone a three-year restoration which returned it to its former glory, said the Royal Automobile Club.

Duncan Wiltshire, chairman of the organisation, said the car's participation was "particularly significant" because it is the only known pre-1905 Rolls-Royce eligible for the car run.

The car's owner, Terry Bramall, acquired it more than three years ago.