London, Jan 2 (ANI): After rusting away in the garbage for decades, the 1923 Silver Ghost Rolls Royce used by Sir Winston Churchill has been restored to its former glory and is now estimated to be worth a whopping 250,000 pounds.
The vintage motor is said to have served the former British Prime Minister when he used it to give driving lessons to the first female MP, Lady Astor, on a Kent estate.
During the war years, its back end was cut off to convert it into a recovery truck with a mini crane bolted on to the chassis for the auxiliary fire and ambulance service in Manchester.
And in the 1960s, the Rolls appeared in 18 episodes of the hit series 'Avengers' as the car of choice for English gentleman character John Steed.
During the series, the classic car had a steak cooked on her engine and a ladder smashed through the windscreen.
But after the show it was forgotten about and sat deteriorating in a Sussex garage until earlier this year.
It had been purchased for just 200 pounds in the early 1950s by the grandfather of Tania Turner, from Sussex.
He spent 2,000 pounds on restoring the vehicle, but sadly left it in his garage for decades before passing it on to Turner and her husband Andy.
They enlisted the help of classic car expert Charlie Tope to return the Rolls to the open road.
"A friend had his old Alvis restored by Charlie and we thought he would be the ideal person to tackle the Rolls. She looks absolutely fantastic - better than new," the Daily Mail quoted Turner as saying. (ANI)
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