Bentley 6.5 Litre 4-seater tourer, 1926
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Bentley 6.5 Litre 4-seater tourer, 1926 | € 575.000,--

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Bentley 6 ½ Liter 4-zits tourer, jaar 1926. Chassisnummer WK2661, motornummer FR263X. UK registratie YR197X. Kleur blauw gecombineerd met een muisgrijs lederen interieur en muisgrijs tapijt. Zwarte kap en zwarte mohair tonneau cover. In november 1926 werd deze majestueuze Bentley 6 ½ Liter met chassis WK2661 geleverd aan een Major R. Creyke in de UK. De automobiel was voorzien van een Weyman type saloon body gebouwd door H.J. Mulliner. De Bentley verbleef lange tijd in Engeland voordat deze naar Zweden werd gebracht door de nieuwe eigenaar. In de jaren 1960 werd de saloon body door R.C. Moss in de UK vervangen door een Vanden Plas 4-zits tourerbody zoals op de Le Mans Speed Six modellen. WK2661 verscheen in 1970 op de Kensington Gardens Parade in Londen voor het eerst met de 4-zits tourer carrosserie. In december 1993 is de Bentley door de bekende Londense dealer Gregor Fisken aan een Nederlander verkocht. De auto werd in 1994 in Nederland geregistreerd. De Nederlandse eigenaar genoot van deze indrukwekkende automobiel op concours-elegances en historische rally's tot aan de Bentley International Tour of South Africa in het jaar 2001. In 2007 werd de carrosserie gerestaureerd en in In 2010 is de motor volledig gereviseerd voor € 50.000. Tijdens het proces besloot de eigenaar om twee carburateurs te laten monteren, waardoor het vermogen steeg tot ongeveer 160 pk bij 3.500 tpm. Door de jaren heen is de Bentley in onderhoud geweest bij van Laar Classic Cars, onderhoudsfacturen zijn aanwezig. In 2019 werd de Bentley verkocht. Momenteel verkeert de Bentley 6 ½ Litre met chassis WK2661 in een prachtige en zeer goede vintage conditie en de auto rijdt indrukwekkend. Het uitlaatgeluid is fantastisch en de zescilinder lijnmotor levert heel veel koppel. De mechanica voelt ijzersterk aan en de versnellingsbak schakelt perfect wanneer op de juiste wijze ‘double de-clutch’ toegepast wordt. De carrosserie en het interieur vertonen een prachtig patina (normale gebruiks- en ouderdomssporen door goed gebruik en goede verzorging) die de Bentley een perfecte vintage uitstraling geven. Mechanisch is WK2661 een super originele Bentley 6 ½ Litre, de twee carburateurs (in plaats van de Smith-Bentley BVS 50) en de ene in plaats van twee ontstekingsmagneten zijn modificaties zoals te zien op de Speed Six. Daarnaast is de motor voorzien van een moderne oliefilter modificatie. Uitgerust met de Vanden Plas type 4-zits Tourer carrosserie is deze Bentley 6 ½ Liter met chassis WK2661 is een prachtige machine in de geest van de legendarische Le Mans Speed Sixes. Van 1926 tot eind 1928 werden slechts 284 Bentley 6 ½ Litre chassis gebouwd. Deze Bentley 6 ½ Litre staat ingeschreven in het Bentley Register. Dit is een zeldzame kans om een gewilde Bentley 6 ½ Liter te bemachtigen. Deze Bentley kan wereldwijd verkocht en op naam gezet worden.

Deze Bentley is te koop bij Altena Classic Service.
Prijs: € 575.000, -.

Het beroemde merk Bentley, opgericht door de heer W.O. Bentley, bestond slechts twaalf jaar als onafhankelijk bedrijf (1919-1931) voordat het trotse bedrijf werd overgenomen door Rolls Royce.
Die twaalf opwindende Bentley-jaren waren gevuld met racesuccessen en vele overwinningen. De naam Bentley als fabrikant van grote, zware, krachtige en stoere sportwagens stond al sinds de 'roaring' jaren twintig van de twintigste eeuw in de menselijke geest gegrift.
Bentley's wonnen de beroemde 24 uur van Le Mans in de jaren 1924, 1927, 1928, 1929 en 1930. In de jaren dat ze de race niet wonnen, eindigden ze als tweede of derde.
Niet alleen successen op Le Mans werden geteld, maar ook vele overwinningen in de Brooklands 500 mijl race.
Er werden races gewonnen met de 4,5 liter "blower", maar de meeste successen werden behaald met het Speed Six-model.

Technische gegevens

Zescilinder lijnmotor met bovenliggende nokkenas en vier kleppen per cilinder
2 S.U. carburateurs
cilinderinhoud : 4257 cc.
vermogen: ca. 160 pk bij 3.500 tpm.
topsnelheid: 140 - 150 km/u.
versnellingen: 4 handgeschakeld
remmen: Bekrachtigde trommelremmen rondom
gewicht: ca. 2200 kg.

Bentley history 1919 - 1931

The famous Bentley make, erected by Mr. W.O. Bentley, existed as a independent firm for only twelve years (1919-1931) before the proud firm was taken over by the Rolls Royce motor company. Those twelve exhilarating Bentley years were filled with racing successes and many important victories. The Bentley name as manufacturer of large, heavy, powerful and rugged sports cars has been imprinted in the human mind since the "roaring" 1920ies.

Bentley motorcars won the famous 24 hours of Le Mans race in the years 1924, 1927, 1928, 1929 and 1930. The years they did not win the long distance reliability race for production cars they finished second or third. Not only successes at Le Mans were counted but also victories in other long distance events like the Brooklands 500 mile race. The racing successes were mainly due to the rugged built of the cars and the meticulous preparation of the cars. In every race they learned and had the cars improved on small but important details (Head lamp covers, mesh gauze on the petrol tank, quick filler caps for engine oil and radiator, driver adjustable brakes.)

3-Litre

The Bentley 3 Litre was W.O. Bentley’s first design. The car was presented in 1919 but the first cars were sold in 1921. The four cylinder cars of rugged construction where in a class of their own for they combined the size and comfort of the big tourers and saloons with the road holding, and speed of the smaller sports- and racing cars. The Bentley was a true owner-driver car for the sporting motorist and connoisseur. The Bentley car could be had in three different types which were designated with three different radiator badges*. Red badge: short chassis speed model, Blue badge: the early short and then long chassis type for bespoke bodywork, Green badge: very rare and used for about eighteen 100 mph. These Green badge car won at Le Mans in 1924 and 1927 (Old Number Seven.) The 3-Litre was built from 1919 until 1929.

*The Bentley radiator and the logo were designed by the genius motoring artist Gordon Crosby. The logo is a ‘badge’ and not a ‘label’ as stated by AFC Hilstead in his book ‘Those Bentley Days’ (published 1953).

6.5 Litre and Speed Six

Then in 1926 the 6.5 Litre and the Speed Six were presented, these six cylinder models were in the eyes of W.O. Bentley the best cars the Bentley firm ever built. The bigger capacity was needed for many a customer had built a bespoke heavy saloon body on their chassis and thus eliminating the sporting element the chassis had to offer. The Speed Six brought Bentley the most racing successes and Le Mans victories. In the year 1929 the Speed Six came home first with Bentley 4.5 Litres second, third and fourth! In 1930 the same Bentley Speed Six 'Old Number one' came home a victor followed by another Speed six in second position!

4.5 Litre

Next came the upgraded four cylinder Bentley 4.5 Litre in the year 1927. The 4.5 Litre featured four valves per cylinder and two spark plugs per cylinder engine. Most of these cars were given open tourer and saloon bodywork and only nine short chassis were built.

4.5 Litre Supercharged (Blower)

The 4.5 Litre Blower was built in the ‘Barnato’ period. Financed by the Hon. Dorothy Paget Tim Birkin successfully experimented at Brooklands with his blower Bentley and even achieved the Brooklands lap record with his Blower Bentley. As Woolf Barnato was now in charge of the Bentley firm, and W.O. now only responsible for the development of the Bentley cars, Birkin convinced Barnato to enter a separate team of Blower Bentleys for the 1930 Le Mans race. This was against W.O. Bentley’s ideas for he was of the opinion that the supercharger would only add trouble to a perfectly good and reliable machine. The 1930 Le Mans race proved W.O. right as none of the blown cars finished and Barnato and Kidston won on a Speed Six model.
The supercharged 4.5 Litre engines were real "gas-guzzlers", the naturally aspirated 4.5 Litre engine used one litre of petrol every 5.6 kilometres, the supercharged engine used one litre for just 3.5 kilometres, a very large petrol tank was fitted additionally.
Another problem was that spark plugs in the supercharged engine wore out very quickly resulting in loss of power. Bentley engineer Nobby Clarke stated one day: "The blower eats spark plugs like a donkey eats hay". Only 55 Bentley 4.5 Litre ‘blower’ cars have been built by the firm of which 26 carried the Van den Plas open tourer bodywork.

8-litre

In 1931 the most impressive Bentley model ever saw the light of day; the 8-Litre. This car can be regarded as a real ‘super car’. Only 100 of these big cars have been built.

4- Litre

Also in 1931 a down scaled 8-Litre was introduced, the 4-Litre. The car was designed to sell more cars to improve the cumbersome financial situation at Bentley’s. The 1929 Wall Street crash affecting the firm immensely. The 4-Litre featured the chassis, transmission and brakes of the 8-litre. The newly constructed 120 bhp ‘Ricardo’ engine proved underpowered for the chassis and as a result the 4-litre never became the success Bentley hoped for. Only 50 chassis were built.

1931 Rolls Royce take over

In 1931 business prospects looked very black and the firm went into receivership. Napier & Son were negotiating with Bentley's receiver to take over the company. Then another interested party arrived at the scene named British Central Equitable Trust. They outbid Napiers in a sealed bid auction. The Trust later was found to be a front for Rolls-Royce Limited. Rolls Royce had cleverly defeated the threat of a firm that could become a very unwelcome competitor.

From 1933 all Bentley cars were based upon their Rolls Royce counterparts and production was then moved from Cricklewood to Derby. Purists tend to name the Rolls Royce produced cars – Rolls Royce Bentley’s. Rolls Royce took good care of the Bentley ‘marque’. Many magnificent automobiles were built with a distinctively different character than the Rolls Royce models.

© Marc Vorgers 

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