Bentley R type Type Standard Steel Saloon 1953
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1953 Bentley R Type Standard Steel Saloon
Chassis number: B438TN
Registration number: SDH65
Under the current ownership for over 2 decades. This Bentley R Type is in very fine order finished in traditional colours of Tudor over Shell Grey. Forming part of a small collection it has in recent years seen only small incremental mileages added to its odometer bringing it up to the now indicated 101,556 miles from new.
The grey leather seating & carpets have been redone making for a very smart interior. The woodwork in highly figured burr walnut is original as it left the factory. The car overall presents beautifully with a light patination of use rather then concours show exhibit.
An assortment of bills & correspondence comes witht he car attesting to an engine rebuild in the 1980's including new pistons & connecting rods etc after which the car has not covered many miles. Indeed the 1990 Ministry of Transport certificate recorded a mileage of 89,475 with only 11,000 or so covered since.
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1953 Bentley R type Type Standard Steel Saloon is listed sold on ClassicDigest in Grays by Vintage Prestige for Not priced.
Car Facts
Car type : Car Make : Bentley Model : R type Model Version : Type Standard Steel Saloon Engine size : 0.0 Model Year : 1953 Sub type : Sedan Location : Essex
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About Bentley
Before becoming a mere subsidiary to Rolls-Royce, Bentley was an independent Automaker famous for the "fastest lorries in the world" e.i Bentley 4½ Litre.Good ol' Bentley boys (A group of wealthy British motorists, mainly Woolf Barnato, Sir Henry "Tim" Birkin, steeplechaser George Duller, aviator Glen Kidston, S.C.H. "Sammy" Davis, and Dr Dudley Benjafield ) -in their trusty Bentley cars- took four consecutive victories at 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1924, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930
In 1931 Bentley was taken over British Central Equitable Trust that later proved to be a front for Rolls-Royce Limited. Unhappy with his role at Rolls-Royce, W.O. Bentley left the company when his contract expired in 1935 duly joining Lagonda. This was beginning of which ultimately led Bentley cars to become more or less badge-engineered Rolls-Royce.