Bentley R type type Convertible by Park Ward. 1954
General description :
1954 Bentley R type Convertible by Park Ward.
Chassis number B193SP
Registration: Swiss Registered
Rare, beautiful & showing 78,880 miles from new. This Park Ward R Type convertible has resided in a prominent Swiss collection of Rolls-Royce & Bentley motor cars for many years where it has always been maintained without regard to cost.
Rather then shiny & new the car has developed a pleasant patination over time making it suitable for regular use. Always looked after by a noted swiss classic car garage the car is on the button starting instantly & driving beautifully. The rear wheels are faired in with removeable whel spats giving a clean look to the car. A useful luggage rack is fitted to the boot lid exterior.
Exterior paint is two tone traditional tudor over shell gray. The car has a blue vinyl convertible top installed which glides up & down at the touch of a button. To the interior is mid blue hide piped in light gray; recently done & in very very good order. To the dash board is original highly figured burr walnut again in good unrestored order. Gray carpets edge bound in blue leather complete the ensemble.
On the day of photography we took the car for an extensive drive up a steep Swiss mountain pass; a duty it performed with aplomb staying cool & running in traditional Bentley silence.
The car is loacated near Geneva where it may be viewed by prior appointment.
Call Richard Biddulph.
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1954 Bentley R type type Convertible by Park Ward. is listed for sale on ClassicDigest in Essex by Prestige House for Not priced.
Car Facts
Car type : Car Make : Bentley Model : R type Model Version : type Convertible by Park Ward. Engine size : 0.0 Model Year : 1954 Sub type : Convertible Location : Essex Vehicle Registration : Undefined
Not priced
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Prestige House
+44(0)1375 379719, +44(0)7967 260673
Prestige House
+44(0)1375 379719, +44(0)7967 260673
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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.