Bentley Speed Six 1949
General description :
1949 Bentley Speed Eight by Racing Green.
Registration number: LTU281
Chassis number: B489EW
In brand new condition, this Racing Green Bentley Speed Eight has covered only shakedown miles since build. It is finished in Traditional Bentley Racing Green & sports a crate fresh Straight Eight B80 Engine.
Perfection needs but few words. These racing green cars give one the full vintage motoring experience without any of the dramas that can be associated with running original cars when not properly prepared & looked after. The gear change is easy. The cars always start even after long winter layups. The suspension is soft supple & modern.
Need we say more??
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1949 Bentley Speed Six is listed sold on ClassicDigest in Grays by Vintage Prestige for Not priced.
Car Facts
Car type : Car Make : Bentley Model : Speed Six Engine size : 0.0 Model Year : 1949 Sub type : Race/Rally Car 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.