£296.7k
1929 Bentley 4 ½ litre Vanden Plas style Tourer
Bonhams • UK • 29 Jun 2012
Market Position:
Lowest 10% of Past Sales
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£296,666
1929 Bentley 4 ½ litre Vanden Plas style Tourer
UK • 29 Jun 2012
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AI Listing Summary
This 1929 Bentley 4 ½ Litre Vanden Plas style Tourer, chassis RL3441, boasts a rich history, including participation in numerous Bentley Drivers' Club Tours, demonstrating its proven reliability. Restored in the 1960s with replica coachwork and significant mechanical work, it features reversible modifications for enhanced driving and comes with a comprehensive history file.
Condition
7
The car is described as being in very smartly presented in blue livery with that delightful patina which is only acquired during long and careful use. The car has participated in many Bentley Drivers' Club Tours with impeccable proven reliability. The car comes with a good history file recording its restoration, a quantity of expired MoT certificates and tax discs and is offered with a Swansea V5C registration document, current road fund licence and a recently issued MoT certificate. The listing mentions modifications to enhance the driving experience which are reversible.
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36,000 miles
BF 6072
United Kingdom
RL3441
1929
Auction
£296.7k
1929 Bentley 4 ½ litre Vanden Plas style Tourer
Bonhams • UK • 29 Jun 2012
Market Position:
Lowest 10% of Past Sales
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Description
Bentley's domination at Le Mans from 1924 to 1930 is indeed the stuff of legends, the sturdy reliability and high speed endurance capabilities of the British Racing Green team cars being a far cry from the humble beginnings in a mews garage off Baker Street in 1919 when the first 3 litre car was fired up.
No-one recognised the commercial value of motor racing achievements more than W.O.
Bentley and the herculean efforts of such giants as Woolf Barnato, Jack Dunfee, Tim Birkin and Sammy Davis consistently hurling the Cricklewood sports cars to victory undoubtedly created instant sales demand for the production models.
The first 4 ½ litre engine, complementing Bentley's 3 litre and 6 ½ litre models, appeared in the 1927 Le Mans practice car and probably went on to be fitted in the first production 4 ½ litre chassis at Le Mans that year, the car campaigned by Callingham and Clement and affectionately known as 'Old Mother Gun'.
The 4 ½ litre model was catalogued from 1927 to 1930, attr...
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£290,950
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