£8,500
1948 Bentley Mk VI Saloon
United Kingdom • 18 Mar 2026 • Lot 1
Vehicle Details
AI Listing Summary
This 1948 Bentley Mk VI Saloon, owned for nearly four decades, boasts a bodywork restoration to its original maroon color. Last driven in 2015, it's now a recommissioning project with history including service as a wedding car, offered with build sheets and restoration photos.
Condition
6
The car is described as needing recommissioning after being stored since 2015. While it has originality and patina, and the engine has been spun over, it's not currently road-ready and requires work. Moderate wear is implied due to its age and time off the road, fitting the 'Good' condition.
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Manual
Transmission:
B478DA
Chassis No:
Odometer:
[Odometer Reading]
LSV 242
Reg Number:
RHD/LHD:
[RHD/LHD]
Introduced in 1946, Bentley's Mk.
VI was the first vehicle ever offered by the company with factory-designed coachwork, and the first to be assembled in Rolls-Royce's Crewe factory rather than the old Derby premises.
Aimed at the emerging 'owner-driver' luxury car market, the newcomer was closely based on the 1939 Mk.
V (of which only fifteen were produced).
Built around a massive cruciform-braced chassis with independent front suspension and a leaf-sprung 'live' rear axle, it was fitted with a freshly developed 4,257cc OISE (overhead inlet, side exhaust valve) straight-six engine mated to a four-speed manual gearbox.
Capable of over 100mph when clad in the factory's understated 'standard steel saloon' coachwork, the Mk.
VI quickly developed a reputation for being a refined yet responsive drive.
Attractively presented in a very fetching but not so common Maroon, this 1948 Mk.
VI is offered as a very worthwhile recommissioning project after being owned for almost forty years by ...
Points of note
£2,500
Lowest Price (Since 2020)
£17,904
Median Price (Since 2020)
£286,250
Highest Price (Since 2020)
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MOT Information
Expired
Expired on Jul 30 2008
Latest MOT Mileage
56,225 miles
Registration Date
1948-12-30
MOT History
Passed
On Jul 31 2007 with 56,225 miles
There were 4 defects noted.
User Entered:
- Oil leak
- exhaust system is made to suite the vehicle.
- exhaust system is knocking on chassis.
- exhaust system is starting to corrode.
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