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Est: £40,000 - £50,000
1948/79 Bentley Mk VI Mallalieu Barchetta
United Kingdom • 14 Oct 2026 • Lot 55
Vehicle Details
AI Listing Summary
A rare 1979 Mallalieu Barchetta, number 21 of approximately 44 built, based on a Bentley MkVI chassis. This RHD example has a 4.25 litre engine and has covered just 20,572 miles since its restoration, with significant recent expenditure on maintenance and refurbishment.
It has a notable history, having been a press car featured on BBC and ATV, and comes with a comprehensive history file. The car was originally commissioned in 1979 and converted to RHD by Old English Classics.
Condition
8
Well maintained, extensive recent work
/ 10
Transmission:
Manual
Chassis No:
B199CD
Odometer:
20,572 miles
Reg Number:
MNV 700
RHD/LHD:
RHD
No.
21 of c.44 Mallalieu Cars.
Registration No: MNV 700 Chassis No: B199CD MOT: Exempt
Completed in 1979 by Mallalieu Cars and understood to be no.
21 of c.44 built by the team at Abingdon
Based on a MkVI chassis with Mallalieu 'Barchetta' coachwork and cycle wings
Offered with history file, hood, hood cover, tonneau cover and side screens
'MNV 700' was a press car for Mallalieu in 1979 and featured on BBC and ATV
In current ownership for 5 years with a Mallalieu enthusiast and supplied with current V5C
An accomplished engineer who was no stranger to racing – campaigning his ex-Count Czaykowski, René Dreyfus and Aubrey Esson-Scott 1931 Bugatti Type 51 Grand Prix car (chassis 51126) at Silverstone, Oulton Park and Prescott – Derry Mallalieu emigrated to the USA in 1959.
Founding Grand Prix Engineering in South Nowak, Connecticut, he also became the Rolls-Royce Owners’ Club of America’s Technical Advisor.
Gifted a dilapidated Bentley MKVI Saloon by his wife Sybil in 1965, Mallal...
Points of note
£28,687
Lowest Price (Since 2020)
£28,687
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£28,687
Highest Price (Since 2020)
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