Not Sold (Est: £28,000 - £34,000)
1952 Bentley Mark VI Saloon by James Young
Historics • UK • 4 Dec 2010
Market Position:
Rare Sale
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Not Sold (Est: £28,000 - £34,000)
1952 Bentley Mark VI Saloon by James Young
UK • 4 Dec 2010 • Lot 61
Vehicle Details
AI Listing Summary
This Bentley Mark VI, coachbuilt by James Young and believed to be one of only six, features a dark grey over cream exterior and a recently restored grey leather interior. It has undergone a comprehensive structural restoration and has been sparingly used since, making it a competitively priced and well-proportioned classic.
Condition
7
The car has undergone a comprehensive structural restoration and has been sparingly used and always garaged since. The interior is freshly installed, and the woodwork is recently refinished, indicating careful maintenance and attention to detail.
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10,902 miles (via 2010 MOT)
LXO763
1952
Auction
B168HR
RHD
United Kingdom
Not Sold (Est: £28,000 - £34,000)
1952 Bentley Mark VI Saloon by James Young
Historics • UK • 4 Dec 2010
Market Position:
Rare Sale
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Description
The Bentley Mark VI was the first post-war luxury car from Bentley produced from 1946 to 1952, it was also the first car from Rolls-Royce with factory coachwork but chassis were still also supplied to independent coachbuilders.
The chassis and engine went on to be used as the basis of those in the Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith of 1946 and Silver Dawn of 1949.
The factory bodies were made by Pressed Steel Ltd of Coventry and sent to the Bentley works at Crewe for painting and fitting out with traditional wood and leather.
They featured rear hinged ""suicide"" doors at the front and a sliding sunroof.
Those buyers with a more discerning palette and deeper pockets also had the option of using one of the many coachbuilders available at the time such as James Young Ltd. This was a British coach building company started in 1863 in London Road, Bromley.
Originally producing horsedrawn carriages.
In 1908 they made their first car body for the local Member of Parliament.
From 1921 they bodie...
Price Analysis vs Other Mk VI James Youngs
£23,625
Lowest Price (Since 2020)
£25,694
Median Price (Since 2020)
£37,740
Highest Price (Since 2020)
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MOT Information
Expired
Expired on 21st Mar 2011
Latest MOT mileage:
10,902 miles
MOT History
Passed
On 22nd Mar 2010, 10,902 miles
Passed
On 6th Mar 2009, 10,810 miles
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