Not Sold | 1929 Bentley 4½ litre Open Tourer in the Vanden Plas style

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Not Sold (Est: £750,000 - £875,000)

1929 Bentley 4½ litre Open Tourer in the Vanden Plas style

United Kingdom • 25 Nov 2017 • Lot 263

Vehicle Details

AI Listing Summary

This listing features a recreated 'Birkin' Blower Bentley, built to exacting standards with a focus on replicating the original's details. While not an original, it features a meticulously crafted engine and supercharger, along with enhancements for modern drivability and comfort, making it a unique offering for vintage car enthusiasts.

Condition

6

While presented as a meticulously recreated 'Birkin' Blower Bentley, it is not an original. The listing emphasizes the accuracy of the replica, the high-quality build, and the enhancements like an overdrive and servo brakes, but this does not change the condition since is a replica and not an original car. The engine is not original to the chassis.

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Transmission:

[Transmission]

Chassis No:

UK 3299

Odometer:

28,025 miles

Reg Number:

GE 3769

RHD/LHD:

RHD

First shown at the 1929 London Motor Show, the 'Blower' Bentley was developed as a private venture by 'Bentley Boy' Sir Henry 'Tim' Birkin in order to extract more performance from the proven 4½ litre model which was becoming outclassed by its rivals on the racetracks of Europe.

His aim was to produce a British car that would enable British drivers to continue to win races as spectacularly as the 4½ litre that had won the 1928 Le Mans 24-Hour race.

The supercharger installation was engineered by the brilliant Amherst Villiers, who modestly claimed that it was 'recognised in engineering circles as a definite landmark in automobile construction'.

Unimpressed, W.

O.

Bentley never supported the development of the supercharged car and is quoted as saying how much he "disliked the easy short cut provided by the supercharger", preferring to increase engine capacity as evidenced by the 6½ litre and 8 litre cars while reducing front-end weight by using Elektron castings.

However, 'W.

O.'...