Body Style 7277.

153 bhp, 4,566 cc inlet-over-exhaust inline six-cylinder engine with twin SU carburetors, four-speed manual transmission, independent wishbone front suspension with coil springs and an anti-roll bar, live rear axle with semi-elliptical leaf-spring suspension, and four-wheel servo-assisted hydraulic front and mechanical rear drum brakes.

Wheelbase: 120 in.

Please note this vehicle is titled as a 1954.

Even after becoming the “Silent Sports Car” in the mid-1930s, Bentley held tight to its performance heritage.

Later in the decade, the company began experimenting with aerodynamic designs, eventually evolving the Georges Paulin-designed Corniche prototype of 1940.

The Corniche did not survive World War II, but its spirit did, and after the war, it evolved into H.I.F.

Evernden and J.P.

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