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1929 Bentley 6½-Litre Sedanca de Ville by H.J. Mulliner
United Kingdom • 12 Jun 2024
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AI Listing Summary
This 1929 Bentley 6½-Litre Sedanca de Ville by H.J. Mulliner, Chassis No. KR2687, is a rare and well-preserved classic car. It features its matching-numbers engine, unique Sedanca de Ville coachwork, and a history of notable owners and meticulous restoration, making it a valuable addition to any collection.
Condition
8
The car has been well-maintained and restored to its period-correct appearance. It has had several owners who have taken good care of it, and it has been mechanically and cosmetically sorted by noted Bentley specialists. While it has been well maintained since the 1970s, restoration work was performed by R.C. Moss of Bedford, including a full proper repaint to the current green and black livery, refinishing the top material in correct Rexine, fitting a correct-patterned Smith’s multi-jet carburettor with correct piping and linkage, installation of a correct Bentley plate clutch, further to mechanical and cosmetic sorting.
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Transmission:
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Chassis No:
KR2687
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Reg Number:
UK V5
RHD/LHD:
RHD
Chassis KR2687 was created by Bentley in collaboration with coachbuilder H.J.
Mulliner of Chiswick, as a Sedanca de Ville.
Presented at the Olympia Motor Show in October 1929, its coachwork has a very neat appearance, with unusually long and flowing wings exaggerating its powerful appearance, and a Barker-patented “de Ville extension” over the driver’s seat to give the appearance of a full limousine.
Featured in the “Show Number” issue of The Autocar on 25 October 1929, the car was sold at the motor show by W.O.
Bentley’s brother, H.M.
Bentley & Partners, to John Davie of Dartmore, Frithwood Avenue, Northwood.
Following an inspection in 2011 by noted Bentley authority, Dr Clare Hay, a report on file indicates that the car subsequently passed, in 1935, to Major RT Hon.
F.
Craven.
It was laid up through World War II, and then, in 1952, was acquired, in notably original condition, by J.B.
Sibly for ₤50.
Displayed by Sibly in events of the Bentley Drivers Club until 1957, it sub...
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£391,000
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