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Solved - MJW #134 - Bentley Mk VI 4.1/4 litre James Young 1949
« on: December 01, 2010, 02:58:36 PM »
No points for the marque but whose coachwork is this?
I don't know and need proof to solve this puzzle.

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Re: MJW #134
« Reply #1 on: December 06, 2010, 03:03:31 PM »
Do the experts know who was responsible for the coachwork?

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Re: MJW #134
« Reply #2 on: December 10, 2010, 03:17:43 AM »
Another one that needs help from the Pros

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Re: MJW #134
« Reply #3 on: December 10, 2010, 03:34:18 AM »
Abbott?
A car is for life, not just for Christmas.

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Re: MJW #134
« Reply #4 on: December 10, 2010, 04:10:21 AM »
I really don't know who built the coachwork.
The illustration came from a sort of "Boys Book of Cars" type of publication published in the early 1950s.
This is one of the reasons for putting it up to Pro level to discover if anyone knows and can provide proof.

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Re: MJW #134
« Reply #5 on: December 10, 2010, 09:51:28 AM »
1949 Bentley MkVI 4¼-Litre Saloon by James Young?

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Re: MJW #134
« Reply #6 on: December 11, 2010, 11:17:46 PM »
That indeed is identical with the car in the puzzle - the owner has removed the rear wheel spats but I'm sure it's the car.
I'll consider this one solved but if anyone has any further information on who it was built for it would be most welcome.
Well done Joao.

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Re: MJW #134
« Reply #7 on: February 19, 2011, 02:43:47 PM »
That indeed is identical with the car in the puzzle - the owner has removed the rear wheel spats but I'm sure it's the car.
I'll consider this one solved but if anyone has any further information on who it was built for it would be most welcome.
Well done Joao.

I'm completely wrong!...It was bodied by H.J. Mulliner sorry  :-[

More pictures,chassis B240DA, for Braithwaite Engineering, supplied in 1949

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Re: Solved - MJW #134 - Bentley Mk VI 4.1/4 litre James Young 1949
« Reply #8 on: February 19, 2011, 02:55:07 PM »
No problem Joao and many thanks for providing the extra information and photos.
I have another similar one to be solved that I will be posting soon.