Topic: Solved - MJW #214 - Bentley 3.5 litre Airline Saloon by Freestone & Webb 1935

[woodinsight]

One for the vintage enthusiasts.
Make, model, year and coachbuilder please

[woodinsight]

Easy point for an Expert?

[barrett]

British coachwork?

[woodinsight]

British coachwork - yes

[Joao Gois]

Well, given the shape, I'd say it's a Bentley or a Rolls-Royce (specially since you blured the radiator mascot...)

[woodinsight]

Would you like to choose? (one is correct)

[Joao Gois]

Bentley. The silhouette looks like an R-Type Continental...

[Carnut]

I would have said there's the residue of a Spirit of Ecstacy there though!
But even if I'm right this would NOT be my point!  It's Joao's!

[woodinsight]

Bentley it is but I have a different model name.
How about the coachbuilder and year?

Now that we have established the marque, here is a front view -

[pguillem]

Aerofoil Coupe by Gurney-Nutting ?

[Joao Gois]

It's a coachbuilt Bentley 3 1/2 litre... Barker?

[woodinsight]

It is a 3.5 litre Bentley.
Not an Aerofoil.
Coachwork is neither by Gurney Nutting or Barker.

[Wendax]

Airline Coupe, coachbuilt by Arnold of Manchester?

[woodinsight]

Airline is correct but not by Arnold

[Wendax]

Park Ward, or is it not obscure enough?

[pguillem]

That's a 1935 Bentley 3½-litre Airline bodied by Freestone & Webb.  This car from the Barry Burnett collection was auctioned at Bonham's in 2009.

[woodinsight]

That's a 1935 Bentley 3½-litre Airline bodied by Freestone & Webb.  This car from the Barry Burnett collection was auctioned at Bonham's in 2009.

That's exactly the car - well done.
Another point for you.

[Otto Puzzell]

Pretty car.