Author Topic: Solved - MJW #214 - Bentley 3.5 litre Airline Saloon by Freestone & Webb 1935  (Read 1317 times)

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

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Re: MJW #214
« Reply #1 on: January 19, 2011, 12:42:43 PM »
Easy point for an Expert?

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Re: MJW #214
« Reply #2 on: January 19, 2011, 01:04:19 PM »
British coachwork?

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Re: MJW #214
« Reply #3 on: January 19, 2011, 01:17:32 PM »
British coachwork - yes

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Re: MJW #214
« Reply #4 on: January 19, 2011, 01:37:04 PM »
Well, given the shape, I'd say it's a Bentley or a Rolls-Royce (specially since you blured the radiator mascot...)
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Re: MJW #214
« Reply #5 on: January 19, 2011, 02:56:56 PM »
Would you like to choose? (one is correct)

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Re: MJW #214
« Reply #6 on: January 20, 2011, 08:55:45 AM »
Bentley. The silhouette looks like an R-Type Continental...
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Re: MJW #214
« Reply #7 on: January 20, 2011, 09:18:42 AM »
I would have said there's the residue of a Spirit of Ecstacy there though!
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Re: MJW #214
« Reply #8 on: January 20, 2011, 12:42:50 PM »
Bentley it is but I have a different model name.
How about the coachbuilder and year?

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Re: MJW #214
« Reply #9 on: January 20, 2011, 12:45:39 PM »
Aerofoil Coupe by Gurney-Nutting ?

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Re: MJW #214
« Reply #10 on: January 20, 2011, 02:07:39 PM »
It's a coachbuilt Bentley 3 1/2 litre... Barker?
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Re: MJW #214
« Reply #11 on: January 20, 2011, 02:22:40 PM »
It is a 3.5 litre Bentley.
Not an Aerofoil.
Coachwork is neither by Gurney Nutting or Barker.

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Re: MJW #214
« Reply #12 on: January 20, 2011, 02:57:51 PM »
Airline Coupe, coachbuilt by Arnold of Manchester?

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Re: MJW #214
« Reply #13 on: January 20, 2011, 03:58:11 PM »
Airline is correct but not by Arnold

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Re: MJW #214
« Reply #14 on: January 20, 2011, 04:32:33 PM »
Park Ward, or is it not obscure enough?

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Re: MJW #214
« Reply #15 on: January 20, 2011, 05:09:31 PM »
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.
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Re: MJW #214
« Reply #16 on: January 20, 2011, 11:28:29 PM »
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.
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