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Solved - MJW #521 - Bentley Speed Six by Mayfair 1929
« on: July 15, 2011, 11:16:34 AM »
Let's go back in time now.
Make, model, year and coachbuilder will earn you one point.

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Re: MJW #521
« Reply #1 on: July 27, 2011, 04:42:18 AM »
Experts?

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Re: MJW #521
« Reply #2 on: August 06, 2011, 01:51:22 PM »
Pros?

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Re: MJW #521
« Reply #3 on: August 06, 2011, 05:36:38 PM »
James Young bodied Lagonda LG45 circa 1935?

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Re: MJW #521
« Reply #4 on: August 06, 2011, 11:12:53 PM »
James Young bodied Lagonda LG45 circa 1935?
Lagonda - no
James Young - no (a lesser known coachbuilder)
c.1935 - no (a few years older than that)

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Re: MJW #521
« Reply #5 on: August 07, 2011, 04:20:40 AM »
Apart from the cycle wings, it looks like a Talbot 95 to me.  Nothing like it in Blight's book though.
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Re: MJW #521
« Reply #6 on: August 07, 2011, 07:24:04 AM »
Apart from the cycle wings, it looks like a Talbot 95 to me.  Nothing like it in Blight's book though.
Not a Talbot I'm afraid.

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Re: MJW #521
« Reply #7 on: August 08, 2011, 04:34:19 PM »
Gurney Nutting Bentley ?

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Re: MJW #521
« Reply #8 on: August 09, 2011, 05:36:16 PM »
Gurney Nutting Bentley ?
It is a Bentley but not by Gurney Nutting...

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Re: MJW #521
« Reply #9 on: August 10, 2011, 09:50:12 AM »
1934 by Corsica?

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Re: MJW #521
« Reply #10 on: August 10, 2011, 10:25:49 AM »
1934 by Corsica?
Not by Corsica and a few years earlier than 1934......

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Re: MJW #521
« Reply #11 on: August 10, 2011, 10:28:06 AM »
Freestone and Webb?

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Re: MJW #521
« Reply #12 on: August 10, 2011, 02:16:46 PM »
Harrington?

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Re: MJW #521
« Reply #13 on: August 10, 2011, 06:07:42 PM »
Neither Freestone & Webb or Harrington I'm afraid

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Re: MJW #521
« Reply #14 on: August 11, 2011, 03:28:51 PM »
Park Ward?

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Re: MJW #521
« Reply #15 on: August 11, 2011, 03:38:52 PM »
I know a second question in succession

One thing not asked, is it a British coach-builder

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Re: MJW #521
« Reply #16 on: August 11, 2011, 04:08:58 PM »
Dutch coachbuilder?

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Re: MJW #521
« Reply #17 on: August 11, 2011, 06:04:02 PM »
I know a second question in succession

One thing not asked, is it a British coach-builder

Not Park Ward but it is a British coachbuilder......

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Re: MJW #521
« Reply #18 on: August 11, 2011, 06:04:42 PM »
Dutch coachbuilder?
Not Dutch but British

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Re: MJW #521
« Reply #19 on: August 11, 2011, 10:12:00 PM »
Salmons & Sons?

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Re: MJW #521
« Reply #20 on: August 11, 2011, 11:07:28 PM »
Not Salmons.
Time for a clue I think -
The name of this coachbuilder corresponds to a district in London

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Re: MJW #521
« Reply #21 on: August 12, 2011, 01:01:47 AM »
Westminster?
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Re: MJW #521
« Reply #22 on: August 12, 2011, 02:16:02 AM »
Mayfair?

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Re: MJW #521
« Reply #23 on: August 12, 2011, 03:11:15 AM »
Mayfair?
Mayfair is correct.
All I need for the point now is the year and which model of Bentley.
Locked for you until your next reply.

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Re: MJW #521
« Reply #24 on: August 12, 2011, 03:23:06 AM »
1931 4 Litre?