Author Topic: Solved - MJW #552 - Bentley 3 1/2 litre Aerodynamic Saloon by Croall 1934 (Read 1092 times)

woodinsight · « **on:** August 06, 2011, 05:03:59 AM »

Make, model, year and coachbuilder please for one point.
(The car was actually built and was shown at a leading motor show)

woodinsight · « **Reply #1 on:** August 12, 2011, 03:14:59 AM »

Experts?

woodinsight · « **Reply #2 on:** August 18, 2011, 10:49:29 AM »

Pros?

barrett · « **Reply #3 on:** August 18, 2011, 10:55:24 AM »

Beautiful!

I really am hopeless on this era of cars, but the grille shape reminds me of an Alvis..?

João · « **Reply #4 on:** August 18, 2011, 11:00:07 AM »

Or maybe a Bentley with Arnold body?

woodinsight · « **Reply #5 on:** August 18, 2011, 11:06:23 AM »

Not Arnold but it is a Bentley. The coachbuilder is known more for its work in the 1920s.
This may have been their last car but I'm not sure.

João · « **Reply #6 on:** August 18, 2011, 01:28:24 PM »

1935 Bentley 3-1/2 Litre Aerodynamic Saloon by Rippon?

woodinsight · « **Reply #7 on:** August 18, 2011, 01:35:39 PM »

Quote from: João on August 18, 2011, 01:28:24 PM

1935 Bentley 3-1/2 Litre Aerodynamic Saloon by Rippon?

Not by Rippon but the car is correct and the year should be 1934.

João · « **Reply #8 on:** August 18, 2011, 03:03:49 PM »

Lancefield?

woodinsight · « **Reply #9 on:** August 18, 2011, 07:13:21 PM »

Not Lancefield

João · « **Reply #10 on:** August 19, 2011, 03:06:38 PM »

Another try : Cadogan?

woodinsight · « **Reply #11 on:** August 19, 2011, 04:12:47 PM »

Quote from: João on August 19, 2011, 03:06:38 PM

Another try : Cadogan?

Not Cadogan but the coachbuilder starts with a 'C'

João · « **Reply #12 on:** August 19, 2011, 04:20:41 PM »

Carlton Carriage?

woodinsight · « **Reply #13 on:** August 19, 2011, 04:50:44 PM »

Quote from: João on August 19, 2011, 04:20:41 PM

Carlton Carriage?

Not Carlton......

João · « **Reply #14 on:** August 19, 2011, 04:57:37 PM »

Cunard?

woodinsight · « **Reply #15 on:** August 19, 2011, 06:10:07 PM »

Not Cunard either....

João · « **Reply #16 on:** August 19, 2011, 07:21:20 PM »

Cockshoot?

woodinsight · « **Reply #17 on:** August 20, 2011, 02:57:49 AM »

Not Cockshoot (fewer letters than that)

pnegyesi · « **Reply #18 on:** August 20, 2011, 03:09:12 AM »

Croall?

woodinsight · « **Reply #19 on:** August 20, 2011, 04:44:20 AM »

Quote from: pnegyesi on August 20, 2011, 03:09:12 AM

Croall?

Croall it is!
It must have been one of the last bodies that Croall built.
I have never seen a photo of the completed car and wonder if any member has one?
Another point for you to set you on the road to 600 points!

pnegyesi · « **Reply #20 on:** August 20, 2011, 04:47:51 AM »

My book says that by the 1930s Croall bodies were built by HJ Mulliner

woodinsight · « **Reply #21 on:** August 20, 2011, 04:58:09 AM »

Quote from: pnegyesi on August 20, 2011, 04:47:51 AM

My book says that by the 1930s Croall bodies were built by HJ Mulliner

Although Croall owned H.J. Mulliner they kept their own name until c.1934.
This Bentley may have been built in the Mulliner works but it appeared on the Croall stand at the Scottish Motor show at Kelvin Hall in 1934.
Perhaps it's possible to find a photo of the car under the Mulliner name?
Here is the illustration with the caption -

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Author Topic: Solved - MJW #552 - Bentley 3 1/2 litre Aerodynamic Saloon by Croall 1934 (Read 1092 times)