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Title: Solved - MJW #552 - Bentley 3 1/2 litre Aerodynamic Saloon by Croall 1934
Post by: 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)
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Post by: woodinsight on August 12, 2011, 03:14:59 AM: Experts?
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Post by: woodinsight on August 18, 2011, 10:49:29 AM: Pros?
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Post by: barrett 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..?
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Post by: João on August 18, 2011, 11:00:07 AM: Or maybe a Bentley with Arnold body?
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Post by: woodinsight 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.
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Post by: João on August 18, 2011, 01:28:24 PM: 1935 Bentley 3-1/2 Litre Aerodynamic Saloon by Rippon?
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Post by: woodinsight 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.
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Post by: João on August 18, 2011, 03:03:49 PM: Lancefield?
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Post by: woodinsight on August 18, 2011, 07:13:21 PM: Not Lancefield
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Post by: João on August 19, 2011, 03:06:38 PM: Another try : Cadogan?
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Post by: woodinsight 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'
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Post by: João on August 19, 2011, 04:20:41 PM: Carlton Carriage?
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Post by: woodinsight on August 19, 2011, 04:50:44 PM: Quote from: João on August 19, 2011, 04:20:41 PM
Carlton Carriage?
Not Carlton......
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Post by: João on August 19, 2011, 04:57:37 PM: Cunard?
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Post by: woodinsight on August 19, 2011, 06:10:07 PM: Not Cunard either....
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Post by: João on August 19, 2011, 07:21:20 PM: Cockshoot?
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Post by: woodinsight on August 20, 2011, 02:57:49 AM: Not Cockshoot (fewer letters than that)
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Post by: pnegyesi on August 20, 2011, 03:09:12 AM: Croall?
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Post by: woodinsight 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!
Title: Re: Solved - MJW #552 - Bentley 3 1/2 litre Aerodynamic Saloon by Croall 1934
Post by: pnegyesi on August 20, 2011, 04:47:51 AM: My book says that by the 1930s Croall bodies were built by HJ Mulliner
Title: Re: Solved - MJW #552 - Bentley 3 1/2 litre Aerodynamic Saloon by Croall 1934
Post by: woodinsight 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 -