Topic: Solved - MJW #773 - Bentley Mk VI Estate Car by Aburnson 1948

[woodinsight]

The make and model of this "woody" estate are easy so no point for that.
Coachbuilder is the key here.
As usual identify the make, model, year and the coachbuilder.

[woodinsight]

Expert help required

[bentleybob]

1948 Bentley Mark VI Estate Car by Aburnson, Lancing, West Sussex, chassis B384CF, Supplied to H.Sado, reg.nr KUV 46, later rebodied as a special. Shown in Autocar in February 1949, but since no trace could ever been found about this coachbuilder, and since the chassis was actually delivered to Nightinggale Engineering Ltd., Wandsworth, London SW12, it is now assumed to be possible that the coachbuilder remained a venture planned at the time but never realised. Estate cars were popular in post war Britain which were classified as commercial type vehicles to avoid purchase tax on the chassis price as well as a reduced road tax.
If anyone has any further information on the coachbuilder, I would like to hear more...

[woodinsight]

1948 Bentley Mark VI Estate Car by Aburnson, Lancing, West Sussex, chassis B384CF, Supplied to H.Sado, reg.nr KUV 46, later rebodied as a special. Shown in Autocar in February 1949, but since no trace could ever been found about this coachbuilder, and since the chassis was actually delivered to Nightinggale Engineering Ltd., Wandsworth, London SW12, it is now assumed to be possible that the coachbuilder remained a venture planned at the time but never realised. Estate cars were popular in post war Britain which were classified as commercial type vehicles to avoid purchase tax on the chassis price as well as a reduced road tax.
If anyone has any further information on the coachbuilder, I would like to hear more...

Thanks for the very interesting reply Rob, it is of course correct.
I seem to recall that Aburnson may have built bodies for passenger vehicles but I'll have to check that.