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Solved - NEH 1656: Bentley Korea prototype - 1960
« on: March 22, 2012, 08:51:39 AM »
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Re: NEH 1656
« Reply #1 on: March 24, 2012, 12:59:25 PM »
italian??
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Re: NEH 1656
« Reply #2 on: March 24, 2012, 01:04:20 PM »
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Re: NEH 1656
« Reply #3 on: March 24, 2012, 04:26:13 PM »
british??
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Re: NEH 1656
« Reply #4 on: March 24, 2012, 08:04:27 PM »
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Re: NEH 1656
« Reply #5 on: March 25, 2012, 11:32:11 AM »
aston martin DB1 ???
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« Reply #6 on: March 25, 2012, 12:57:04 PM »
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Re: NEH 1656
« Reply #7 on: March 26, 2012, 05:38:26 PM »
alvis??
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« Reply #8 on: March 26, 2012, 05:56:50 PM »
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Re: NEH 1656
« Reply #9 on: March 26, 2012, 11:19:15 PM »
Bristol?
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Re: NEH 1656
« Reply #10 on: March 27, 2012, 04:26:34 AM »
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Re: NEH 1656
« Reply #11 on: March 27, 2012, 04:07:27 PM »
its a long shot but, gordon-keeble ??
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Re: NEH 1656
« Reply #12 on: March 27, 2012, 06:44:09 PM »
Quote from: foxawy on March 27, 2012, 04:07:27 PM
its a long shot but, gordon-keeble ??

No, I'm afraid not.
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Re: NEH 1656
« Reply #13 on: March 27, 2012, 08:28:46 PM »
It seems like foxawy and I are on the same trail.  I'll try the next logical one, Warwick.
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Re: NEH 1656
« Reply #14 on: March 29, 2012, 06:08:05 AM »
Quote from: RayTheRat on March 27, 2012, 08:28:46 PM
It seems like foxawy and I are on the same trail.  I'll try the next logical one, Warwick.


No, not a Warwick.

I'm moving this one up now since it's had its week with the Rookies.
The Experts will make very short shrift of it, I'm sure!
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« Reply #15 on: March 29, 2012, 06:50:53 AM »
The sporty Continental Bentley that never was but for a short lived prototype. Experimental Bentley Korea 61-B Sports Coupé, styled by V.Koren and built by Park Ward, registered 800 PTU, constructed ovet 1959 - 1961 (March).  Tubular body construction with steel panelling with aluminium doors, bonnet and boot lid. Did 140 mph on the speedo, being 133 mph in reality. Regarded as too much of a competitor for the regular S2 and later S3 Continentals, particular the cabriolet by Park Ward. In the end a fixed roof was fitted to the cabriolet body to create a coupe, whichwas cheaper to make.  Project stopped in September 1961 after only 2000 miles, one only built, second never was. Mechanics out by 1963, body in storage unitil 1970 until scrapped
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« Reply #16 on: March 29, 2012, 07:24:23 AM »
Quote from: bentleybob on March 29, 2012, 06:50:53 AM
The sporty Continental Bentley that never was but for a short lived prototype. Experimental Bentley Korea 61-B Sports Coupé, styled by V.Koren and built by Park Ward, registered 800 PTU, constructed ovet 1959 - 1961 (March).  Tubular body construction with steel panelling with aluminium doors, bonnet and boot lid. Did 140 mph on the speedo, being 133 mph in reality. Regarded as too much of a competitor for the regular S2 and later S3 Continentals, particular the cabriolet by Park Ward. In the end a fixed roof was fitted to the cabriolet body to create a coupe, whichwas cheaper to make.  Project stopped in September 1961 after only 2000 miles, one only built, second never was. Mechanics out by 1963, body in storage unitil 1970 until scrapped

Absolutely!
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Re: Solved - NEH 1656: Bentley Korea prototype - 1960
« Reply #17 on: December 21, 2015, 08:34:19 AM »
Here's a front view of it plus a better rear picture:

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Re: Solved - NEH 1656: Bentley Korea prototype - 1960
« Reply #18 on: December 21, 2015, 08:51:56 AM »
It is such a shame that this car never made it into production, as it is stunning.  I would seriously consider parting with my Bristol to buy one of these.  Perhaps I can get some body to build an exact replica, based on a Bristol chassis (more fun to drive than a Bentley!).
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Re: Solved - NEH 1656: Bentley Korea prototype - 1960
« Reply #19 on: December 21, 2015, 10:29:48 AM »
I agree.  The British motor industry has rarely been noted for its foresight and much preferred to rest on its laurels and keep on making what had been selling, e.g. their insistence on keeping cars like the Morris Minor and MGB going long after their sell-by dates..

This is what it said on the website where I found the pictures:

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Park Ward was used for another project, codenamed ‘Korea’. “The nearest thing to a four-seater Ferrari with traditional Bentley luxury and comfort.” Koren wrote later, recalling the brief. “We built two prototypes but the project was axed by the sales people as “too modern and too expensive” and did not go into production.” Koren was to leave Rolls-Royce after only 4 years.
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What a waste.
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