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Solved - NEH 3357: 1947 Bentley MkVI DHC with 2nd Beutler body fitted 1949
« on: April 14, 2014, 07:54:42 AM »
What's this exactly, who built it and when - for 1 point?:

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Re: NEH 3357
« Reply #1 on: April 21, 2014, 02:12:27 PM »
Straight to the Pro's!
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Re: NEH 3357
« Reply #2 on: April 21, 2014, 02:32:43 PM »
Is it just what it seems, or there's a trick here?
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Re: NEH 3357
« Reply #3 on: April 21, 2014, 02:34:36 PM »
Quote from: Paul Jaray on April 21, 2014, 02:32:43 PM
Is it just what it seems, or there's a trick here?

No trick; it's what it seems to be, which is not the car as it was originally built...
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Re: NEH 3357
« Reply #4 on: April 21, 2014, 02:36:39 PM »
Mark VI Drophead Coupe Beutler, 1949
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Re: NEH 3357
« Reply #5 on: April 21, 2014, 02:41:54 PM »
Quote from: Paul Jaray on April 21, 2014, 02:36:39 PM
Mark VI Drophead Coupe Beutler, 1949

Correct, but there's a little more to it than that.
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Re: NEH 3357
« Reply #6 on: April 21, 2014, 02:50:27 PM »
I can't post links but I found the story of this car, #B139BG:
It was in this form:
"Beutler had bodied one 1947 Bentley Mark VI as a dhc. Ernst Beutler-Kueng did inform that the Bentley Mark VI originally had been built for a Swiss customer who didn't give permission for any photo of the car to be shown. For decades Beutler-Kueng kept in a ‘Confidential File’ a few mono-photos that had been taken taken with great caution without the owner's knowledge just prior to handing over the car. The mono-photos show this 1st body by Beutler on the chassis of Bentley Mark VI, #B139BG. The quality of the more than 50 years old mono-photos isn’t perfect, but these might well be the only photos available worldwide that show this particular car."


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Re: NEH 3357
« Reply #7 on: April 22, 2014, 05:46:32 AM »
Yes!
In fact it's the same chassis as my other recent puzzle:

http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=27840.msg321028#msg321028

Apparently the customer regretted his choice of body as it quickly looked dated amongst all the new post-war designs coming out of Italy and other coachbuilders, so after only 2 years he had Beutler take the 1947 body off and fit a brand new latest style body! Personally I'm not sure he made the right decision, but of course that is with the benefit of hindsight and what now looks a bit ordinary may well have looked the bee's knees back in 1949!

Here's the original picture of my 3356 puzzle car:

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