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Solved - NEH 5363: 1948 Bentley Mk6 Special bodied by RS Panels
« on: January 12, 2019, 07:19:16 AM »
What's this, who built it and who bodied it - for 1 point?:

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Re: NEH 5363
« Reply #1 on: January 26, 2019, 06:13:16 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NEH 5363
« Reply #2 on: January 26, 2019, 08:14:32 AM »
......built by Harry Lester?
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Re: NEH 5363
« Reply #3 on: January 26, 2019, 09:13:15 AM »
No.
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Re: NEH 5363
« Reply #4 on: January 27, 2019, 05:17:44 PM »
XK120 underneath?
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Re: NEH 5363
« Reply #5 on: January 27, 2019, 05:37:45 PM »
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Re: NEH 5363
« Reply #6 on: January 28, 2019, 07:41:06 AM »
Allard underneath?
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Re: NEH 5363
« Reply #7 on: January 28, 2019, 11:34:49 AM »
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Re: NEH 5363
« Reply #8 on: January 28, 2019, 12:13:57 PM »
I think that's the Bentley Mk.VI Special made by or for Martin Trentham in the late 1970s. As built it looked much more like a C type Jaguar and I've seen Bob Smith of RS panels credited with making the body. I remember it more like:
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Re: NEH 5363
« Reply #9 on: January 28, 2019, 12:50:27 PM »
Quote from: Allan L on January 28, 2019, 12:13:57 PM
I think that's the Bentley Mk.VI Special made by or for Martin Trentham in the late 1970s. As built it looked much more like a C type Jaguar and I've seen Bob Smith of RS panels credited with making the body. I remember it more like:
You've got it (1948 Bentley Mk VI Special on chassis# B-84-CF), but I believe the conversion was done by Alan Padgett in the early 1970s.
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Re: NEH 5363
« Reply #10 on: January 28, 2019, 02:27:20 PM »
That's the car, yes.
It was said to have been inspired by the Jaguar C-Type and was bodied by Bob Smith of RS Panels.
Had I seen Allan L.'s reply before gte4289 posted I would have locked it for him to find the correct builder, who was indeed Alan Padgett.
The point goes to Allan L.
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