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SAC#1388 : Bentley 8 l rebodied for Harold L Good
« on: May 27, 2020, 02:48:14 AM »
What is this car and for who ?

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Re: SAC#1388
« Reply #1 on: June 03, 2020, 02:26:39 AM »
Experts !

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Re: SAC#1388
« Reply #2 on: June 03, 2020, 05:01:05 AM »
Bentley 6 1/2 litre?  That hideous front wing reminds me of the Hooper horrors built at the behest of Nubar Gulbenkian!

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Re: SAC#1388
« Reply #3 on: June 04, 2020, 05:20:35 AM »
Yes ! it's a Bentley but not 6 1/2 litre !
What is the first owner ( an eccentric like Gulbenkian ) and what is the body !
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Re: SAC#1388
« Reply #4 on: June 04, 2020, 07:29:56 AM »
8 litre?...for Salvador Dali??

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Re: SAC#1388
« Reply #5 on: June 05, 2020, 02:10:51 AM »
Yes ! 8 litre but not for Salvador Dali !

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Re: SAC#1388
« Reply #6 on: June 05, 2020, 02:05:23 PM »
Howard Hughes?

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Re: SAC#1388
« Reply #7 on: June 06, 2020, 01:44:17 AM »
Not Howard Hughes !

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Re: SAC#1388
« Reply #8 on: June 13, 2020, 04:59:07 AM »
Pros !

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Re: SAC#1388
« Reply #9 on: June 16, 2020, 04:18:15 PM »
Coachwork by Freestone & Webb?
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Re: SAC#1388
« Reply #10 on: June 17, 2020, 05:06:03 AM »
Not by Freestone & Webb !

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Re: SAC#1388
« Reply #11 on: June 18, 2020, 06:33:15 AM »
French coachbuilder ?
I must be right - that's what it says on Wikipedia

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Re: SAC#1388
« Reply #12 on: June 19, 2020, 12:59:40 AM »
European coachbuilder?

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Re: SAC#1388
« Reply #13 on: June 19, 2020, 01:54:34 AM »
No , the car was modified by one of its Europeans owners !

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Re: SAC#1388
« Reply #14 on: June 23, 2020, 03:18:09 AM »
Masters !

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Re: SAC#1388
« Reply #15 on: June 25, 2020, 05:25:51 AM »
Was the owner British?
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Re: SAC#1388
« Reply #16 on: June 25, 2020, 02:35:53 PM »
Keith Schellenberg?

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Re: SAC#1388
« Reply #17 on: June 26, 2020, 04:44:05 PM »
Yes , a British owner !

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Re: SAC#1388
« Reply #18 on: June 26, 2020, 04:46:08 PM »
Not Keith Schellenberg !

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Re: SAC#1388
« Reply #19 on: July 19, 2020, 03:07:18 PM »
Woolf Barnato?

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Re: SAC#1388
« Reply #20 on: July 19, 2020, 04:40:18 PM »
Not Barnato !

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Re: SAC#1388
« Reply #21 on: August 18, 2020, 02:37:37 PM »
An other car of the same owner :

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Re: SAC#1388
« Reply #22 on: August 19, 2020, 10:57:05 AM »
Harold L. Good

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Re: SAC#1388
« Reply #23 on: August 21, 2020, 04:52:45 AM »
Yes ! Bentley 8 l rebodied for Harold L Good with centre section of the body from Hotchkiss ( ? )
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Re: SAC#1388 : Bentley 8 l rebodied for Harold L Good
« Reply #24 on: August 21, 2020, 03:48:47 PM »
Thank you very much