Solved: Wendax 2843 - Bentley Mark VI Countryman by Seary and McReady

Wendax · March 20, 2019, 03:14:18 AM

At your service.

For one point, please respond and identify this car.

Lavrakas · March 20, 2019, 01:05:10 PM

First guess would be a Bentley Mk VI with Harold Radford Countryman bodywork, but maybe too obvious; I vaguely remember something similar from one of thw Swiss (?) coachbuilders.

Wendax · March 20, 2019, 03:12:45 PM

It is in fact a Bentley Mk VI, but neither Radford nor Swiss bodywork. Anyway locked for you.

Lavrakas · March 21, 2019, 03:01:34 PM

Unlock, I've not going to get this one - a strict two-hour limit on any search otherwise I don't get any work done. So, an RHD Bentley MK VI shooting brake not by Radford but very much in the style of - no reason to imagine it is by Rippon whose brakes were very different; the chauffeur's uniform doesn't look English; I don't think there's any clue in the golf clubs . . . As I said, I unexpectedly came across something similar a few months back on an Autopuzzes-unrelated search for something completely different, very unexpected but not what I was looking for, so not remembered. I later thought it might have been Kong or Glaser (but it wasn't) or Scandinavian or East European . . . and then half the day goes and I'm no forther forward.

Wendax · March 21, 2019, 04:20:57 PM

Unlocked

Wendax · March 28, 2019, 03:11:16 AM

up

D-type · March 28, 2019, 09:49:08 AM

Can we take it that the body isn't British?

Wendax · March 28, 2019, 10:10:52 AM

It is British.

jimjarron · March 29, 2019, 05:38:27 AM

Rippon Brothers?

Wendax · March 29, 2019, 06:35:13 AM

No

gte4289 · March 29, 2019, 08:32:24 PM

Seary & McReady of London.

gte4289 · March 29, 2019, 08:37:22 PM

Quote from: gte4289 on March 29, 2019, 08:32:24 PM
Seary & McReady of London.

I think I should mention that coachbuilder Seary & McReady actually did the Countryman bodies for Harold Radford. Radford eventually purchased a controlling interest in S&M, moved the shop to Ealing, and renamed it "Harold Radford Coachbuilders Ltd."

Wendax · March 30, 2019, 02:31:26 AM

Correct!

fromwien · January 30, 2021, 06:25:04 PM

Ready for our next picnic...
Please identify this vehicle for one point: Make? Type? Coachbuilder? Year?

BattlePorQ · February 10, 2021, 01:55:33 PM

Looks like one of Harold Radford's Bentley Countrymans.

fromwien · February 10, 2021, 03:12:16 PM

Yes, Bentley Countryman is correct. But not 'Harold Radford'

BattlePorQ · February 11, 2021, 03:32:00 AM

That makes me confused. Absolutely Radford's style.

fromwien · February 11, 2021, 11:05:07 AM

You are doubtless right... Big hint: There is a (very strong) connection with 'Harold Radford',...as 'Harold Radford' commissioned the company I am looking for to build this car...

Lavrakas · February 11, 2021, 12:48:19 PM

Commissioned by Harold Radcliffe but built by Seary and McReady. I fear we have had this before, but I didn't get the point as I didn't say Seary and McReady . . .

fromwien · February 11, 2021, 01:14:10 PM

Oh dear! Yes! Shame on me. Didn't check 'AutoPuzzles' accurately enough, before posting this puzzle.
You are correct , of course. All details are mentioned with the previous puzzle: 2019 / Re: Wendax 2843
Sorry! One more point for 'Lavrakas'

Carnut · February 11, 2021, 03:06:26 PM

Merged.

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Solved: Wendax 2843 - Bentley Mark VI Countryman by Seary and McReady