1937 Bentley Park Ward Saloon 4.5 Litre - HISTORICS AUCTIONS Saturday 25th September 2021 Ascot Racecourse, High Street, Ascot

 

 

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Berkshire SL5 7JX

1937 Bentley Park Ward Saloon 4.5 Litre

Registration No: ELR 493

Chassis No: B71KU

Engine No: M7BA

Estimate: £75,00-£90,000

Originally owned by Sir Ralph Richardson
Presents in splendid condition
Great history folder

When Rolls-Royce bought Bentley Motors, they shut down production of the 8 and 4½ litre. They then had to decide what to do with the Bentley name as they couldn't afford to alienate their customer base and not build a new Bentley. The question was what sort of car to build; after several false starts, the Experimental Department developed a prototype car based on an earlier 18hp experimental chassis called the 'Peregrine' and a suitably tweaked 20/25hp engine; this combination proved to be a winner. Launched in 1933, the first of what would become known as the 'Derby Bentleys' continued the marque's sporting associations. The 'Silent Sportscar', as it was quickly dubbed, had few peers and as a tireless long-distance tourer, it combined traditional Rolls-Royce refinement with Bentley performance and handling. In 1936 the 4¼ litre model was offered with more power than the 3½ litre while retaining the well-proven chassis and servo-assisted brakes.

This delightfully handsome Derby Bentley has coachworks by Park Ward and is finished in the striking colour combination of Primrose and black with beige leather interior. The first owner of the car was the A-list actor Sir Ralph Richardson who starred in the films Dr. Zhivago and The Battle of Britain, a painting of Sir Ralph comes with the car. A recent front suspension overhaul costing over £8,000 has been carried out to ensure she rides beautifully on the road. This Bentley started immediately when requested and the 4¼ litre engine sounded superb, we are advised she drives exceptionally well on the road with brakes that function correctly and radiator slats that operate as they should via a thermostat and mechanical lever that open the slats to aid temperature cooling as and when required. This Park Ward Sports Saloon has a sunroof allowing the sun to flood in to both front and rear passengers. The brightwork is in exceptional condition as is the interior. The paintwork has a couple of blemishes although nothing that detracts from the presence of this magnificent Derby Bentley, for a car that is 84 years old the condition is remarkable. Supplied with a V5C registration document, there are four history folders with many receipts for work carried out. There is also a full set of workshop manuals and driver’s handbook, together with a copy of the factory build sheets. This well looked after example can be used reliably and with confidence.

Viewing is recommended to appreciate the quality of this iconic Bentley.

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1937 STANDARD FLYING 10 - HANDH Auctions A B C Online Auction - Wednesday, 16th September 2020 14:00

 

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1937 STANDARD FLYING 10

Registration No: APM 456

Chassis No: P6878DL

MOT: Exempt

Motor Car Location: East Sussex

• Older restoration completed during the 1990s
• Understood to have been first registered in East Sussex, where it still resides today
• Offered with a full V5

Along with the rest of the Flying range, the '10' introduced in March 1936 signalled Standard's embrace of the flamboyant styling trends that were sweeping both sides of the Atlantic. In contrast to its predecessor's conservative lines and upright stance, the Flying 10 sported an arched roofline, waterfall grille, bulbous wings and a beetle-back complete with spilt rear windscreen. Built on a cruciform-braced, ladder frame chassis featuring all-round leaf-sprung suspension and four-wheel drum brakes, it was powered by a four-cylinder unit mated to four-speed manual transmission. Reputedly capable of 64mph and 33mpg, the handsome saloon provided dependable but not austere transport. Priced at £199 ex-Works, its standard specification included: a sliding roof, adjustable steering column, chrome headlamps, flat spring-steel bumper lades, external horns and twin scuttle-mounted wipers etc.

This Flying 10 is finished in the handsome combination of Grey and Blue with Blue leather interior which the vendor descirbes as excellent throughout. Owned by the vendor for around 5 years and is offered with a full V5.

Vendor Condition Ratings:

Bodywork: 'Very Good'

Engine: 'Very Good'

Electrical Equipment: 'Very Good'

Paintwork: 'Good'

Gearbox: 'Very Good'

Interior Trim: 'Excellent'

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1937 Rolls-Royce Wraith Limousine Project - .BONHAMS AUCTIONS The Beaulieu SaleCollectors' Motor Cars & Motorcycles and Automobilia Saturday 7th September 2019 Beaulieu, National Motor Museum

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1937 Rolls-Royce Wraith Limousine Project

Registration no. RC 4624

Chassis no. WXA5

Footnotes

• Development of the pre-war 'small' Rolls-Royce, which had begun in 1922 with the introduction of the 20hp, culminated in 1938 with the arrival of the Wraith. Replacement for the 25/30hp model, the Wraith retained its predecessor's engine dimensions for a capacity of 4,257cc, but almost every other aspect of its overhead-valve, six-cylinder engine was new, the most obvious difference being the adoption of a superior, cross-flow cylinder head, first seen on the 4¼-Litre Bentley. This extensively revised power unit was mounted in an equally new chassis. Like that of its larger sibling, the Phantom III, the Wraith's frame featured cruciform bracing and independent front suspension based on a General Motors design. It need hardly be stated that the Wraith improved on its predecessor's already high standards of silence and smoothness, though the benefits of the new engine's extra horsepower were largely offset by heavier coachwork. Sadly, production was curtailed by the outbreak of WW2 after just 491 cars had been built.
  
  
  The fifth production chassis completed which is believed to be one of just 7 in this configuration, was purchased as a restoration project around eight years ago from the Realcar Co, Wales and has remained in dry storage since acquisition. The engine has been rebuilt but the car has not been run in as the electrics need rewiring – it does however run. Offered for re-commissioning/restoration and sold strictly as viewed, the car comes with copy chassis cards, a logbook, and a Certificate of Title.

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1937 Alvis 4.3-Litre Short Chassis Drophead Coupé - .BONHAMS AUCTIONS The Beaulieu SaleCollectors' Motor Cars & Motorcycles and Automobilia Saturday 7th September 2019 Beaulieu, National Motor Museum

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1937 Alvis 4.3-Litre Short Chassis Drophead Coupé

Coachwork by Vanden Plas

Registration no. NLT 214

Chassis no. 13182

• One-off 4.3-Litre 

• Matching chassis and engine numbers

• Original unique coachwork

• Well documented

• Restored in the early 1990s

• Present ownership since 2008

'In the scheme of things, there are cars, good cars and supercars. When a machine can be put into the last of these three categories and yet is not by any means in the highest-price class, considerable praise is due to the makers. The model in question is the latest Alvis 4.3-litre sports tourer.' – The Autocar, August 1938.

Pre-war development of the six-cylinder Alvis culminated in the announcement in August 1936 of the 4.3-Litre, designed by the company's distinguished Chief Engineer, Captain George Smith-Clarke. The 4.3-Litre was based on the 3½-litre Speed 25 introduced the previous year and was powered by an enlarged version of Alvis' new seven-bearing, overhead-valve engine producing 137bhp on triple carburettors. The cruciform-braced chassis featured the kind of advanced thinking long associated with the marque; independent front suspension and a four-speed, all-synchromesh gearbox, introduced on the preceding Speed Twenty, were retained with the additional refinements of driver-controlled Luvax hydraulic dampers and servo-assisted brakes.

Claimed to be the fastest un-supercharged saloon on the UK market, the Alvis 4.3-Litre was certainly one of the few pre-war saloons capable of a genuine 100mph. Sturdily built and endowed with a generous wheelbase, the Alvis six attracted some of the finest examples of the pre-war coachbuilders' art, though the 4.3-Litre's chassis-only price of £750 meant that ownership was necessarily confined to wealthy connoisseurs. A complete 4.3-Litre cost around £1,100, outstanding value for money given its specification and performance, and comfortably undercutting rivals such as the V12 Lagonda and 4¼-Litre Bentley. Despite this price advantage, only 198 cars had been delivered when the outbreak of World War 2 stopped production. Some 95 survivors are known to the Alvis Owners' Club.

Alvis Ltd's records show that chassis number '13182' was constructed on the short (10' 4") wheelbase and bodied by Vanden Plas as a three-position drophead coupé to design number '1430'. Records indicate that '13182' was the first 4.3 built on the short chassis. Only 39 of this model were bodied by Vanden Plas, of which only five were drophead coupés. '13182' is the only example with this particular style of coachwork, requested by the first owner. Note the 'helmet' wings and spare wheel in the boot lid - it is the only 4.3 with this design.

The car was despatched in chassis-only form to Messrs Follett Ltd of London on 2nd December 1936, with the guarantee issued on 11th February 1937 to John James Joass of Putney Hill, Southwest London, its original owner. Very little else is known until 1954 when US serviceman Ken Crawford acquired the car, by which time it had been registered as 'NLT 214' (original registration unknown). Although in a neglected state, the Alvis ran well and after a few months touring the UK, Ken took the car back to the USA. It was then owned by Philip Steen and Harry Van Lier, and in 1957 was bought by one George Abernathy. He had it repainted by State Road Motors of Media, Pennsylvania, and sometime later the car was returned to State Road Motors for further repair work. For some extraordinary reason, it was never collected. Then George died and his widow did not want to pay the storage charges, so the Alvis was put in a yard at the rear of State Road Motors' premises. By 1964 the garage owner had sold his property for redevelopment and the demolition contractors were about to move in. The Alvis was destined for scrap until enthusiast Wayne Brooks, hearing of its plight, managed to rescue the car with just hours to spare. Wayne kept '13182', un-restored, for the next 25 years until it next changed hands, passing to Alan Stote in April 1989.

Shipped back to the UK, the Alvis has since undergone a complete restoration with all new ash framing but retaining the original aluminium panels. All the mechanicals were overhauled, including the engine, which was rebuilt and balanced. Every care was taken not to 'over restore' this rare and original car, which on completion was advertised for sale in The Automobile magazine in May 1996. The car was sold shortly thereafter to Mr Maitland Woods of Shropshire. The current V5C Registration Certificate records the previous owner as Mr Robert Frost, who acquired the Alvis in October 2003. The car has been registered to the current owner since May 2008. 

'NLT 214' is offered with the following documentation:

Copies of Alvis Owners' Club records
Numerous old UK tax discs and MoTs
Old US Pennsylvania title
Photographs from the 1950s and 1960s
Old restoration photographs
Correspondence from the 1980s and 1990s
2005 '4.3-Litre Register' leaflet featuring this car on the cover
Taxation report dated October 2018 confirming the car's condition (valuing it at €270,000)
Copy of a feature on the Alvis 4.3 in The Motor Rationalised Road Tests, 1936
Red Triangle dynamometer printout dated 2006.
Multiple invoices from Alvis specialists Red Triangle, and Fisher Restoration.

A wonderful opportunity to acquire one of the fastest production cars of its era and the very embodiment of the term, 'Post-Vintage Thoroughbred'.

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