Old colour photos showing a mid-1930s Bentley in the 1960s. - at Old Classic Car Forum
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Old colour photos showing a mid-1930s Bentley in the 1960s.
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1935 Bentley 3.5 saloon.

Bentley car

Les has been going through his epic collection of old colour slides, and this time turned up these three gems. The car shown is a 1935 Bentley four door, four light, saloon, registered CGH 644. Interestingly, a check on the DVLA site shows that this lovely pre-war Bentley is still on the road with this number, I'm sure the current owner would be interested to see these old pictures of his or her car. The photos I think date to the 1960s, and were in a batch of photographs that featured many steam traction engines, one of which can be seen in the background of these shots.

The Bentley shown above has an engine of 3669cc, and is now down as being black in colour. The road tax is current, so it seems likely that this car is in use, perhaps at Bentley Drivers Club events?? The coachwork looks similar to the products of Park Ward, but I'm sure a Bentley expert can confirm this or not.

The 3.5 Derby Bentleys were rated by the RAC at 25.3HP, the engine producing a very respectable 114bhp that enabled these stately motorcars to crack the 90mph mark, with favourable conditions.

Between 1933 and 1936 over 1,100 examples of 3.5 litre Bentley were produced, with coachwork from one of a number of contemporary coachbuilders. The engine itself was based on the earlier six cylinder Rolls-Royce 20/25 unit, but now treated to twin SU carburettors, perkier cams, and a slight increase in compression ratio. The 3½ litre Bentleys proved to be a huge success, their swift yet refined progress on the roads earning them the label of "The Silent Sports Car".

In 1936 the engine received a further makeover, resulting in a new capacity of 4,255cc, and the cars were now known as the 4¼ litre Bentley.

Two more photos of this particular car, built in 1935, are shown further down this page. If the current owner would like to get in touch, I'd like to feature a photo or two showing the car now, some 40 or so years later. I'm sure Les wouldn't mind copies of these older images finding their way to the current owner too.

Bentley 1935

Bentley by Park Ward

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