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mikeC
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Riley Blue
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I don't regard that as vandalism. The car wasn't built as a whole by Bentley, it was supplied as a chassis and the Park Ward body may not necessarily be the original one fitted.
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colwyn500
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| riley541 wrote: | | I don't regard that as vandalism. The car wasn't built as a whole by Bentley, it was supplied as a chassis and the Park Ward body may not necessarily be the original one fitted. |
Splitting hairs there, surely that is at the very least, a poor use of judgement by the owner who wanted to own a special version? |
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Riley Blue
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| colwyn500 wrote: | | riley541 wrote: | | I don't regard that as vandalism. The car wasn't built as a whole by Bentley, it was supplied as a chassis and the Park Ward body may not necessarily be the original one fitted. |
Splitting hairs there, surely that is at the very least, a poor use of judgement by the owner who wanted to own a special version? |
Removing one body and fitting a different one is not unusual of in the world of coachbuilt cars; I've been told some owners had two which they switched over depending on the season
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mikeC
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I can't see an owner retro fitting a late 1930s Park Ward saloon body onto a 1937 4ΒΌ Bentley; even in the early fifties any rebody would have been a sporting special.
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alastairq
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Originally from a Derby Bentley..[according to the blurb]
The idea of 're-moveable' bodies isn't as rare with old vehicles as may be imagined.
The father of one of my earlier ex-wives ran a transport company are the WW2 era.
Buses...and lorries.
However, he didn't run 'specialised' vehicles....the lorries became buses for the school contract seasons, and back to lorries for the lorry contract seasons.
Although I am trying to recall events 40 years ago now, I seem to remember seeing old family photographs of 'Harry' ['arry?] with the large warehouse-cum-workshop, and the bus & lorry bodies being suspended in the roof, ready to drop onto the waiting chassis.
Seems to be, to me, be an admirable concept?
Something we could all learn from given our 'throwaway' society?
Imagine a cherished, well-loved, chassis/frame following us though the expected changes in our lives? perhaps starting as 2 seaters, then becoming something larger [for, perhaps, family reasons..although I, personally, do not hold with following expectations!]...then, again, in our dotage, going back to 2 seats, maybe with a higher floor line to reflect our increasing age-related lack of mobility?
Many decades ago I recall seeing & inspecting a 'trials special' built by an old stalwart of the sport...based around an old MG...[XPAG engine]...which car mirrored the changes in life's demands upon the owner/builder.
Starting as an open 2 seater, family demands turned it into an open 4 seater....then back to an open 2 seater as..probably...the 'kids' grew up?
The final incarnation [which I inspected closely, as it was in the custody of a very old friend from the trials/racing world]...reflected the owner/builder's advancing years...and the need for more 'weather' protection than a vynyl folding roof cold supply....so was fitted with the adapted bulkhead from a Ford Anglia 105E...which chunk of steel had built-in channels for demisting & heating Plus, a solid roof [not sure what or where it was from]....sadly, not to be finished by the original builder.
As far a I know, the car still exists...although perhaps not in the form I last saw it in? |
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