1933 Bentley 4¼ Litre 'Eddie Hall' Racing Car [B35AE]
1933 Bentley 4¼ Litre [B35AE] in マッハ'78 (Daredevil Drivers), Movie, 1978
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![1933 Bentley 4¼ Litre 'Eddie Hall' Racing Car [B35AE]](/i001459310.jpg)
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◊ 2020-12-20 00:34 |
"Rolls Bentley"?? Did they put the 15-year old Saturday morning kid who sweeps the floor in charge of making placards that day?? Or is it a Bentley-lookalike special bodged onto a dead Silver Cloud or similar?? |
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◊ 2020-12-20 00:41 |
last cardboard so they couldn't fix it ? ..  |
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◊ 2020-12-20 02:58 |
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◊ 2020-12-20 09:14 |
There is a possibility that this could be a Royce that has seen the error of its ways and aspires to Bentleydom. The other option is that it is a Derby Bentley, either 3 1/2 or 4 1/4 litre, probably the former, which has had time expired saloon coachwork replaced by a more sporting open body. Since the placard says 1933, if correct, it would be the smaller engine. From what can be construed from the image, it does not look like the Park Ward open car of the time. There was a fashion amongst those who knew nothing of referring to the Derby Bentleys as “Rolls Bentleys” following the demise of the Cricklewood works and the introduction, in 1933 of these chassis. The R-R company, having bought the rights to the Bentley name, needed a product to which it could be attached, and used its 18hp supercharged “Peregrine” chassis with a very mildly tuned version of the 20/25 engine without forced induction to create the Derby Bentley which was produced from 1933 to the outbreak of WW2. The chassis were built by R-R in Derby, so perhaps this museum heard Rolls-Bentley somewhere and thought it meant something. -- Last edit: 2020-12-20 13:25:21 |
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◊ 2020-12-20 14:50 |
Most of the car collection of Briggs Auto Museum now belongs to Miles C. Collier, who, in 1986, purchased the collection for a reported $20 million. I think it's this one: https://revsinstitute.org/the-collection/1933-bentley/ 1933 Bentley 4 ¼ Liter “Eddie Hall” Racing Car (Serial No. B35AE). |
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◊ 2020-12-20 14:58 |
Original body by Abbott, originally fitted with 3 1/2 litre engine, but see link provided by s13a above. The burning question is “what do we call it?” http://www.wobmf.co.uk/eddie-hall-model I am a member of the WOBMF. -- Last edit: 2020-12-20 15:40:48 |
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◊ 2023-07-30 16:48 |
![[Image: img_0848.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/10516/23/img_0848.jpg) The above page is a reprint of an article in "The Autocar" for May 11th 1934. The car above, and the subject car, is attributed to Eddie Hall. It is NOT a four and a half litre Bentley, it never has been, and it never will be, unless someone seriously mucks about with it. I have now changed the heading to four and a quarter litre, but would make the point that it started life as a three and a half litre. https://mshanks.com/2011/02/25/bentley-b35ae/ https://mshanks.com/2011/04/10/revs-at-stanford-launched/ -- Last edit: 2023-07-30 17:14:07 |
