1954 BENTLEY R TYPE 4½ LITRE TWO DOOR COUPE COACHWORK BY ABBOTT Registration No. 580 HYP Chassis No. B401S.P Engine No. BE 754 Black over silver with tan leather upholstery Engine: six cylinder in-line, overhead-valve, twin carburettors, 4,566cc, 150bhp at 4,500rpm; Gearbox: four speed manual; Brakes: hydraulic front, mechanical rear, servo assisted; Suspension: front, wishbones and coil springs, rear, rigid axle with semi-elliptic leaf springs. Right hand drive. Following the success of the first post-war series Bentley Mk VI, which was in production from 1946 to 1952, a revised updated four-door four-light saloon, the R-Type, was launched in June 1952. The 'R' prefix was derived from the fact that the Mk VI series had at that time reached the chassis letter R. The car was very similiar in all aspects to the previous model except externally had a larger boot, wheel spats over the rear wheels were dispensed with and more shapely mudguards flowed out of the main body shell. A number of detail changes occurred including a new extended length, all-welded construction chassis, as opposed to the previous riveted type. Automatic transmission, using the G.M. Hydra-matic design, was initially a factory option and then became standard in late 1954. The compact R-Type soon became one of the most popular Bentleys built and in the three years of production 2,528 chassis were completed, of which 208 were Continentals. The standard R-Type was not exactly slow, providing 106 mph in silence and 0-50 mph in 10 seconds with an unladen weight of 37 cwts. As with all Bentleys, the various coachbuilders of the day provided their own specialist bodywork variations and the R-Type on offer is one of the very rare Abbott-bodied two-door fixed head coupes. The overall design has great similarities to the H.J. Mulliner Continentals and could easily be mistaken as such a car with its full flowing body with long fast-back boot, only broken by a stepped roofline to provide adequate headroom for rear seat passengers. The car is described as being in good order throughout and in the late 1980s underwent a considerable amount of restoration, photographs indicate thorough renovation work was undertaken to the coachwork and interior. Since this work was completed the car has had minimal use and the car has been repainted to the owners preffered choice of silver over black rather than green. The car has recently resided in France and the owner is planning to drive the Abbott over to Beaulieu for the auction. Without doubt this model is one of the most attractive specialist coachbuilt Bentleys of post-war years.
1954 BENTLEY R TYPE 4½ LITRE TWO DOOR COUPE COACHWORK BY ABBOTT Registration No. 580 HYP Chassis No. B401S.P Engine No. BE 754 Black over silver with tan leather upholstery Engine: six cylinder in-line, overhead-valve, twin carburettors, 4,566cc, 150bhp at 4,500rpm; Gearbox: four speed manual; Brakes: hydraulic front, mechanical rear, servo assisted; Suspension: front, wishbones and coil springs, rear, rigid axle with semi-elliptic leaf springs. Right hand drive. Following the success of the first post-war series Bentley Mk VI, which was in production from 1946 to 1952, a revised updated four-door four-light saloon, the R-Type, was launched in June 1952. The 'R' prefix was derived from the fact that the Mk VI series had at that time reached the chassis letter R. The car was very similiar in all aspects to the previous model except externally had a larger boot, wheel spats over the rear wheels were dispensed with and more shapely mudguards flowed out of the main body shell. A number of detail changes occurred including a new extended length, all-welded construction chassis, as opposed to the previous riveted type. Automatic transmission, using the G.M. Hydra-matic design, was initially a factory option and then became standard in late 1954. The compact R-Type soon became one of the most popular Bentleys built and in the three years of production 2,528 chassis were completed, of which 208 were Continentals. The standard R-Type was not exactly slow, providing 106 mph in silence and 0-50 mph in 10 seconds with an unladen weight of 37 cwts. As with all Bentleys, the various coachbuilders of the day provided their own specialist bodywork variations and the R-Type on offer is one of the very rare Abbott-bodied two-door fixed head coupes. The overall design has great similarities to the H.J. Mulliner Continentals and could easily be mistaken as such a car with its full flowing body with long fast-back boot, only broken by a stepped roofline to provide adequate headroom for rear seat passengers. The car is described as being in good order throughout and in the late 1980s underwent a considerable amount of restoration, photographs indicate thorough renovation work was undertaken to the coachwork and interior. Since this work was completed the car has had minimal use and the car has been repainted to the owners preffered choice of silver over black rather than green. The car has recently resided in France and the owner is planning to drive the Abbott over to Beaulieu for the auction. Without doubt this model is one of the most attractive specialist coachbuilt Bentleys of post-war years.
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