"CLASSIC OF THE DAY"
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The Real Car Co
The
Real Car Co Ltd, Coed y Parc, Bethesda, LL57 4Y
mail@realcar.co.uk Tel: 01248 602649
1934 BENTLEY 3 1/2 LITRE
TOURER
A
really well executed and faithful reproduction of a ‘cutaway door’ Vanden
Plas tourer, constructed by Dick Brockman in the 1960s. The very first Derby
Bentley built, B1AE, was bodied to this design, which is generally considered to
be very desirable and attractive. The whole car is in fine, ready-to-use
condition, clean, sound, smart, correct, and fun to drive. Still smart
cosmetically, with just the right amount of maturity to add appeal without being
negative in any way. Has full wet-weather gear, side-screens, tonneau cover,
fold-flat windscreen, aero screens, and a lovely set of Marchal lamps. A rare
opportunity.
Driving particularly nicely, with lovely, light steering and a lively, eager
performance. MoT tested until July 2015.
Chassis No. B130BL. Reg No. BGP 420. Under offer.
Chassis No. B130BL. Reg No. BGP 420. Under offer.
Snippets:
Twice a Lady of Diamonds:
Ordered
for Sir Ernest Oppenheimer, MP, Mayor of Kimberley, founder of DeBeers Mines,
Anglo-American Corporation, African Explosives and many other business ventures.
The 1930s was a period of family
tragedies for the Oppenheimers, in September 1933 his nephew Sir Michael
Oppenheimer (son of Bernard) died in an aircraft crash on takeoff from
Johannesberg. In February 1934 Sir
Ernest’s wife Mary Lina Pollak died after a short illness, they had been
married for 28 years; in June 1934 Ernest’s brother-in-law Leslie Pollak died
& in April 1935 Frank Oppenheimer, Ernest & Mary’s youngest son died
after heart failure whilst on holiday in Maderia.
The tragedies brought Sir Michael’s widow Lady Caroline and Sir Ernest
together and on the 1st of June 1935 Sir Ernest & Lady Caroline
were married, making her twice a Lady which is very apt for the wife of two
diamond magnates. In 1939 the next
name shown on the chassis card is that of Stephen Richard Dean a solicitor at
his office in Lincolns Inn, London whose clients included James Hope, 1st
Baron Rankeillour of Buxton. In 1952
B130BL was with Commander Noel Hunt RNVR who during WWII was T/Lt on HMS
Coriolanus trawler mine-sweeper. The
tragedy Coriolanus was written by Shakespeare & is based on the life of the
Roman leader Caius Martius who is given the name Coriolanus after his army
defeats the city of Corioles.
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