Registration No: TFO 508
Chassis No: B32LJ
MOT: Exempt

• Current family ownership since 1996
• Supplied new via and first registered to Jack Barclay Bentley
• Understood to have been exported to America in the late 1970s before returning to the United Kingdom in January 1996
• Offered as a restoration project having spent at least five years in storage

Introduced in 1946, Bentley's MKVI was the first vehicle ever offered by the company with factory-designed coachwork, and the first to be assembled in Rolls-Royce's Crewe factory rather than the old Derby premises. Aimed at the emerging 'owner-driver' luxury car market, the newcomer was closely based on the 1939 MKV (of which only fifteen were produced). Built around a massive cruciform-braced chassis with independent front suspension and a leaf-sprung 'live' rear axle, it was fitted with a freshly developed 4257cc OISE (overhead inlet side exhaust valve) straight-six engine mated to a four-speed manual gearbox. Capable of over 100mph when clad in the factory's understated 'standard steel saloon' coachwork, the MKVI quickly developed a reputation for being a refined yet responsive drive.

Manufactured in 1951, the Bentley Mk VI was supplied new to the United Kingdom being initially registered ‘LXU 375’. Dispatched and first registered to Jack Barclay Ltd. of 12-13 St George St, Hanover Square, London W1, chassis number B32LJ was finished in Grey and is presented with complementing Red leather interior upholstery. Registered to the first private keeper Douglas Inglis Rawford Esq in 1951, the Bentley is known to have passed through two subsequent keepers, the second of which acquired the MkVI in 1976. Understood to have afterward been exported to America (sometime in the late 1970s), it returned to the United Kingdom in January 1996. In current family ownership since repatriation, the now registered ‘TFO 508’ is offered from a deceased estate as a restoration project, having spent a least the last five years in storage. ‘TFO 508’ is offered with the original buff logbook, copy of the previous logbook, a past MOT certificate and current V5C.

For more information, please contact:
Paul Cheetham
paul.cheetham@handh.co.uk
07538 667452