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Title: Solved - NEH 5363: 1948 Bentley Mk6 Special bodied by RS Panels
Post by: Carnut on January 12, 2019, 07:19:16 AM
What's this, who built it and who bodied it - for 1 point?:

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Title: Re: NEH 5363
Post by: Carnut on January 26, 2019, 06:13:16 AM
Experts?
Title: Re: NEH 5363
Post by: FrontMan on January 26, 2019, 08:14:32 AM
......built by Harry Lester?
Title: Re: NEH 5363
Post by: Carnut on January 26, 2019, 09:13:15 AM
No.
Title: Re: NEH 5363
Post by: richard cuyler on January 27, 2019, 05:17:44 PM
XK120 underneath?
Title: Re: NEH 5363
Post by: Carnut on January 27, 2019, 05:37:45 PM
Quote from: richard cuyler on January 27, 2019, 05:17:44 PM
XK120 underneath?

No..
Title: Re: NEH 5363
Post by: D-type on January 28, 2019, 07:41:06 AM
Allard underneath?
Title: Re: NEH 5363
Post by: Carnut on January 28, 2019, 11:34:49 AM
No.
Title: Re: NEH 5363
Post by: Allan L on January 28, 2019, 12:13:57 PM
I think that's the Bentley Mk.VI Special made by or for Martin Trentham in the late 1970s. As built it looked much more like a C type Jaguar and I've seen Bob Smith of RS panels credited with making the body. I remember it more like:
Title: Re: NEH 5363
Post by: gte4289 on January 28, 2019, 12:50:27 PM
Quote from: Allan L on January 28, 2019, 12:13:57 PM
I think that's the Bentley Mk.VI Special made by or for Martin Trentham in the late 1970s. As built it looked much more like a C type Jaguar and I've seen Bob Smith of RS panels credited with making the body. I remember it more like:
You've got it (1948 Bentley Mk VI Special on chassis# B-84-CF), but I believe the conversion was done by Alan Padgett in the early 1970s.
Title: Re: NEH 5363
Post by: Carnut on January 28, 2019, 02:27:20 PM
That's the car, yes.
It was said to have been inspired by the Jaguar C-Type and was bodied by Bob Smith of RS Panels.
Had I seen Allan L.'s reply before gte4289 posted I would have locked it for him to find the correct builder, who was indeed Alan Padgett.
The point goes to Allan L.
Well done.