1937 Bentley
by John Telfer
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1937 Bentley
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John Telfer
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While attempting on of the most largest and prestigious Classic Car Shows on Long Island at Old Westbury Gardens this past summer I came across this beautiful mint condition 1937 Bentley built in England. The car's paint job consisted of a brown coloring below the doorway panels and then continuing on the roof and hood of the car. In the middle of the car was a perfect tan paint job that offset the brown coloring. This classic had a 4 liter engine in it with extra sized front fenders that ran down and below the two doors and connected to smaller rear fenders. The front hood was extremely long and elegant looking and even the spare tire sitting in front of the passenger's door on the running board was so well put together it seemed most people would have wanted it right there. For more information on this Classic Car please feel free to read below;
he Bentley 3� Litre (later enlarged to 4� Litre) was presented to the public in September 1933, shortly after the death of Henry Royce, and was the first new Bentley model following Rolls-Royce's acquisition of the Bentley brand in 1931.
Bentley sold only the drivable bare rolling chassis with engine and gearbox, scuttle and radiator, ready for coachbuilders to construct on it a body to the buyer's requirements. Many distributors ordered their preferred bodies as showroom stock to enable them to stock finished cars ready for immediate sale.
Bentleys of this era are known as Derby Bentleys because they were built in the Rolls-Royce factory located in Derby, England. Those of Bentley's previous independent era are Cricklewood Bentleys.
Chassis series A to F were 3� Litre cars; G to L (excluding I) were 4� Litres, and the M series was the 4� Litre Overdrive chassis. Each series consisted of 100 chassis numbers, either odd or even. The numbers 13 and 113 in each series were not used, to avoid upsetting superstitious customers.Over 70% of the cars built between 1933 and 1939 were said to have still been in existence 70 years later.[2] Although chassis production ceased in 1939, a number of cars were still being bodied and delivered during 1940. The last few were delivered and first registered in 1941.
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