Bentley Motors was acquired by Rolls-Royce in 1931 and the first of the 'Derby Bentleys' appeared at Ascot in August of 1933. The chassis of the 3½-Litre model was derived from an experimental supercharged 2.75-litre Rolls-Royce (codenamed Peregrine) that never saw the light of day. To limit re-tooling costs, they were based on the contemporary Rolls-Royce 20/25hp with a slightly shorter wheelbase and a tuned 115 horsepower twin-SU carburetor version of the former's overhead-valve six. It had an all-synchromesh four-speed gearbox, semi-elliptic springs all-round, and servo-assisted drum brakes. The car's effortless sports car performance in almost absolute silence earned it the nickname, 'The Silent Sports Car.'
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Auction entries : 2The Derby Bentley was an exclusively coach-built automobile and was nearly always fitted with owner-driver saloon or drophead coupé coachwork, the 'standard' designs being the work of Park Ward. Of the 2,442 examples manufactured (including the subsequent 4¼-Litre model), almost 50-percent were originally bodied by Park Ward.Production of the 3.5-liter models continued into 1937 by which time 1,191 examples had been produced. The last year's allocation was manufactured alongside the incoming 4.25-litre (4257cc) version that would ultimately supersede the 3.5-litre cars.
by Daniel Vaughan | May 2019
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Chassis #: B90CR
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by Daniel Vaughan | May 2019
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In 1931 Bentley Motor was purchased by Rolls-Royce. As a result the Bentley factory was moved to Derby. Many of the future designs of the Bentleys utilized the Rolls-Royce creations and borrowed many of their mechanical components. The first example of this was in 1933 with the introduced of the Bentley 3 12 Liter which was very similar to the newly introduced Rolls Royce 2025. To continue Bentleys....
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