1954 Bentley R-Type James Young 2-door Coupé
1954 Bentley R-Type in Too Hot to Handle, Movie, 1960
Class: Cars, Coupé — Model origin: 
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◊ 2020-10-15 22:36 |
![[Image: rollsorbeni003828.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/26849/rollsorbeni003828.jpg) |
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◊ 2020-10-15 22:39 |
One for the specialists to dance around. It's from before the Silver Cloud/S-Series generation as the wingline is too heavy. |
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◊ 2020-10-16 10:17 |
https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C881992 I wish my R-type was worth that much! -- Last edit: 2020-10-16 10:28:33 |
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◊ 2020-10-16 12:46 |
From link ^ to a 2017 ad "1954 Bentley R-Type James Young 2 door coupe, (Chassis B207YA, registration: PNF 761, £150,000): Beautifully restored in Masons black exterior & St James Red leather interior, with a large sunroof. Design C17, one of only four R-Types with this body.". No clue which one of the 4 is our car. |
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◊ 2024-12-08 17:55 |
Updated info from Bentley book, although unfortunately doesn't pin this one down. Design C17 James Young 2 door coupe was for previous Mk.VI version, unveiled Earls Court, Oct 51, 12 built. When R-Type replaced Mk.VI, this body became design C18 (Oct 52??), almost unchanged except for slightly incongruous arch flares, minor front detail changes (sidelights moved to wing tops - similar to later Bentley S1/S2 position) and chrome windscreen surround removed. 10 examples built. This suggests the linked ad for PNF 761 ![[Image: 8884320jpgfitfillmaxh1200ixlibphp-41.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/10314/24/8884320jpgfitfillmaxh1200ixlibphp-41.jpg) is slightly off as no flared arches and still has chrome windscreen surround and C17 sidelight position. So the ad looks more like a 1952 Mk.VI with C17 features. However jfs would probably point out that these were all custom builds, so features could be mixed'n'matched by request. Recent small magazine article on a barn-find "1953 James Young 2-door C18" - actually it was a greenhouse, and the partly stripped car was hidden under dense foliage from a creeping plant which had to be sawed off to reveal it. No chassis number mentioned, but it was the 1953 Geneva show car (so LHD??), sold off the stand to a Swiss buyer where it lived until a bloke in Surrey brought it to England in 73 and registered it as SO 1919. Article claims only 2 C18s were made. This leaves our car as either a C17 or a C18, depending whether simple or flared arches. My book pic of C18 makes the flares reasonably obvious, but I'm unsure if our car has them - it might do but shadow/reflections ambiguous. If it does it's one of 2 or 10, depending which source you want to believe. |
