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1954 Bentley R-Type [B252WH]

1954 Bentley R-Type [B252WH] in Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: The Body in the Library, Movie made for TV, 1984 IMDB

Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin: UK

1954 Bentley R-Type [B252WH]

Position 01:04:45 [*][*][*] Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase

Comments about this vehicle

AuthorMessage

Sunbar UK

2010-01-26 23:01

[Image: unknown4.8555.jpg]

Vintman UK

2010-01-27 11:40

Hi,

L:ooks like a 1946-1955 BENTLEY MkVI

Regards

Vintman

johnfromstaffs EN

2010-01-27 12:37

MkVI but earlier than chassis no B163DZ, late 1948, as there are ten radiator shutters in each half of the grille. Thereafter there were 9. Source - Bentley Drivers Club publication, "Twenty Years of Crewe Bentleys 1946 to 1955".

From 16th June 1952 the R-Type was introduced and the MkVI deleted, beginning at chassis no. B10RT.

johnfromstaffs EN

2021-04-18 23:00

Following 11 years of relentless and painstaking work, I have to advise that the information above provided is no more or less than a load of fetid dingo’s kidneys.

Either I can’t count, or the car has been fitted with an earlier grille.

The subject vehicle is, in fact, an R-type, OXL 700, B252WH, March 1954, new to Sir Geoffrey Duke Burton, of Dennis Bros.

Confirmed as used in Miss Marple films by its entry in Bernard King’s book on the R-type and by my having watched it on the haunted fish tank this evening.

-- Last edit: 2021-04-18 23:07:15

Sunbar UK

2021-04-19 16:30

[Image: bentleygrille.jpg]
Nine on each side confirmed, although counting the shutters is easier on the passenger side.

[Image: oxl700.jpg]
'OXL 700' visible in an earlier scene.

johnfromstaffs EN

2021-04-19 17:15

The longer R-type boot is visible at some point in the film, and Moray Watson appears to have driven one before, although he did switch the headlights on before pressing the starter button, not good for the battery.

Sunbar UK

2021-04-19 20:03

[Image: bentleyboot.1.jpg]
This is the best view I can find for the boot after a quick search.

The main picture also replaced with a slightly clearer image.

johnfromstaffs EN

2021-04-19 20:13

Was there a pic with the boot open when he was changing the wheel?

It would have been hard work for a bloke of Moray Watson’s years to jack up an R-type, don’t I know it!

Sunbar UK

2021-04-19 21:21

Nothing of the boot being open when changing the wheel initally, unless it was in a later alibi-checking scene; however a better view of the rear is seen slightly afterwards.

[Image: bentleytyre.jpg] [Image: bentleyboot2.jpg]

johnfromstaffs EN

2021-04-19 22:11

Thanks, it looks a nice car, at least, it did then.

Sunbar UK

2021-04-19 22:47

The boot is seen open in a flashback towards the end of the movie, when the red S.S. Jaguar is passing, but no acceptable screen capture was possible as it is badly blurred.

[Image: bentleybootopen.jpg]

-- Last edit: 2021-04-19 22:53:06

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