1930 Bentley 6½ Litre Long Chassis Vanden Plas-style Tourer [LR2791]

1930 Bentley 6½ Litre [LR2791] in The Avengers, TV Series, 1961-1969 Ep. 5.01+

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1930 Bentley 6½ Litre Long Chassis Vanden Plas-style Tourer [LR2791]

Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase

Comments about this vehicle

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Junkman ◊ 2006-07-18 13:00	It's not a 'Blower'. What you mistake for the supercharger is in fact the generator. RX 6180 is a 1930 6 1/2 Litre. The car still exists, albeit it was in a sad state when I saw it last about four years ago. How anybody can let a valuable car with this pedigree deteriorate is beyond me. -- Last edit: 2006-07-18 13:02:52
Sunbar ◊ 2006-07-18 13:32	Just as confirmation for junkman's excellent information. Bentley, vehicle details for RX 6180 are: Date of Liability Not Available Date of First Registration 01 06 1980 Year of Manufacture 1930 Cylinder Capacity (cc) 6500CC CO2 Emissions Not Available Fuel Type Petrol Export Marker Not Applicable Vehicle Status Not Available Vehicle Colour GREEN
stronghold ◊ 2006-07-18 18:06	junkman wrote It's not a 'Blower'. What you mistake for the supercharger is in fact the generator. RX 6180 is a 1930 6 1/2 Litre. The car still exists, albeit it was in a sad state when I saw it last about four years ago. How anybody can let a valuable car with this pedigree deteriorate is beyond me. ..Thanks.! ... some people just have too much money...and can't be bothered with great things they own.! (..like everything nowadays ..it's all disposable ...Not something too be treasured and looked after anymore.)
antp ◊ 2006-07-19 21:52	Identified as being the same car by Junkman: And for the background, Junkman wrote The marvellous Tudor Mansion is the Corus Hotel in Elstree, just a stone throw away from the Borehamwood studios. I'm often touring Avengerland in order to spot all the filming locations they used around there.
wickey ◊ 2006-07-19 22:02	wow ythis thing is huge - how long was that? 6,5 metres?
stronghold ◊ 2006-08-04 14:43	in a short interview before this episode ..Patrick Macnee says that this is the first time a Car telephone was seen being used in a TV show. (..don't know if this is true.?) -- Last edit: 2006-08-04 14:44:07
quiksilver ◊ 2008-08-31 22:50	"wow ythis thing is huge - how long was that? 6,5 metres?" As with all Bentley sports cars of that era they came in different wheelbases. The smallest where about the same as a 3 or 5.5 litre model the largest where about 0.5m longer something like 4m.
DynaMike ◊ 2008-08-31 23:20	I think it was Ettore Bugatti who called these Bentleys 'the fastest trucks in the world'...
jmw_48 ◊ 2009-02-19 23:06	This is chassis number #LR2791
sixcyl ◊ 2009-11-30 00:05	Ep.5.01 "From Venus With Love" First appearance of RX6180 -- Last edit: 2010-02-24 20:06:32
sixcyl ◊ 2010-02-21 18:32	Ep.5.03 "Escape In Time" 3 -- Last edit: 2010-02-21 18:32:42
sixcyl ◊ 2010-02-21 18:34	Ep.5.04 "The See-Through Man" 2
sixcyl ◊ 2010-02-21 18:39	Ep.5.05 "The Bird Who Knew Too Much" 2
sixcyl ◊ 2010-02-21 18:41	Ep.5.06 "The Winged Avenger" 3
sixcyl ◊ 2010-02-21 18:42	Ep.5.07 "The Living Dead" 2
sixcyl ◊ 2010-02-21 18:44	Ep.5.08 "The Hidden Tiger" 3
sixcyl ◊ 2010-02-21 18:45	Ep.5.11 "Epic" 2
sixcyl ◊ 2010-02-21 18:50	Ep.5.14 "Something Nasty In The Nursery" 3
sixcyl ◊ 2010-02-21 18:51	Ep.5.15 "The Joker" 1
sixcyl ◊ 2010-02-21 18:53	Ep.5.16 "Who's who" 3
sixcyl ◊ 2010-02-21 18:54	Ep.6.01 "Return of the Cybernauts" 4
sixcyl ◊ 2010-02-21 18:56	Ep.6.02 "Death's Door" 2
sixcyl ◊ 2010-02-21 19:29	Ep.6.03 "The £50,000 Breakfast" 2
sixcyl ◊ 2010-02-24 08:14	Ep.6.05 "You Have Just Been Murdered" Last appearance of RX6180 -- Last edit: 2010-02-24 20:05:55
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2016-12-14 21:53	Currently for sale, (Dec 2016) asking price £1,150,000. http://www.prewarcar.com/classifieds/ad209596.html No doubt, with the impending total destruction of the British economy, it should be possible for one of the newly enriched Europeans to trade in an old Maybach or similar, and buy this with small change. As the current owner of a Bentley of lower value (very) I await developments with interest. -- Last edit: 2016-12-14 22:03:56
intp1 ◊ 2023-05-11 13:00	A piece of trivia: Macnee couldn't drive, all his life. Any shots of him driving and moving the Bentley had to be variously contrived by being pushed etc. Most shots were stationary or pulling up and jumping out