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The Bentley
3.5 Litre was presented to the public in September 1933. The Bentley 3.5
Litre was the first new Bentley model since Rolls Royce took over the
company in 1931. These Bentley models are also known as "Derby
Bentley's" this because they were built in the Rolls Royce factory
located in Derby, England.
The Bentley 3.5 Litre was the result of the Rolls Royce project "Peregrine"
which was aimed at developing an automobile on a shorter chassis. The
car was projected below the Rolls Royce 20/25
en the Rolls Royce Phantom. The Bentley 3.5 Litre was going to be a
competitor for the Alvis Speed 20 and the
Lagonda M45.
The Bentley 3.5 Litre was available from the factory as rolling chassis
or with several standard bodywork variant. The factory bodywork models
were made by Park Ward and the model program consisted of a saloon, a
streamline saloon and a drophead coupe.
The rolling chassis which left the factory were "dressed" by
other well known coachwork builders like H.J.
Mulliner, Trupp & Maberly, James Young, H.R. Owen, Gurney Nutting,
William Arnold, Kellner (Paris) and the Swiss coachwork builder Graber.
The steel chassis was produced using nickel steel. The chassis was
designed with a "double-dropped" layout to gain vertical space
for the axles and to keep the cars profile low. The chassis was
constructed with six cross members and no diagonal cross bracing. The strong
chassis was very light in comparison to the chassis built by the
contemporary competitors.
The Bentley 3.5 Litre six cylinder in-line engine was a further
development of the Rolls Royce 20/25 engine. The 3.5 Litre however was
far more powerful... The engine was given a larger cylinder capacity,
higher compression, a sharper (sporty) camshaft profile and two S.U.
carburettors.
Because of the high power potential of the new 3.5 litre engine some
standard high quality Rolls Royce parts were considered inferior by the
engineers. They stated that the critical parts had to be of ultimate
quality for use in this engine...
Building a sportive Bentley with a lower price tag than a Rolls Royce
became more and more an impossible goal to aim for.
Engineer in charge of the project, Mr. Hives, wrote in a memo addressed
to the staff of the company; "Our recommendation is that we should make the car as good as
we know how and then charge accordingly".
No need to say more...
Technical
data
Six cylinder
engine with overhead valves
and a crankshaft with seven bearings
Cylinder capacity: 3669 cc.
Carburettors: 2 x S.U., 1 3/8 inch
Capacity: 114 bpk. at 4500 tpm.
Top-speed: 147 km/h. - 92 mph. (saloon).
Acceleration: 0-96 km/h. (0-60 miles in 20.4 seconds
Gearbox: Four speed manual, 3th. and 4th. gear
synchronised.
Petrol tank: 73 liter
Weight (chassis): 1140 kg.
Information Bentley 3.5
Litre "Park Ward" saloon, year 1934.
Chassis number B-184-CR.
Colour green/ primerose yellow with a brown leather interior and brown
carpet. This Bentley "Park Ward" saloon is fitted with a
standard saloon bodywork as it was sold new from the Bentley factory. It
is the latter model with the enlarged booth.
This pre war classic is in very good condition and very original!
The car was restored with eye for originality in the past. The interior
was not restored. The original interior was cleaned and up rated on
details (leather painted and the wood varnished).
The interior breathes the patina collected over seventy years of time.
The car is technically and mechanically very well maintained; the car
drives, shifts, brakes and steers like it should and all gauges, lamps
and indicators work perfectly. Very recently the car was shipped to
England where it was repaired and serviced by a specialist. The crankshaft
damper was repaired and the engine was checked up and the ignition and
carburettors were adjusted.
This
classic car was on offer at
Imparts.
info@imparts.nl
Imparts B.V.
Phone.: +31 26 442 99 37 |
