1936 Bentley 4¼-Litre Park Ward Sports Saloon Project B153HM
£ 32500
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Body
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Saloon
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Transmission
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Manual
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Exterior Color
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Green
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Upholstery
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Leather
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Steering
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Rhd
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VIN
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B153HM
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A complete, correct restoration project last used in the 1960s, and in storage since then. There is still a tax disc on the windscreen from 1969! The car is a mixture of very rough in terms of body condition, and refurbished mechanically. The engine has benefitted from recent attention and runs well, road springs have been attended to, wheels are fresh, tyres are recent, the car has been partially rewired, and more besides has been completed. The car is drivable, sounds good, performs well and is overall very promising mechanically, but will certainly need attention before being put into use. The history file includes many invoices, a summary of the work done & parts supplied, together with a logbook from the 1960s. Although the Interior is perhaps better than might be expected, the original leather being surprisingly good, with correct instrumentation, etc, the steel body itself is very poor, significantly rusty & needing lots of attention. Under the bonnet, the engine bay is correct, the engine itself being the original fitted by the factory & still retains twin original ignition coils, two-piece starting handle & Dunlop jack in their clips. If restoring the body proves to be unjustified, then the future of this car may well be a re-bodying project, we feel that the chassis is likely to be an excellent basis for this. Either way, a fascinating proposition, ready for a new owner to provide a new lease of life.
Chassis No. B153HM Reg No. DLA 377
Snippets: Worsted Mills & Shipyards
Joseph Hartley Robinson (1877/1947) was the MD of C. Robinson & Co Ltd, worsted & woollen manufacturers Batley. The company was started by his father Charles circa 1880 alongside James Ingham Nussey & Josias Hancock. The partnership was dissolved in 1892 but the firm continued with Charles Robinson & James Nussey taking over Victoria Mills & Park Lane Mills. When Joseph died in 1947 he left an estate of some £136,000 but he had omitted to leave a will! The chassis cards show that in 1951 B153HM was with Richard Dunston (There are two Richard Dunston but we think this was Snr) who was Chairman of the shipbuilders Richard Dunston (Hessle) Ltd which was started by his grandfather after whom he was named. Thomas Dunston took over the shipyard in 1902 but he died just 8 years later which is when Richard Snr took over the concern, he was just 20 years old and it must have been quite a challenge. In 1958 Richard Snr died whilst out walking on Manton Common and his son Richard (known as Michael) took over the company. The vessels produced by Dunston’s included tugs, barges, Nile steamers, MoD craft and in 1966 the training ship SS Winston Churchill. During WWII Dunston’s tugs were used to tow the Mulberry Harbours into place on the Normandy beaches, the company laid claim to employing the first women welders!!
