BENTLEY 4¼-LITRE

This lot will be auctioned via Iconic Auctioneers, The Classic Sale at Silverstone Festival 2025 on Sunday the 24th of August, The Wing, Silverstone Circuit, NN12 8TN.

The Bentley 3½ Litre (later enlarged to 4¼ Litre) was presented to the public in September 1933, shortly after the death of Henry Royce, and was the first new Bentley model following Rolls-Royce’s acquisition of the Bentley brand in 1931

Bentley sold only the drivable bare rolling chassis with engine and gearbox, scuttle and radiator, ready for coachbuilders to construct on it a body to the buyer’s requirements

Bentleys of this era are known as 'Derby Bentleys' because they were built in the Rolls-Royce factory located in Derby whilst earlier cars are referred to as Cricklewood Bentleys

Records indicate that Jack Barclay ordered a small run of ‘Pillarless’ saloons to be bodied by Park Ward, incorporating a gentle razor-edged styling. Most of these were steel-bodied, whereas this example is all-Aluminium