20's/30's Bentley style replicas

[giblet]

Thank you for your reply and the photos. It’s a real stab in the dark but I’m trying to locate an owner of one who would be willing to either loan the car out for a day or offer their services as a chauffeur in return for payment.

To cut a long story short a close friend of mine happens to be a nephew of the person who designed/made the car originally and is trying to find one to be used as a wedding car for his big day. They hold a lot of sentimental value to him and it would mean a lot to somehow find an owner who could help out. I don’t suppose you know what happened to the one that was owned by RT?

[skwdenyer]

Probably won’t help the wedding quest, but thought this looked quite fun:

https://m.mobile.de/fahrzeuge/details.html?id=3188...

[giblet]

skwdenyer said:

Probably won’t help the wedding quest, but thought this looked quite fun:

https://m.mobile.de/fahrzeuge/details.html?id=3188...

If only there was a way to hire it, looks spot on!

[skwdenyer]

giblet said:

skwdenyer said:

Probably won’t help the wedding quest, but thought this looked quite fun:

https://m.mobile.de/fahrzeuge/details.html?id=3188...

If only there was a way to hire it, looks spot on!

You could always reach out. But given it is overseas, suspect the cost of doing so would be quite a lot more than you'd think was fair for a wedding car...

[S47]

I'm fairly certain that that car was built by RT mentioned above in the thread - he built 2 for Germans I met one of them several times, RT eventualy drove the car to Germany for the buyer! - RT was an avid Sherpley driver -They Sherpleys had to be registered in UK before German registration was possible IIRC.

[hidetheelephants]

S47 said:

Here's the pic taken last april - as you can see the car is a very poor copy of the bently speed6, and must have cost the owner all of a coupla quid to build, or put another way - you could say it was built to 1970's kitcar standards The wheels is particular look awful - RT had his 21" wires, and pukka headlights made specially for his car.
I also saw the wooden bodied car [mentioned above] several years ago, it was for sale at Tredegar park classic car show. AFAIK it didn't sell, but the wooden body looked awful IMO.
The car pictured above which i posted earlier in this thread was the best Bentley speed 6 replica [sherpley] i ever saw - It was owned by RT [now sadly deceased] - I drove it many times it was terrible to drive, but I suspect better than every other Sherpley, please note my review is coming from a 50+ year owner of a Lotus7, which aint the most user friendly of cars either
good luck finding the jigs etc. they may still exist
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Authentic WO Bentley experience then.

[S47]

Here's a few Sherpley photo's I come across recently which maybe of interest - all these cars were well built with good attention to detail, sadly the 'cream colored' car I saw last year [posted earlier in the thread] was poor in comparison
OOI one of the German cars got wrecked in the awful German floods of a few years ago, I remember the BBC news showing footage from the German floods - and there on screen in the carnage, was a Sherpley being washed away with all the mud, trees, and debris of the floods etc. I couldn't believe my eyes, wonder whether it was rebuilt - anyone know??
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Finally RT in his oils - literally - you were a great mate and a sad loss to the KIT car community - RIP
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[S47]

The Local sherpley made an appearance at a show recently-
RT is cringing in his grave
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Sadly I'm not allowed to post a pic of it - mods appear to have prevented me doing so!!