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1938 Bentley 4 1/4 Park Ward Pillarless Sports Saloon B78LS
Sale price: £59,500.00 Make an offer
Car location: Bethesda, United Kingdom
Sale type: Fixed price listing
Technical specifications, photos and description:
- Make:
- Bentley
- Year:
- 1938
- Type:
- standard car
- Color:
- Blue
- Engine:
- 4,257
- Transmission:
- manual
- Fuel:
- Petrol
- Drive side:
- Right-hand drive
- V5 Document:
- Yes
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1938 Bentley 4 1/4 Park Ward Pillarless Sports Saloon B78LS for sale
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A lovely example of a stylish. semi razor edge. desirable pillarless sports saloon. with the doors hinged to give unrestricted access when front & rear both open. In very good order throughout. driving particularly nicely with a sweet. crisp engine. excellent transmission. etc. Sound. with none of the door fit problems sometimes associated with this design smart. and with some useful maintenance history from recent years.
A really good. ready to go car.
Mo T tested until September 2013. SALE AGREEDChassis No. B 78 LS.
Reg No. BWP 633.
£59. 00. Snippets: Inventors. Astronomers & Sportsmen In 1932 the first owner. C D Terry of Moseley had invented an “improvement relating to collision braking devices for vehicles” which he sold to Gardu Ltd for some £200. 00 in preference shares.
By 1956 B 78 LS was with Gerald Leslie Sargeant at “Farthings” in Selsey (in 1967 the house was sold to the famous astronomer Sir Patrick Moore) when Gerald & B 78 LS moved it was to Weybridge in Surrey where. in due course. Gerald became Club Secretary of the famous St. George's Hill Tennis & Golf Club.
The site of St. George's Hill was owned by W G Tarrant. designed by Harry Colt & opened in 1913 by Prince Alexander of Teck (brother to Queen Mary).
A later sporting owner was Richard (Dick) Tindell who during WWII served with the RAF in the “Liberator” 40 sqd as a Mid Upper Gunner on a B 24 bomber.
It was the duty of the M-U Gunner to check out the taxi path of the liberators. both prior to take off and after landing.
Dick owned B 78 LS for almost 30 years & his stable of vintage cars included a Lagonda & an Austin Healey in which he would often arrive at the Rugby Club in.
A keen rugby & cricket player he was a member of Esher Rugby Club for over 40 years & later became their Vice-President.
He was described as an excellent rugby player with “considerable pace & of startling unpredictability”!
A really good. ready to go car.
Mo T tested until September 2013. SALE AGREEDChassis No. B 78 LS.
Reg No. BWP 633.
£59. 00. Snippets: Inventors. Astronomers & Sportsmen In 1932 the first owner. C D Terry of Moseley had invented an “improvement relating to collision braking devices for vehicles” which he sold to Gardu Ltd for some £200. 00 in preference shares.
By 1956 B 78 LS was with Gerald Leslie Sargeant at “Farthings” in Selsey (in 1967 the house was sold to the famous astronomer Sir Patrick Moore) when Gerald & B 78 LS moved it was to Weybridge in Surrey where. in due course. Gerald became Club Secretary of the famous St. George's Hill Tennis & Golf Club.
The site of St. George's Hill was owned by W G Tarrant. designed by Harry Colt & opened in 1913 by Prince Alexander of Teck (brother to Queen Mary).
A later sporting owner was Richard (Dick) Tindell who during WWII served with the RAF in the “Liberator” 40 sqd as a Mid Upper Gunner on a B 24 bomber.
It was the duty of the M-U Gunner to check out the taxi path of the liberators. both prior to take off and after landing.
Dick owned B 78 LS for almost 30 years & his stable of vintage cars included a Lagonda & an Austin Healey in which he would often arrive at the Rugby Club in.
A keen rugby & cricket player he was a member of Esher Rugby Club for over 40 years & later became their Vice-President.
He was described as an excellent rugby player with “considerable pace & of startling unpredictability”!
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