LOT 178

1951 Bentley Mk VI Fixed Head Coupe Coachwork by Park Ward & Co., Ltd. Chassis no. B6LHR Engine no. B3H

Sold for US$112,000 inc. premiumLot to be sold without reserve

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Lot 178

1951 Bentley Mk VI Fixed Head Coupe
Coachwork by Park Ward & Co., Ltd.

The Amelia Island Auction|20 May 2021, 13:00 EDT|Fernandina Beach Golf Club

1951 Bentley Mk VI Fixed Head Coupe
Coachwork by Park Ward & Co., Ltd.
Chassis no. B6LHR
Engine no. B3H

4,257cc OHV Inline 6-Cylinder Engine
Single Twin-Choke Carburetor
Approximately 130bhp
4-Speed Manual Transmission
Independent Front with Live Rear Axle Suspension
4-Wheel Drum Brakes

*Delivered new to Sweden
*One of only five examples Park Ward produced
*Sporting and elegant Bentley of finest quality
*Finished in its original color scheme

THE MOTORCAR OFFERED

This unique, coachbuilt, left-hand drive Bentley Coupe is one of only five furnished on the MkVI chassis by the legendary coachbuilder Park Ward. According to its build sheet, a copy of which is included in the records, B6LHR was ordered new in Pale Green with matching Pale Green hides and well optioned for the American market with export bumpers, medium and long wave radio, and fog lamps with its original intended destination being the Los Angeles International Auto Show. With a promised delivery date of just after Thanksgiving, 1950, the intended destination became moot when—for the 12th year in a row the show was cancelled (it would restart again in 1952). A note on the build record indicates the car was no longer destined for the City of Angels but was instead 'Export Stock'.

A subsequent build record shows that the order for the car was swiftly transferred to Stockholm, Sweden dealer A.A. Wiklund who was processing the purchase for the shipping company Rederi AB Jan of Götalang, Sweden. It is understood that the car remained with the original owner for two years before it was sold to a Swedish industrialist who kept the car for a subsequent 34 years, at which point it passed to his wife in 1987. The Bentley would come to the U.K. and join a subsequent collection before being acquired by the penultimate owner in 2003. At the time of that acquisition, the car was described as a largely original machine with an older repaint in white and under 12,000 kilometers on the odometer. The current owner purchased the Bentley in August of 2004 and subsequently entrusted marque specialists, Vantage Motorworks of Miami, Florida, to selectively refurbish and restore the car.

Making its restored debut at the 2005 Amelia Concours d'Elegance, the Bentley has since been minimally used and carefully stored. As elegant now as it was when new, it offers sporting, closed comfort for its next lucky owner.

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