1935 Bentley 3.5 Litre Thrupp & Maberley Sports Saloon B36EF Saloon Petrol Manual

Description

A very attractive Derby Bentley, well-proportioned with some appealing touches, such as trouser crease wings, chrome waistline mouldings, Marchal headlights, long trumpet Lucas horns, and, very unusually, a chrome plated dashboard. Finished in light grey and green, harmonising nicely with the original green leather interior. An essentially good car, running well and driving nicely. The history file includes, amongst many other documents, evidence of an engine overhaul in 2016, (which included new main and big end bearings), a number of old MoT certificates, a tax disc from 1970, various invoices, an ownership record, etc, etc. Chassis No. B36EF. Reg No. CXF 119.Snippets: Gun Roller & a South African LochAfter being used by Jack Barclay as their show car B36EF was sold to Arthur David Tipper of Handsworth Wood in Birmingham. In 1865 his uncle Henry Tipper had registered Patent Nr 1738 for improvements in manufacturing gun barrels & tubes of cast steel & iron. Almost 60 years later Arthur Tipper also applied for patents but this time relating to sash windows, door latches, door locks, door hooks & metal brackets, how many of us can remember the hooks in school corridors and changing rooms from our youth?In 1939 the Bentley was bought by John Christian Duncan (1892/1947) & his wife Edith Clark Clark-Neill Duncan of 49 Knightsbridge Court, London. John Duncan was originally from Loch Bridge, Barkly East, of all places not in Scotland but on the banks of the Kraai River in Eastern Cape, South Africa. Edith Clark was the wealthy widow of James Clark-Neill of Curling Hall, Largs who had died in 1918 (John & Edith married in 1919). James Clark-Neill was a scion of two equally industrious families with his mother Elizabeth Clark connected to the cotton, fabrics & thread industries (she left £11m in 1900) & his father William Neill being involved in the sugar industry (he left £11m in 1903)! Just before John Duncan died B36EF was sold to the Campbell family who kept the car until 1976, there is a note with the car that in 1969 it was used by Peter Campbell whilst he was training at Sandhurst prior to serving with the Rhine Company. Peter has very fond memories of the car & would enjoy relating tales of his ownership with the next custodian.

Previously Registered Overseas; Safety Belt Pretensioners

About us:
The Real Car Company was established in 1987 by Ray Arnold & Ian Johnstone. It was a hobby that 'Got out of hand'. Our interest in cars of the type that we now sell goes back to our childhoods, and ownership back to the 1970's. Gradually more cars started passing through our hands, and by 1986 we had decided to make a full time occupation of buying and selling the cars that we love.

We started with a single car (all we could afford) which we sold quickly, and before we knew it we had 4 or 5 on our hands! This was alongside another business that we were involved in at the time. In the Spring of 1988 we gave up the other business, (exhaust systems), rented part of the premises that we still operate from now, and went full time.

We had a good start in the boom years of the late eighties, which set us up well enough for us to ride the storm of recession in the years that followed. As the years went on the number of cars going through our hands increased gradually, we built up a workforce, and we now carry a stock of around 40 to 50 vehicles and there are nine of us here. In 1999 we were awarded 'International Classic Car Dealer of the Year' by Classic Cars Magazine. The market for 'our' kind of cars is nicely stable, generally prices are creeping upwards all the time, and we feel that investing in a car - or cars - of the type that we sell is generally a great place to put your money. Don't do it just for investment, but you can get a great deal of pleasure from these vehicles, prices are - in our opinion - unlikely to drop, and you can't drive a share certificate! Some prices in the last three or four years have moved up considerably, and these cases have shown a tremendous return on investment.

Over the last fifteen years or so we have brought home several hundred cars from the USA, and we are always looking for more. If you know of a Rolls-Royce or Bentley anywhere in the world, in absolutely any condition, please let us know. Distance no object, commissions happily paid. We always particularly enjoy the 'barn finds'.



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Why buy from us?
* Classic Cars
* Over 30 years in business
* Cars are physically at our premises
* Lovely roads to test drive on
* Our reputation

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