1953 Bentley R Type Sports Saloon B339TO Saloon Petrol Manual

Description

An R Type with a difference! The car has been upgraded to 4.9 litres, has a high ratio back axle and is equipped with P100 headlights, all of which enhance the car overall and make it stand out from the crowd visually, as well as adding to the already highly useable specification of these models. In lovely condition, with excellent paintwork in black and grey, superb chrome plating, with original leather interior, accompanied by high quality carpets, headlining and woodwork, all in lovely order, and looking very smart. The underside is excellent, being clean, sound and well-protected, and includes a recent stainless steel exhaust system. Driving nicely, fitted with very well-suited Avon radial tyres & offered with a fresh MoT. Chassis No. B339TO Reg No. 158 UYK Snippets: High Flying Lawyers & American Connections. The first owner of B339TO was Raymond Clifford Clifford-Turner (1906/95), in 1925 his father Harry, changed the family surname from Turner to that of Clifford-Tuner. This was t a purely business decision to take advantage of the goodwill associated with the name Clifford Turner in world of lawyers. In 1931 Raymond was admitted to the firm, the only family member to do so (his 3 brothers branched into other careers). In 1933 Raymond married Zoe Vachell whose father & grandfather had both practised law in Cardiff and Zoe was in fact godmother to, at the time, the two richest children in the world! These infants were namely David & Diane Dodge - their great-grandfather was Horace Elgin Dodge, an icon in the American automotive industry. In 1925, the widows of Horace & John Dodge sold their shares in the automobile business to Dillon Read investment bankers for $146 million!! Susan, their daughter was a debutante in 1955 and was presented at Court by her mother and given a joint coming-out dance alongside Penelope Knowles at the family London home of The Cottage in Hobart Place. Raymond was a keen motorist and in 1924 he pleaded guilty to exceeding the speed limit but not to driving at a speed which was dangerous to the public! John Scott published a biography of the Clifford-Turner law firm entitled Legibus, a history of Clifford-Turner 1900-1980 which is full of fabulous detail including the fact that Raymond Clifford-Turner served with the RAF during WWII, initially in the air and later on the ground with the Air Ministry. The first noted official casualty of WWII was John Noel Isaac, a partner in Clifford-Turner. He died whilst carrying out a solo practice flight in his Bristol Blenheim whilst serving with 600 Sqdn.

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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'.



Opening Hours:
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We: 09:00 AM to 05:00 PM
Th: 09:00 AM to 05:00 PM
Fr: 09:00 AM to 05:00 PM
Sa: Closed
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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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