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Bentley Speed Six 1930 Weymann fixed head coupé Daimler Double-Six 1932 close-coupled 4-door sports saloon for Anna Neagle. J Gurney Nutting & Co Limited was an English firm of bespoke coachbuilders specialising in sporting bodies founded in 1918 as a new enterprise by a Croydon firm of builders and joiners of the same name.
The Bentley 8 Litre was a large inline 6-cylinder super-luxury car made in various configurations by Bentley Motors Limited at Cricklewood, London. Announced 15 September 1930, it was also the last completely new model by Bentley before the company's financial collapse and forced sale to Rolls-Royce Limited .
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conventional non-Weymann coachwork frame (Volvo ÖV 4) Gurney Nutting Weymann body Bentley 4½-litre May 1928. The Weymann system comprises an ultra-light wood framework with special metal joints so that timber does not touch timber. Small metal panels are inserted between the fabric and the framework to make rounded external corners.
The Bentley Speed Six chassis was introduced in 1928 [5] as a more sporting version of the Bentley 6½ Litre. [12] With a single-port block, two SU carburettors, [ 5 ] [ 8 ] [ 11 ] a high-performance camshaft, [ 14 ] and a compression ratio of 5.3:1, the Speed Six's engine produced 180 hp (130 kW) at 3500 rpm.
Two months later, on 21 May 1930, he took delivery of a new Bentley Speed Six streamlined fastback "Sportsman Coupe" by Gurney Nutting. [2] Barnato named it the "Blue Train Special" in memory of his race, and it too became commonly referred to as the Blue Train Bentley . [ 7 ]
In 1937 James Young was bought by London Rolls-Royce dealer Jack Barclay and he persuaded Scotsman A. F. McNeil [6] (1891–1965), 'Mac', to leave J Gurney Nutting & Co to become James Young's chief designer. [1] These two events combined with the end of the depression to produce a sharp rise in James Young's sales. Earls Court motor show 1948