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1926 Bentley 6½ Litre
Chassis No. WB2563
Engine No. WB2563
Registration No. (Not available)
 
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  Source: Harit Trivedi
Posted: Jul 20, 2010		  
     
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This special body was built by Thrupp & Maberly for the Nawab of Bhopal who used it for big game hunting. For additional information see Bentley: The Vintage Years by Michael Hay.

  
     
     
  Source: Walter Miller
Posted: Jul 09, 2007		  
     
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The Nawab of Bhopal's Game Hunting Car
A sports model six-cylinder Bentley with many novel features

The car is particularly imposing and carries no fewer than eleven lamps. Two Vee type screens are fitted and the body is oil-finished in a grain imitation of natural wood.

The windscreen folds forward to allow the occupants to shoot over the bonnet. Ammunition and revolvers are carried in the door pockets.

Two searchlights are mounted on telescopic standards on each side of the dickey seat, and 100 yards of cable is carried on reels on the running boards.

  
     
     
  Source: From article "The Nawab of Bhopal's Game Hunting Car" published in "The Motor", September 7, 1926 issue
Posted: Feb 23, 2008		  
     
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Chassis No. WB2563
Engine No. WB2563
Registration No. (India)
Date of Delivery: Sep 1926
Type of Body: 2-seater
Coachbuilder: Thrupp & Maberly
Type of Car: ST2
   
First Owner: Nawab of Bhopal (?)
 
     
  More Info: Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "Delivered to India - agent Rootes. T&M body no. 1002."  
     
     
  Posted: Mar 01, 2007  
     
 
 
 
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