"I bought this Bentley at Vintage & Prestige and imported it to Switzerland."

Sold: July 11, 2017

Found on Vintage & Prestige website on Apr 8, 2016

"1930 Bentley Speed Six Long Chassis Vanden Plas style Tourer

Year: 1930
Chassis number: LR2791
Registration number: RX 6180
Price: £1,600,000.00

Vehicle details
Vintage and Prestige Fine Motor Cars are proud to be offering this 1930 Bentley Speed Six Long Chassis Vanden Plas style Tourer for sale in absolutely brand new condition. This Bentley has had an exhaustive rebuild to the highest standards by some of the great names in Bentley restoration.

The Bentley chassis and engine were entrusted to Marque specialists McKenzie Guppy with the completed product being testament to their work. The Coachwork is aluminum on an ash frame constructed to a modified ‘Vanden Plas’ design.

LR2791 is unique, in so much that whilst the factory build-sheet shows the Bentley as a standard 'Six', in fact, it forms one of a batch of six chassis all built to the full Speed Six specification, as confirmed by Bentley guru, Clare Hay in her definitive work "The Bentley Speed Six". It has been suggested that the Bentley Speed Six was designated in this way in order to justify a lower selling price as Bentley Motors were struggling to survive the Great Depression, and indeed shortly thereafter the company went into receivership.

The Bentley Speed Six is finished in 'Midnight Blue' with mocha brown hides to the interior. A high quality blue mohair hood and side screens complete the look. To say the Bentley is stunning is an understatement. It is as good as any Bentley we have ever had in stock. The dash board contains the usual array of instrumentation. Unusually, the fuel gauge is from a Lancaster Bomber aircraft. The dash is a large slab of straight Frain walnut as are the door and dash capping's. The 'St Christopher' medal on the dash is personal to the owner and is not included in the sale.

Nothing more need be said about this Bentley Speed Six as perfection needs but few words. You have to see it to believe and appreciate it."

East India Club Rally, October 2014

BDC Concours, 29 June 2013

I have owned this car since 1984. The LeMans replica body by Edmunds of Plymouth, built about 1960, was removed after purchase. The car is still in chassis form, unrestored and very original. Fascia from original H. J. Mulliner saloon was kept untouched when the tourer was built, just shortened at the ends and is still with chassis, all original cables, etc., attached.

Olle Ljungström bought this car in 1984. All pictures were taken in 1984 at the time of removal of body and chassis, after steam cleaning.

The LeMans replica body by Edmunds of Plymoth built about 1960, was removed after purchase. Fascia from original H. J. Mulliner saloon was kept untouched when the tourer was built, just shortened at the ends.

Photographs were taken at Roland Duce's restoration shop in England in 1981.

"In 1966/7 I used to collect this car from Mr Gooch in Sussex, drive it to the ABPC Studios north of London for it to be used in the filming of The Avengers. I kept it overnight outside my mother's house in South London and would phone up a couple of friends, say "I've got the Bentley" and we would go to our local coffee bar or pub! It always caused quite a stir! (I was only 22 or 23 at the time)

John Steed (Patrick Macnee) couldn't drive it so long shots of the car were often of me wearing a bowler hat.

After driving it many times through London's traffic I can sympathise with Bugatti's somewhat disparaging remark about the cars!

Many fond memories of this car. Would love to drive it again."

Car was owned by J. N. Gooch Esq., Millwood Manor, Forest Row, Sussex during the 60's up to at least 1971 and I think he had the LeMans replica body made.

This photograph is from an advertisement by Roland Duce in "Thoroughbred & Classic Cars" magazine, August 1979.

Text in advt reads: 1930 Bentley 6½ Tourer

1930 Bentley 6½ Litre in 'The Avengers', TV Series, 1961-1969. Click here to view video of chase.

Ep.5.03 Escape In Time

Ep.5.06 "The Winged Avenger"

Ep.5.08 "The Hidden Tiger"