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  1. 02-28-2005, 07:10 AM #1
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    Bentley MK VI Franay Cabriolet

    Bentley MK VI Franay Cabriolet

    General specifications
    Record last updated Before 12 / 01 / 2004
    Country of origin Great Britain
    Produced in 1947
    Introduced at 1947 Paris Motorshow
    Numbers built one-off
    Body design Franay
    Weight 2404 kilo / 5299.9 lbs
    Drivetrain
    Engine Straight 6
    Engine Location Front , longitudinally mounted
    Displacement 4.566 liter / 278.6 cu in
    Valvetrain 2 valves / cylinder, OHV
    Fuel feed 2 SU Carburetors
    Aspiration Naturally Aspirated
    Gearbox 4 speed Manual
    Drive Rear wheel drive
    Performance figures
    Power 125 bhp / 93 KW @ 3750 rpm

    This is the Bentley Mk VI Franay, as built especially for the 1947 Paris Motorshow. After being the star of the show it was sold to a M. Gudol, who fitted a more powerful 4.5 litre engine in the fifties. It has resurfaced in the early nineties and at the first two concours d'elegances it was entered in it won. It was completely restored in 1988 and the paint was restored again in top Concours condition in 1999. It is one of the most valuable Bentleys with an estimated value of $2.5 million.
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  2. 02-28-2005, 08:43 AM #2
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    what a beautiful car. i love those sills
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  3. 02-28-2005, 09:02 AM #3
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    beautiful, there is no other word to describe it...

    i like those wheel covers too
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  4. 02-28-2005, 12:34 PM #4
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    That is amazing. Beautiful in its own right.
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    Thats a sexy fatty that.
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    Damn that is awful, it looks like sumthing out of batman
    "The thunder of 1001bhp would send a sonic boom through his carbon fibre shell, crack it in half and leave a wet puddle on the fancy leather seat."
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  7. 02-28-2005, 04:16 PM #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by 6'bore
    Damn that is awful, it looks like sumthing out of batman
    It's not that awful, the front end is nice but the wheel covers make me wanna puke.
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  8. 03-01-2005, 02:09 PM #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by lfb666
    Bentley MK VI Franay Cabriolet

    General specifications
    Record last updated Before 12 / 01 / 2004
    Country of origin Great Britain
    Produced in 1947
    Introduced at 1947 Paris Motorshow
    Numbers built one-off
    Body design Franay
    Weight 2404 kilo / 5299.9 lbs
    Drivetrain
    Engine Straight 6
    Engine Location Front , longitudinally mounted
    Displacement 4.566 liter / 278.6 cu in
    Valvetrain 2 valves / cylinder, OHV
    Fuel feed 2 SU Carburetors
    Aspiration Naturally Aspirated
    Gearbox 4 speed Manual
    Drive Rear wheel drive
    Performance figures
    Power 125 bhp / 93 KW @ 3750 rpm

    This is the Bentley Mk VI Franay, as built especially for the 1947 Paris Motorshow. After being the star of the show it was sold to a M. Gudol, who fitted a more powerful 4.5 litre engine in the fifties. It has resurfaced in the early nineties and at the first two concours d'elegances it was entered in it won. It was completely restored in 1988 and the paint was restored again in top Concours condition in 1999. It is one of the most valuable Bentleys with an estimated value of $2.5 million.
    thats Hitler's car lol.....................
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  9. 03-02-2005, 04:23 PM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by M-16
    thats Hitler's car lol.....................
    uhhh.......not really......
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  10. 03-02-2005, 08:06 PM #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by M-16
    thats Hitler's car lol.....................
    I don't think it was.

    It is quite hard to claim ownership of something built after you die.
    Thanks for all the fish
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  11. 03-26-2005, 04:33 PM #11
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    Damn thats one helluva car! You can't get more extravagent than that.
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  12. 05-17-2005, 08:01 AM #12
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    Hitler had a MERCEDES-BENZ (M-B) 770-K.

    http://www.kruseinternational.com/au...es-Benz&PAGE=1

    Only, it was extended into a limo.

    There are only 5 770-K's left. Question, who are the great custom car makers who could take an older car, for example another but closer model M-B, and transform it in something looking like 770-K?

    In terms of this car, in one of the Flemming book, James Bond buys a 1953 MARK VI. But he gives it up for modified Bentley type R Continental

    http://www.continental.org.uk/bond.htm
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  13. 05-17-2005, 08:51 AM #13
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    there is a good article about this car here ....
    http://www.quattroruote.it/autoclass...z=Protagoniste
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