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Chassis:
Built specifically for the American market, this long wheelbase Speed Six was equipped with reinforced front suspension and a modified crankcase for a Bosch starter to be fitted. It was ordered new in rolling chassis form by Ruth Vanderbilt Twombly, who was a great granddaughter of Cornelius Vanderbilt. She had the Speed Six fitted with a owner-driver Limousine body by the Charles Schutte Body Company from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. As such, it become the first of only two Cricklewood Bentleys fitted with American custom coachwork. In 1940, the formal Bentley Speed Six was acquired by Richard Gardiner Casey, who was the first Australian ambassador to the United States. Reportedly later gifted to a member of his staff, the Schutte Limousine joined the collection of Carl Mueller shortly after the War. He was a great Bentley enthusiast and also owned the Le Mans-winning Speed Six. The next custodian acquired the car in 1975 and had it sympathetically restored. In 1981, it entered in longterm family ownership. Rarely seen since, the one-off Speed Six was offered for sale for the first time in over four decades with Fiskens early in 2025.
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| Manufactured in |
July 1930 |
| Engine number |
HM2858 |
| First owner |
Ruth Vanderbilt Twombly |
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