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lfb666
02-28-2005, 07:10 AM
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.

derekthetree
02-28-2005, 08:43 AM
what a beautiful car. i love those sills

drakkie
02-28-2005, 09:02 AM
beautiful, there is no other word to describe it...

i like those wheel covers too

ScionDriver
02-28-2005, 12:34 PM
That is amazing. Beautiful in its own right.

UCR
02-28-2005, 12:35 PM
Thats a sexy fatty that.

6'bore
02-28-2005, 12:59 PM
Damn that is awful, it looks like sumthing out of batman

Manik
02-28-2005, 04:16 PM
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. :)

M-16
03-01-2005, 02:09 PM
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.....................

Manik
03-02-2005, 04:23 PM
thats Hitler's car lol.....................

uhhh.......not really...... :rolleyes:

Coventrysucks
03-02-2005, 08:06 PM
thats Hitler's car lol.....................

I don't think it was.

It is quite hard to claim ownership of something built after you die.

Spastik_Roach
03-26-2005, 04:33 PM
Damn thats one helluva car! You can't get more extravagent than that.

deank
05-17-2005, 08:01 AM
Hitler had a MERCEDES-BENZ (M-B) 770-K.

http://www.kruseinternational.com/auctions/detail.asp?CONSIGN=12&MAKE=Mercedes-Benz&AUC_CODE=WANTED05&AUC_BREAD=Wanted%20Vehicles&SEARCH_NAME=Mercedes-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

DasModell
05-17-2005, 08:51 AM
there is a good article about this car here ....
http://www.quattroruote.it/autoclassiche/automoto/protagoniste/visualizza_articolo.cfm?codice=8841&sez=Protagoniste