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Bentley 4¼litre
The 'Derby Bentleys' began with the presentation in September 1933 of the Bentley 3½litre, although this was a 3669cc version of the 6-cylinder engine already fitted in the Rolls-Royce 20/25. Bentley retained their sporting image by getting higher compression, twin carbs, a better camshaft and crossflow head to give about 110bhp. Many of the 1177 Bentley 3½litres were given bodies by Park Ward, but other coachbuilders fitted the Derby Bentley too. Many of the bodies were very heavy, so the car was upgraded with an engine bored out to 4257cc to become the 4¼litre Bentley in 1936. The Bentley MkV replaced the 4¼litre in 1939.
aa_Bentley 4-25litre 1938 VDP badge
Bentley 4.25litre 1938 Vanden Plas Tourer - 'Flying B' radiator ornament. Freddie Gordon Crosby designed the original Winged B badge for the first Bentley Cars in 1921, and it remained largely unchanged from 1930 to 2002.
 ac_Bentley 4-25litre 1938 VDP head
Bentley 4.25litre 1938 Vanden Plas Tourer. Developed from the Rolls-Royce 20/25 engine, the 3669cc straight-six was given to the Bentley 3½litre in 1933, and then bored out to 4257cc for the Bentley 4¼litre in 1936.
 Bentley 4-25litre 1936 PW Sports Saloon front
Bentley 4.25litre Park Ward Sports Saloon 1936. The 4¼litre was announced in 1936 with the engine bored out to 4257cc from the original 3669cc of the 3½litre.
 Bentley 4-25litre 1936 PW Sports Saloon rear
Bentley 4.25litre Park Ward Sports Saloon 1936. Around half of the 'Derby Bentleys' were given coachwork by Park Ward
 Bentley 4-25litre 1937 Edmunds Tourer front
Bentley 4.25litre 1937 with Tourer coachwork by Edmunds of Plymouth
Bentley 4-25litre 1938 Lancefield DHC front
Bentley 1937 4.25litre Lancefield DHC. only 3 made
 Bentley 4-25litre 1938 Lancefield DHC rear
Bentley 1937 4.25litre Lancefield Coachworks Drophead Coupe. Lancefield had been building car bodies since 1921, doing their first Rolls-Royce in 1926. During WW2 they built aircraft parts and concentrated on this instead of coachbuilding from 1948.
 Bentley 4-25litre 1938 VDP Tourer front
Bentley 4.25litre 1938 Vanden Plas Tourer (London Motor Show car)
 Bentley 4-25litre 1939 PW Pillarless front
Bentley 4.25litre 1939. Park Ward Pillarless body
 Bentley 4-25litre 1939 PW Pillarless rear
Bentley 4.25litre 1939. This Park Ward body is pillarless, the front-hinged and rear-hinged doors opening to give a single opening.
s_Bentley 4-25litre 1936 PW Sports Saloon side
Bentley 4.25litre Park Ward Sports Saloon 1936.
 w_Bentley 4-25litre 1938 Lancefield wheel
Bentley 1937 4.25litre Lancefield DHC - rear spat
 w_Bentley 4-25litre 1938 VDP wheel
Bentley 4.25litre 1938 Vanden Plas Tourer. Rear wheel spat of the 1938 London Motor Show car.
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