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1928 Bentley 6½ Litre |
Chassis No. BR2359
Engine No. BR2359 / BR2356
Registration No. UC 4444 |
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1928 Bentley 6.5
Litre, upgraded to Speed Six specification
Chassis BR 2359; Engine BR 2356; Reg.
UC4444
Current owner Kurt & Heather Furger,
Conifer, CO 80433, USA. Car is in
England with Graham Moss.
Chassis BR 2359 now fitted with Speed
Six engine and 2-seater body with
distinctive rounded tail and cycle
wings. The transformation into a sprint
and circuit car was done in 1968 by
Bentley specialist Richard C. Moss.
Car has been written up by Ray Roberts
"Bentley Specials" and Richard
Bird "Bentley Heritage".
Car is on the cover of the BdC magazine
Dec. 2006.
2006 - present: Kurt Furger
bought the car through Bonhams/Bill
Sykes from Kenneth Boardman in the
spring of 2006. According to R.C.
Moss (6/06), the current engine is
fitted with speed six connecting rods
and arias pistons which do not weigh
very much, should sustain bursts up
to 3000 rpm, at which point it should
be giving some 180 bhp. VBE serviced
the car and fitted touring equipment
incl. new wheels, stop lights, turn
signals, new clutch and a new fishtail
exhaust. The tank has been replaced
as well. Drove from England through
France to Switzerland visiting the
Klausenrennen and doing 4 mountain
passes in one day. Subsequently the
car toured South Africa, did the Le
Mans and Silverstone circuits and
numerous tours in the UK and Switzerland.
For the last few years years the car
has been serviced by Graham Moss receiving
a new camshaft; magnetos, brakes and
dynamo have been reconditioned. In
2011 the car completed the Britain
by Bentley tour celebrating 75 years
of the Bentley drivers club.
1990: Kenneth Boardman-Westen,
who also owned a Speed Six and an
early 3-litre, purchased the car through
Brooks at Olympia and drove the car
less than 1000 miles in 15 years,
he had the gear shifter fitted to
the outside to accommodate for his
large frame. R.C. Moss performed the
work and serviced the car. Auction
brochure on file.
1988: Christopher Lister blew
up engine putting a connecting rod
(too heavy) through the sump, engine
BR 2356 was rebuilt by R.C. Moss,
new crankshaft built to original speed
six specifications and numbered 2359
and a new 5 gallon sump fitted which
came from another engine, supplied
by Bill Sykes, 3.1 crown wheel and
pinion fitted.
1982: Engine BR 2356 ex. ch.
BR 2357 for sale and subsequently
fitted to UC 4444
1981: Christopher Lister bought
car and raced it for several years.
Photos taken at Silverstone in 1982,
1983, 1984 on file.
1976: Peter Agg (vintage car
collector with Lambretta and McLaren
connections) bought the car with 6000
miles since restoration and remembers
it as a quick, reliable car. Car advertised
in Motorsport Dec. 1975.
1970: Shown at BDC Kensington
Gardens Concourse and registered for
the first time with the BDC by R.C.Colton.
Photo on file next to R.C. Moss's
200 hp car.
1968: Transformed into a Speed
Six 2-seater sprint and circuit car
by R.C. Moss, chassis was shortened
to 11ft from the original 12 ft 6
inches. Coachwork modeled after GW
2926 "Lycett 8", the fastest
Bentley at the time. Engine was modified
as twin to R.C. Moss's go-faster KR
1685,Reg GH 2836, which had 200 bhp
and went 124 mph at 3800 rpm in Gent
in 1968 using 7.50 x 16 Dunlop racing
covers and a 3.1 crown wheel and pinion.
Three carburettors were fitted and
hydraulic brakes. Picture on file
of Stanley Sears "Lycett 8".
1960: Bought by R.C. Colton,
Ferrari enthusiast, car had 4 seater
touring body
1936: Barnes & Sons in
Shepard's Bush bought the car and
used it as a hearse. Picture from
1939 on file.
1934: J.R. Nicholson owner,
Engine # BA 2589 fitted ex ch # BA
2587, 48551 miles
1928: First owner D.R. Johnson,
Engine BR 2359, 12/50 axle ratio,
1928 Standard, camshaft damper, 12'6"
WB, C type gear box # 6188, dual ignition,
Weymann Semi Sports Saloon by H.J.
Mulliner, weight 2 tons 4cwt
This car
is for sale as of July 2, 2012.
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Source:
Kurt Furger (Owner)
Posted: Jul 02, 2012 |
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1928 6.5 litre, Reg
No: UC 4444, Engine No: BR 2356, Chassis
No: BR 2359
"UC 4444 is a very fast hearse!
Chassis #2359 came originally with
a Weymann Semi Sports Saloon in 1928.
In 1938 Barnes & Son in Shepard's
Bush, London, used the 6.5 litre as
a hearse. In 1968 Richard Colton (Ferrari
enthusiast) had the car transformed
into a Speed Six 2-seater sprint and
circuit car by R.C. Moss. The car
was modelled after Stanley Sears GW
2926, the fastest Bentley at the time.
Peter Agg (Bentley collector) then
owned the car before Christopher Lister
put a connecting rod through the sump,
racing the car at Silverstone in 1988
requiring a new crankshaft to engine
#2356 (ex ch 23570 and a new sump.
Kenneth Boardman, Bentley collector,
moved the gear shifter to the outside
to accommodate his large frame in
1990.
I replaced my first W.O. a 3 litre
after the 2006 NZ tour with the 6.5
- fed up of being overtaken all the
time crossing the south island alps,
and drove the car to Switzerland last
summer to the Klausenrennen where
I crossed 4 mountain passes in one
day, only downside... needs filling
up about every hour, hope we have
a tanker truck following us in South
Africa or an AA elephant with strong
tow rope!" - Owner, Kurt Furger
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Source:
Program for "6th International
Vintage Bentley Tour of South Africa",
2007
Posted:
Dec 14, 2007 |
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Also
read article 'Vintage
Bentley Tour of South Africa 2007'. |
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Getting the cars ready for the official
start at the Zimbali Lodge near Durban |
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Bentleys in Swaziland |
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At the edge of the Indian Ocean |
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Car. No. 19 is
Reg. no. UC 4444 |
At Natal Spa — car has a flat tyre!
Photo by Robert Middelmann |
Photo by Matt Sysak |
Photo by Matt Sysak |
Photo by Matt Sysak |
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Photo by Matt Sysak |
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USA in 2006 / Owned by a BDC member |
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1928 Bentley Speed
Six Sports Two-Seater
Registration no. UC 4444
Chassis no. BR 2359
Engine no. BR 2356
"It is extraordinarily difficult
to explain in words or writing the
exact fascination of a big, fast car
of the type so ably represented by
the big Bentley speed model."
The Autocar on the Bentley Speed Six,
September 5th, 1930.
Although the 61/2-Litre had been conceived
as a touring car to compete with Rolls-Royce's
New Phantom, in Speed Six form it
proved admirably suited to competition:
in 1929 Barnato/Birkin's Speed Six
won the Le Mans 24 Hour Race ahead
of a trio of 41/2-Litre Bentleys and
Barnato/Kidston repeated the feat
in the following year's Grand Prix
d'Endurance at the Sarthe circuit
ahead of similarly-mounted Clement/Watney.
Small wonder then, that the fast yet
refined Speed Six was W O Bentley's
favourite car.
Walter Owen Bentley established Bentley
Motors in 1919 though deliveries,
from the north London suburb of Cricklewood,
did not begin until 1921. The first
model, a 3-litre car, was powered
by a four-cylinder, single overhead
camshaft engine with four valves per
cylinder. It was a mechanical theme
perpetuated in the greatly refined
six-cylinder 6½-Litre model
of 1926. The need for a larger car
had resulted from Bentley's customers
specifying bodies of a size not envisaged
when the 3-Litre was conceived, a
factor only partially addressed by
the introduction of the Long Standard
chassis in 1923. The 6½-Litre
was produced for four years, during
which time 544 chassis were completed,
182 of these to Speed Six specification.
The chassis of this example was later
shortened to racing dimensions while
its engine has been up-rated to desirable
Speed Six specification.
According to Michael Hay's authoritative
work Bentley The Vintage Years, this
6½-Litre car was originally
fitted with Weymann saloon coachwork
by H J Mulliner and delivered to its
first owner, Dudley Ray Johnson, in
February 1928. Hay states that, at
some stage, this car may have been
fitted with engine 'BA 2589', ex-chassis
'BA 2587'. The remainder of its early
history is unknown, but in the 1960s
'BR 2359' had a four-seater touring
body and was bought in this form by
Ferrari enthusiast Richard Coulton,
who had it very professionally transformed
into a sprint and circuit car in 1968.
The work, undertaken by Bentley specialist
Richard Moss, included shortening
the chassis from its original 12ft
6ins wheelbase to the 11ft of the
Le Mans cars and constructing an open
two-seater body with distinctive rounded
tail and cycle wings. At the same
time the brakes were converted to
hydraulic operation.
The car was subsequently bought by
Peter Agg, who kept it for around
six years in the 1970s, and acquired
by the previous owner in 1981. The
current owner purchased the car at
Brooks' Sale at Olympia, London on
19th November 1990. At that time the
car had recently undergone a £30,000-plus
rebuild by Moss that included up-rating
the engine to potent Speed Six specifications
and installing a new crankshaft. While
in the vendor's hands the car has
continued to be looked after by Richard
Moss, returning to him in 1991, 1997
and, most recently, in November 2005
when the braking system was stripped
and overhauled and other remedial
works carried out at a cost of £6,948.
Invoices for this and all previous
work by Richard Moss are included
with the car. Finished in British
Racing Green, this exciting vintage
Bentley sports car is offered with
current SORN certificate and Swansea
V5 registration document.
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Source:
Bonhams Auctioneers
Posted: Jul 16, 2007 |
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Christopher Lister
blew up engine putting a connecting
rod (too heavy) through the sump,
engine BR 2356 was rebuilt by R.C.
Moss, new crankshaft built to original
speed six specifications and numbered
2359 and a new 5 gallon sump fitted
which came from another engine, supplied
by Bill Sykes, 3.1 crown wheel and
pinion fitted.
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Source:
Kurt Furger
Posted: Jul 03, 2007 |
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Engine BR 2356 ex.
ch. BR 2357 for sale and subsequently
fitted to UC 4444.
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Source:
Kurt Furger
Posted: Jul 03, 2007 |
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Bought by R.C. Colton,
Ferrari enthusiast, car had 4 seater
touring body.
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Source:
Kurt Furger
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J.R. Nicholson owner,
Engine # BA 2589 fitted ex ch # BA
2587, 48551 miles.
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Source:
Bentley Works Journal
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First owner D.R.
Johnson, Engine BR 2359, 12/50 axle
ratio, 1928 Standard, camshaft damper,
12'6" WB, C type gear box # 6188,
dual ignition, Weymann Semi Sports
Saloon by H.J. Mulliner, weight 2
tons 4cwt
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Source:
Bentley Works Journal
Posted: Jul 03, 2007 |
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| EARLIEST
RECORD OF HISTORICAL FACTS & INFORMATION |
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| Chassis No. |
BR2359 |
| Engine No.
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BR2359 |
| Registration
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UC 4444 |
| Date of Delivery: |
Feb 1928 |
| Type of Body: |
Saloon (Weymann) |
| Coachbuilder:
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H J Mulliner |
| Type of Car: |
ST3  |
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| First Owner: |
JOHNSON D R |
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More Info:
Michael Hay, in his book Bentley:
The Vintage Years, 1997, states:
"R C Moss 2 seater on 11' WB engine,
BA 2589 ex ch. BA 2587. Now fitted engine
numbered BR 2359." |
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Posted: Mar 01, 2007 |
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