Bentley photographs from 1927

Contributed by Greg Wrapson of The Alvis Register

 

This must be the car exhibited on the William Arnold stand at the 1927 Olympia Motor Exhibition. The catalogue description is as follows: "24.8 H.P. 4 1/2-Litre 4-Cylinder BENTLEY car. 4-Door 4/5-Seater Weymann Saloon by Exhibitor; single panel windscreen fitted at slightly staggered angle; frameless windows with mechnical lifters; front seats of the bucket pattern and made to slide; wings of a special splayed sporting pattern; exterior covered in black fabric picked out with red; interior upholstered in special soft rose pink hides; one spare wheel; Folberth screen wiper; overall length 15 ft., overall width 5 ft. 10 in."

 


From The Autocar's Show Report dated 21st October 1927

 

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Photo from The Graphic, 2nd April 1927, Chassis NR505