| Author | Message | ||
     Ben Curtis Frequent User Username: burgundyben Post Number: 52 Registered: 12-2015 |
What does it mean when someone says their car is a 1A? Car in question is a 1976 RR Corniche wearing a Bentley nose. | ||
| Christian S. Hansen Grand Master Username: enquiring_mind Post Number: 588 Registered: 4-2015 |
Vivid imagination. | ||
| Paul Yorke Grand Master Username: paul_yorke Post Number: 1793 Registered: 6-2006 |
A series 1 with series 2 air con. | ||
| Patrick Ryan Grand Master Username: patrick_r Post Number: 1415 Registered: 4-2016 |
Would that mean it also has a series 2 dash Paul? | ||
| Patrick Ryan Grand Master Username: patrick_r Post Number: 1416 Registered: 4-2016 |
Any link to this car your are referring to Ben? | ||
| Paul Yorke Grand Master Username: paul_yorke Post Number: 1794 Registered: 6-2006 |
Patrick, yes, sorry, that is what I jeans  | ||
| Christian S. Hansen Grand Master Username: enquiring_mind Post Number: 589 Registered: 4-2015 |
In the early post war days the Mk6 and S Bentley were occcasionally "converted" by the addition of the RR grill and assorted badges, resulting in a usually less than desirable end result for collectors. I had assumed the reverse was done here by the addition of Bentley grill to RR Corniche to simulate the presumably more desirable Bentley T. While I had also assumed that a late SS with some SS2 features would be a series SS1.5, I guessed that the imaginative "creation" would become a SS1.5B (designating Bentley) and that as such, it was not a Crewe product. Was anything else done during the conversion, such as hood with proper contours and other assorted badging, or was the task to substitute a grill and call it done? . | ||
| Ben Curtis Frequent User Username: burgundyben Post Number: 53 Registered: 12-2015 |
Here's the car http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C859301 | ||
| Paul Yorke Grand Master Username: paul_yorke Post Number: 1795 Registered: 6-2006 |
Looks nice. Wasn't converted to rubber bumpers. Phew. Get a pre-purchase inspection done. They are much prettier as a B imho. Nice fun car. | ||
| Christian S. Hansen Grand Master Username: enquiring_mind Post Number: 590 Registered: 4-2015 |
Yes. Looks very nice, properly converted, and not unreasonably priced. I agree with Paul that the Bentley grill really does complement the curvatures of the body better than the RR. To be sure, I am waiting for a nice early Chippendale dash style "T" sedan to come along...preferably black. Missed just that about a year ago, and grieve whenever I see a nice "T". . | ||
| Patrick Ryan Grand Master Username: patrick_r Post Number: 1425 Registered: 4-2016 |
Paul, Is the 1A a real model produced by the factory? It looks great. | ||
| Paul Yorke Grand Master Username: paul_yorke Post Number: 1796 Registered: 6-2006 |
Yes. Camargue and Corniche got to try out the auto air con first. | ||
| Patrick Ryan Grand Master Username: patrick_r Post Number: 1435 Registered: 4-2016 |
Thanks Paul, I learn something new about these cars every day |
