Late Christmas stocking filler.

John Robins · Post by **John Robins** » Tue Dec 15, 2015 11:50 am

For those who, like me, are still looking for that offer we can't refuse?

http://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/car ... refer=blog

John Murch · Post by **John Murch** » Tue Dec 15, 2015 3:35 pm

And there is this one http://www.prewarcar.com/index.php?opti ... Itemid=432

Which is so cheap it must be a scam or have a very difficult problem! Or perhaps the owner is in a desperate hurry for cash.

John

Chris Card · Post by **Chris Card** » Tue Dec 15, 2015 4:24 pm

They call it a 4.5L, but looks like a 3 / 4.5L to me.

Chris

Christopher Carnley · Post by **Christopher Carnley** » Tue Dec 15, 2015 5:59 pm

The 1953 Monte Carlo R Type is also on the prewarcar.com link, with loads of useless history.

John Robins · Post by **John Robins** » Tue Dec 15, 2015 10:32 pm

Christopher Carnley wrote:The 1953 Monte Carlo R Type is also on the prewarcar.com link, with loads of useless history.

That Flaminia on the postwar section, now there's a challenge. €15,000 of rust.

Robert Craven · Post by **Robert Craven** » Tue Dec 15, 2015 11:42 pm

Chris Card wrote:They call it a 4.5L, but looks like a 3 / 4.5L to me.

Chris

It seems to have a complicated history, going from 4.5 to 3 to 4.5: http://www.vintagebentleys.org/carpages/uw6565.php

It's been commented on on the VSCC site.

Post by **Paul Spencer** » Wed Dec 16, 2015 9:30 am

I assume that is the same car. I know there was a post on the VSCC site that linked them, but I am not sure on what basis. It certainly looks the same. It is a bit strange. It has a 4.5 litre chassis numberr. The first picture on VintageBentleys shows the reinforcing that the 4.5 litre chassis had but the 3 litre didn't. But it has a 3 litre radiator and bonnet. It used to have a 3 litre engine, but now a 4.5.

Clare Hay says that John Hunt rebuilt it as an Old Mother Gun replica. So that should be a 4.5.

I will be at Wroxton today and will see if anyone knows about it.