Vintage Bonnet

Robert Craven · Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2016 8:33 pm Post subject: Vintage Bonnet

An original bonnet for sale on eBay: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rare-Original-Vintage-1922-W-O-Bentley-3-litre-Numbered-Bonnet-sides-No-reserve-/131709135207?hash=item1eaa79e967:g:WTMAAOSwnipWbolu

Apparently it's either 16 or 91. In the photos of chassis 19 on http://www.vintagebentleys.org/carpages/sg4636.php
the bonnet seems rather odd.

So this could be of great interest to the relevant owner.

One has to be cautious in what one says, but I wonder if the owner should be contacted. His details are in the members' directory. What do other members of the forum think?

John Murch · Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2016 10:13 pm Post subject:

If I had the Chassis from which this bonnet came from, I would be delighted to be advised of its availability. Looking at the photos on ebay, I would have thought it was 16, but 91 is obviously a possibility - where does 19 feature?

Robert Craven · Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2016 10:42 pm Post subject:

Sorry, 19 was my mistake. A good thing I didn't try to contact the owner!

Paul Spencer · Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2016 8:48 am Post subject:

Judging from the way the numbers are stamped on my bonnet, this is 16. I tried this car when Stanley Mann had it back in 2002 or 2003. It is a bitsa and had been rebodied as a VdP tourer, so there is no surprise that the bonnet sides we replaced.