Bentley Mk VI
Car Model Details:
Also known as Mark VI, MK 6, Mark 6 & MK6.
The Mark VI was the first post-war 4-door luxury car from Bentley, announced in May 1946 and produced from 1946 to 1952. Concurrently R-R broke with tradition and offered a complete standard car - a steel bodied and steel framed sports saloon. This unique model had basically the same chassis and running gear as the Wraith and was called the Bentley Mark 6 Standard Steel Sports Saloon. This path was initiated by the fact that Rolls-Royce had, just prior to WW2, taken over Park Ward (Coachbuilders) Ltd, and this Company had developed a fully steel constructed body for the prewar Mark V Bentley in 1938. The idea for a complete model (body and chassis combined) was already in place.
It is understood that the R-R in-house Coachbuilders Park Ward were not able to keep up with orders for the standard bodied car and to relieve the stress outside Coachbuilders were needed as a necessity. It was rumoured that if a customer placed a order with their agent for the Standard Steel Mk VI towards the end of 1950 that the Agent was to intimate that they should not realistically expect to receive delivery for 48 months. Total production: 52,200
Features Include:
- Twin SU carburettors (Left-hand drive variant: single Stromberg carburettor. Also found on very first RH drive models)
- 6 cylinder in-line engine, in either 4.25 or 4.5 litre formats
- Aluminium alloy cylinder head
- Single dry plate clutch
- 4-speed Manual gearbox - Independent front suspension with coil springs
- Semi-elliptic rear springs
- Servo assisted drum brakes
- Wheelbase 3,048 mm (120 in)
- Tyre size 6.50 x 16
