{"product_id":"coachwork-on-vintage-bentleys-3-litre-4-1-2-litre-6-1-2-litre-speed-six-8-litre-1921-31","title":"Coachwork On Vintage Bentleys: 3 Litre, 4 1\/2 Litre, 6 1\/2 Litre, Speed Six \u0026 8 Litre 1921-31","description":"All car enthusiasts know, or think they know, what a vintage Bentley \nshould look like. It should have a four-seater tourer body, and should \nbe painted British Racing Green. But Bentleys weren't always like that. \nWhen these cars were new, other types of body by many different \ncoachbuilders - saloons, limousines, fixed-head coupes, landaulets, \ncabriolets, drophead coupes, sedancas de ville - outnumbered the tourers \nand sports models. Sadly, these were the bodies which were the first to \nbe scrapped, even though their chassis were often saved. This book uses \nover 200 contemporary black-and-white illustrations and some 50 \nspecially-shot color photographs to tell the story of Bentley coachwork \nduring the 1920s, and up to 1931 when the company went into \nreceivership. Each of the three classes of coachwork - saloons and \nlimousines, drophead coupes, and tourers - is traced as it evolved \nthrough that exciting decade.\n\nNick Walker studied engineering at Cambridge, but then pursued a career \nin business management and marketing. He is Honorary Librarian of the \nVintage Sports-Car Club, Honorary Archivist of SAE-UK (formerly IBCAM), \nand a member of the Society of Automotive Historians. His special \nallegiance is to the Alvis marque, and he has owned examples bodied by \nboth Vanden Plas and Cross \u0026amp; Ellis as well as serving as Chairman of the \nAlvis Owner Club. Now retired, he has in recent years written a number \nof books and articles on automotive history.","brand":"Herridge \u0026 Sons Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50800763732248,"sku":"B05142","price":49.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0057\/9813\/3831\/files\/9780954998110_201.jpg?v=1772272983","url":"https:\/\/www.midlifeclassiccars.com\/bs\/products\/coachwork-on-vintage-bentleys-3-litre-4-1-2-litre-6-1-2-litre-speed-six-8-litre-1921-31","provider":"MidlifeClassicCars.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}