1931 | Bentley 4 1/2 Litre

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1931 Bentley 4 ½ Litre Birkin Blower Team Car Specification

- Late-production heavy crank 4 ½ with matching numbers engine, chassis and axle
- Comprehensive rebuild by Elmdown Engineering and NDR to Birkin Blower short-chassis team car No.2 specification
- Supplied with essential and comprehensive Clare Hay report

Developed by Sir Henry (Tim) Birkin under the patronage of the honourable Dorothy Paget, the supercharged Bentley 4.5 remains for many the ultimate-specification vintage sports car. With their Amherst-Villiers superchargers, the Birkin team cars and homologated factory Blowers were the most charismatic and powerful British sports cars to race at Le Mans and Brooklands.

GT8779 was built as a very late-production 1931 4 ½ litre with sports four-seater coachwork by Mayfair Carriage Co., originally delivered through Jack Barclay to Hugh L. Goodson of Brixham, South Devon. By 1955 the Bentley was in South Africa, remaining there until 2003 when brought back to England where the renowned Bentley experts Elmdown Engineering and N.D.R were commissioned to carry out a meticulous and exacting upgrade to Birkin Blower Team Car specification.

The restoration was completed with the utmost attention to detail, retaining the original “matching numbers” chassis, engine and front axle, and then incorporating Blower Team Car No.2 features such as shortened and strengthened chassis, pressurised reserve oil tank, heavy pattern Speed Six type back axle, D-Type gearbox, four-gallon Birkin pattern sump, among others.

In 2019, GT8779 showed its immense performance at Silverstone Classics and Goodwood Revival. The Bentley is offered for sale accompanied by a comprehensive Clare Hay report which notes the considerable degree of time and care applied to produce an extraordinarily accurate representation of a ‘Birkin’ team car.

This powerful and charismatic Birkin Bentley offers its new owner years of pleasure and sport, and perhaps the opportunity to don the distinctive blue and white polka-dot scarf and goggles in honour to the legendary Tim Birkin!

Vehicle details

Vehicle data

Make
Bentley
Model name
4 1/2 Litre
First registration date
Not provided
Year of manufacture
1931
Mileage (read)
Chassis number
Not provided
Engine number
Not provided
Gearbox number
Not provided
Matching numbers
Not provided
Number of owners
Not provided

Technical details

Body style
Convertible (Tourer)
Power (kW/hp)
77/105
Cubic capacity (cm³)
4398
Cylinders
4
Doors
Not provided
Steering
Centered
Gearbox
Manual
Gears
Not provided
Transmission
Rear
Front brakes
Not provided
Rear brakes
Not provided
Fuel type
Petrol

Individual configuration

Exterior color
Green
Manufacturer color name
-
Interior color
Green
Interior material
Textile

Optional equipment

Mittellenker

Condition, registration & documentation

Condition category
Restored
Has Report
Registered
Ready to drive

Location

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Fiskens

Gregor Fisken

QUEENS GATE PLACE MEWS 14

SW7 5BQ London

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

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