Lot Ended
Description
Coachbuilt body in Brooklands Racing Green, pneumatic tyres; wire
wheels, Mahogany running boards; working headlights; coil-sprung suspension;
antique leather seats; drop-dead gorgeous!
Produced from
1926 - 1930, the sporting Speed Six was one of the most clebrated Bentleys ever
made, being immortalised by Woolf Barnato who raced Le Train
Bleu from Cannes to Calais in his Blue Train
Bentley, beating it by such a margin that he had crossed the Channel and
was back in his London club before the train had even reached
Calais.
This fabulous miniature Speed Six was made by one of
the most renowned craftsmen in this very specialised market niche. A
vintage car enthusiast, he has built many miniature versions of exotic cars
owned by some very distinguished clients over the years – some of them
intricate ‘tool room’ copies, some just fun playthings for children. Earlier in
his career, he also made the Rolls-Royce pedal car elsewhere in this sale (Lot
191).
This particular car is a copy of the Speed Six pedal cars built by
Lines Brothers (forerunners of Triang) in the 1920s and '30s. The body is
all-aluminium apart from the bonnet which is made of steam-bent birch ply, as
per the Lines Bros cars.
Features
include:
Aluminium bodywork on a steel
chassis
Steam-bent birch ply
bonnet
Brooklands Racing Green paintwork
Mahogany running boards with Shell petroleum can
Wire wheels with polished aluminium centre caps
Pneumatic tyres
Side-mounted spare
wheel
Working headlights operated via nickel dash
switch
Twin aero screens
Brown leather bonnet straps
Antique
oxblood leather seats
Bentley dash
instruments
Corded steering wheel
Opening
passenger-side door
Coil-sprung rear
suspension
Dimensions are: 5ft long x 2ft wide x 22ins
high
As you can see in the photos, this
Speed Six pedal car is in fabulous condition throughout and while it would
make a great gift for a child, we think it deserves rather better than that and
would be a real talking point in any cocktail bar or gentleman’s outfitters. Or
just a wonderful ornament to grace your man cave.
The last full-size
Speed Six sold on the open market made over $2m in August this year so that
rules it out for most of us, but if you can settle for a slightly smaller
version at a fraction of the cost, this could be just the ticket. Toot,
toot, all aboard!
Consigned
by James Dennison – 07970 309907 – james.dennison@brightwells.com