{"id":46761,"date":"2020-09-16T12:19:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-16T12:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/?p=46761"},"modified":"2020-09-30T12:22:45","modified_gmt":"2020-09-30T12:22:45","slug":"bentley-mark-vi-figoni-et-falaschi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/en\/bentley-mark-vi-figoni-et-falaschi\/","title":{"rendered":"Bentley Mark VI Figoni et Falaschi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

With the Mark VI, Bentley launched the first newly developed model after World War 2 in 1947. At the same time, it was the first automobile from the revamped production plant in Crewe, which before the war mainly produced aircraft engines. During the war years, the highly qualified engineers had gathered here and developed equipment essential to the war effort. Now they were once again given the freedom to apply their skills to vehicles, which resulted in a completely new car, the Mark VI. A stable ladder frame with independent suspension at the front and a rigid axle at the rear served as the basis. Behind the front axle, an inline six-cylinder engine was hidden under the hood, with its inlet valves on top while the exhaust valves mounted on the side of the combustion chambers. For the first time ever, the Standard Steel Saloon was offered ex works with bodies which were made to order by Pressed Steel Ltd. At the same time, customers still were able to order the pure chassis including drive unit and radiator, as before the war, and have it fitted by a coachbuilder of their choice. However, only 999 out of 5,201 Mark VI customers chose this option.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Many of these naked chassis went to James Young, Park Ward, Freestone & Webb or H.J. Mulliner. Only a single chassis crossed the English Channel and ended up in France with the renowned coachbuilder Figoni et Falaschi. It is probably the only Bentley ever to have a unique bodywork from them as a new car. In fact, this coachbuilder is mainly known for creations based on Talbot-Lago, Delahaye or Delage, always representing the ‘Haute Couture’ of the car industry. They worked directly with Parisian fashion designers to create unusual interiors to match the extravagant bodies and then to show off their skills at the Concours d’Elegance events that were very fashionable at the time. On average, Figoni et Falaschi required around 2,000 working hours per vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n

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