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PostWarClassic of the week: 1952 Bentley R-Type DHC by Graber
Yes Sir, this is travelling in style 2.0. The 1952 Bentley R-type by Graber that came for sale earlier this week in our online marketplace is the right car for the gentleman to tour around in the countryside.
The R-type Bentley was the successor of the Mark VI. They were delivered with a standard body but as with the earlier Bentley's.
This specific Bentley was first bought by Professor Rudolf Geigy, biologist, zoologist, geneticist and CEO of the Swiss Pharmaceutical company, CIBA-GEIGY. He ordered a R-Type chassis from Rolls-Royce and Bentley at Derby, and had it delivered to Swiss coachbuilders Graber in Wichtracg, where he asked Hermann Graber to design and build a drophead coupé for himself as a 50thbirthday present.
Graber founded in the 1920’s, had a fine reputation of building bodies for British cars and was famed for its beautiful, perfectly balanced and rather restrained lines.
Graber founded in the 1920’s, had a fine reputation of building bodies for British cars and was famed for its beautiful, perfectly balanced and rather restrained lines.
On chassis B89RS Hermann Graber styled a typically graceful and individual car, with a straight-through wing line, rear quarter lights and the large soft-top very well harmonised with the boot lines.
Professor Geigy kept the car for a decade before it went to an owner in Germany, and it later travelled to Hong Kong. In recent years the car was sent back to Austria, to Zweimüller near Linz, for a complete nut and bolt restoration and since then the car has only sparingly been used on dry days.
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lunedì marzo 4th, 2019
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