1931 Bentley 4½ Liter Supercharged Birkin Le Mans Replica to be Featured at Bonhams’ Upcoming Auction
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1931 Bentley 4½ Liter Supercharged Birkin Le Mans Replica to be featured at Bonhams upcoming Quail Lodge Auction, which will be held on August 15, in Carmel, Quail Lodge & Golf Club. The whopping estimate of this motorcycle is slated for US$ 2,750,0001931 Bentley 4½ Liter Supercharged Birkin Le Mans Replica to be Featured at Bonhams’ Upcoming Auction
1931 Bentley 4½ Liter Supercharged Birkin Le Mans Replica to be featured at Bonhams upcoming Quail Lodge Auction, which will be held on August 15, in Carmel, Quail Lodge & Golf Club. The whopping estimate of this motorcycle is slated for US$ 2,750,000 – 3,750,000 and it will be presented in lot 44 at the auction.Proudly known to be the real masculine, muscular, and super racing motor car that had been ever engineered, the “Blower” Bentley needs neither explanation nor overstatement about itself and its creators. As per the release, this particular motorcycle got featured first at the 1929 London Motor Show and was developed as a private venture by Sir Henry ‘Tim’ Birkin to extract more performance from the proven 4½-liter model. Tim Birkin’s only aim was to come up with a British car that would surpass to win races as flamboyantly as the 4½-liter, which won in the 1928 Le Mans 24-Hour race.“The supercharger installation was engineered by the brilliant Amherst Villiers, who modestly claimed that it was ‘recognized in engineering circles as a definite landmark in automobile construction.’ W.O. Bentley never supported the development of the supercharged car and was quoted as saying how much he disliked the easy short cut provided by the supercharger, preferring to increase engine capacity, as evidenced by the 6½-liter and 8-liter cars,” states the release.The fortunate result was when the supercharged 4½-liter Bentley came to fruition defeating the fabulously wealthy Honorable Dorothy Paget and Woolf Barnato. Following it was Tim Birkin’s French Grand Prix at Pau with a supercharged 4½-liter tourer amid a field of monoposto GP racers that took the second place.According to Bonhams, this power horse is engineered with 10 lbs to boost at 3,900rpm the blown Bentley developed 182bhp, a healthy increase over the production that was ever produced. Bearing the mark of the Birkin Team cars, this wheel comes with tuned engines, heavy-duty connecting rods, and apparently with larger carburetors that were said to develop well over 200hp.https://www.blouinartinfo.comFounder: Louise Blouin Read more