1938 BENTLEY 4 1/4 LITER VANVOOREN COUPE
1938 Bentley 4 1/4 Liter Vanvooren Coupe Chassis Number B132LS ; Engine Number F-4-BH First registered in Paris 1937 for Lucie Vogt, who was born into a wealthy French Mining family. She owned many different cars, including a Bugatti T57. After recieving the car from the Parisian Bentley dealer - Franco-Britannique. The car was hidden away during the war and in 1945 she sold it to Maurice Baumgarten. Five years later he sold it to Alfred Tissieres also of Switzerland. The car next came to the States with the new owner being Russel Peck of Massachusetts. He kept it for over 44 years before selling it to Richard Gorman of North Florida in 2004. The car comes with a set of period 16" Borrani wheels.
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