Bentley 3.5 Litre 1935 - Mulliners of Birmingham B106EF 4-Door

0 Previous Owners, One of just six Derby Bentleys bodied by Mulliners, this example went through our hands in 1991 and has remained with the same owner until 2024, someCl 33 years. Mildly, but appealingly quirky in design in some ways, and refreshingly different from some other Derby Bentleys out there. Although the car would perhaps benefit from some tidying & general uplifting, it has a smart red leather interior, is complete and correct and is in useable condition, as you will see in the video below. Fitted with a new cylinder head some years ago and has just been re-commissioned by ourselves. A 'use and improve' car, suitably priced, sound, running well. Chassis No. B106EF Reg No. VSU 250 Snippets: Louis Antweiler B106EF was owned by Louis Antweiler a director of both Mulliner & Calthorpe, in 1924 Calthorpe ran into financial difficulties & Louis Antweiler bought out Calthorpe & at the same time he formed Mulliners Ltd. The firm of Clyno gave Antweiler their first order and later customers included Austin, Hillman, Lanchester & Daimler. By 1929 the firm went public and with the onset of WWII Mulliner expanded their range of bodies to include military vehicles, aircraft and gliders! The 2nd owner of B106EF was Col Sir Joseph Reed who, as it happened, was also a codirector of Mulliner Ltd alongside Gordon Caine, Edward Montesole & Louis Antweiler. All of these gentlemen owned Rolls-Royce 20hp cars: Caine GEN34, Montesole GEN29, Antweiler GUK71 & Reed GEN57! Just prior to the onset of WWII the Bentley became the property of Harold Basil Wallis who in 1925 had formed the firm Smith Wallis & Co, a Birmingham firm who manufactured brass, gunmetal and iron window fittings, perhaps there a business connection between the two firms? By 1973 the Bentley was in Ohio with C. Fred Brown who in 1953, aged just 21 had the distinction of becoming the youngest Cadillac dealer in the world! His collection of Rolls-Royce & Bentley cars included a pair of 20/25s, a pair of 25/30s, 7 Silver Wraiths, a SCI, a PV, a Derby 4.25, a pair of MK VIs & of course B106EF!