Bentley 3.5 Litre 1934 - James Young Drop Head Coupe B86AH 2-Door

1 Previous Owner, An attractive car, with low-folding hood line, giving a well balanced appearance from any angle, enhanced by the rear-mounted spare wheel and quarter bumpers. The frontal aspect is also handsome, with an impressive array of lamps & horns. Nicely painted in Burgundy & black, with contrasting tan leather interior and fully-lined hood. Nice mechanically, with a good engine, correct compressions, etc, running very nicely. It is a well-rounded car, in an ideal condition to use as is and perhaps improve in some respects as and when convenient. There 3 history folders with the car which include many invoices for repair & maintenance going back to the 1970s. Between 1974 / 2019 some £73,000 has been spent on the car which, when taking into account inflation, will probably represent a great deal more today. Also included are old MoT certificates, correspondence (including letters from the original owner), a buff logbook from the 1950s, and various other documentation. We understand from documentation in the history file that B86AH was with the first owner until 1967. It was with a subsequent owner from 1971 (or earlier) until he passed away in 2023. Fitted with a new aluminium cylinder head in relatively recent times which is a significant plus point. Chassis No. B86AH Reg No. AXW 2 Snippets: A pair of RAMC DoctorsThe first owner of B86AH was Ivan Whiteside Magill (1888/1896) born in Larne, Northern Ireland who in 1913 qualified as a doctor at Belfast University. During WWI he served with the RAMC in France and after being demobbed he took up a post at Queen Mary Hospital, Sidcup; this was a military hospital specialising in facial reconstruction of war injuries. This is where Ivan Magill pioneered & invented many instruments & methods relating to anaesthetics which are still in use today, including forceps, laryngoscopes & intubation; during the 1940s he was in a member of the team charged with anaesthetising King George VI for two operations for which he was given a CVO & in 1960 in recognition of his achievements Ivan Magill was knighted by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The second owner of B86AH was Peter John Blackburn (1934/2023) who qualified at Dublin University in 1958 and joined RAMC the following year. Whilst with the RAMC his postings included Aden, Singapore, Europe & of course the UK. Peter Blackburn progressed through the ranks from Captain to Major to Lt.Col to Colonel and when he retired in 1994 it was with the rank of Brigadier. His qualifications included: Bachelor of Surgery, Bachelor of the Art of Obstetrics, Diplomas in Public & Industrial Health and in Tropical Medicine. Alongside Brigadier Lewthwaite, Maj. Gen Crawford & Brigadier Harwood our Brigadier Blackburn is acknowledged as having made a large contribution to the integrated approach to health by the RAMC; all 4 gentlemen retired in April 1994.