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juergensmuda ◊ 2006-03-07 21:59	This car belongs to a friend, hence I can identify it as a Bentley 3,5 Ltr
durango95 ◊ 2008-02-25 22:37	what year?
Bond Cars ◊ 2008-03-17 12:46	Hello juregnsmuda, Does your friend still own this car? Is it the Bond car? And is this definitely a Bentley 3.5 Ltr? I work on a Bond cars magazine and am interested in finding the car. Thanks.
quiksilver ◊ 2008-03-25 16:40	Bonds only film Bentley. Wrong colour, he always had a battleship grey one in the books.
Kay ◊ 2008-08-30 11:31	Right; and in the books James Bond drove a 4½ Litre Supercharged ("Blower Bentley").
G-MANN ◊ 2008-09-02 19:42	In Ian Fleming's Bond novels Bond often drives a Bentley, and here we see the cinematic Bond's Bentley. Although this is the only Bond film where we see him with a Bentley (with the exception of the unofficial Bond films Casino Royale (1967) and Never Say Never Again). In this scene Bond is by a river, enjoying the company of Sylvia Trench (Eunice Gayson), but then his beeper goes off and he runs to his Bentley to recieve a call from Moneypenny on his car phone. In 1963 having a phone in a car was quite something! "Now, about that lunch..." -- Last edit: 2008-09-03 11:50:51
G-MANN ◊ 2008-09-02 20:34	Various sources refer to this car as a "Bentley Mark IV", but this wikipedia article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bond_vehicles#Bentley says that no Bentley was ever called this.
G-MANN ◊ 2008-09-02 20:41	durango95 wrote what year? According to this wikipedia article (and I'm not sure if you can always trust wikipedia 100%) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bentley the Bentley 3 1/2 litre was made from 1933 to 1937. But it would be nice if an expert here could identify the year of this car. -- Last edit: 2008-09-02 20:42:06
robgeelen2 ◊ 2008-09-20 21:32	Bentley 3 1/2 litre Drop Head Coupe by Park Ward circa 1935
Moviecarlover ◊ 2010-09-06 12:11	It bit simalier what he drove in "Never Say Never Again." The Bentley he drove was 4 1/2 before he was issued his gadget Motorbike Yamaha. Never forgot the world his favorite 007 mobile Aston Martin DB5 which replaced the Bentley in the one of the loved & always unforgotton Bond movie Goldfinger. -- Last edit: 2010-09-06 12:12:06
kevaler ◊ 2010-11-12 20:18	0:17:57
lobo ◊ 2013-02-16 10:12	In the novels the Bentley was Bond personal possessions. The dialogue from Goldfinger strongly implies that the Bentley was issued to Bond by Q-Branch Bond: Where's my Bentley? Q: It's had its day, I'm afraid. Bond: But it's never let me down. Q: M's orders, 007. You'll be using this Aston Martin DB5, with modifications. More info: http://jamesbond.wikia.com/wiki/Bentley -- Last edit: 2014-05-24 10:40:46
klint ◊ 2013-10-19 11:19	With cut down door, is it really the same car?
lobo ◊ 2013-10-21 18:14	klint wrote With cut down door, is it really the same car? I found some more pictures of this exhibition a while back. There exhibited a black BMW 750iL and a red Z8. So I doubt whether this is an original, personally I do not think so. But the registration is still in line with the model of James Bond Car collection
CRAFT372 ◊ 2015-03-26 01:15	G-MANN wrote In Ian Fleming's Bond novels Bond often drives a Bentley, and here we see the cinematic Bond's Bentley. Although this is the only Bond film where we see him with a Bentley (with the exception of the unofficial Bond films Casino Royale (1967) and Never Say Never Again). In this scene Bond is by a river, enjoying the company of Sylvia Trench (Eunice Gayson), but then his beeper goes off and he runs to his Bentley to recieve a call from Moneypenny on his car phone. In 1963 having a phone in a car was quite something! "Now, about that lunch..." No shit it was a big deal when the freaking Adam West Batmobile had a car phone
dsl ◊ 2019-10-19 12:52	Picture found online without further info
Robi ◊ 2020-03-13 11:24	BTS shot: 'EYX 393' is described as a 1938 Bentley 4 1/4 Litre with Vanden Plas body on this page. http://www.wheresmyclassic.com/search/viewvehicle.asp?vehicleid=755 The chassis code is B2MR.
dsl ◊ 2020-03-13 12:53	From link ^ "User Reference: Sandy's Bentley Registered on: 30/12/2003 Original Colour: Black Current Colour: Burgundy & Pewter Identifying features: Overdrive model with Vanden Plas drophead body. The 1st Vanden Plas drophead on the overdrive chassis, 2nd overdrive chassis built. Retained by Bentley until 1941 as a trials car until selling to Barclays as a used car. Ownership status: Current owner since 1999, located in United States Further Information: I'd like to know when the car came to the US and previous history in the UK"
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2020-03-13 13:52	As I have said before, /vehicle_747125-Bentley-MkVI-Special-B232FV-1949.html I shall not reveal the information given to the Bentley Drivers Club by a fellow member. However, I think it acceptable to say that the club records do not have this registration number for this chassis, and I’m not certain whose information I believe. https://www.conceptcarz.com/profile/2623,11944/1938-bentley-425-liter.aspx -- Last edit: 2020-03-13 14:58:25
dsl ◊ 2020-03-16 01:44	EYX 393 listed as a Nov 1938 VdP 4¼ Litre 2 door DHC with [B4MR] in "The Flying Lady" March-April 2004 issue - go to page 25-26 on the reader (= p 7278 in full numbering) and it's low down in right column of the listing. And then flip to the next spread pp26-27 on the reader and there's EYX 393 being road-tested by "The Motor" (2 May 1939). I can't find [B2MR] in that list but googling and following a faint trail suggests that's EYX 395 - a black tourer of unknown bodywork picture 1 , picture 2 - but presumably not VdP. .... and a cryptic correction to a Derby Bentley book "4¼ EYX375 GBR.92/Baron; this is thought to be an error for EYX395/B2MR" (scroll down to near the end for amendment 28). So there's mice in the machinery somewhere ..... And what does Baron mean in the book correction - is it a coachbuilder??
Robi ◊ 2020-04-15 16:35
dsl ◊ 2022-09-02 15:54	As modelled by Eagle Moss in their James Bond 007 Collection partwork series it has YFF 417 plates, but the following noted "From Russia With Love The Bentley, EYX 393, used for filming the short scene has bodywork by Vanden Plas. Another car has been on display in 2003 at the Bond Exhibition in Barcelona and posing as the From Russia With Love Bentley. That car has the number plate YFF 417, but it has a different bodywork (cut down doors) than EYX 393." from here. The Eagle Moss model has straight doors so is correct for film, but the wrong plates More pics here. The real YFF 417 has other differences (eg colour, domed wheel covers etc). YFF is a re-registration series, with plate checks as a 1939 car registered in April 1995, Cylinder capacity 4250 cc, currently taxed and MOT'd.

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1938 Bentley 4¼ Litre Vanden Plas Drophead Coupé [B4MR]

1938 Bentley 4¼ Litre [B4MR] in From Russia with Love, Movie, 1963

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