12-400: (Redirected from Bentley Flying Spur ) Flying Spur may refer to: Automobiles [ edit ] Bentley S2 Continental Flying Spur (1959–1962) Bentley S3 Continental Flying Spur (1962–1965) Bentley Flying Spur (2005) (2005–present) Other uses [ edit ] Flying Spur (horse) , a racehorse Flying spur (clipper) ,
24-675: A full range of high quality carriages including landaus but was most famous in James Young's time for its lightweight Bromley Brougham. Their first car body was made in 1908 on a Wolseley chassis for the local Member of Parliament . During the First World War they made ambulances, lorries and armoured cars on Darracq and Hudson chassis. In the 1920s and early 1930s standardised bodies were built for Sunbeam and Talbot along with individual commissions often on Bentley and Rolls-Royce chassis. James Young Limited joined
36-448: A new dashboard and steering wheel were introduced. Some early S2s were built with the earlier S1 dashboard. A high-performance S2-derived Continental edition was also produced. 1,863 standard and 57 long-wheelbase S2 car chassis were built between 1959 and 1962. Almost all were fitted with standard factory bodywork. A number had coachbuilt bodies by Park Ward , Hooper , H. J. Mulliner & Co. , and James Young . Announced at
48-457: A tea clipper Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Flying Spur . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Flying_Spur&oldid=1188639143 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
60-467: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Bentley S2#S2 Continental The Bentley S2 is a luxury car produced by Bentley from 1959 until 1962. The successor to the S1 , it featured the new Rolls-Royce–Bentley L-series V8 engine and improved air conditioning made possible by that engine's increased output. Power steering was also standard, and
72-596: The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders in 1922 and first set up their own stand at the SMMT's 1925 London Motor Show at Olympia . They displayed two bodies: a Chrysler all-weather and a Lanchester saloon. Employees invented and patented a new way to make roofs that did not make a drumming noise. They also patented a way to make bodies with parallel opening doors. They made bodies for Bentleys , Rolls-Royce Phantom III 's and Wraiths In 1937 James Young
84-587: The 57 long-wheelbase cars, five had James Young bodies and one a Mercedes-Bentley yachting station-wagon body by Wendler . An "S2 Continental" chassis was built with higher performance engines and higher gearing for lighter bodywork. 388 were built, bodied by the same group of coachbuilders as the standard S2. James Young (coachbuilder) James Young Limited was a top class British coachbuilding business in London Road, Bromley , England. James Young bought J. K. Hunter's business in 1863. It built
96-674: The beginning of October 1959 the S2 replaced the S1's straight-six engine with the new aluminium Rolls-Royce - Bentley L Series V8 shared with the Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II . It displaced 6.2 L (6230 cc, or 380 cu in), and offered significantly improved performance. As advertised in The Times , Friday, 2 October 1959: The cylinder block and heads are cast in aluminum alloy and hydraulic tappets operate
108-473: The last S3 Continental went to its owner in early 1966. Mac McNeil died in 1965. Some thirty-five Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow (and 15 Bentley T) fixed head coupés were created in 1966 and 1967 by removing rear doors from standard unitary construction production cars and extending the front doors. Lacking McNeil's touch the Rolls-Royce subsidiary Mulliner Park Ward with more technical information cornered
120-465: The overhead valves. The engine has a compression ratio of 8 to 1 and is fitted with twin carburetors with automatic choke. Other features available include fully automatic transmission, power-assisted steering, electrically operated ride control, redesigned and more flexible air conditioning, electric rear window demisters and press button window lifts. Of the 1,863 standard S2 models produced, 15 had H. J. Mulliner & Co. drophead coupe bodies. Of
132-498: Was bought by London Rolls-Royce dealer Jack Barclay and he persuaded Scotsman A. F. McNeil (1891–1965), 'Mac', to leave J Gurney Nutting & Co to become James Young's chief designer. These two events combined with the end of the depression to produce a sharp rise in James Young's sales. During the Second World War James Young built aircraft components, mobile canteens and canvas covers. The factory
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#1732782732681144-454: Was destroyed and all records were lost in 1941, the second year of the Blitz . Rebuilt, it was hit again, this time by a V-1 flying bomb but production continued. Coachbuilding resumed after the war and a stand was taken at the 1948 Motor Show . By the early 1960s 50 or 60 new bodies were being built each year mostly for export. By that time the only Bentley bodies were for Continentals ,
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