Wendler was a German wheelwright and car body manufacturer in Reutlingen .
8-485: 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) , a tea clipper Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
16-478: 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 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
24-794: 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 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
32-402: The 1,863 standard S2 models produced, 15 had H. J. Mulliner & Co. drophead coupe bodies. Of 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
40-522: The customers in 1937 was the architect Wilhelm Ritter von Graf. After the Second World War , Wendler resumed the production of car bodies, which were now built in the ponton shape . Series production continued until the end of the 1950s, then the focus shifted mainly to repairs. One of Wendler's most important clients was Porsche , who, among other things, had Wendler build 90 light-alloy bodies (according to other sources, more than 100) for
48-409: The standard S2. Wendler (coachbuilder) The company was opened by Erhard Wendler in 1840 as a carriage factory. Initially, he manufactured carriages, and from the early 1920s, car bodies as well. The designer Helmut Schwandner initiated the reorientation. In the 1920s, around 60 bodies were built, and in the 1930s there were 250 to 270. The workforce consisted of around 100 employees. One of
56-482: 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 is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Bentley S2#S2 Continental The Bentley S2
64-528: 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 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
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