Overview
The Bentley Speed Six was introduced in 1928 as a more sporting version of the Bentley 6½ Litre. It would become the most-successful racing Bentley, claiming victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1929 and 1930 with Bentley Boys drivers Woolf Barnato, Tim Birkin, and Glen Kidston.
However, the Speed Six was also fitted as a conventional road car, and many were indeed used apart from racing for everyday transportation. Bentley Motors Chairman Woolf Barnato used them with various bespoke bodyworks from British coachbuilders as his personal automobiles. Two saloon-bodied Speed Six even served as patrol cars for the Criminal Investigation Department of the Western Australia Police.
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