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In order to facilitate servicing in North America, left-hand drive Mark
VIs were fitted with a single Stromberg carburetter of type AAV26, with
automatic cold-start system. The Silver Dawn, which was principally
the Stromberg from chassis SFC102.
series.
RIGHT: In mid-1953, for the R-Type
and ‘long boot’ Silver Dawn chassis, a
fully-welded frame was adopted from
Bentley chassis B349TO and Silver
Dawn chassis SNF1.
BOTTOM AND BELOW: An oil-bath
air cleaner was sometimes specified
for cars destined for countries
deemed to have a dusty environment.
On the bottom right is the Bentley
arrangement and bottom left is the
single carburetter.
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aimed at the same market, was fitted with the same carburetter, though in
that instance regardless of whether the car was left- or right-hand drive.
With the introduction of the R-Type, the S.U. type H.6 carburetters
continued to be fitted, but with automatic cold-starting. The Silver Dawn
continued with a single Zenith carburetter, type DBVC42, that had replaced
The Bentley Continental had twin S.U. type H.6 carburetters, with manual
mixture control on the ‘A’ series and automatic cold-starting from the ‘B’
equivalent fitment for the Silver Dawn’s
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