Auto Upholstery Bay Area - Bentley 1949 Mark VI - Interior and Seat Work - Cooks Upholstery & Classic Restoration - (650) 364-0923

Cooks Upholstery is redoing the front drivers seat in this beautiful car to better accommodate the driver making it more comfortable and safer to drive.

The Bentley Mark VI was introduced in 1946 and was the first post War Bentley of Rolls-Royce design. The first owner of the Mark VI took delivery of the car in September 1946. Power was from a new F-head engine featuring overhead intake and side mounted exhaust valves. The six-cylinder unit featured an aluminum alloy cylinder head and offered about 150 horsepower. 

The Mark VI was the fist Bentley with standard factory-designed bodywork built by the Pressed Steel Company of Oxford with ex-Gurney Nutting Chief Designer John Blatchley applying the detailing. Custom coachwork remained as an option.

In total, there were 4,949 Mark VIs produced through 1952.