“Bentley Boy” Doctor J.D. Benjafield bought today’s featured ERA R6B new with a 1.5 litre / 91.5 cui in 1936 but raced her only twice before selling her to Douglas L. Briault who with co driver Kenneth Evans won the 1936 Junior Car Club, JCC, 200 mile race at Donington.

I F Connell became ERA R6B’s for the 1937 and 1938 seasons and raced her in Britain and on ice in Sweden modifying the bonnet to accommodate a pair of superchargers.

Before the onset of the 1939/45 hostilities Robin Hanson recorded wins driving R6B at Donington and Brooklands for new owner Mrs. Hall-Smith for whom William Everitt, Earl Howe, Peter Monkhouse and Johnnie Wakefield all also drove the car before Reg Parnell bought her and fitted 1.1 litre / 67 cui motor for it’s final prewar appearance.

Bob Gerard added R6B to his collection that included R4A and R14B that he kept from 1945 to 1954, ’55 and ’56 respectively.

Bob tweeked the cars nose and suspension, as he had both of his other ERA’s and also fitted it with a 2 litre / 122 cui engine, but sold her to Lord Ebury with a 1.5 litre motor in 1954 which has remained in the car to the present day.

Lord Ebury passed ownership of R6B to S I Day in 1958 who by 1980 co owned the car with M Scott & J P S Warne when J C Brierley became her custodian.

In 1987 J C Brierley became the owner and had Duncan Ricketts further revise the radiator and grill to a less unorthodox but still not standard B-type configuration.

R6B is seen in the top photo at Gooodwood Revival when Ian Landy still owned her prior handing her over to C K McCabe in 2013, ending Ian’s ten year ownership and is seen in the lower two photograph’s at the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion.

My thanks to Geoffrey Horton for sharing the latter photographs.

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