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Offline Greybeard

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Bentley
« on: 03.03. 2023 13:08 »
Mr W O Bentley in one of his 4.5ltr tourers.
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Offline groily

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Re: Bentley
« Reply #1 on: 03.03. 2023 17:42 »
Nah, GB. Nice in its way, but you want proper pure ones, not lorries!
By which I mean early '20s 3 litres  . . .  see pic of a couple with playmate  . . .
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Offline morris

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Re: Bentley
« Reply #2 on: 03.03. 2023 18:24 »
Good old Julian has one for sale... https://hcservices.be/1930-bentley-blower/
If i only had the money... sigh... :(
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Offline KiwiGF

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Re: Bentley
« Reply #3 on: 03.03. 2023 19:15 »
Not 20’s but a sort of WO style 3.5L, when I borrowed it for a day long VCC car rally.

I lent the owner my B31 for a VCC motorbike rally, which I thought a fair exchange 😆

Beautiful car, but not the easiest to drive, or most practical (comfortable!) on a cooler or wet day.

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Offline terryg

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Re: Bentley
« Reply #4 on: 03.03. 2023 19:47 »
W O - didn’t the Bentley Boys refer to him as The Headmaster?

Railway engineering applied to motor cars.  Lovely!
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Re: Bentley
« Reply #5 on: 03.03. 2023 21:20 »
They're not the VeeDub ones then?  *grins*