Mavis!!!!! What a beast! V12 41.8 litre Bentley
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FiF, great find thanks for sharing.
Agree about the music spoiling the video, I just wanted to hear the engine!
Is it just me? I was very suprised when the guy said he had only opened the throttle a tiny bit, how could you have control of that much power and not just want to try it.
I'd have wanted to floor it
Agree about the music spoiling the video, I just wanted to hear the engine!
Is it just me? I was very suprised when the guy said he had only opened the throttle a tiny bit, how could you have control of that much power and not just want to try it.
I'd have wanted to floor it
AdvocatusD said:
Woof!
That is one hell of a machine.
Completely torn between marvelling how stupendous the thing is, and mourning the loss a genuine 8 litre Bentley chassis.
It's not like he weighed the chassis in though, is it? If it was a whole car he gutted I could see how you would be upset. But just the chassis - I'm sure W.O. would have approved of a 42 litre engine. That is one hell of a machine.
Completely torn between marvelling how stupendous the thing is, and mourning the loss a genuine 8 litre Bentley chassis.
It's a lot madder than his Napier-engined Bentley.
I wonder what he is going to do with it? It looks far too long for circuit racing, let alone hillclimbs (Pardon hairpin at Prescott?). Ideal for a speedbowl like Brooklands (!).
He could always sell it Jay Leno. "Mavis" could just swing the deal...
I wonder what he is going to do with it? It looks far too long for circuit racing, let alone hillclimbs (Pardon hairpin at Prescott?). Ideal for a speedbowl like Brooklands (!).
He could always sell it Jay Leno. "Mavis" could just swing the deal...
Edited by Roy C on Friday 24th December 08:10
davepoth said:
AdvocatusD said:
Woof!
That is one hell of a machine.
Completely torn between marvelling how stupendous the thing is, and mourning the loss a genuine 8 litre Bentley chassis.
It's not like he weighed the chassis in though, is it? If it was a whole car he gutted I could see how you would be upset. But just the chassis - I'm sure W.O. would have approved of a 42 litre engine. That is one hell of a machine.
Completely torn between marvelling how stupendous the thing is, and mourning the loss a genuine 8 litre Bentley chassis.
The Napier is hilarious at the BDC race meets, it goes from first to last nearly every corner, on the approach to a bend it is overtaken by the entire field, then on the way out and as soon as it straightens up, it passes the lot again, but it's a right handful, he has to keep easing off to put the power down, and it still storms past everyone, then it's the next bend coming up and repeat.
I love it
I bet Mavis won't do corners at all though, I wonder if he's going to campaign it in circuit racing?
I love it
I bet Mavis won't do corners at all though, I wonder if he's going to campaign it in circuit racing?
Balmoral Green said:
The Napier is hilarious at the BDC race meets, it goes from first to last nearly every corner, on the approach to a bend it is overtaken by the entire field, then on the way out and as soon as it straightens up, it passes the lot again, but it's a right handful, he has to keep easing off to put the power down, and it still storms past everyone, then it's the next bend coming up and repeat.
It used to make me laugh that it couldn't even get the power down on the gentle curve of the newer Woodcote! At Copse the big Bentleys were always surrounded by Super Aeros!Forums | Classic Cars and Yesterday's Heroes | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff