COOL CLASSIC CAR SPOTTERS POST!!!

[Blown2CV]

Roy C said:

benjj said:

This rather dashing British brute outside my local. It belongs to the landlord and I think it is a Blower Bentley...

Not a "Blower". The Birkin supercharged Bentleys have a huge blower in front of the radiator. It may be a 1930's Derby Bentley (Rolls Royce), dressed up to look like a 1920's Le Mans car.

I was about to say that. The 'chargers are very visible out the front. Was there not a NA version though?

[benjj]

Just dont the old DVLA jobby on it:

The vehicle details for BLT 988 are:

Date of Liability 01 04 2012
Date of First Registration 17 09 1997
Year of Manufacture 1934
Cylinder Capacity (cc) 4900cc
CO2 Emissions Not Available
Fuel Type PETROL
Export Marker N
Vehicle Status Licence Not Due
Vehicle Colour GREEN
Vehicle Type Approval Not Available

[LordBretSinclair]

Loads of NA versions e.g. the 3 litre model



Bentley chassis of that era were (and are) often fitted with all sorts of different bodies and configurations. A firm near me http://www.bobpetersenengineering.co.uk/ currently undertakes some amazing recreations on original running gear.

[neutral 3]

Yesterday near the A12 I'n Essex , a stunning Late Mk1 S Reg Celica I'n a Dark Purple metallic , very similar to Ford Capri Velvet . It looked almost concours and turned lots of heads .

Can't remember when I last saw one .

[Trommel]

benjj said:

This rather dashing British brute outside my local. It belongs to the landlord and I think it is a Blower Bentley...

I'll go for a rebodied 3 1/2 litre Derby with the inevitable VdP replica body.

[austin]

A quick Google turns this up;

"The very first car was a Rolls-Bentley BLT 988, a fine sports saloon but so rickety in the joints that any sharp braking would cause the wind-screen to fall out".

[radlet6]

benjj said:

This pretty little 124 Drophead in Ilkley...

Now yes I like that.

Who cares that Italian cars are not the most reliable when they look this good stood still?

[Fane]

austin said:

A quick Google turns this up;

"The very first car was a Rolls-Bentley BLT 988, a fine sports saloon but so rickety in the joints that any sharp braking would cause the wind-screen to fall out".

And therein lies the problem. Chuck away the (admittedly shabby sounding) body of a "fine sports saloon" and create that thing. Criminal imo.

[Trommel]

Yes, a decent closed body would be far more desirable than yet another Le Mans fake.

[Forthright MC]

Had this lovely Sunbeam Tiger behind us for a little while through Tempsford this afternoon -



Sounded fantastic when it eventually went past at Gamlingay Heath!

[Pothole]

Trommel said:

Yes, a decent closed body would be far more desirable than yet another Le Mans fake.

Depends on your definition of desirable.

[LotusOmega375D]

OK so it's a Suffolk replica, but they do look nice.

[Fane]

Pothole said:

Depends on your definition of desirable.

Desirable to anyone with taste and a sense of history?

[Roy C]

LotusOmega375D said:

OK so it's a Suffolk replica, but they do look nice.

They certainly do!

...but not in wood:

[Pothole]

Fane said:

Pothole said:

Depends on your definition of desirable.

Desirable to anyone with taste and a sense of history?

that's one definition. The reason why all these 'replicas' are produced is clearly because 'the market' finds them desirable. But then money never could buy taste.

[Ferg]

Trommel said:

Yes, a decent closed body would be far more desirable than yet another Le Mans fake.

True, but sometimes old Bentley saloons sacrifice themselves for proper racing.

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[Forthright MC]

Very cool little Morgan 3 Wheeler at Morrisons in Cambourne this afternoon -

[McAndy]

A Bristol...in Bristol!





Looked in lovely condition.

[Evangelion]

That's just round the corner from Antics isn't it?

[Balmoral Green]

I quite like those square Bristols, I used to see one regularly years ago in my home town, driven by a plummy old bird (think Joanna Lumley as Patsy). I had the occasional chat to her about it, and then she'd rush off saying "Lovely talking dahling, but must rush now sweetie, chow". She was bloomin' brilliant