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Initially, following
Barnato's involvement in Bentley Motors, the company
concentrated on developing the 6�-litre car which
had been introduced in 1926. Until 1929, when Barnato
again won Le Mans with a 6�-litre car, the racing
team cars were, essentially, built using a production
chassis with racing shop modifications. This led
W.O., with Barnato's prompting, to produce the first
Speed Six in 1929. This model rapidly became his
best car. His intention had been to produce an unbeatable
racing engine. The Speed Six started life as a standard
six (i.e. 6�-litre) car which was stripped down
and rebuilt to a higher specification. After the
first few Speed Sixes were produced in this way,
the Speed Six engine was specially designed and
manufactured, with the designs being developed from
the specification and experience gained from the
initial Speed Sixes. The Speed Six cars into which
these engines were put was a different model from
the 6�-litre car. The Speed Six had a unique quality
that was derived from its engine which had been
designed, engineered and produced by the best engineers
and high performance motor mechanics then working.
Each engine was given the racing team's personal
attention and many of the Speed Sixes were returned
to the racing shop after a race for further modifications
and attention from the team. Unfortunately, in 1931,
Barnato's fortune had nearly gone and W.O. was forced
to sell the business to Rolls-Royce and the golden
W.O. years were ended. Only 177[3]
Speed Sixes were built, 69 in 1929 and 108 in 1930.
However, between 1929 and 1931, W.O.'s favourite
car achieved five first places in major races, of
which three were at Le Mans, and four second places.
Bentley won at Le Mans in four successive years
between 1928 and 1931, two of these victories being
driven by Barnato.</s> | 2,359 |
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Even the defendants have not suggested
the car was merely a "reconstruction" after the 1930,
1931 or 1932 rebuilds or in its present form. This expression
is meant to cover a car which stems from a single original
component, or a collection of components from a variety
of cars and where there is little left of the original
racing car except its history and its character. The
defendants have not really attempted to stigmatize the
car in that matter.</s> | 2,360 |
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Mr Sibson reached
this conclusion because:
"The chassis rear � is thinner than the rest of
the chassis and thinner than a chassis for a Speed
Six. On a Speed Six, the chassis was of a thicker
material, 3/16" (.188 thou, 4.762mm). A standard
6� litre Bentley being 5/32" (.156" thou, 3.96mm).
� The welds to the rear � have no explanation other
than the rear section having [previously] been removed
... at some time from a thinner metal which may
well be from a standard model. � The rear section
of the chassis does not appear to be part of the
original chassis as indicated by its thinner metal
and the welds."</s> | 2,361 |
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Next day left the car behind in Nugget
City with two others, covered up with a tarp and guarded
by the RV park caretaker from Arizona. He planted flowers
10 days ago and has already a nice garden as the sun
is up until 9 pm, it never gets very dark at night.
Drove to Whitehorse (capital of Yukon) in the Morgans
1963 S 2 Bentley. Very comfortable in the back as it
was designed to be a chauffeur driven car with a partition.
Next day we set out to find a rental car together with
the Grants from Scotland (who also suffered a breakdown).
We have traveled with John and Ishbel in New Zealand
and Switzerland. The rental company was called "rent
a wreck"! The car has a broken windshield but is
otherwise very comfortable for four people. Made tentative
arrangements to ship the 3 stranded Bentleys back to
Vancouver for $1500 each (2000 kms), after the first
quotes came in at a staggering $4000 each. Found the
cheaper source by going to the local car dealership
and found a company who is going South empty. In the
afternoon rode in Rolf Aschmanns Derby to Dawson City.
The Yukon valley is very wide, the trees are only 10
ft high due to a wild fire in 1995. We saw a bear on
the side of the road close up and a few minutes later
had a flat tire. Took 12 minutes for the change. Arrived
in Dawson City — all gravel roads.</s> | 2,362 |
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Today we experienced temperature swings
of 40-80-50 degrees. Left Vail around 8am heading thru
Glenwood Canyon and over McClure Pass into Paonia for
lunch, southwest of the state. It was around 40 degrees
in Vail and sunny, so we headed out early morning thru
the picturesque Glenwwood Canyon.
Our first pass of the tour took us over McClure Pass
into an agricultural valley where lunch was served in
the small town of Paonia, 400 inhabitants. The ladies
of Paonia made all the food...homemade cooking and lovely
desserts, brownies, peach cobbler, etc. The kids had
a day off school and helped with the serving, a very
friendly lot. Locals, some with their old cars, came
out in droves to admire the cars in 80 degree weather.
Each town hosting lunch along the Colorado Grand route
receives generous financial support from the organization
for a community project and a $5000 college scholarship
for a local graduating high-school senior. So the organization
is always very welcome by the locals inhabitants.
After lunch we headed towards Grand Junction over the
Grand Mesa, climbing from 5000 ft to 10.000 ft. Had
to stop on the top to put a jacket back on as it cooled
down to 50 degrees. 20 miles before Grand junction we
hit heavy rain on the I-70, no exits, so we had to drive
on in shorts and got very wet! Had to change drivers
on the fly as Derek's glasses and googles were fogged
up. By the time we were in Grand Junction arriving in
the parking lot the sun was out again and we started
to dry up. All part of the fun!</s> | 2,363 |
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SMRL's and
Fortis's cases - liability. SMRL
adopts Mr Mann's defence and also, with Fortis,
contends that the description of the car as a "1930
Speed Six Bentley Car" was accurate.</s> | 2,364 |
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Finally we drive down the east
coast of Vancouver Island ending the tour at British
Columbia’s capital city, Victoria</s> | 2,365 |
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Thus he regarded the 1932 crash as
the end of Old Number One. In the second edition of
his book it transpires that he had consulted Hassan
"for solving the mystery regarding the fate of Old Number
One Speed 6". In Appendix 1 he records at the end of
the 1931 race: "This was Old Number One's last race"</s> | 2,366 |
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Mike and Marianne Knowles, from Auckland,
along with their 1924 3-litre short-chassis, red-label,
speed-model Bentley are part of the New Zealand Bentley
Tour 2010, which started on January 20 in Christchurch
and finishes on March 6 in Auckland.</s> | 2,367 |
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"Eventually we decided to retire
the Speed 6 Old Number One and build a special track
car, although the decision was rather forced on
us when Jack Dunfee took it out in the Empire Trophy
Race early in 1932 and brook its crankshaft. Now
I won't say that this sort of breakage was unheard
of, but for it to happen to a Speed 6 meant that
the car had endured rather a lot of flat-out motoring.
You could forgive it almost everything, though,
because it had won a lot of races for Barnato and
a lot of prestige all around. The new car was to
be a purpose built racer and it was here that I
put my idea to work on an entire car design for
the first time. We had encountered chassis frame
troubles on Old Number One so we decided to start
with the strongest possible chassis. Although the
4 litre Bentley never had much of a reputation as
a production car, its very strong frame, being a
shortened version of the 8 litre, seemed to me to
be ideal for the job.</s> | 2,368 |
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Bentleys are a unique breed among classic
automobiles, because you're just as, if not more, likely
to see an 85-year-old Bentley being driven hard on a
tour or raced on a track as you are to see one on a
manicured concours lawn. And Bentley owners love to
learn about their cars' individual histories and to
share information with one another. There are Bentley
clubs around the world that celebrate the cars, draw
together owners and are storehouses for information,
but the acknowledged online home of that enthusiasm
is VintageBentleys. org. Continued...</s> | 2,369 |
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These remedies
must be considered against the relevant contractual
background. This is that Mrs Brewer had taken possession
of the car on 7 June 2007 and she had subsequently
fallen into arrears with her hire purchase payments
and was four payments in arrears without Fortis
having threatened to retake the car or otherwise
sought recovery of her arrears. Mrs Brewer had the
resources to pay off these arrears but she was concerned
to reduce the overall level of her financial commitments
following the collapse of the world's financial
markets in late 2007 and the consequent recession.
She therefore considered it prudent to have the
car valued so as to see what sum it would fetch
at auction if it was placed on the market with a
view to offering the car back to Fortis for auction.
She arranged for the car to be valued by her friend
Mr Gilbertson at Bonham's. That valuation revealed
to her for the first time that the car did not have
a 1930 Speed Six engine. She received this valuation
on about 5 August 2008 and it revealed to her for
the first time that the car did not have a 1930
Speed Six engine.</s> | 2,370 |
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All the Wardell brothers had a passion for motor cars. They owned one of the first cars imported to NZ, a Star Stuart built in England and imported by PR Skeates in 1900. In 1922 the family imported not one, not two, but three brand new Lorraine-Dietrich cars after Harry’s nephews were impressed with Lorraine-Dietrich ambulances during WW1. They had class. When Harry imported our Bentley at the end of 1923, it may have given him bragging rights over the southern members of the clan, after Bentley’s 1924 Le Mans win, ahead of two Lorraine-Dietrichs in 2nd and 3rd places, but he would have had to eat humble pie for the next two years. Lorraine-Dietrichs ruled supreme, winning Le Mans in 1925, and holding the first 3 placings in 1926 before a 3 litre Bentley won again in 1927, to start Bentley’s four year winning streak. I should add that no Lorraine-Dietrichs entered the race after 1926, but that somewhat lessens Bentley’s achievement so do so only reluctantly.
It is, however, pleasing to note that Harry’s Bentley is still on the road today.</s> | 2,371 |
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It was agreed at
the end of the meeting that Mrs Brewer would buy
the car for �425,000 subject to financing being
arranged through Mr Neil Hardiman, the Stoke Park
Finance Ltd's representative that Mr Mann had introduced
them to.</s> | 2,372 |
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In Zulu country we did a boat safari
in the rain, did see some fish eagles, and a jeep safari
where we saw a rhino with her young. The South African
bush is much denser with higher grass and more trees
than East Africa. For this reason one sees fewer animals
but it is still beautiful to see a hyena crossing the
road in front of us.
We have two mechanics following us in a Jeep and they
help anybody who breaks down, I needed some help today
as the car was running rich and burning too much petrol,
we are well adjusted now and the car flies again. The
other cars have minor problems as well, sticking breaks,
starting motor problems and leaking fuel lines but no
major issues yet.
Crossed into Swaziland, we all had to blow the horns
to mark our entry, a very small country which got peaceful
Independence in 1968 from the British, the country is
run by a king and a Parliament, no infighting, very
friendly people, absolutely no safety issues. We drove
over a mountain pass in thick fog and rain, like in
the Swiss alps and then were welcome at an Inn which
just looked like a lodge in Bavaria, even the waitresses
were dressed up in their local costumes/trachten, the
food like at home, salami, pates, carrot cake/rueblitorte
etc, they call Swaziland the Switzerland of South Africa.
After every lunch the owner and the cook gets a round
of applause for their efforts, we are encouraged to
talk to people as they do not see many Europeans, the
Bentleys are a sensation, we get as many as 20 people
around the car when we stop and almost all the people
speak English well, the schoolchildren are all dressed
up in tidy uniforms like in England, we are generally
surprised how well agriculture and the infrastructure
is developed. The weather is slowly improving and today
we actual had a warm dry day.
Roger (my co-driver) started to drive the heavy car
today and did not crash the gearbox, so I can take some
pictures from now on and relax a bit.
Soon more… Kurt</s> | 2,373 |
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Serial Number: MS3926
This car was ordered by T.G. Moore and it was registered
in 1931, donned in a Vanden Plas-built special aluminum
tourer body. Specified on the original build sheet are
the design features that are still on the car. The doors
were to come down to the frame rails, not the skimpy
doors so commonly seen on Vanden Plas bodies. The running
boards were to be in line with the center of the wheel
hubs. The body was to be fully valanced, which means
the front fenders extended all the way down to the chassis
and, in addition, the frame rails were louver-covered
from front fender to rear fender. The body was to be
painted Le Mans Green with the matching upholstery and
a dark walnut dashboard.
T.G. Moore, who had just acquired Motor Sport as its
publisher, must have been very proud of his new car.
It is likely that he took it to a variety of events,
but the most notable one was outlined in page 383 of
Motor Sport, April 1931. He won the timed trial of the
Isle of Man with a speed of 62.33 miles per hour, which
was significantly better than the competitors. This
proud showing was probably repeated because, ultimately,
the car was re-registered in the Isle of Man while still
under Moore's ownership. Subsequently, it went through
several hands and it was discovered after the war in
Aylesbury by U.S. serviceman Robert K. Carter who shipped
it to the United States. Mr. Carter had every intention
of restoring the car, but as time went on, it became
obvious that this was not happening.</s> | 2,374 |
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"The particular Bentley which crashed
to ruin on September 24 was the famous Old Number
One which won the 500 miles race in 1929. Owned
by Woolf Barnato who has since given up motor racing,
it was fitted with an entirely new engine for this
year's race. The old veteran was resuscitated once
too often."</s> | 2,375 |
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About 3400 cars were made by WO Bentley
during the ’20s. Cars that so rivalled Rolls-Royce
that the iconic marque knew it had to buy Bentley out
when the Great Depression, combined with under-capitalisation,
forced WO to sell up. Thereafter, Rolls Bentleys became
known as Derby Bentleys, and embodied Rolls-Royce’s
concepts of how such a car should look and perform rather
than WO?Bentley’s.
The Derby Bentleys were, and are still, very fine motor
cars indeed, but they aim at a different ideal, one
that doesn’t include the kind of raw performance
that enabled Bentley to score repeated successes at
Le Mans. The Derby Bentleys from the ’30s are lower
and cruisier and not so hairy-chested as WO’s awesomely
fast lorries – as they were allegedly termed by
Ettore Bugatti. That said, the Derby Bentleys are usually
much more affordable (relatively) at the lower end,
and still bloody expensive at the highly desirable end.
Importantly, they have all, without exception, remained
totally driveable and utterly reliable, decade after
decade – even with Lucas electrics!
Touring Bentley-style
It rather seems that possession of a Bentley is pretty
well concomittant with a sound cash flow. Although it
also seems to me that it’s mainly the capital cost
that gets serious, Bentley drivers actually do drive
their cars and the 40?cars that have made a recent trip
to New Zealand from the UK, USA, Switzerland, Scotland
and Australia (here to find out how to succeed at rugby,
netball and league, I suspect) demonstrated this need
to drive by touring nearly 4830km from Christchurch
to Northland and, as I understand it, without any maintenance
problems.
This was a month-long trip taking in pretty well all
of an exceptionally dry February. Consequentially, I’m
likely to die never have seen a vintage Bentley with
the top up, ’cause these Bentley Drivers’
UK certainly never bothered to hoist their rooves. Interestingly,
about 30 of the visitors were vintage Bentleys, and
the total value of these alone is a reputed $15,000,000.
I talked to another old UK pensioner, Tony Lang, who
used to have a factory filling cosmetic aerosol cans
with cosmetic materials such as hairspray. He’s
very much in favour of women looking after themselves,
and in so doing it seems that they also look after him,
because it turns out he has three of these cars and
is on his second NZ Bentley tour. This time he brought
his biggest one – to accomodate the wife’s
baggage, he said – naturally I pointed out to him
that he should be careful of what he says, since we
are a nation obsessed with making politically correct
statements, unless they’re said about men, in which
case it doesn’t matter.
Joining the tour
I joined the cavalcade in Takapuna, getting a lift from
Guy King, who exercises a very interesting Peterson
Blower for the owner, John Blair. It’s a difficult
car to categorise and, typically of the old car game,
there are those who like to put it down as not being
a ‘real’ Bentley, but it wears the trademark
badges at each end and I’m assured that they’re
Bentley approved. However, I think that it’s such
a wonderful car, whatever it is, that you’ll read
the details elsewhere in this issue.
I joined Guy at about 7.45am as he swung along Esmonde
Road and went to a Takapuna Hotel, where the tour had
stopped for the night. I was suffering from getting
up at such an early hour. Unbreakfasted and blinking
in the dawn light. I came alive when I first saw the
cars – collected together were an amazing set of
high-end collectables. There were also a large number
of Asian businessmen displaying that national penchant
for being photographed with local colour, and as far
as lots of these smartly dressed gentlemen were concerned
the Bentleys were perfect props for their NZ trip.
The initial briefing was about pointing the tour in
the direction of Richard Izard’s personal airfield
just out of Wellsford. Now consider this, these cars
were about to join Auckland’s working weekday car-jam.
No problem for these behemoths, all the rice rockets
ducked to one side, ensuring they weren’t crushed
by the considerably bigger chassis and tall wheels of
the thundering Bentleys. North Shore Aucklanders are
about as sophisticated as it gets in New Zealand, so
everybody tried to pretend that these cars were in the
traffic flow every day, and thank heavens that favourite
trick of slowing in front of a vintage to read the badge
wasn’t a problem here, because all these Bentleys
have been equipped with big brakes front and rear.
Bentley bellow
Once on the Northern Motorway, heading for Wellsford,
I was able to simulate nonchalance as I leaned back
while Guy kept the boot buried as close to the limit
as was permissable. No radio! That was great, because
there was nothing to compare with the bellow of the
seemingly completely open exhaust. Not a true Bentley?
I’d settle for this any time, what a great road
car. The torque in all gears means the car is monumentally
long-legged – up Orewa Hill in top cog revelling
in the passing lane.
However, essentially I’m a devout coward, especially
in the passenger seat, and I’m sure that my bum
was picking up quite a bit of understeer on some of
the long curves where Guy gathered speed wearing a maniacal
grin under his Biggles helmet and goggles. However,
the exhaust bouncing back off the rocky walls on our
left, opposite the plunging drop on the right, soon
set me at ease! Right? Nothing like a bit of a scare
to titilate the senses, I’ll swear I regained quite
a lot of my diminished testoterone.
When we finally arrived at Patience and Richard Izard’s
version of Croydon, I was ready for a superb breakfast
masquerading as morning tea. One foreign gentleman said
to another, “Och aye, if I’d known abart this
wee feast I could have saved the baubees I spent on
that breakfast!” This from a Bentley owner who
thinks that money is something the accountant handles
for him? Richard Izard has a Bentley that’s been
in his family for many years. I think he also has the
latest Bentley too, in fact I saw two of them there,
so I suspect that one was Patience’s shopping basket.
Richard used to have a large collection of classic and
vintage cars housed in a purpose-built building, but
he’s lost interest and released most of them to
new and grateful owners, and is into his and her aeroplanes
these days. Yes, he and Patience each have a plane.
I did hear it said that she was the better pilot, but
that’s barely possible because it would go against
nature. It was a fabulous morning, here we were on a
windless day with the sun shining down on a line-up
of stunning cars, several vintage aeroplanes, a proper
hangar and clubrooms, and whilst we were there a couple
of mates dropped in, including one in a vintage Gypsy
Moth.
They must be an idle lot in Wellsford, I felt a glow
of virtue as I slaved away at my journalistic trade
– the only worker there. Another UK visitor, on
departure, laughingly complimented Richard on his magnificent
toy shop.
Prestige visit
The next time I caught up with the Bentley Tour was
the following Saturday at Independent Prestige in Great
North Road. It’s significant to me that, despite
gloomy statements about the economy continuing to fly
around our ears, this very up-market agency, selling
only Bentley, Aston Martin and Lamborghini, is under
the direction of a couple of smoothies including a friend
of long standing – Mike Clarke. Mike has the remarkable
ability to take large sums of money off people when
selling them a car and have them actually enjoy the
experience, enjoy him, and come back for more! I know,
I did several times – but not here, I’d have
to wear a jacket and a tie.
Buy a car here and there’ll be lots of noughts
following the prime numbers. It was natural, of course,
that this, the home of Bentley, would host these cars
on their last Saturday in New Zealand. Another excellent
breakfast accompanied by a couple of French chanteuse
warbling frog songs – at a British car collection,
talk about true entente cordiale.
Again the public crowded in to have a look. I did enjoy
one switched-on young father. His small boy stood on
his pedals as he raced across on his precariously wobbling
bicycle, heading for some million dollar car. Dad leaning
casually across swiftly grabbed him and disbiked him,
not even interrupting his conversation with a friend.
Observe, mothers, dads do know where the priorities
are.
Bentleys on the Green
The last day saw the Bentleys gathered at St Heliers
on the village green, a big turn-out of cars including
Auckland members with some very beautiful Derby Bentleys.
I couldn’t help but notice that the Peterson Blower
attracted a great deal of attention. Built with the
benefit of hindsight, and to a very high standard indeed,
it struck a solid note with everybody. In the end it’s
all about loving cars, especially the significant ones.
One highlight for me was the incredibly original 1926
3.0-litre car. It had been bought in 1936 – second
hand – by a Major Turner, who put it into storage
in 1939 in Edinburgh, no doubt he was off to work. Finally
in 1972 he sold it to the present owner, John Watson,
who got it running despite the 33?years of hibernation,
and has used it ever since. I love originality but ownership
of this car would be pure torture for me, as I fought
off the temptation to refurbish the unique example.
Are there any unattached, Bentley-owning ladies out
there who would be appreciative of an altruistic pennsioner’s
companionship?
George Sharp
At 96?years young, George Sharp (now an Auckland resident)
enjoyed being reaquainted at St Heliers with a 1927
4.5-litre Bentley he worked on when he was a 17-year-old
at the WO?Bentley factory.
Later in the ’30s he met the car again when he
was a radio operator in the Police Flying Squad in London,
and it was a car he frequently travelled in. Later still,
after WWII, and still in the police force, George met
this car once more on the police Advanced Driving Course
in Hendon. Clearly, anything to do with Bentleys is
tough and long-lived.
Rationalisation
At Independent Prestige in Great North Road I was talking
to a Kiwi Bentley owner who commented that he’d
bought his older, early ’70s Bentley for $35,000
in 1998, and frequently drove it as his everyday car
(likes to see serfs tugging at the forelock as he sweeps
past). Some years he spent $3K on general servicing,
other years a lot less. Currently it was probably worth
about $45K to sell. Try that sum on an everyday modern.
Now, if you buy a modern Bentley you’ll be writing
a very fat cheque (in my case it’d be a criminal
offence), and for a few years you’ll take a slugging
– probably deductible for such customers? But eventually
it’ll get to a sizeable residual value and start
to climb again – and the way things go, inflation
will probably return your original expenditure.
The Bentley Driver’s Club
Kerston Pelmore, as a young man, bought a 3.0-litre
Bentley in 1933, and became captivated by ‘real
motoring.’ He had a flat in Sloane Avenue, and
by the usual method of putting cards under wipers lured
26 people, in 1936, to an inaugural meeting of a proposed
Bentley Owners’ Club. Some very famous Bentley
names, including WO himself and also Woolf Barnato,
Benjafield, and Kensington-Moir all joined. By 1939
there were 110?members, but of course, war then stopped
everything.
In 1945 the Bentley club reconvened, alas no Kerston
who had been a casualty of war. By 1950 there were over
1000?members, rising steadily to today’s 3500 and
with ‘regions’ all over the world, including
New Zealand – which organised this highly successful
summer rally.</s> | 2,376 |
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Far from being competitive with the
famous four-cylinder 3-litre Bentley, the new chassis
is intended to carry full-size coachwork and is a high-powered
job with a six-cylinder engjne of about 6 1/2 litres
capacity. While the design is entirely new in one sense,
in general principles it follows the lines, which have
been found so successful in the case of the 3-litre
model. Continued...</s> | 2,377 |
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We were very pleased to see a
lengthy article on the "Brooklands Centenary"
in Issue No. 252, Aug. 2007, of the "Bentley Drivers
Club Review". If you haven't seen it check it out.
It has numerous photographs that were taken of club
members enjoying the event.</s> | 2,378 |
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We attended Pebble Beach as a guest
of Bentley, and asked the firm's head of interior design,
Robin Page, if the modern cars had any connection to
examples like Chassis
#3. "Definitely" he said. "The knurled
knobs in our current cars, and the way the gauges come
to rest at 1 o'clock, are details taken straight from
the early cars." That, to us, is the proper use
of one's automotive heritage.
The auction of #3 was held for a full house in October
2011, meaning a thousand people in assigned chairs inside
the Gooding tent and others filling the standing room.
It took just a few minutes and began at $500,000, the
few bidders who knew what they were getting took the
hammer price to $875,000, for a total of $962,500 after
the buyer's premium. That was a little less than Gooding's
pre-sale estimate, but still roughly three times the
amount a typical 3-Litre might fetch at auction.
"I believe the buyer got a great deal at the price
realized," said Twigg-Smith, "and although
I am not disappointed, I was certainly hoping for a
higher sales price! I think the fact that this car was
essentially unknown outside of the Bentley circles may
have limited its interest to collectors at this sale.
I would not be surprised to see it sell for substantially
more down the road a few years."</s> | 2,379 |
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The first 4 1/2-litre car to be produced
was the famous old No. 1 "team" chassis, ST
3001, immortalised in motoring history as a participant
in the epic crash at White House Corner on the Sarthe
Circuit in the course of the Grand Prix d'Endurance
at Le Mans in 1927. It will be remembered that hopes
of a runaway victory, on this occasion, were dashed
to the ground by the unfortunate triple crash involving
the entire Bentley team. Continued...</s> | 2,380 |
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What is not known
is how that engine got to South Africa and the circumstances
in which it was last used in 1949.</s> | 2,381 |
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Among new models none will cause greater
interest at the Show than the 8-litre Bentley, the latest
addition to that make's range. Continued...</s> | 2,382 |
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Thus, the statement
that the engine was "to Speed Six specification"
could have meant one of two things and either of
these meanings was misleading. Firstly, the statement
could have meant that both the static and dynamic
parts of the specification had been satisfied. If
so, it would follow that the engine was being held
out to be a Speed Six engine and was not merely
"to Speed Six specification" since only an original
Speed Six engine could satisfy both parts of the
specification. Secondly, the statement could have
meant that the engine met the dynamic or performance
part of the specification in which case the statement
was untrue since Mr Mann had never formally tested
the engine under working or load conditions and
he possessed no test certificate for that reconstructed
engine which showed that the specified performance
requirements had been met under working conditions.
Moreover, on the basis of the evidence adduced at
the trial, I have already found that the engine
did not in fact satisfy the performance parts of
the BDC's specification. Thus, if Mr Mann referred
to the engine as being "to Speed Six specification",
he was either confirming that the engine was a Speed
Six engine or he was making an inaccurate statement
about the engine's capabilities. In either sense,
this phrase was both inaccurate and a misrepresentation.</s> | 2,383 |
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It was not, however,
established whether the Cricklewood works published
a formal specification for the Speed Six engine.
The way that the works operated would suggest that
no such formal specification was ever produced since
the various engines being produced there were constantly
being adapted and the designers and mechanics worked
from experience and not from a rule book. However,
a specification has since been compiled retrospectively
for the Speed Six and Standard 6�-litre engine types
by the BDC. This specification was accepted at the
trial as being the relevant specification against
which the car's engine should be compared and, by
inference, was the specification that Mr Mann claimed
in evidence to have referred to in his discussions
with Mrs Brewer as the "Speed Six specification".
The Speed Six specification comes in two versions,
being the 1929 and the 1930 versions, and the parties
accepted that the 1930 version was the appropriate
one to use for the car.</s> | 2,384 |
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It is of interest that some 40 vintage
Bentleys are resident in South Africa (including two
in Zimbabwe). This total consists of 13 3-litre; six
6.5-litre cars (two of which are Speed Sixes), 17 4.5
litre cars; two 8-litre cars and two 4.5 litre re-engined
3-litre cars. Continued...</s> | 2,385 |
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"Still the fastest 500 miles race
in the world, it might have been won at record speed
but for the tragic accident in which Clive Dunfee
lost his life and one of the fastest cars in the
race was wrecked for ever."</s> | 2,386 |
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The plaintiff's experts, Mr. Hay and
Mr. Guppy, with the aid of a remarkable series of photographs,
the Bentley stripping records and service records, have
been able to trace the way the car changed between each
race, often significantly. Bentley Motors incorporated
bits to latest specification when these were available.
The changes are largely non-contentious between the
parties and thus I can set them out in summary form.</s> | 2,387 |
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Christopher Jonas -
Feb 11, 2014
Dear Robert. Thank you so much for the brilliant
Newsletter. I read every word with interest!
The most fantastic engineer is Steve Wynne,
so anything he says or writes is golden
info. Many thanks again.</s> | 2,388 |
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Following the arrival
of Barnato's finance, Bentley Motors produced world
beating racing models and the focal point of the
business was its racing team. W.O. and his principal
engineers and mechanics and the racing manager concentrated
on racing. Between 1928 and 1932, Barnato was their
lead racing driver. Bentley won Le Mans in 1927
when a 4�-litre car limped in to win and in 1928
when Barnato won his first Le Mans drive in a 6�-litre
car.</s> | 2,389 |
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Author:
David Venebles, 2011. 16 color and 175 black
and white photos and charts, 312 pages,
large format, hard bound.
Haynes Publishing www.haynes.co.uk
£40.00/$59.95.</s> | 2,391 |
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Contrast in size of car can certainly
be claimed for this week's subject, an 8-litre Bentley,
when it is recalled that last week an Austin Seven "special"
held the T.O.S.C. stage. The Bentley has a roof, it
will be observed, but I feel that there will be few
if any dissentients on this score as regards its sports
car status. Continued...</s> | 2,392 |
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Legal test
for a contractual warranty. Mr Malek QC
cited two authorities that provide clear guidance
in relation to the question of whether a statement
made in pre-contract negotiations by a seller was
intended to be, and was enforceable as, a contractual
warranty. The first was Dick Bentley Productions
Ltd v Harold Smith (Motors) Ltd [9] where Denning LJ stated:
"� it seems to me that if a representation is made
in the course of dealings for a contract for the
very purpose of inducing the other party to act
upon it, and actually inducing him to act upon it,
by entering into the contract, that is prima facie
ground for inferring that it was intended as a warranty."</s> | 2,393 |
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We look forward to hearing from you. E-mail us.</s> | 2,394 |
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Three members of the Bentley Drivers
Club of Australia, Tony and Christine Johns (1924 3
litre), Trevor and Judy Eastwood (1925 3-4½)
and Phillip and Sue Schudmak (1924 3-4½) took
their Bentleys on this most interesting and generally
very enjoyable "rally" in February and March,
2009. Trevor Eastwood was making a return visit, having
first visited as a young salesman for the Australian
Meat Corporation in the 1970’s. At that time no
building was higher than two stories. We were joined
by four other Aussie teams: Lindsay Moore and Kathy
Forrester (1989 Bentley Turbo R), Tom and Francis Bevington
(2006 Bentley GTC), Terry and Janice Ward (2007 Bentley
GTC) and John Matheson and Jeanne Eve (1934 Rolls Royce
Phantom II). The total enrolment was some 75 Bentleys
and Rolls Royces.
Ten of the entrants were "vintage", two Rolls
Royces (including the oldest car on the rally, Howard
Phillips’ (1912 Silver Ghost) and, apart from the
three Aussie Bentleys, there were three 4½’s,
an 8-litre and another 3-4½. Only one hailed
from the UK: our old friends Chris and Jill Wray, while
the others were European. We particularly enjoyed meeting
Uwe Kai and Alfred Smidt from Germany, who had a very
unusual 4½ with special Vanden Plas coachwork
which incorporated an inboard handbrake and wind-up
windows. As will be obvious already, there was a very
mixed bag of makes and models, from the oldest to the
newest, and from many countries. The fact that there
were some 150 individual entrants made for a very full
house and was responsible for many of the long delays
at border crossings, but more of that later.
The 'adventure' was over some 2,500 km of very well-made
roads and took a fairly leisurely 19 days. It was really
more of a 'Red Carpet / Grand Hotel Tour' than a rally,
but good fun and something of an adventure too. We certainly
saw the insides of more palatial hotels than is customary
on BDCA or VSCC rallies! One limitation in the region
is the lack of choice when it comes to routes and roads.
There is really only one main road and it goes more
or less west to east from Bahrain to Muscat and there
is little opportunity to escape from it until you reach
Oman at the eastern end.</s> | 2,395 |
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The experts disagreed
on two significant issues, those relating to the
extent to which the car's chassis had been altered
and as to whether the engine had been proved to
satisfy the BDC 1930 Speed Six specification. On
both issues I accepted Mr Sibson's evidence and
rejected Mr Fenn's contrary evidence.</s> | 2,396 |
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Today we are leaving Nugget City, a
stop over place, with a 296/476 km ride to Bell II and
Stewart. Road building in the tundra wilderness is a
challenge. One technique to avoid frost damage is to
dig 5 ft. deep, cover the ground with a membrane and
fill it with saw dust and gravel to create a floating
road, additionally good drainage on both sides of the
road is required. As we drive south through Jade City
, population less than 50, we are climbing to a plateau
at 3000 ft, the mountains left and right still have
some snow. The temperature dropped to 4 Centigrade with
some rain. The hot coffee stops are appreciated. The
dress code for the day: Heavy sweater and two jackets
for open cars plus waterproof hats and gloves. As we
descended towards Bell II on the Cassier highway the
forest gets lusher. The Bell II Lodge is well known
for helicopter skiing. We all stopped for cheese and
tea re-energizing our bodies and mind after a long day
of driving. For $10.000 one can can ski 100.000 vertical
ft in a week. The W.O. drivers overnighted at the nicely
set up Bell II chalets and enjoyed a BBQ. The newer
cars drove on another 100 miles to Stewart, an old small
mining town on the Pacific Ocean, surrounded by mountains
and glaciers. The drive to Stewart was spectacular.
First we saw running bear, then sitting bear. A few
minutes later Laurel (Roger and Kurt rode with Colin
and Laurel in the Landrover) spotted two bears grazing
and Colin obliged and reversed the car allowing us to
take more pictures. The scenery is now like Switzerland
with very diverse fauna and flora. Lots of snow from
avalanches and plenty of waterfalls. At the local fish
restaurant we had Alaskan King Crabs which were excellent.
The crew then moved to the lounge at the Ripley Inn
armed with bottles of wine and Dave's fiddle. After
an extended sing along everybody retired happily and
in one piece.</s> | 2,397 |
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Speed Sixes
sold by description. The purpose
of the statutory requirement that goods sold or
bailed by to a consumer must confirm to their description
is to enable the consumer to know fully and precisely
what is being bought, bailed or hired. A seller
is at risk of selling goods in breach of the implied
term requiring goods to conform to their description
if that description is a general one which embraces
a wide variety of different features not all of
which are always present in goods of that description.
This is because that generic description might reasonably
extend to features that are not present in a particular
item but which are nonetheless features required
by the buyer and which the buyer had reasonably
understood to be present in the goods in question.</s> | 2,398 |
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The big green Bentley stood in the
high street. Suddenly a man in tweeds sprinted from
the Post Office and sprang nimbly over the side of the
car. The engine started with what seemed like a deafening
roar. The only other thing I remember was the driver
pushing a lever on the outside before speeding off.
The Bentley was known locally as a Birkin team car.
I 'was five, and almost ever since, I've wanted to know
the veracity of this unlikely tale and what became of
that machine. The closest I ever came, was to trace
a man who said he had removed the supercharger.
But such chill trails could be a thing of the past.
Bentley buff Tim Houlding has established a unique consultancy
that provides current owners, prospective purchasers,
dealers and those prone to historical licence, with
the essential history of every 3,024 vintage Bentley.
He describes his work as 'Bentley archaeology' —
a desire to see as many correct bits as possible all
together in one car. In Houlding's view a genuine example
is better value and more enjoyable for present and future
enthusiasts, and, if you look at life that way, a sounder
investment.</s> | 2,399 |
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We were very pleased to see a
lengthy article on the "Brooklands Centenary"
in Issue No. 252, Aug. 2007, of the "Bentley Drivers
Club Review". If you haven't seen it check it out.
It has numerous photographs that were taken of club
members enjoying the event.</s> | 2,400 |
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Next day left the car behind in Nugget
City with two others, covered up with a tarp and guarded
by the RV park caretaker from Arizona. He planted flowers
10 days ago and has already a nice garden as the sun
is up until 9 pm, it never gets very dark at night.
Drove to Whitehorse (capital of Yukon) in the Morgans
1963 S 2 Bentley. Very comfortable in the back as it
was designed to be a chauffeur driven car with a partition.
Next day we set out to find a rental car together with
the Grants from Scotland (who also suffered a breakdown).
We have traveled with John and Ishbel in New Zealand
and Switzerland. The rental company was called "rent
a wreck"! The car has a broken windshield but is
otherwise very comfortable for four people. Made tentative
arrangements to ship the 3 stranded Bentleys back to
Vancouver for $1500 each (2000 kms), after the first
quotes came in at a staggering $4000 each. Found the
cheaper source by going to the local car dealership
and found a company who is going South empty. In the
afternoon rode in Rolf Aschmanns Derby to Dawson City.
The Yukon valley is very wide, the trees are only 10
ft high due to a wild fire in 1995. We saw a bear on
the side of the road close up and a few minutes later
had a flat tire. Took 12 minutes for the change. Arrived
in Dawson City — all gravel roads.</s> | 2,401 |
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Vancouver to Whistler (site of
the 2010 Winter Olympics) via the Sea to Sky Highway
99.</s> | 2,402 |
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It therefore followed
that this contractual description had the same meaning
in all three contracts and was one which incorporated,
or was to be construed with, the terms of Mr Mann's
preceding contractual warranty. The meaning of that
description was that the car was a "1930 Speed Six
car with a 1930 Speed Six engine and chassis".</s> | 2,403 |
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Clause 5.1
� prevention or exclusion of liability.
Fortis contends that the term of the agreement
that gives rise to the contractual description relied
on by Mrs Brewer does not take effect as a contractual
description as a result of clause 5.1 of the agreement.
This reads as follows:
"In view of the terms of the customer's declaration
in the Schedule and Clauses 1.4, 1.5 and 3.1 and
the fact that the goods have only been acquired
by the Owner at the Customer's request to enable
it to enter into this agreement with the Customer,
the Customer agrees:-
1. That (apart from any of the following which have
been expressly given to the Owner itself to the
customer in writing) no condition, warranty, stipulation
or representation whatsoever of any kind has been
given by the Owner, its servants or agents in relation
to the goods (other than a warranty that the Owner
will pass to the customer upon exercise by the customer
of the rights conferred on it by Clauses 4.1, 4.3
or 8.1 such title to the goods as the manufacturer
or supplier pass to it);
2. That all implied conditions, warranties, stipulations
and representations relating to the goods, whether
statutory, collateral hereto, at common law or otherwise
and whether relating to their capacity, age, quality,
description, state, condition or use, or to their
satisfactory quality or suitability or fitness for
a particular or any purpose are hereby excluded
and extinguished except (i) as regards any liability
which may be implied on the Owner in respect of
death or personal injury resulting from the Owner's
negligence and (ii) any warranty implied by law
that (subject to the provisions of this agreement)
the Owner will not interfere with the Customer's
quiet possession of the goods; ...".</s> | 2,405 |
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The supercharged ‘Blower’
models were an attempt to quickly boost horsepower and
keep the team competitive against the likes of Bugatti
and Alfa Romeo. While they didn’t rack up as many
wins, the Blower Bentleys are some of the most coveted
classic cars in the world.</s> | 2,406 |
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This car never let me down
on tours through the Alps, the NAVBM, two
Nova Scotia tours, and many on the west
coast. It was so easy to change the Fram
filter and know that the 50W oil was always
clean. I like the mag/coil setup as well;
the car started very quickly and always
performed well. The only drawback was the
small autovac, which on very long, gradual
grades would sometimes run dry, requiring
a stop on the shoulder to allow it to recover.
Happy 2014 Robert.
Ed</s> | 2,407 |
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He goes on: "I've saved this one
twice." From what? "From being turned into
another tourer". This is a tender point in Bentley
circles — the conversion of normally slow saloons
into dramatic tourers, usually with Le Mans accoutrements.
Fingers are often pointed at Stamley, and he has done
his share, though frequently on instruction from owners.
But there are other views: these cars are no longer
for transport. They are preserved only for the pleasure
of driving, and, that HJM lightweight apart, a tourer
will always be a lighter, quicker car. A saloon is dearer
and harder to build; and of course he runs a business.
He makes a point to tell me: "That car there I
can probably sell as it stands for £140,000. But
as a tourer I could get another £100,000 fir it."
It says something for him that he has been known to
sell a saloon with a contract preventing the new owner
from removing the body.</s> | 2,408 |
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To the suggestion that the 1929 car
had ceased to exist in 1932 he said "Well it did not,
because the bulk of the car was fitted within the new
side-members so that it was the same car, same wheels,
same axle, same steering column, same clutch, same gear
box." He then went on to describe what prompted the
change of the chassis frame. The 4.5 litre cars all
broke their chassis frames, one during the Le Mans race,
one on the way home between Le Mans and Dieppe and one
on the road from Newhaven to Cricklewood. This caused
some anxiety. He also gave more details of his instructions,
which were to put together as many parts of the first
car, the 6.5 litre car, as possible within the two new
side-members. They knew it was going to be used in the
500 miles race later that year and that they should
build the car accordingly.</s> | 2,409 |
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Sammy Davis is something of a legend
these days, 86 now, (this article was published in
1974!) and twinkling back through a career in and
around racing cars that goes back as far as racing itself...
He remembers his first Grand Prix experience in 1924
at Lyons... Two years later he was with the Bentley
team at Le Mans and set for second place with 20 minutes
to go when he ran out of brakes and plunged into the
sand at Mulsanne with the 3-litre Bentley carrying the
number seven. It was this same brake problem that sent
Dr Benjafield into a tree in a later race after he had
bought it from the factory for his personal use... Continued...</s> | 2,410 |
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C. Elliot
Esq.,
Elmstead,
West Wittering,
Nr. Chichester.
My Dear Elliot,
Forgive me for not having replied before
to your letter of the 18th. The B .M .E
.P. of the six – cylinder Bentley
engine is not as high as it aught to be
or as we had got either on our experimental
cylinder here or on their single –
cylinder , but the results you have are
those which were obtained straight off the
reel from the first engine built, and when
rigged up with a silencer, and all conditions
as nearly as possible as they would be in
the car. Not only the engine but the whole
chassis is new, and Bentleys were very anxious
to get the engine on to the road to test
out the chassis as soon as possible. Finding
that the engine gave the maximum power which
we and they had anticipated, they took it
off the test bench without any further tuning
and started on their road tests. They have
promised later either to let us have an
engine here or to let us play with one on
their test – bed, when I hope to do
a good deal better, for we have not yet
tried a single one of the many variables
such as valve timing , compression ratio,
etc . Bentleys tell us that under no circumstances
can the engine be made to detonate and that
it is very smooth running, from which I
infer that we could probably afford to increase
the compression ratio - our own tests indicated
that we could go above 6:1 on ordinary Shell
petrol.</s> | 2,412 |
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Barbecue lunches with local peach
cobblers were served in small town parks, giving
the drivers a chance to rest in the shade and
mix with the local admirers of expensive toys.
The weather was, as usual, around 25 degrees Centigrade.The
Aspen trees just started to turn yellow, mixing
well with the deep blue sky and the red sandstone
formations.
A good part of the entry fee goes to small town
charities and to the State Patrol Family Foundation.
In return the State Troopers, on their Harley
Davidsons, keep the roads open for us!
It would be nice to have a few more Bentleys on
this fantastic motoring event.</s> | 2,413 |
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Next day left the car behind in Nugget
City with two others, covered up with a tarp and guarded
by the RV park caretaker from Arizona. He planted flowers
10 days ago and has already a nice garden as the sun
is up until 9 pm, it never gets very dark at night.
Drove to Whitehorse (capital of Yukon) in the Morgans
1963 S 2 Bentley. Very comfortable in the back as it
was designed to be a chauffeur driven car with a partition.
Next day we set out to find a rental car together with
the Grants from Scotland (who also suffered a breakdown).
We have traveled with John and Ishbel in New Zealand
and Switzerland. The rental company was called "rent
a wreck"! The car has a broken windshield but is
otherwise very comfortable for four people. Made tentative
arrangements to ship the 3 stranded Bentleys back to
Vancouver for $1500 each (2000 kms), after the first
quotes came in at a staggering $4000 each. Found the
cheaper source by going to the local car dealership
and found a company who is going South empty. In the
afternoon rode in Rolf Aschmanns Derby to Dawson City.
The Yukon valley is very wide, the trees are only 10
ft high due to a wild fire in 1995. We saw a bear on
the side of the road close up and a few minutes later
had a flat tire. Took 12 minutes for the change. Arrived
in Dawson City — all gravel roads.</s> | 2,414 |
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When Tom asked me if I would write an article telling the story of our 3 litre Bentley, chassis 348, I answered “Ok, but once her 90th birthday present restoration is complete.” That has given me a 2 year reprieve, but now the time has come to put pen to paper, or should I say finger to keyboard?
So, where to start? I have known the car since my father, Edgar Ridgen, called in to my boarding school in Timaru when first taking her home to Greendale, after purchasing her in 1976. But of course 348’s story starts a bit earlier than that; shall we say October 1923, her delivery date. She was the first Bentley to come to New Zealand, as she came here new in 1923, but is now not the oldest New Zealand Bentley. Her first owner was Henry (Harry) Wardell of Wardell Bros & Co, Tea Merchants & Family Grocers. Harry was the youngest in the family of four sons and one daughter, who owned a grocery wholesale business with stores in Dunedin, Christchurch and Wellington. Harry took over the management of the 47-51 Willis St, Wellington store when his brother Tom moved to Australia, while brothers John and William ran the Dunedin and Christchurch stores respectively. They also owned a pig farm at Riccarton to provide bacon for their stores. 348’s first New Zealand home was 4 Church St, Wellington, which now will take you to a parking building not very far from the Beehive.</s> | 2,415 |
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Even so, by 12th October 1929 it was
ready for the 500 miles race at Brooklands. A new 600
cylinder pattern differential and spicer shaft had been
fitted. The car was rebodied -- the four seater Van
de Plas was removed and replaced by a two seater form
with fintail or fishtail, new petrol tank and a fly-off
handbrake had been fitted direct to a compensator. The
gear lever was cranked outside the body with no reverse
catch. The car in this form took second place.</s> | 2,416 |
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...After everybody but us spotted
bears, we got creative resorting to desperate measures.
Not only did we hide the fire extinguisher but we put
the Bentley on heat!! The moose came running after us
and the bears (a young black bear and a grizzly) watched
the commotion!! Got our Kodak moment!! Crossed over
the continental divide, rivers now flow into the Arctic
ocean. Visited the Bennett dam and went underground
to inspect the turbine room. Capacity is 2,725,000 kilowatts
with a 2 kilometer earth filled dam. Bald eagles were
diving for fish at the outlets. Did some 300 miles/500
km today, arriving at Fort St. John. The days are getting
longer now and it is still daylight when we retire for
the evening...</s> | 2,417 |
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In addition to the chassis/frame damage, the body damage
included tears and dents in the front and rear wings
and front splash apron, damage to the roof, broken/cracked
window glass and dented front lamps. The bent frame
caused door misalignment with the body being generally
loosened. This was most likely the result of the twisting
upon impact with the dock. The insurance company and
the stevedore company paid for most of the repair of
the damage but not the straightening of the bent frame.
It remained as it was following the drop.
In January 1958 Mr. Fagan decided to sell YX5113 and
asked $3,250 after having invested over $5,000. Having
no success with selling it, he eventually traded YX5113
to a dealer. The Vintage Car Store in Nyack, New York
exchanged YX5113 for a Bentley 4¼ Gurney-Nutting
Coupe de Ville. Subsequently, YX5113 was purchased by
the Larz Anderson Collection in Boston.
YX5113 was owned briefly by Bill Ruger, Jr., owner of
YM5044 which is the subject of a previous article in
this series, prior to Mr. Greene’s ownership.
The mechanical history indicates that YX5113 has been
the victim of some rather serious abuse and neglect
including the aforementioned off-loading damage. The
corrections of its various faults has required major
commitments of time, effort and finances to keep it
on the road and to bring it to its current roadworthy
condition.
Club factory records show that no serious work was performed
on YX5113 during Mr. Player’s ownership. There
was a differential ratio change from 14/53 to 15/53
in 1935.
Having done some 83,000 miles by 1938, there surely
must have been material service and repair work performed
on the car. When YX 5113 was advertised by Denys Taaffe
for sale in 1955, the advert stated that it was “completely
overhauled with new tyres.” Correspondence offers
details of that work. The entire engine, camshaft rollers,
top and bottom ends were re-done. This indicates that
the mechanicals were very tired prior to this work being
performed during Mr. Taaffe’s ownership. This would
be consistent with the mileage on the car.
Mr. Fagan, following the repair of the dockside damage
to the car, had YX5113 completely re-sprayed in cream/yellow
and grey. The roof material, headliner and carpets were
replaced at the same time and the interior wood trim
was re-finished.</s> | 2,418 |
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Following its success at Le Mans it
was prepared for the 500 miles race in October at Brooklands
in 1931. The parts changed included the clutch stop,
clutch shaft and linings, the offside stub axle with
kingpin bearings, hubsteering arm, brake shoes and track
rod. Five new main bearings and crankcase were fitted.
For this race the Le Mans body was removed and replaced
by the racing two-seater with its petrol tank.</s> | 2,419 |
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Principal
findings. The principal findings
are as follows:
(1) (a) Mr Sibson had inspected and measured the
chassis very carefully and had concluded that the
only surviving section from the original 1930 chassis
was part of the small front section.
(b) He also concluded that the engine could not
be described as satisfying the 1930 Speed Six specification
since its performance had never been properly tested
or verified and its outward appearance, particularly
its new pistons, suggested that it had never been
capable of generating the power that would have
been needed to satisfy the performance requirements
of that specification (paragraph 32).
(c) Overall, Mr Sibson contended that the car could
not be described as a Speed Six and the engine could
not be described as either a Speed Six engine or
as one which was to Speed Six specification, whereas
Mr Fenn contended that the car was a Speed Six car
whose engine was to Speed Six specification. On
all three of these issues Mr Sibson's evidence was
accepted (paragraph 34).
(2) The terminology used for vintage Bentleys including
Speed Sixes varies but conventionally the term "restored"
usually refers to the restoration of original parts
and "rebuilt" to the taking apart and putting back
together again of a car predominantly using original
parts from the original car (paragraph 45). There
is no generally accepted term that describes the
use of a substantial part, particularly the engine,
which has been transformed from its original place
in one model to resemble and be placed in another
model. (paragraph 46). I have adopted the word "reconstructed"
to describe this substantial process of change since
it is a fundamentally different process to that
of "rebuilding" a Speed Six car (paragraph 47).
(3) It is clear that everyone involved with Speed
Sixes now regard it as essential, for such a car
to be properly described as a Speed Six, to be accompanied
by a continuous history, being a full, unbroken
and authentic set of documents which identify in
a reliable manner who has owned the car, the uses
that it has been put to and a description of its
service history and any restoration, rebuilding
or reconstruction work that the car has experienced
throughout its life since originally leaving the
Cricklewood works. The evidence suggested that this
view arose, or was at least confirmed, as a custom
of the Speed Six trade by Otton J's judgment in
1990 in Hubbard v Middlebridge Scimitar Limited[19]. This "Old Number One" judgment is certainly widely known to,
and relied on by, enthusiasts, owners, dealers,
auctioneers and valuers involved with Speed Sixes
(paragraph 55).
(4) A specification has since been compiled retrospectively
for the Speed Six and Standard 6�-litre engine types
by the BDC. This specification was accepted at the
trial as being the relevant specification against
which the car's engine should be compared and, by
inference, was the specification that Mr Mann claimed
in evidence to have referred to in his discussions
with Mrs Brewer as the "Speed Six specification"
(paragraph 58).
(5) Part of the front section of the chassis and
its attached chassis number is the only surviving
part of the 1930 Speed Six car that had originally
been delivered to Miss Unwin in February 1930(paragraph
77).
(6) The engine was a standard engine when it arrived
in Mr Mann's workshop and that he himself undertook
the conversion work between 1979 and 1980 which
he stated must have been undertaken in South Africa
(paragraph 82).
(7) Mr Mann's implied representation to the Brewers
that the car had a continuous history as a 1930
Speed Six car was obviously false (paragraph 90).
(8) the car was not satisfactorily tested in 2009
and that such test results as were claimed to have
been undertaken apparently showed that the engine
under load displayed significant non-compliance
with the BDC's 1930 Speed Six specification (paragraph
93).
(9) Whatever the value of a 1930 Speed Six might
be at any one time, it will be appreciably higher
than the corresponding value of a reconstructed
Speed Six with a reconstructed 1927 Standard 6�-litre
engine a reconstructed 1930 chassis with no relevant
continuous history and with no verified and authenticated
ability to satisfy any relevant 1930 Speed Six specification
(paragraph 96).
(10) The car lacked a continuous history for the
entire period between 1930 and 1981 and any authenticated
documents proving that history in that period. No
such documents were provided to Mrs Brewer (paragraph
98).
(11) The pre-contract representations in the advertising
material inaccurately and misleadingly conveyed
the meaning to an informed reader such as Mrs Brewer
that the car retained its original Speed Six engine
and chassis which had been rebuilt but which still
survived as a Speed Six engine with a proved capability
of satisfying all aspects of the Speed Six specification.
These representations were reinforced and confirmed
by the absence of any reference in any of the documents
to the fact that the engine was a Standard 1927
6�-litre engine and that the chassis had been significantly
reconstructed so as to resemble a Speed Six chassis
that satisfied the Speed Six chassis specification
(paragraph 108).
(12) In relation to the collateral contractual warranty:
(1) Mr Mann stated unequivocally that the engine
was a Speed Six engine;
(2) Mr Mann did not make any reference to the engine
being to Speed Six specification;
(3) If Mr Mann used the phrase "to Speed Six specification"
this would reasonably have been taken to have been
a reference to an original 1930 Speed Six engine
that had been renovated to Speed Six Specification
and that phrase would have been an erroneous misrepresentation;
and
(4) The statement "the engine is a Speed Six engine",
in its context, amounted to a collateral warranty
whose consideration was provided by Mrs Brewer's
reliance on that statement to conclude her contracts
with Fortis to hire, and with SMRL to buy, the car
(paragraph 131).
(13) Mr Mann is personally liable to Mrs Brewer
and, in addition, is liable to her as the agent
of SMRL who was his undisclosed principal. Furthermore,
SMRL is separately and severally liable for any
breach of warranty. SMRL's additional liability
for any such breach was established at the trial
since its counsel accepted on its behalf that it
would be liable to Mrs Brewer if and to the extent
that any breach of warranty was established (paragraph
137).
(14) The description contained in the sale contract
must be subject to, and read together with, that
contractual warranty. This description must also
be read together with the same contractual description
that was contained in the hire purchase agreement
and the sale contract between SMRL and Fortis. Mr
Mann had drafted and inserted this description in
these other contracts and they were clearly intended
by Mrs Brewer, SMRL and Fortis to be interlinked
and to take effect together with SMRL's contract
with Mrs Brewer (paragraph 142).
(15) The description "One 1930 Bentley Speed Six
Car" in the sale contract from SMRL to Fortis and
in the hire purchase agreement between Fortis and
Mrs Brewer and "Bentley Car" in the contract between
SMRL and Mrs Brewer are contractual descriptions
which have the meaning: "a 1930 Speed Six Bentley
car containing a 1930 Speed Six engine and a 1930
Speed Six chassis" (paragraph 148).
(16) The description for the purposes of the implied
term in all three contracts is to be considered
to be and to mean: "'a 1930 Bentley Speed Six Car'
containing a Speed Six engine". By necessary implication,
that description in the context of this sale and
hire was also stating that the car's chassis was
'a 1930 Speed Six chassis' and that the car had
a continuous history (paragraph 160).
(17) The car was no longer capable of being accurately
described as a "1930 Bentley Speed Six Car". The
reasons why the car could no longer be described
in this way may be summarised as follows:
(1) The 1930 Speed Six engine had been substituted
with a reconstructed 1927 standard 6�-litre engine.
(2) The changes that had been made to the 1927 engine
were not documented, the contents of the Speed Six
specification the engine was said to satisfy had
not been identified and no formal check or certification
of the engine's compliance with the performance
specification relied on had ever been undertaken.
Moreover, the evidence showed that the performance
parts of the BDC 1930 Speed Six specification were
not capable of being satisfied by the engine that
was currently in the car.
(3) The chassis was, to a very significant extent,
different from and constructed to a different specification
from, the original 1930 chassis.
(4) There was no continuous history available for
the car or its chassis, its 1927 Standard engine,
the reconstruction of its 1927 engine and 1930 chassis
or the racing characteristics and Speed Six performance
capabilities that it was said to have been provided
with (paragraph 162).
(18) Mrs Brewer relied on a description within the
hire purchase agreement to enter into that agreement.
She had not provided that description, it had been
provided by the seller of the car to Fortis and
had then been approved by Fortis. In those circumstances,
this was a bailment by description. Thus, Mrs Brewer
may rely on any breach of section 9(1) of the Supply
of Goods (Implied Terms) Act 1973 that occurred
in consequence of that description being erroneous.
That liability is not excluded by Section 5.1 of
the hire purchase agreement (paragraph 175).
(19) Mr Mann was in breach of his contractual warranty
provided to Mrs Brewer that the car was a Speed
Six and that the engine was a Speed Six engine both
personally and as the agent of an undisclosed principal;
SMRL was in breach of its sale contracts with both
Mrs Brewer and Fortis that the car was a 1930 Speed
Six and Fortis was in breach of its bailment by
description contained within the hire purchase agreement
that the car was a 1930 Speed Six (paragraph 176).
(20) Mrs Brewer had not accepted the car and if
clause 2 of the agreement has the effect of her
having to be presumed to have accepted it, that
presumption has no effect as a result of section
13 of UCTA. She remained entitled to reject the
car at the time it was retaken and she sought to
reject it on the grounds of its non conformity with
its contractual description. This was not a tactical
move on her part that was intended to allow her
to avoid her financial difficulties. Instead, Fortis's
purported termination on the grounds of Mrs Brewer's
arrears was itself a tactical move which had been
taken in an attempt to forestall Mrs Brewer's notified
claim against it based on that misdescription. Overall,
however, although Mrs Brewer still retained the
right to reject the car, her claim is not dependent
on that right but is one that is confined to a claim
for damages (paragraph 187).
(21) Mrs Brewer is entitled to both heads of damages
as claimed by her and is also entitled to an indemnity
from both Mr Mann and SMRL against any outstanding
liability she might have to Fortis (paragraph 191).
(22) Fortis had no entitlement to counterclaim the
arrears of hire outstanding at the date it purported
to terminate the agreement nor to damages for future
loss of hire recovery at the date it purported to
terminate the agreement (paragraph 194).
(23) Mrs Brewer is entitled to repayment by Fortis
of all hire payments that she has previously paid
since she was entitled to rescind the contract and
such payments are recoverable as reliance damages
in accordance with the principle identified in
Yeoman Credit Ltd[20] (paragraph 195).
(24) It follows that no restitutionary claim arises
and Mrs Brewer need not provide any off-set for
her use and enjoyment of the car or on any other
basis (paragraph 199).
(25) For the same reasons as have resulted in SMRL
being joined as a party, it is fair and reasonable
that Fortis should be entitled to join SMRL as a
third party and to plead a third party contribution
or indemnity claim against it (paragraph 201).
(26) In the result, Mrs Brewer's claims succeed
against each defendant, Fortis's counterclaim fails
and Mrs Brewer is entitled to damages as claimed
against each defendant. (paragraph 204).</s> | 2,420 |
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Drive the spectacular vistas
of the Banff-Jasper Parkway (Highway 93) to Jasper.</s> | 2,421 |
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David Morley - Dec 27,
2013
I made this modification six years ago and
it has worked extremely well since. (I added
it to the BDCL forum at the time.) The original
filter is just a gauze which only removes
the big bits! Since fitting the filter,
sludging in the sump is cured and the oil
stays cleaner longer. Oil pressure is unaffected
and it has the advantage of fitting within
the original casing so does not detract
from the vintage look. If required there
is a version of the filter with a bypass
valve, though regular oil changes should
remove the requirement for this.</s> | 2,422 |
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Only 18 100mph-model Bentley 3-litres
were made — the lightest and the quickest of the
breed. Malcolm McKay drives a rare survivor in amazingly
original condition... Late in 1925, prosperous butcher
and part-time gentleman racer at Brooklands, Henry Leeson,
ordered from Bentley Motors a Super Sports: the new,
ultimate 3-litre. The chassis was despatched to the
Surbiton Coach and Motor Works, where craftsmen painstakingly
constructed the most beautiful body ever to grace a
Vintage Bentley... Continued...</s> | 2,423 |
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At the height of his career, Birkin's
biggest regret was the lack of interest shown by British
teams in Grand Prix racing. As none were forthcoming
after Sunbeam withdrew, he optimistically tried to make
a Grand Prix machine out of a 4 1/2-litre Bentley by
adding a supercharger. And he very nearly succeeded,
in the French Grand Prix of all races! Continued...</s> | 2,424 |
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However, the 5000km around the South Island is not
for the faint-hearted. Mrs Ford said many of the drivers
were in their 70s and were "true adventurers".
Driving the "very physical cars" through extremes
of cold and heat took strength, she said. "You
can feel it in your shoulders at the end of the day."
Together, the 30 cars are estimated to be worth $25
million but the organisers were reluctant to divulge
the cost of the tour.
"You can't put a price on a good time," Mr
Cook said.</s> | 2,425 |
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1,000 miles in a day... in a 1925 LeMans
Bentley... with the top down... and the temperature
below freezing... is a feat that should be attempted
only by mad dogs, Englishmen and Texans...
Continued...</s> | 2,426 |
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We, therefore got into our own coachbuilding
almost immediately and I overhauled the car from one
end to the other. We had a great deal of fun. While
this was going on I bought a Boat Tailed 3-Litre made
by Vanden Plas, completely original, and one of very
few made. We thoroughly enjoyed the use of the car,
traveled all over England, taking with us our two boys
who sat in the back without any weather equipment and
thoroughly enjoyed it. I even took them to school each
day in it which was quite fun for them and we got very
well known by the local policeman. I used to bear down
on him quite fast and he never had the courage to stop
me. Instead, he would stop all of the traffic and give
us a run straight through which was good fun.
Later I sold this car to Briggs Cunningham. It was shipped
back to his museum and was on display there for many,
many years. In fact, I visited the museum in about 1978
and was invited to drive the car again. Briggs removed
it from the museum especially for Chris and I and we
had a run up the freeway in it just like old times.
We carried on with our Bentley motoring and, if at anytime
we didn't have a car on the road, George had bought
an extra car or two and there was always one that I
could use. We used to go to all the club meetings that
we could — the Sunday "noggings". It
was a free and easy time.
I received a phone call from Tony Robinson of North
Stables Coachbuilding. At that time he worked for the
television company as artist. He rang to say he was
needing a body for his car and thought about designing
and making one based on the 4½ Vanden Plas design.
I encouraged him and gave him what help I could.
He measured up an original 4½ and started to
cut out all the sections of timber. He ended up with
a very fine body for the car and asked me if I would
supply the various parts that he needed such as the
windscreen, all the brackets, locks, hinges, and everything
else that was required including a hood frame. I agreed
to help.</s> | 2,427 |
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The above history is an example of
an ongoing process in unraveling the mysteries of a
car's origin. You will enjoy reading the entire history
of Chassis
No. 564 as we know it. And perhaps you know something
about the car before it passed into Roy's hands in 1966.
If so, please submit information here.</s> | 2,428 |
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Thus, a potential
buyer who was examining the car and talking about
it to Mr Mann would assume that they were talking
about a car containing an original Speed Six engine
since that was the type of car that Mr Mann was
objectively describing. In order to dispel the obvious
conclusion that the car's engine was a Speed Six
engine, Mr Mann would have had to have made it very
clear that the engine was not a Speed Six engine
but was instead a Standard 6�-litre reconstructed
engine, notwithstanding that the car was a Speed
Six car, and he would also have had to have explained
in some detail why that was so, what he meant by
the description "to Speed Six specification" and
why he was able to describe it in that way.</s> | 2,429 |
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What is not known
is how that engine got to South Africa and the circumstances
in which it was last used in 1949.</s> | 2,430 |
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Some cruise! The speed was 73.62 miles
per hour.</s> | 2,431 |
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Misleading
nature of the advertising material. The
misleading nature of this advertising material can
be summarised under four main headings:
(1) The statement that the engine was a Speed
Six engine. This statement was conveyed by the
provision of both the chassis number with the engine
number as if they were the originally paired Speed
Six numbers ([B]). However,
the engine number was not the original Speed Six
engine number that had been paired with the original
Speed Six chassis number, it was the number of a
Standard 6�-litre engine that had been added to
the car at a later date.
(2) The statement that the engine satisfied the
Speed Six engine specification and performed as
a Speed Six racing engine. This statement was
conveyed by the three statements that referred to
the engine's 45 psi oil pressure, to its being a
fully remetalled engine and to its running at 3100
all day at a cruising speed of 100mph ([I],
[J] and [K]). These statements also
conveyed to the informed reader the fact that the
engine was a Speed Six engine. However, the engine
was not a Speed Six engine, it did not satisfy a
Speed Six engine specification and it had never
been proved to satisfy the performance requirements
of any such specification.
(3) The statement that the car was a Speed Six
car that contained an original 1930 Speed Six engine.
This statement was conveyed by the statement that
the car was the car for you "if you want W.O.'s
finest" ([F]). This was a particularly
significant statement because W.O. was particularly
known as the designer and manufacturer of Speed
Six engines, all of which had been produced by W.O.
and his racing team under W.O.'s personal supervision
in the Cricklewood works between 1929 and 1930.
It followed that the statement that the car that
was one of W.O.'s finest amounted to a statement
that the engine in the car was an original 1930
Speed Six engine. Similarly, the statement that
the car was one recommended by Mr Mann since "I
want to do rallies and continental touring and that
Speed Six ticks all my boxes" ([E]).
In context, this was a statement that the car had
a 1930 Speed Six engine and chassis. However, the
engine was a 1927 Standard 6�-litre engine reconstructed
by Mr Mann in the period 1978 � 1980 with a chassis
that had started life as a 1930 Speed Six chassis
but which had been reconstructed so as to consist
predominantly of other parts and which no longer
conformed to the Speed Six chassis specification.
(4) The statement that the 1930 Speed Six car
had been restored ([A]
and [C]) or rebuilt
([D], [G] and
[H]). In context, these statements were
to the effect that the car remained a 1930 Speed
Six car despite the work that had been done to it.
This was because of the accepted terminology of
vintage Bentley enthusiasts, who used the words
"restored" and "rebuilt" to mean that the original
engine and chassis remained in the car even though
the car had been extensively worked on over the
years. In other words, the original engine and chassis
remained in the car despite the work that had since
been done on the car to date. However, the work
that had been done to the engine and chassis was
far more than restoration or rebuilding work. The
car had been reconstructed with a different engine
and a completely transformed chassis and it could
no longer be described without qualification as
a "1930 Speed Six".</s> | 2,432 |
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Author:
David Venebles, 2011. 16 color and 175 black
and white photos and charts, 312 pages,
large format, hard bound.
Haynes Publishing www.haynes.co.uk
£40.00/$59.95.</s> | 2,433 |
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Sammy himself was never old, he had
simply lived a very long time and his chassis and engine,
in the last three or four years, had been showing serious
signs of wear. He died of a heart attack at his Guildford
flat on January 9 (1981), his 94th birthday. He had
had a good long life, and to anyone remotely interested
in cars, an enviable one... Continued...</s> | 2,434 |
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In 1930 Bentley had won the 24-hour
race of the l'Automobile Club de l'Ouest three times
in succession, but they were making every effort to
improve upon this record and to secure their fourth
victory. To this end, no fewer than six cars were entered.
The works team was three 6 1/2 litre six-cylinder models
driven by Barnato-Kidston, Davis-Dun fee and Clement-Watney.
Backing them up were three 4 1/2 litre supercharged
models then owned by the Hon. Dorothy Paget, which had
been built at Sir Henry Birkin's place at Welwyn Garden
City. The drivers of these cars were Birkin-Chassagne,
Jack Dunfee-J. D. Benjafield and Harcourt Wood-G. Ramponi. Continued...</s> | 2,435 |
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One day, after completing a car with
a light blue carpet, I left it running for a period
to warm up before taking it out. I went out to move
the car I was horrified to find oil pumped all over
the front carpets — everywhere. I switched off
and removed the carpets and tried to clean them, but
was finding it very difficult. So I bought some petrol
and, using a very big pan, washed the carpets fully
in petrol to remove the oil. I then shampooed them,
hung them on the line, and dried them out. It went very
well indeed, without a sign of oil, but when I fitted
them back in the car they were a slightly different
color than the carpets in the back — which showed
— so I had a problem.
I didn't know quite what to do, because there was no
more material available and time was a factor. So I
carefully removed all the carpets, removed a gallon
of oil from the sump and washed all the carpets in oil.
I then put them through the petrol wash . . . then shampooed
them . . . then put them back in the car clean and sprightly
looking. They looked perfect when they were finished
— a slightly different tone of blue, which didn't
matter as long as they were the same.
When we arrived in Sussex we purchased a house in the
country which had double garages, but did not have sufficient
room to work. I had to look for somewhere to rent to
carry on the business. The first 3-litre that I completed
was done in my double garages at home and I managed
quite well. I then rented a part of a garage locally.
During that time I completed a couple of cars for an
Irish Lord who is a very friendly and generous man.
Those were the first two cars that I completed under
my own business. One of them was a Rolls-Royce. Whilst
I was at that garage I found an employee and between
us we found a garage at Wisborough Green.
We were most fortunate to find an old coachworks which
had been there since the turn of the century and the
owner had retired. He was very helpful to me and, having
rented part of his garages, gradually we were allowed
to take over a little more... and a little mor... Eventually
he died and left note in his will that we should be
allowed to continue there as long as possible.</s> | 2,436 |
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Since 1945, however,
interest in vintage Bentleys has increased enormously
and all vintage Bentleys are now both extremely
valuable and regarded as good investments. Speed
Sixes, particularly those with a continuous history,
are the most valuable cars from the Vintage Bentley
range. Most of the vintage Bentleys, including the
Speed Sixes, that have been located or have come
onto the market, have been restored, rebuilt or
reconstructed, occasionally using a rebuilt original
engine from other Speed Sixes and more frequently
using Speed Six parts from other Speed Sixes or
the nearest equivalent replacement parts. The terminology
used for vintage Bentleys including Speed Sixes
varies but conventionally the term "restored" usually
refers to the restoration of original parts and
"rebuilt" to the taking apart and putting back together
again of a car predominantly using original parts
from the original car.</s> | 2,437 |
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When a firm starts to make motor cars,
and with its first model springs into a position in
the automobile world unattained by any of its rivals,
there must be something more than usually remarkable
about that model. Such was the case of the famous 3-litre
Bentley which brought its name to the position of being
a household word among motorists, and which has made
history both on its own, and on behalf of the motor
industry of this country. Continued...</s> | 2,438 |
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Mrs Brewer's
case � contractual misdescriptions. Mrs
Brewer contends that the description of the car
as a "1930 Speed Six Bentley Car" was contained
in each of the three contracts making up the sale
of the car, being SMRL's sale to Fortis and its
separate contract with her and Fortis's hire purchase
agreement with her and that this was a contractual
description of the car. This contractual description
was, therefore, coupled with an implied term in
each contract that the car should conform to that
description. This description had originated from
Mr Mann and had consequently become a term of each
these three contracts which had been induced by
Mrs Brewer's reliance on Mr Mann's earlier contractual
warranty. These three contracts were closely inter-related,
they all contained Mr Mann's contractual description
of the car and they were intended to be entered
into simultaneously. Furthermore, the subject-matter
of both the contractual warranty and the three resulting
contracts was the same car, which had been described
by Mr Mann as a Bentley Speed Six which was a model
whose unique history and racing characteristics
were known to both parties.</s> | 2,439 |
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It is interesting to have the 4-litre
Bentley recalled by a reader who served his apprenticeship
with and was employed by the "old" Bentley
Company. Possibly many enthusiasts have gotten that
there ever was such a model. It appeared in the spring
of the very year (1931) in which the original firm went
out of business, that is, just before the acquisition
of the name by Rolls-Royce. Thus the 4-litre was short
lived as a model; in fact, it scarcely passed the experimental
stage, and even appeared to have been put on the market
prematurely. The design shared certain features of that
great car, in every sense of the word, the 8-litre.
Continued...</s> | 2,440 |
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FIERBERT KENSINGTON MOIR, like so many
of our motoring personalities, was at first extremely
reluctant to disclose the secrets of his horrid past,
but with his back to the wall, and faced with. the threat
of a fictitious life story (composed with. the aid of
a faulty memory and a vivid imagination) he decided
that perhaps the truth was preferable, and warmed to
his "confession." Continued...</s> | 2,441 |
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I have adopted the
word "reconstructed" to describe this substantial
process of change since it is a fundamentally different
process to that of "rebuilding" a Speed Six car.
In the evidence, with regard to the 1927 6�-litre
engine in the car, other words, such as "reconstitued",
"adapted", "transformed" or "converted" were also
used.</s> | 2,442 |
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Next morning Roger and I went to visit
the impressive Caenavon Castle some 30 miles away. Caenavon
castle is the most famous of Wales's castles and also
a World Heritage Site. Construction began in 1283 by
King Edward 1 as the definitive chapter in his conquest
of Wales. It was designed to echo the walls of Constantinople
and was not only a military stronghold but also a seat
of government and royal palace. In 1969 the castle was
the setting of the Investiture of Charles as Prince
of Wales. The castle also houses the Regimental Museum
of the Royal Welch Fusiliers - Wales's oldest regiment.
From there we took the Welsh Highland RR to Bedgellert;
the vintage wagons were pulled by steam engines which
were brought back from South Africa some 15 years ago.
The following day we drove from Wales to Crewe using
the motorway between Liverpool and Manchester. This
is one of the most densely populated areas in Europe
and the only way to make good time was to use the motorway,
something we try to avoid in a vintage open car!. Stopped
for lunch at another BDC members estate. Fortunately
the marquees did not have to be used as the sun was
out and we could relax in the wonderful gardens. We
spent the night at Crewe Hall, where we were treated
like royalty. The stately Jacobean mansion, located
on extensive grounds, dates back to 1615. It has one
of the most beautiful staircases in England, exquisite
marble fireplaces, ornate plaster work and carved wood.
It has its own chapel complete with stained glass windows.
We were served champagne again before dinner, sponsored
by Bentley Motors.
Next day we visited the Bentley factory in Crewe, one
of the highlights of the trip. Dress code was strictly
jacket and tie, so we drove our Bentleys with ties and
goggles! They still utilize the old brick stone factory
buildings from the 1930's, but the insides have been
modernized. They produce some 4000 cars per year here,
producing the flagship Mulsanne and the cheaper Continental
GT, with 4000 employees. Which means a lot of work is
still done by hand and the lines are moving very slowly,
giving the workers time to focus on quality and have
a chat in between. The factory has the capacity to double
and produce up to 10000 cars a year. We saw electronic
specialists, paint experts and cabinet makers, copper
smiths alongside trim specialists. 90 per cent of the
Mulsanne cars are personalized, i.e. you choose your
own colour, trim, wood inlays, family crest etc. Beautiful
cars for some three hundred thousand dollars. We spent
several interesting and happy hours here, fortunately
we were able to resist the temptation of placing a special
order!
We are still trying to keep fit which is getting harder
by the day as the food is generally very good and every
evening meal is started with drinks, then wine and finished
off with an after dinner drink.
After Crew we stayed in Buxton for two nights.
Buxton lies just outside the Peak District National
Park. It was founded by the Romans, who were attracted
to the site by the warm springs (constant temp of 28
degrees Centigrade) which emerge near the River Wye.
In the 18th - 19th centuries the spa attracted royalty
and gentry and over the years many magnificent buildings
were constructed and the town prospered. Limestone quarrying
became a major industry in the immediate area and, with
the advent of the railroad, stone was easily transported
across the country. Quarrying continues to be an important
industry still today. After the First World War the
spa industry went into gradual decline and by 1950 Buxton
was a backwater. Recovery began in 1980's with the reopening
of the Opera House and festivals and relocation of the
university of Derby.</s> | 2,443 |
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The four-cylinder three-litre was built
primarily as a sports model. In course of time it has
attained a considerable vogue as a fast and reliable
touring car with an almost endless life, the original
sports model being retained as a separate type of chassis,
and it will interest all owners and prospective owners
of the three-litre models to know that this chassis
will be continued absolutely unaltered, and is not in
any way superseded by the new six-cylinder. Continued...</s> | 2,444 |
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The most celebrated
Speed Six was always known as Old Number One. This
was built in 1929 and was only the second Speed
Six to be built. It had a six cylinder 6+ litre
engine with a non-detachable head and a four-seater
Van den Plas body. In its first year, it won the
Double Twelve race at Brooklands, then at Le Mans
at an average speed of 73.62 mph and then again
at Brooklands as well as picking up two further
second places. In 1930 it again won at Le Mans at
an increased average speed of 78.88 mph.</s> | 2,445 |
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I reject this submission
on the facts of this case. Although Mrs Brewer had
fallen behind with her payments, she had the funds
available to pay the arrears and was intending to
pay them. At that point, she discovered that there
had been a serious misdescription of the car with
a consequent breach of contract by Fortis. Instead
of paying off the arrears, Mrs Brewer, on legal
advice, notified Fortis of its breach of the implied
term that the car should conform to its description
and asked Fortis to suspend its entitlement to payment
for a short period whilst she attempted to negotiate
a settlement with Mr Mann and SMRL. Fortis impliedly
rejected that request by immediately terminating
the agreement. Fortis's clear and obvious reason
for serving notice of termination was as a response
to Mrs Brewer's notification of its breach of contract
and in an attempt to forestall the likely claim
against it that had just been notified of by Mrs
Brewer. At the date on which Fortis gave notice
of termination, Mrs Brewer was unable, on the basis
of the legal advice she had received, to pay off
the arrears since that act would have amounted to
a waiver of her right to reject the car, to rescind
the agreement and to claim damages from Fortis or
SMRL on the grounds of misdescription. Thus, Mrs
Brewer had not repudiated the agreement on account
of non-payment and Fortis terminated the agreement
for tactical reasons in an attempt to avoid a claim
arising from its alleged breach of contract arising
from the apparent non-conformity of the car to its
contractual description.</s> | 2,446 |
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When a firm starts to make motor cars,
and with its first model springs into a position in
the automobile world unattained by any of its rivals,
there must be something more than usually remarkable
about that model. Such was the case of the famous 3-litre
Bentley which brought its name to the position of being
a household word among motorists, and which has made
history both on its own, and on behalf of the motor
industry of this country. Continued...</s> | 2,447 |
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Three members of the Bentley Drivers
Club of Australia, Tony and Christine Johns (1924 3
litre), Trevor and Judy Eastwood (1925 3-4½)
and Phillip and Sue Schudmak (1924 3-4½) took
their Bentleys on this most interesting and generally
very enjoyable "rally" in February and March,
2009. Trevor Eastwood was making a return visit, having
first visited as a young salesman for the Australian
Meat Corporation in the 1970’s. At that time no
building was higher than two stories. We were joined
by four other Aussie teams: Lindsay Moore and Kathy
Forrester (1989 Bentley Turbo R), Tom and Francis Bevington
(2006 Bentley GTC), Terry and Janice Ward (2007 Bentley
GTC) and John Matheson and Jeanne Eve (1934 Rolls Royce
Phantom II). The total enrolment was some 75 Bentleys
and Rolls Royces.
Ten of the entrants were "vintage", two Rolls
Royces (including the oldest car on the rally, Howard
Phillips’ (1912 Silver Ghost) and, apart from the
three Aussie Bentleys, there were three 4½’s,
an 8-litre and another 3-4½. Only one hailed
from the UK: our old friends Chris and Jill Wray, while
the others were European. We particularly enjoyed meeting
Uwe Kai and Alfred Smidt from Germany, who had a very
unusual 4½ with special Vanden Plas coachwork
which incorporated an inboard handbrake and wind-up
windows. As will be obvious already, there was a very
mixed bag of makes and models, from the oldest to the
newest, and from many countries. The fact that there
were some 150 individual entrants made for a very full
house and was responsible for many of the long delays
at border crossings, but more of that later.
The 'adventure' was over some 2,500 km of very well-made
roads and took a fairly leisurely 19 days. It was really
more of a 'Red Carpet / Grand Hotel Tour' than a rally,
but good fun and something of an adventure too. We certainly
saw the insides of more palatial hotels than is customary
on BDCA or VSCC rallies! One limitation in the region
is the lack of choice when it comes to routes and roads.
There is really only one main road and it goes more
or less west to east from Bahrain to Muscat and there
is little opportunity to escape from it until you reach
Oman at the eastern end.</s> | 2,448 |
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Moreover, on the
assumption that the statement was referring to the
BDC Speed Six specification, it would not have been
clear whether the reference was to both the static
and dynamic parts of that specification or only
to the dynamic part.</s> | 2,449 |
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EXCELLENT racing was witnessed at Brooklands
by a crowd estimated at between 20,000 and 25,000 people
on Easter Monday, when the track season commenced with
a very successful meeting.
No one could possibly complain about the lack of thrills,
for J. D. Barclay almost went over the top and regained
control after one of the most remarkable skids ever
witnessed on the track, whilst the crowd were also delighted
by the wonderful performance of the supercharged Salmson,
which driven by Mons. A. Goutte, sprung several surprises
by putting up some most astounding lap speeds. Continued...</s> | 2,450 |
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…The route took us over Danseys
Pass and whilst making our slow and labourious way up
(with both feet pushed hard onto the low gear pedal)
we were passed by Don Oddie in his early 4 1/2 Bentley.
That did it. Barry swore that one day he would have
a car like that. I also agreed that it was very nice
but later bought a small continental vintage car and
thought that that was the end of my plans to one day
own a Bentley. The 3-litre story really starts after
the 1st Bentley Alpine rally when Barry arrived home
and stated that he intended to build up a 3-litre…
Continued...</s> | 2,451 |
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Yours Sincerely,</s> | 2,452 |
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OX 6934 was a 1928 4½ litre
Bentley and, although it had no body, petrol was unobtainable,
and he didn't know how to drive it, Father forked out
£125 and the chassis was pushed round into The
Lane and into our garage... Continued...</s> | 2,453 |
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It therefore followed
that this contractual description had the same meaning
in all three contracts and was one which incorporated,
or was to be construed with, the terms of Mr Mann's
preceding contractual warranty. The meaning of that
description was that the car was a "1930 Speed Six
car with a 1930 Speed Six engine and chassis".</s> | 2,454 |
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Prominent amongst the few cars, which
have really captured the affections of the Brooklands
crowd, stands Sir Henry Birkin's great blue single-seater
Bentley. Encouraged, no doubt, by the deeds of the supercharged
4 1/2-litre Bentley cars at Le Mans and in Ireland,
and inspired by his own traditional role of pacemaker
to the opposition, Birkin's obvious choice in his search
for a worthy Brooklands mount, able to beat Kaye Don's
lap-record of 134.23 m.p.h., was the Blower Bentley.
Continued...</s> | 2,455 |
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In order to understand why the Speed
Six came into being it is necessary to know something
of the background which brought it about and to trace
its development from the first six cylinder car which
Bentley Motors made. The Standard Model 6 1/2 Litre,
or Big Six Bentley, as it was sometimes called, was
in production long before the 4 1/2 Litre appeared on
the scenes and when the Three Litre was still only four
years old. The time had come for a much more powerful
engine and a stronger chassis, specially designed to
carry spacious bodies under town and country conditions.
Continued...</s> | 2,456 |
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Copy of Registration-Book, dated 01.05.1950 (26.04.1950) to Syd John Lawrence with registration No. VMF 944 (Photo)</s> | 2,457 |
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Continuous
history. It is clear that everyone involved
with Speed Sixes now regard it as essential, for
such a car to be properly described as a Speed Six,
to be accompanied by a continuous history, being
a full, unbroken and authentic set of documents
which identify in a reliable manner who has owned
the car, the uses that it has been put to and a
description of its service history and any restoration,
rebuilding or reconstruction work that the car has
experienced throughout its life since originally
leaving the Cricklewood works. The evidence suggested
that this view arose, or was at least confirmed,
as a custom of the Speed Six trade by Otton J's
judgment in 1990 in Hubbard v Middlebridge Scimitar
Limited[6]. This "Old Number One" judgment is certainly
widely known to, and relied on by, enthusiasts,
owners, dealers, auctioneers and valuers involved
with Speed Sixes.</s> | 2,458 |
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