I seem to remember that these were referred to as the ' World's fastest lorry ' In the 20s and 30s.
Ted
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When I saw one of these driven a few times around the Crewe factory I was a little surprised. But they take it out of the museum weekly to make sure it's running okay.
They were referred to as "lorries" or similar. By Bugatti I think. Ironically also part of VAG now.
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not a looker or a car I'd want to try to drive.
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Takes all sorts to make a world rtj, including some pretty weird sorts not to put too fine a point on it. Not only is it a very fine looking beast but anyone red-blooded would just love to get to grips with one.
You wouldn't want to own a blower though. You'd want to own a Speed Six, reliable and faster in the real world.
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I'd want to try to drive.
But in my mind the reason not to try driving it is it's such a classic car that I'd be afraid of damaging it. I wouldn't think changing gears was going to be easy. It's a 1920s car. :-)
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Ah. See what you mean (although I must say that wouldn't put me off).
I doubt that a 4.5 Bentley, blown or not, would be that hard to drive if you knew how to double-declutch. It might be a bit heavy though, and that would take getting used to with all our biceps and shoulders wasted away after years of power steering.
More to the point, on the priceless classic front, vintage Bentleys were being practically given away when I were a nipper, down to £250 or £350. People were building specials out of them, some of which still survive. True, the Birkin blower ones and the nicer Speed Sixes and Eight-litres cost quite a bit more even then. But no one wanted them because they were pretty thirsty, even the 3 litre. After all petrol was iniquitously expensive and people feared it would soon reach five bob a gallon. Vintage Bentleys were widely seen as white elephants (likewise Rollses and many other fine vintage machines).
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