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Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene
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◊ 2006-02-04 19:15
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◊ 2006-02-06 10:34
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This is the Tim Birkin Blower Bentley at Brooklands. |
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◊ 2006-02-06 11:32
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So we list it as Bentley Blower ? (or Bentley Brooklands ?  ) |
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◊ 2006-02-06 16:53
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Hmmm. A Bentley Brooklands is actually a Bentley model from the nineties. This is a special built by Tim Birkin based on a Blower Bentley to set a record at Brooklands. All Blower Bentleys were built by the 'Bentley Boys' WITHOUT the consent of W.O. Bentley himself, who deemed them unreliable (he was right, no Blower Bentley ever won a significant race) and opted rather for his 6 1/2 Litre Speed Sixes for competition, which earned him wins at LeMans in 29 and 30. Whatchammacallit now? I'd call it what the Brooklands Society calls it: Tim Birkin Blower Bentley. |
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◊ 2006-02-06 17:20
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For the Brooklands, it was a joke .gif ";)") In our case we will list with the Bentley I guess? "blower" is part of the make or rather a model? |
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◊ 2006-02-06 17:48
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Difficult. As I said, the 'Blower' Bentleys weren't official Bentley models. They were built outside the factory by Tim Brkin. They are still commonly called Blower Bentleys and I doubt that the public ever was aware that they weren't official Bentleys. |
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◊ 2006-02-06 18:02
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We could list them under the make Blower Bentley then... |
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◊ 2006-02-06 21:53
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The term 'Blower Bentley' is used for all Bentleys with a compressor. Sir Henry Tim Burton raced a Bentley 4½ Litre with an added compressor, designed and built by the engineer Amherst Villiers, at the Le Mans race in 1930. http://hartlandsecure.co.uk/brooklands/images/villiers.jpg All the pictures I found show a different car: Link to "www.channel4.com" http://www.bdcl.org/History_birkin.htm The car No.46 in the picture has not the typical protruding compressor of the normal 4½ Litre compressor Bentleys. It is probably a conventionally aspired car. Also the radiator cowl looks wrong for a 4½ Litre, more likely a 6½ Litre. |
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