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bref ◊ 2010-05-22 22:11	600, as says the registration plate [W100]
Robi ◊ 2010-05-22 22:54	Pullman?
Kazimann ◊ 2010-05-22 23:12	Indeed, 600 Pullman.
62imperial ◊ 2010-05-25 05:12	If you can show a close-up, the hood ornament has been altered from a Mercedes logo to a peace sign.
Jale ◊ 2011-02-14 01:44
dsl ◊ 2011-02-14 01:51	1965 from C plate. No trace now on check sites - sadly because it's a good combination - but MMY xxxC series was actually issued Apr-Dec 65.
dsl ◊ 2011-02-14 02:11	May or may not have been one of Ringo Starr's 600s - http://www.m-100.cc/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2472 - but car now apparently in Australia. Driver is really Peter Sellers, but he only goes a few yards in shot. Forum link includes youtube clip of opening sequence - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nF0tgDxgzYY - with Badfinger track (Carry On, not Without You as made famous by a Swedish hearse builder from previous imcdb exchanges), shots of the Merc, and a bit part for Ringo Starr. Ringo is best known for being the voice of Thomas the Tank Engine. @ingo - lists of famous 600 owners - http://www.m-100.cc/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=658 . -- Last edit: 2011-02-14 02:35:46
Ingo ◊ 2011-02-14 19:26	Thanks for the link, I haven't seen such a complete list before. In my club someone had the idea to make such a list, too - but we had no names in mind... Maybe the situation in the Morris Marina-club is different...
mauriceoxford ◊ 2019-03-02 09:57	This makes me smile - "Together we chose a Mercedes" car sticker. Together we chose a Morris was a BMC slogan and window sticker for years.
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2019-03-02 13:22	ingo wrote Thanks for the link, I haven't seen such a complete list before. In my club someone had the idea to make such a list, too - but we had no names in mind... Maybe the situation in the Morris Marina-club is different... You should join the Bentley Drivers Club, the 2015 members list is 331 pages. I think we are due for a new one shortly.
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2019-03-02 13:24	mauriceoxford wrote This makes me smile - "Together we chose a Mercedes" car sticker. Together we chose a Morris was a BMC slogan and window sticker for years. Our 1955 car had “Another Quality First Morris” on its sticker.
Ingo ◊ 2019-03-02 17:10	johnfromstaffs wrote You should join the Bentley Drivers Club, the 2015 members list is 331 pages. I think we are due for a new one shortly. Hmm, an elegant idea, but although https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50xx1_CbJTI my wife is still not convinced, that a Bently would be an appropriate daily driver Otherwise: in our marriage the automotive topic is strictly divided - because our preferences aren't compatible at all. We always dislike our cars each other. And actually I cannot spot any downgoing Bentley prices, when I look for autotrader.co.uk advertises. One of the reasons, why actualle there still aren't any preparations for a pre-Brexit-vulture-trip.
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2019-03-02 17:40	It depends very much on your likes and dislikes. I would also say that Auto Trader would not be the best place to look for the trend in Bentley prices. The bottom of the market is a basket case Mk VI or R-type like mine, at about £8 or £9k, or a T/Shadow shape for about the same. For this you won’t get anything driveable and the cost of fixing up the monocoque cars is pretty astronomical. A lot of the next range have been driven into the ground as taxi/wedding cars, so a cheap one of these will be a money pit. My favourite would be a T2, but these are now starting to shoot up in price for a good one.
Ingo ◊ 2019-03-02 18:02	A time ago there was an article in my classic car magazine about a young bloke, just 30 years old, not far away from here, who became an autodidact RR-expert, especially for daily drivers. He pointed out, that you have to avoid white RR, because the usage as wedding car is the worst treatment for an old car. Always short distances, but no maintenances. But older RR as Silver Shadow and Silver Spirit do have an advantange about the running costs and service costs: a Mercedes 300 SEL 6.3 and of course the 600 is more expensive in that...
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2019-03-02 20:15	You have to remember that, compared with Daimler Benz, Rolls-Royce/Bentley at that period were cottage industry. Spares for the early but complex cars, Shadow/T onwards, are becoming a problem, especially the electronic engine management systems which were a bit knife and fork. The one advantage of pre Shadow cars is the total lack of such bits, so that if a bit breaks you can probably find, or make, a replacement. Once more I have to bang the drum for the 1946 to 55 generation of cars, no electronics apart from the wireless, (it’s not a radio), no power steering, manual gearboxes in the main, a chassis like the Forth bridge, and the bodywork parts are all available except new front wings, but patch parts are available to fix the parts that suffer from rust. They are also good to drive and will do 90+mph meaning that 70 on the motorway is not over stressing the cars, especially with a high ratio axle fitted. The brakes are so good that they surprise the drivers of modern cars, but only on dry roads. If you really want to push the boat out, get an R-type Continental by H J Mulliner. 120 mph and half a million quid. -- Last edit: 2019-03-03 17:07:30
chicomarx ◊ 2019-03-03 01:35	Indeed no electronics or software updates, just mechanics and wood. However I feel a little underpowered sometimes in a 1990 Saab 900 (non-turbo) so I wonder if the 1946 to 55 Bentley is really the way to go.
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2019-03-03 08:41	^ If that is the way you feel, you are probably right. The cars will happily sit with the traffic on ordinary roads but for motorways and for overtaking trucks on side roads, maybe 70bhp per tonne is a bit lacking these days.
Ingo ◊ 2019-03-03 16:32	johnfromstaffs wrote ...If you really want to push the boat out, get an R-type Continental by H J Mulliner. 120 mph and half a million quid. As Link to "www.autotrader.co.uk" for example?
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2019-03-03 16:51	No, no, that’s the more common and cheaper S-Type, with the V8 engine. You want this one.... https://en.wheelsage.org/bentley/r-type/99130/96738/pictures/kqlzwj/ but money won’t buy it, that’s Olga, the one and only. -- Last edit: 2019-03-03 16:58:10
chicomarx ◊ 2019-03-03 18:41	@jfs Sometimes after a red light a Renault Master or similar van, pulls away faster than me, carrying ladders. That's when old cars are less fun.
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2019-03-03 18:53	Only too well do I recall, in the late 60s, one of my mates had a Mk2 Sprite, in which we got blown away at some traffic lights by a MkI Transit. It was one of the 2 litre ones though. The Bentley is not suitable for the traffic lights Grand Prix either. First gear is very low and unsynchronised, so it is not advisable to use it much, starting in second is much safer, but slower.
Baube ◊ 2019-03-03 18:56	also those vans often belongs to companies and with gas being paid, its easier to be a right pedal enthusiastic
Ingo ◊ 2019-03-03 19:02	johnfromstaffs wrote Only too well do I recall, in the late 60s, one of my mates had a Mk2 Sprite, in which we got blown away at some traffic lights by a MkI Transit. It was one of the 2 litre ones though... Huh, 20 years ago this was our oldest company car, a Transit I 2.0 automatic with side windows, but otherwise empty inside. A freaky clunker, a good traffic light racer - but only on dry roads. When there were only three raindrops, it became undriveable, like a custard pudding on green soap.

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