The following advertisement text by Stanley Mann was found on the Stanley Mann Racing website on Jun 25, 2011:

"Registration Number: YT 2204 Chassis Number: BL 1623 Engine Number: BA 2596

This is a Bentley for every day use or a blast around the track. So great fun on the road and easy to drive.

She was known in house as THE OTHER GUN. At this time we were, and still are, racing "Mother Gun". All the work was done at Stanley Mann Racing and all supervised by one of the best vintage Bentley racing engineers; Stuart Fearnside. "one of the top men in the vintage Bentley world".

History
In 2004 I went to H & H auctions to buy for a client an original 1927 3 litre Red Label Speed Model Bentley which was in need of a complete rebuild. His requirements were for a fast vintage Bentley for road use with luggage space and to play with on the track. This was the basis of the 3/8 Brooklands type Bentley we have here.

Rebuilt and two years later she was winning races and getting placed at Silverstone, Oulton Park, Donnington, etc.

I could say she goes really well, oh dear, but better than that; she goes like the preverbal sh*t off the shovel and all from a Bentley which is just as happy going down the country lanes of Hertfordshire as on a race track.

For those technical minded here goes:
Original 1929 Speed Six engine uprated to 8 ltrs.
330 bhp and over 550lb ft of torque - in non tech terms: it feels like your head wants to leave your shoulders or "how to experience G force at zero feet".
Uprated Bentley brakes - yes, it can stop as well as it goes.
Weight of this Bentley is 1260 kg.

So please make your way to The Fruit Farm and start to haggle.

Price POA."

This car is for sale as of June 28, 2011.

Bentley 3/8 Litre Special 1927
The donor car for this magnificent and very potent Bentley 3/8 Litre Special was a 1927 Bentley 3 Litre 'Red Label' - chassis number BL1623 -- that had been off the road since 1965. Originally a Carbodies saloon sold new to R.F.B. Mackay Esq of Glentruitton, Oban by Henlys Ltd of Great Portland St, London, the 'Red Label' is known to have been rebodied as a tourer sometime before 1949.

Decidedly tired after decades of dry storage, it entered the current ownership during April 2003. Working with renowned W.O. Bentley specialist Stanley Mann at the time but now the co-proprietor of FS Racing, Stuart Fearnside was given the responsibility of transforming chassis BL1623 into a truly competitive 3/8 Litre Special. Suitably refurbished, the original 9ft 9¢ in wheelbase chassis was retained as were the front and rear axles. The rest of the car's highly evolved specification is outlined below:

Engine: Original cylinder block and three-throw mechanism, Speed Six-type crankcase with straight rear engine arms / mounts, Phoenix crankshaft, Phoenix rockers, Carrillo con-rods, high-lift camshaft, Bill Miller pistons, AP Racing clutch.
Approximate outputs are: 300bhp and 550lbft.
Gearbox: D-type four-speeder with original lid allied to a new BDC casing. Assembled by the late John Hunt.
Back Axle: Currently fitted with a lightweight magnesium nosepiece and 3.3:1 final drive ratio giving a circa 120mph top speed. Though, installing a 3.0:1 final drive ratio apparently gives circa 150mph on longer circuits.
Brakes: Hydraulically operated four-wheel drums with upgraded linings, shoes and ventilation etc Steering: Steering box utilises a normal 3 Litre ratio but feeds to an altered drop arm so that response to the helm is quicker than a 4¢ Litre car but slower than a 3 Litre one (a design which was originally conceived with beaded-edge tyres in mind)
Bodywork: Polished aluminium fabricated by Peter Claridge - to great effect - in the style of a Brooklands Outer Circuit Racer.
Ignition: Twin Aircraft specification Scintilla magnetos Still registered as 'YT 2204' - the same number plate with which it began life - and capable of road or race use, the Bentley was recently circuit tested by respected motoring journalist and talented driver Tony Dron as part of a feature article for Octane magazine (August 2009 issue).

Runner-up in the 1977 British Saloon Car Championship and a Le Mans 24-hours veteran, Mr Dron's contemporary and historic racing career has seen him pilot everything from a Ford Zodiac to a 1938 Mercedes-Benz W154 Grand Prix car! His thoughts on the reconfigured chassis BL1623 are "I JUST LOVE THIS CAR. It's outrageous, it's fabulous and it could be called the daughter of all amazing mechanical monsters."

Joe Singer of FS Racing ('FS' stands for Fearnside and Singer) brought it along and it was a major highlight to be allowed to drive it. This recent creation from FS Racing is a 1927 3 Litre chassis fitted with an 8 Litre Bentley engine from about 1930. The superb body, built in lightweight aluminium by Peter Claridge, complements a well-conceived project perfectly. The aim was to create a special along the lines of the fabulous Brooklands Outer Circuit record cars of the 1930s. It's obvious that practical performance on a modern circuit was also aimed at. They could not have done a better job. Joe is a tall man and the narrow cockpit therefore felt as if it had been made for me. That helps, as does the fact that this machine is built for real speed and thoroughly well sorted out. Despite the massive engine, which Joe says gives 'well over 300bhp and at least 550lbs ft of torque', the entire car weighs only 1260kg. It's geared for just over 130mph at Silverstone and it gets there really fast, with wonderful deep growling noises from its irrepressible engine. You sit in it, behind that Brooklands screen, with your legs out almost straight. Then you reach outside to select first gear in the old Bentley 'D' box, and you're away up the pit lane. Howling down the Hanger Straight at full speed towards Stowe Corner, it feels much faster than 130mph. You brake, carefully, because the hydraulic system has a tendency to snatch the odd wheel, and you turn in. There's no need to change down for Stowe. It's a fast bend and it's on in top. Then, with under 3000rpm on the tacho, you start to apply the throttle. Mighty forces stir in the beast immediately and you sense the power oversteer as the torque starts to overcome the grip of the tyres- and away you go. Addictive and magnificent, it's a million miles from modern motor racing'Need we say more?

Notable Racing Results:2007 Silverstone - 4thOulton park - 4th 2008Silverstone - 7th, 7th 2009Silverstone - 5th, 7th Oulton Park - 5th, 1st Donington - 5th, 4th Silverstone - 8th (2nd Vintage), 5th (1st vintage)

This car is presently for sale at PreWarCar.

Classics on the Green, Harpenden 2008

Car on extreme left.

Pre-War Sports Cars, Britcar, Silverstone - 2006

YT2204 Bentley 3/8 Special
Originally a 3 Litre touring car, it was bought at auction as a barn find and then converted to the form that you see now by Stuart Fearnside while at Stanley Mann's Fruit Farm. The car receives a lot of attention due to its striking styling, aluminium finish and aggressive exhaust note. While only in its second season of racing the car has finished top 4 in a number of trophy races and shown that it is still yet to reach its full potential; a task that we look forward to. (the time when this was written is indeterminate — VintageBentleys.org)

"My father Harry Lees owned this car from 1963 to 1965, selling it when he bought 4½ litre chassis XR3330.

It remained in this condition (1964 photos), albeit dusty, during a long ownership by Capt Hollingshead in Cheshire, until auctioned off by H and H in 2004. It was a lovely example of a standard 3 litre, and it is not for me to comment on what then happened to it thereafter."