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Would you like a brand new "original" Blower Bentley team car and not have to go to an auction and pay top dollar? How about several of them to start a vintage racing team? The more you buy, the cheaper they are. We can all have one and at the BDC Silverstone annual meet we can have an event just for all the Blower Bentley team cars that show up. This is not a joke but reality. Not way off in the future but within a few years and manufacture of vintage cars has already begun. Have a Vintage Bentley and new parts? Any part? They are all going to be available. This is not fiction. Cars have already been reproduced identical to originals.

"Fused Innovation has four 3D rapid prototyping machines: a 3D Systems stereolithography machine; a Z Corp fused-powder machine for making casting molds; an Objet polyjet machine that uses inkjet-printer technology to make solid parts; and an Optimax machine originally designed for creating lenses that the shop repurposed for making solid metal components. With this battery of machines, Fused Innovation is able to re-create nearly anything."

"There's a lot more to come as shops where the public and print 3D models spread around the nation. [US] Congressman Bill Foster of Illinois recently introduced a bill proposing the creation of a nationwide network of such labs, one in every congressional district, where people will have access to 3D printing technology for their own projects."

Read article: 3D Printing Can Now Re-create an Entire Classic Car by Dan Carney

I would like to thank the following vintage Bentley enthusiasts for their contributions in July 2013:

Belinda Noble, Bert Degenaar, Bob Rippon, Brian Rivett, Bruce Mackenzie, Ed Grazda, Edward LaBounty, Greg Porter, Hugh Antrobus, Jolyon Simpson, Michael J. Immecke, Mike Story, Neil Brennan wright, Paul Barker, Per Hallbäck, Russell Browne, Stephen Blakey, Steven Borg, Terry McGrath, Thomas Mark, Tim Barnard, Tim Cresswell

- Robert McLellan, August 2, 2013
 
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EIGHT-LITRE BENTLEYS

The Eight-Litre: Bentley's Last is Bentley's Best
By Harvey Johnson

The 8-litre Bentley is the car considered by many to be Walter Owen Bentley's masterpiece, as well as one of the finest examples of the thoroughbred motorcar. It followed a succession of Bentley automobiles whose impact on the motoring world is held in high esteem to this day and is all the more amazing considering the twelve short years of the company's existence.     Read more

Behind the Wheel: Driving the Bentley 8-Litre
By Diane Brandon

It's probably best not to agree to drive an unfamiliar car at night in the rain when the car's owner has been over-served and can't safely be at the wheel but that's what I did the first time I drove an 8-Litre Bentley. After the Bentley Drivers' Club final-night banquet in British Columbia, I was asked to drive one of the members' cars back to a friend's home. I doubt I'd have agreed had I'd known I'd be driving one of the 100 8-litre Bentley cars ever built.    Read more
 
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This supercharged Bentley with its known and well documented chain of ownership that has kept it in the public eye virtually from day one, has survived incredibly well. The car has never suffered the indignities of some of its brothers, such as being parted out and then reconfigured, or crashed and rebuilt multiple times. It looks every bit the 'war machine', but has no evidence of any battles. Importantly, MS 3944 today retains virtually every numbered mechanical component with which it was born.

"This car has been owned by my family since 1957. Purchased by my father from J.S. Inskip, Inc in New York City. Car was originally owned from new by H. Leeson Esq. a passionate Bentley owner. The car was originally commissioned by Leeson as a "Le Mans" model with chassis and coachwork to the Le Mans pattern. Such vehicles were quite rare. The car was also previously owned by the very famous collector Cameron Peck. It was also owned in Canada by Johnson for a very short period."
Roger Noble (Owner)


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Belinda Noble is looking for her great aunt Miss Nora (Hardy) McCaw's vintage Bentley cars

"I am trying to gather facts and write about my rather mysterious and obviously speed-loving and wealthy Great Aunt Miss Nora (Hardy) McCaw. She owned many Bentleys in the 1930s." — Belinda Noble (nee MacCaw [Mccaw])

Can anyone help Belinda with information on the past owners of these cars?

GN 6090, GJ 7597, GX 2338 & GK 8443 (perhaps the most famous of all The Green Hornet.)

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Article from 1949
6½ Litre Bentley

Original factory literature produced from article in "Motor Sport" magazine, February 1949 issue

As early as 1925 it became apparent to the designer of the, by then, world-famous 3-litre, that an entirely different type of car was required, to meet the needs of a different class of motorist. Such a car should have the attributes of a highspeed touring chassis, should be capable of carrying the enclosed coachwork of the time, and should handle like a dignified town-carriage. The development of such a car was no mean task and "W.O", ably assisted by the redoubtable "K.M.", set about designing a prototype based on their experience with the 3-litre. The six-cylinder evolved closely followed the well-tried layout of the 3-litre, but incorporated several new features.

 
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4-litre challenge — help to connect the dots

Our register of original 4-litre Bentleys lists 50 chassis nos. Twenty-nine 4-litre car pages are already populated with photographs and/or information.

Information on the following 4-litre vintage Bentley cars has eluded us so far. We reach out to our readers for any contributions of historic information or photos related to the following 4-litre WOs...

Chassis Nos. VF4001, VF4003, VF4005, VF4010, VF4013, VF4014, VF4015, VF4016, VF4021, VF4023, VF4024, VF4025, VA4078, VA4081, VA4086, VA4087, VA4090, VA4092, VA4094, VA4095 & VA4099

 
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Jul 31, 2013 - Info and photographs received from Bob Rippon for Chassis Nos. SM3922, MS3936 & 940
Jul 31, 2013 - Info and photographs added for Chassis Nos. 377, PB3537, ST3014, XL3103, 707, 1098, ML1520, NT3139, DS3554 & XT3632
Jul 31, 2013 - Info and photographs received from Russell Browne for Chassis Nos. LR2777, YM5043 & KL3597
Jul 30, 2013 - Info and photographs added for Chassis Nos. 473, 770, NH2740, 1056, 917, HP389 & 602
Jul 29, 2013 - Info and photograph received from Paul Barker for Chassis No. MF3167

Jul 29, 2013 - Info and photographs added for Chassis Nos. PB3543

Jul 29, 2013 - Info and photographs received from Russell Browne for Chassis Nos. YF5001, YF5011, 1138, AB3351, XF3508, & BA2582

Jul 27, 2013 - Info and photographs added for Chassis Nos. LM1334, FR2640, XT3626, RL3449, & PB3533

Jul 25, 2013 - Info and photographs added for Chassis Nos. MS3944 & FR2630

Jul 25, 2013 - Info and photograph received from Ed Grazda for Chassis No. MS3944

Jul 25, 2013 - Info and photograph received from Hugh Antrobus for Chassis No. 897

Jul 25, 2013 - Response received from Greg Porter to 'Bentley Clinic' question on 'Leather straps for 3-litre Bentley & cooling for cockpit'

Jul 22, 2013 - New info and photographs added for Chassis Nos. 881, PL3498, PH1470, NT3127 & AD3655

Jul 20, 2013 - Info and photographs added for Chassis No. 930

Jul 18, 2013 - New info and photographs added for Chassis Nos. 893, AX1672, DE1220, FR2640, HT1642, NH2740, PL3497, TB2542, XT3632, YX5124, ST3009 & RN3028

Jul 18, 2013 - Info and photographs added for Chassis Nos. 54, 474, 836, 951, 1155, LT1593, SR1407, & AB3356

Jul 16, 2013 - Info and photographs added for Chassis Nos. 296, FB3324, TX3238, 506, 519, 1070, BR2355, YR5080, PB3547, DE1220 & AB3356

Jul 15, 2013 - Info and photographs added for Chassis Nos. VF4018, VA4082, RE1385, 324, PB3547, KR2683, PB3539, AD3666, WB2565, TX3242, 659, YF5012, 221, MS3929, 545 & SM3920

Jul 13, 2013 - Info and photographs received from Stephen Blakey for Chassis Nos. NT3149 & YR5094

Jul 13, 2013 - Info and photographs received from Russell Browne for Chassis Nos. SM3922, BA2599, SB2752, WB2565, TB2542 & NR505

Jul 13, 2013 - Info and photographs added for Chassis Nos. YX5115, MS3927, NH2731, KM3098, 582 & UK3276

Jul 13, 2013 - Information received from Michael J. Immecke for Chassis No. 543, BR2355 & MF3170

Jul 11, 2013 - Info and photographs received from Russell Browne for Chassis Nos. DN1733, YM5031, 22 & LB2332

Jul 10, 2013 - Info and photographs added for Chassis Nos. LB2336, VF4004, KR2676, KL3598, 582, UK3280 & LT1579

Jul 08, 2013 - Info and photographs added for Chassis Nos. 356, YX5119, PB3547, RL3432, FS3624 & YX5111

Jul 05, 2013 - New info and photograph received from Per Hallbäck for his Chassis No. 29

Jul 05, 2013 - Information received from Thomas Mark for Chassis No. BA2592

Jul 05, 2013 - Information received from Bruce Mackenzie for Chassis No. MS3944
Jul 05, 2013 - Information received from Tim Barnard for 8-litre vintage Bentley cars Chassis Nos. 687, YF5016 & YR5081
Jul 05, 2013 - Belinda Noble is looking for her great aunt Miss Nora (Hardy) McCaw's vintage Bentley cars

Jul 05, 2013 - Info and photographs received from Russell Browne for Chassis Nos. BR2354, BX2416, PB3536, KM3088 & PL3476

Jul 05, 2013 - Info and photographs added for Chassis Nos. BA2592, PB3541, HT1641, 544, 946 & NR516

Jul 04, 2013 - Info and photographs added for Chassis Nos. 16, 1213, AH1481, AX1652, DS3553 & RL3429

Jul 02, 2013 - Info and photographs received from Russell Browne for Chassis Nos. HM2864, KR2677, BA2585, YX5116, & FB3305

Jul 02, 2013 - Info and photographs added for Chassis Nos. 23, SB2769, HM2861, RN3029, 562, PH1453, KR2687, KF2398, LR2785 & YM5045

Jul 01, 2013 - Info and photographs added for Chassis Nos. FS3620, 34 & 641

Jul 01, 2013 - Info and photograph added for this Special Bentley

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Photo of vintage Bentley taken at at Horley near Gatwick

On July 5, 2013 we received an e-mail from someone who indentified themselves as 'Current Keeper' of a vintage Bentley informing us that "the photograph purporting to be taken in Japan was not -- it has been copied from the Club magazine and was taken at Horley near Gatwick". Unfortunately, no chassis no. or registration no. was mentioned. Mr. Current Keeper, if you are reading this, please identify the car in question.

Please write to Robert.

 
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