Harold Scott Pounds' Bentley GO 5629 in the 1950s-60s

 

My father Harold Scott Pounds and myself, then known as Mrs Daena Scott Brown, competed in this Bentley from 1958 to 1969. The Bentley was rebuilt following a head-on car crash with a Jaguar in 1959. Returning to the racing scene in 1960, the car was lightened, lowered and shortened in the rebuild. Noted amongst the car's many past successes was the record of 119.75 mph over the flying kilometre at Antwerp in 1959.

 

Harold Scott Pounds driving GO 5629 some time in the 1950s

 

The photo below is of GO 5629 entering the ballroom at the Dorchester Hotel, London.

 

BDC Review, January 1963: "Come in Harold Pounds, 4½ litre. One of the two Antwerp cars attending this year."

 

I find it interesting that the oval hatch and lid have been retained in the boot section of GO 5629. This is where I sat as a young child when traveling with my parents to the various race meetings. There was no safety belt, just a piece of foam rubber for protection against the hard metal edge.

 

GO 5629 driven by H Scott Pounds, Prescott Hill Start Line, 1960s

 

Photograph of Bentley 4.5 litre GO 5629 at, Firle Hill Climb 1960s driver, Daena Scott Brown

 

Daena S Pounds, 1960s

 

Bentley Meeting 1960s, Kensington Gardens London. Concur d'elegance gathering

 

BARC Meeting Brunton Hill Climb, Autosport Magazine June 24 1966
Photo later used on Brunton Hill Climb Programme Cover
Driver: Daena Scott Brown

 

 

Illustration (artist Dexter H Brown) of GO 5629 competing at Wiscombe Park Hillclimb Devon, Somerset in the mid 1960s

 

GO 5629 driven by H Scott Pounds at Prescott Hill Climb. 1960s painting donated to the Beaulieu Motor Museum, 2015