Mother Gun at the Brooklands 100th Anniversary, June 2007

(Old) Mother Gun(s)

The first 4½ litre Bentley - chassis No. ST3001 - Reg. No. YH3196 was completed in time for the 1927 Le- Mans 24 hr race, to be entered with two 3 litre team cars. The 4½ was eliminated in the famous White House Corner crash. For 1928 ST3001 was very much the 3rd car entry for Le Mans, with the main team effort expended on the two new 4½ litre cars. However, the two new cars faltered and the old (1 year!) car ran out the winner. At this event the car became known affectionately within the team as Old Mother Gun. The car would be entered again as a team entry for the 1929 Le Mans, finishing in second place.

By 1933 Old Mother Gun (chassis ST3001) was privately owned by Richard Marker. From 1933 to 1936 the car would be extensively modified for racing at Brooklands. Modification included a new 2 seater body and eventually a 6.5 litre engine. In 1936 a new car was constructed by Robin Jackson utilising a completely new chassis and various parts from Old Mother Gun as it was at the time, including the 6.5 litre engine. At that time chassis ST3001 was discarded. The new car, with the chassis number RRJ1 would race at Brooklands during the 30s, and remains actively campaigned today. This car is know as 'Mother Gun' the Old having seemingly been dropped with the passage of time. Although essentially a Bentley Special, this famous car, also referred to as the Marker Jackson Special, is an evolution of Old Mother Gun.

Car appeared in a 2007 advertisement for Stanley Mann Racing.

These photographs were taken during the 2001 Brooklands Society Reunion.

Photograph was taken at Millbrook in the 1990s.