One For Classic Car Fans.....
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Jameshow
Veteran
Just higher profile 75 most likely for a super comfy ride. My mate had one lovely car. Top choice for a usable classic imho.
Profpointy
Legendary Member
I've always like the P4 Rovers. An old pal had one. He'd was known to swap engines quite regularly. He decide petrol was too expensive so stick in a diesel engine (presumably the Landy engine) then he'd get fed up with 60HP and put the Rover 6 cylinder petrol back in. He decided he really wanted an estate car so made a new back from sheet aluminium and added a Landrover tailgate. The body was aluminium anyway so it was quite easy (for someone with his skill) to modify. Oh and painted it matt khaki.
Jenkins
Legendary Member
- Location
- Felixstowe
A few from the Bentley Drivers Club race meeting at Silverstone today
Firstly a couple of Frogeye Sprites
As has been said before - one of the most stylish cars ever built (no, not the Ford)
Some sort of Bentley coachbuilt special
And whatever the hell this is
Firstly a couple of Frogeye Sprites
As has been said before - one of the most stylish cars ever built (no, not the Ford)
Some sort of Bentley coachbuilt special
And whatever the hell this is
Ian H
Ancient randonneur
Er... blimey! WO would be turning in his grave.
Bonefish Blues
Banging donk
- Location
- 52 Festive Road
Not sure he was much fussed by the aesthetics
Ian H
Ancient randonneur
He got upset about the blower on the 4½ litre engine.
Bonefish Blues
Banging donk
- Location
- 52 Festive Road
Is that what it is? I took it as a prototype radial engine or conjoined multiple engines or some such. Darned if I can find the car to reference it though. Any info?
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Deleted member 26715
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Ambergate British car museum if you fancy a bit of bland, it really is good, I did a bit of a walk around with my grandson, had one of those, had one of those, had one of those, your great granddad had one those, LOL
Jenkins
Legendary Member
- Location
- Felixstowe
Sorry but I have no further information - there was no race number and there was only one race it could have been entered for and nothing on the entry list, so must have been taken to the meeting to be shown off. Nothing shows up on a reverse image search either. All I can think is that it was one of the aero engined specials that racers built back in the day, or a modern receration of something similar.
Jameshow
Veteran
I think they are early turbochargers as the exhausts feed out if them and they are linked to what look like carbs.... I could be totally wrong!!
But early factory Bentleys had superchargers not turbos iirc.
Jenkins
Legendary Member
- Location
- Felixstowe
raleighnut
Legendary Member
- Location
- One of the 'Elite'
Factory Bentleys never had superchargers
His opinion was that a supercharger would overstress the engine, if you wanted more power fit a bigger engine like the 7 litre.
raleighnut
Legendary Member
- Location
- One of the 'Elite'
looks like an inverted 'Y' aeroplane engine to me with 4 valve heads by the look of things
