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A Most Aristocratic Bentley... [PIC]

Rich Sufficool · 2023-09-03T18:43:34Z

W.O.Bentley's personal 1930 Speed Six Coupe was built by coachbuilders Gurney Nutting and powered by the Le Mans race version of their 180 bhp inline six. Called the "Blue Train", it may or may not be the Bentley Speed Six that won the £200 bet that it could beat the French high speed "blue Train' from Cannes to Calais. Woolf Bonaro was a Kimberley diamond mines heir that had bailed out Bentley years before and then ascended to the chairmanship of Bentley Motors. At the time he had access to the Gurney Nutting Coupe as well as a similarly equipped 4 door Mulliner Saloon and although the coupe was given credit and immortalized by a famous painting of the race, the reality of the event is still up for debate. Whichever car won, it actually went on to London, parked in front of the Conservative Club and 4 minutes later the Blue Train reached Calais. I absolutely adore Minichamps' model of this stunning automobile.

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06/09/2023 10:59 am

Nice model and real car ! Minichamps did a superb job with this one.

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