V-16 Bentley
Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2017 6:47 pm
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V-16 Bentley
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Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2017 10:48 pm
It's been around for a while and not sold. Presumably that is why they are now trying in Europe.
Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2017 7:48 am
I'm not sure how it is a Bentley, it has a RR 20/25 chassis and two RR 8cyl engines stitched together to make a 16.
I believe the body may have come off a Derby car.
As an engineering achievement, very clever, I wonder if they ever got it to run well? The weight distribution might be interesting!
John
I believe the body may have come off a Derby car.
As an engineering achievement, very clever, I wonder if they ever got it to run well? The weight distribution might be interesting!
John
Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2017 10:02 am
In my opinion, this is unlikely to be registerable with a period number in the UK, so would need an IVA and a Q plate. Except it would probably fail the IVA.
Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2017 10:14 am
B160 EXP1.
Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2017 2:09 pm
This car was the subject of a feature in the BDC Review quite a while ago. I'll see if I can find a reference and revert.
Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2017 9:50 am
A feature in "Recycling Monthly"?
Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2017 8:40 pm
That would be interesting. Hopefully it will include some driving experiences as well as the technical details of the conversion.Stephen Blakey wrote:This car was the subject of a feature in the BDC Review quite a while ago. I'll see if I can find a reference and revert.
So often these giants can't actually perform.