Barrie Warrener
Joined: 23 Dec 2007
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Location: Sydenham & Westminster
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Paul Spencer
Joined: 17 Feb 2003
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Location: Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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| It's been around for a while and not sold. Presumably that is why they are now trying in Europe. |
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John Murch
Joined: 05 Jun 1976
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Location: London, United Kingdom
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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!
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Paul Spencer
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Location: Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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| 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. |
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Christopher Carnley
Joined: 16 Nov 2007
Posts: 2746
Location: Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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B160 EXP1.
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Stephen Blakey
Joined: 02 Feb 1995
Posts: 1337
Location: Derbyshire, United Kingdom
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| 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. |
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Christopher Carnley
Joined: 16 Nov 2007
Posts: 2746
Location: Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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A feature in "Recycling Monthly"?
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Barrie Warrener
Joined: 23 Dec 2007
Posts: 204
Location: Sydenham & Westminster
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| 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. |
That would be interesting. Hopefully it will include some driving experiences as well as the technical details of the conversion.
So often these giants can't actually perform. |
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