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1929 In Retrospect
By E. K. H. Karslake
Published in "Motor
Sport", December 1929
ANOTHER year has come to an... | 1,159 |
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AUGUST 18th, 1928, is a date that should
rank high in the history of Motor Car Racing for, as
everyone knows, it marked the revival of that one and
only British Road R... | 1,160 |
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FIERBERT KENSINGTON MOIR, like so many
of our motoring personalities, was at first extremely
reluctant to disclose the secrets of his horrid past,
but with his back... | 1,161 |
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Motoring Sportsmen
Mr. H. Kensington Moir
By the Editor
Published in "Motor
Sport", March 1928
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It is a matter of conjecture whether
Dr. J. D. Benjafield owes his popularity to his achievements
in bacteriology, in which science he has done so much
to relieve sufferi... | 1,163 |
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EXCELLENT weather conditions helped
to make the Essex Six-Hours Race the success it undoubtedly
was, and a considerable crowd enjoyed a fine day's sport.
The entry ... | 1,164 |
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The Essex Club are to be congratulated
on their enterprise in organising the first British
race on the lines of the famous Grand Prix D'Endurance.
Th... | 1,165 |
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The Junior Car Club who conceived the
idea of organising a British twenty-four hour race,
deserve all the credit they have been given for taking
such... | 1,166 |
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The sporting car, as a class, has characteristically
more distinction than that possessed by touring types.
Being essentially out of the ordinary, and representing
... | 1,167 |
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This year (2013) was the 90th
anniversary of the very first 24 Hours of Le Mans. At
4 PM on May 26, 1923, shortly after the onset of a rain
shower, t... | 1,168 |
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The inaugural enduro at Le Mans was
billed as the first of three trials for the Rudge-Whitworth
Cup, the idea being that after three years of competition,
the winne... | 1,169 |
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"He would have been
a clever man who could have indicated what
constituted the basis of the Rudge-Whitworth
Cup. A minimum distance had... | 1,170 |
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It was the entrants who, in effect,
blew a raspberry at the idea that this would be a sedate
reliability trial. As The Autocar's correspondent
noted, approvingly:</s> | 1,171 |
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"The first half hour
indicated, however, that the great majority
of the competitors had no intention of handicapping
... | 1,172 |
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Heavy rain made the
1923 Le Mans 24 Hours a miserable experience for all
concerned — none more than Bentley drivers John
Duff and Frank Clement, who raced without helmets ... | 1,173 |
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W.O. Bentley himself?
He thought the race was a terrible idea, and only revised
his opinion after witnessing his car giving ‘em
what for.
... | 1,174 |
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Repairs cost over two
hours, and while Clement broke the lap record once he
returned to the course, there would be no catching the
leaders. Bentley would have to se... | 1,175 |
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At a VSCC Silverstone race meeting
in the last '98 season, having had his own car scrutinised,
a club member was having trouble with the Scrutineer
over his daughter's... | 1,176 |
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With its focus on one of the world’s
most prestigious automobile manufacturers, it’s
not surprising that this book about Bentley automobiles
is now in its third edi... | 1,177 |
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For admirers not only of Bentley but of prewar cars
in general, as well as big saloons and coachbuilt specials,
this is one of those books that you really must have
... | 1,178 |
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Ettore Bugatti famously derided them
as being the fastest trucks in the world, but snide
comments couldn’t stop the rumbling racing cars
from Bentley Motors from colle... | 1,179 |
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One of the most famous cars from the
British automaker’s early days is, ironically,
also one of the company’s least successful models
in terms of racing glory. By the tim... | 1,180 |
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Against the odds, Bentley Motors racing
cars had scored overall victory at the 24 Hours of Le
Mans in 1925, followed by a stretch of four wins in
a row from 1927 to 19... | 1,181 |
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The supercharged ‘Blower’
models were an attempt to quickly boost horsepower and
keep the team competitive against the likes of Bugatti
and Alfa Romeo. While they d... | 1,182 |
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Two years ago, a 4.5-liter Blower Bentley
sold for approximately $8.5 million at auction.</s> | 1,183 |
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Bentley is bringing a 1930 Blower Bentley
once owned by Sir Henry ‘Tim’ Birkin, one
of the most famous of the Bentley Boys. The other was
formerly a ... | 1,184 |
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As is often the case amongst our members,
my first Bentley was a 3-litre. More years ago than
I care to recollect, I was enabled to pay the then vast
... | 1,185 |
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If the Vauxhall Prince Henry was the
first British sports car, the one which most readily
springs to mind at the words "vintage sports car"
is the Bentley, and particu... | 1,186 |
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The focus of our January 2014 newsletter
was whether the oil filter and circulation system on
an early 3 Litre (or any other Vintage Bentley) be maintained
... | 1,187 |
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Julian Ghosh - Feb 11,
2014
Dear Robert, I know we are united by a common
language but notwiths... | 1,188 |
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Christopher Jonas -
Feb 11, 2014
Dear Robert. Thank you so much for the brilliant
... | 1,189 |
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Chris Tutton - Feb 08,
2014
Air-Filters on Carburetors
I cannot understand why anyone shoul... | 1,190 |
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Gregory Porter - Feb
08, 2014
Robert, No W.O. Bentley came with air filters.
The covers ... | 1,191 |
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Dave Lyons - Jan 05,
2014
Many thanks for sending me your informative
newsletter. I am the lucky owner of a late
... | 1,192 |
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Chris Tutton - Dec 30,
2013
My late father Eric Tutton did have some
mechanical problems with the cars (XU
... | 1,193 |
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Whit Ball - Dec 28,
2013
Good evening and Happy New Year to all,
Oil is always good to h... | 1,194 |
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Steve Wynne - Dec 28,
2013
First thank you for your news mail which
I very much enjoy receiving. I am writing
... | 1,195 |
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First is the water pump,
which as you know with the string gland
either leaks or, or worse, loads and wears
the cross shaft. 2 sealed b... | 1,196 |
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Sidney Farnsworth -
Dec 28, 2013
We installed a Filter on our 4 1/2. If memory
serves me correctly the biggest co... | 1,197 |
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Roley Fraser - Dec 28,
2013
Robert, the whole subject of mods comes
up every now and then. In my opinion, it
... | 1,198 |
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James Medcalf - Dec
28, 2013
Dear Robert, These pictures show early 3
lt Oil Filter which I modified some 30 years
... | 1,199 |
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The square sealing ring
that comes with the early Land Rover Oil
Filter Part Number RTC 3183 can be fitted
into the filter end c... | 1,200 |
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Ed Gehringer - Dec 28,
2013
Hi Robert, I had an early 3L (1924 - Chassis
528),
on which I instal... | 1,201 |
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This car never let me down
on tours through the Alps, the NAVBM, two
Nova Scotia tours, and many on the west
coast. It was so easy ... | 1,202 |
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Gregory Porter - Dec
27, 2013
Dear Robert, my dad John Porter was the
guy who started fitting pre lube system
... | 1,203 |
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Donald Day - Dec 27,
2013
Dear Robert, Thank you for your interesting
email.
... | 1,204 |
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David Morley - Dec 27,
2013
I made this modification six years ago and
it has worked extremely well since. (I add... | 1,205 |
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The filter is a Mahle
OX17 there are several equivalents but I've
been told that the FRAM parts are not as
good in construction or filt... | 1,206 |
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Should the oil filter and circulation
system on an early 3 Litre (or any other Vintage Bentley)
be maintained as original or can it, or should it be
improved or rep... | 1,207 |
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The
reader may perhaps consider this title a
little dramatic but a document has come
into my posession that can throw some new
... | 1,208 |
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The Conspirators</s> | 1,209 |
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Woolf Barnato
Woolf Barnato came from a humble backround
but was born into fabulous wealth. His wealth would
naturally bring him into contact with the upper classes,
... | 1,210 |
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C. Elliot
Esq.,
Elmstead,
West Wittering,
Nr. Chichester.
... | 1,211 |
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Yours Sincerely,</s> | 1,212 |
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The letter is the unsigned duplicate
carbon copy obtained when the typist typed out the letter
after dictation by Ricardo.
What Ricardo is ... | 1,213 |
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Barnato clearly had a weakness for
the fair sex, his affair with June, the actress, led
to the divorce from Diana's mother. He remarried in
1932 to Jacqueline Queagly of S... | 1,214 |
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Read Alan Smith's blog
dedicated to the vintage Bentley.
Click
here for Alan Smith's Vintage Bentley
... | 1,215 |
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Reading of other's experiences with
vintage cars has filled me with nostalgia for one of
my own of long ago — surely one of the most entertaining
hig... | 1,216 |
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"I shall always remember my first
sight of the 'blower'. I had an ordinary 4½-litre
at the time and had driven up to H. M. Bentley's in
Hanover Street to discuss some mod... | 1,217 |
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Bad Säckingen, 26th - 30th of
June
Every generation has its own racing heroes and being
traditionally motorsports addicted, Great Britai... | 1,218 |
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Birkin was born in 1896 to a wealthy
aristocratic family in Nottingham. He took his first
steps in racing in 1921 but because of his young family
(he... | 1,219 |
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The Rally (June 21-30, 2013)
80 years after Tim Birkin passed away, a small but
selected group decided that it would be a good idea
to organize a rally to honour the race... | 1,220 |
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Maybe it's the word 'boys' that makes
the phrase ring. We know they were men, but somehow
it's the image of schoolboy larks which cements the
legend of the Bentley Boys. ... | 1,221 |
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After the heavy rains and flooding
we started the Colorado Grand today driving from Conifer
to Vail where everybody is gathering. Derek MacNeil
is my trusted co driver ag... | 1,222 |
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Today we experienced temperature swings
of 40-80-50 degrees. Left Vail around 8am heading thru
Glenwood Canyon and over McClure Pass into Paonia for
lunch, southwest of th... | 1,223 |
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Last night after dinner we walked around
the parking lot, always good fun to see and hear what
happened during the day. Several cars were worked on
under flashlights, ... | 1,224 |
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Another great day of motoring and for a change all
in the dry!! We were on the road for 11 hours. Drove
into the historic old town of Telluride with another
Bentley... | 1,225 |
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Perfect motoring weather again today,
our last day on the Grand. 70 degrees max which allows
the cars to run cool even uphill. Pam, our neighbor/photographer
friend, j... | 1,226 |
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Our roads this morning take us back on to Cochetope Pass (Pass of the buffalo in the Ute-Indian language) and then to Saguache, home of the 134 year old Saguache Crescent newspaper office where the last active hot-lead typesetting... | 1,227 |
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A superb run up and down the pass, we teamed up with another 8-liter Bentley and had a good time. At the coffee stop in Saguache Derek jumped into a 1961 Ferrrari 250 GT and I picked up a new lady co-driver, the Ferrari couple also live in Coni... | 1,228 |
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Probably the most famous vintage Bentley
of all, the sinister-looking Speed Six Gurney Nutting
Sportsman Coupe built for Bentley chairman Woolf Barnato
... | 1,229 |
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Other awards presented at the concours
include the Pol Roger Award for The Most Elegant Gentleman
or Lady Driver, given to Fred & Donna Anne Kriz;
the Lockton Private ... | 1,230 |
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In June of 2012, the 1929 Bentley 4
1/2 Liter supercharged single-seater – once piloted
by Sir Henry “Tim” Birkin to a Brooklands
Outer Loop record-breaking speed of more... | 1,231 |
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There’s no denying the fact that
the Bentley in question bears both historical significance
(it is, after all, a record-setting car) and strong
ties to England. Its origi... | 1,232 |
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Bonhams will offer a significant vintage
Bentley automobile at its upcoming Quail Lodge sale
in Carmel, California on Friday August 16th, 2013. The
car, a 1931 Bentley 4½... | 1,233 |
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"He was fearless and he was always
in a hurry, with the result that on many occasions he
was deprived of victory because the desire for speed
overcame his judgement an... | 1,234 |
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Sir Henry, who was known widely by
the nickname Tim, was famed as a top racing driver,
always dapper in his trademark silk neckerchief flapping
in the wind as he tore ... | 1,235 |
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Sir Henry was commissioned into the
Royal Warwickshire Regiment and then the Royal Flying
Corps, the precursor to the RAF.
... | 1,236 |
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But the Bentley boss was not interested,
and so Sir Henry chose to sink much of his own money,
and that of several supporters, into developing the
fo... | 1,237 |
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Sir Henry's racing days, and spending,
came to an end after an accident driving in the Grand
Prix de Tripoli in a race which he ultimately finished
t... | 1,238 |
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It's probably best not to agree to
drive an unfamiliar car at night in the rain when the
car's owner has been over-served and can't safely be
at the wheel but that's what... | 1,239 |
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The 8-litre Bentley is the car considered
by many to be Walter Owen Bentley's masterpiece, as
well as one of the finest examples of the thoroughbred
motorcar. It followed ... | 1,240 |
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Bentley Motors competed in the 2013
Mille Miglia with two unique 4½
Litre Supercharged “Blowers” – a
1930
Le Mans race car belonging to perhaps ... | 1,241 |
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Completing the specifications for this
Bentley 4½ Litre Blower (Chassis
No. SM3917) review was the simplest of tasks. I
simply referred to a framed line drawing I have ha... | 1,242 |
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Birkin had to go behind WO’s back to get the approval
to build 50 road Blowers (built between 1927 and 1931)
and five additional race cars. Woolf Barnato, Bentley’s
ch... | 1,243 |
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Our test took place on last week’s Mille Miglia,
the re-enactment of the famous 1,000-mile Italian road
race that ran on 24 occasions between 1927 and 1957.
First impress... | 1,244 |
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The dashboard is splattered with Jaeger and Smiths
instruments including a chronometric revcounter that
scurries up and down the scale like a frightened bird.
Start... | 1,245 |
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The nose surges forward in any gear and the big monobloc
engine gains revs quite quickly and will rev as high
as 3,500rpm. Even pressing on, however, you don’t
need to ta... | 1,246 |
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The all-round drum brakes are unexpectedly
powerful and largely fade-free, even over the infamous
Futa Pass, and although you can usually get the Bentley
stopped, a... | 1,247 |
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(Crewe, 14 May 2013) Bentley
Motors will compete in this year’s Mille Miglia
with two unique 4½
litre Supercharged “Blowers”; a 1930
Le Mans rac... | 1,248 |
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The history of great racing Bentleys
is well known. From 1927 to 1930, they were unbeatable
in endurance racing, having won Le Mans during those
four years with, first, a ... | 1,249 |
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Serial Number: MS3926
This car was ordered by T.G. Moore and it was registered
in 1931, donned in a Vanden Plas-built special aluminum
tourer body. Specified on the origi... | 1,250 |
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Dr.
Frederick A. Simeone writes to Robert McLellan
"I've just spent some time with your
wonderful website, I am really impressed... | 1,251 |
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We were looking for that nearly extinct beast, a Blower
with its original body; the majority of the survivors
were by then re-invented as boy racers. We bought her
... | 1,252 |
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The mechanical work was done by Jim
McHenry of the Ball and Ball Shop in West Chester, Pennsylvania.
Jim and I had an excellent working relationship and
he understood exac... | 1,253 |
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If you are a hard-core
Vintage Bentley enthusiast, the first question is, "Will
I learn anything new in these books or are they just
a rehash of prev... | 1,254 |
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When one thinks about doing a camping
trip of a life time – a 4100-km grand tour of Europe
– they think long and hard about what type of car
they should take on such a jou... | 1,255 |
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The short-chassis Bentley is very original,
still keeping the factory body and Smith five-jet carburetor.
Many cars have been coverted to Le Mans-bodied replicas
and most ... | 1,256 |
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He drove the car for about two years
until he remembers hearing his 18-year-old son shout
"Conrod!" after hearing a bang in the engine.
He immediately shut off the ... | 1,257 |
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With the rebuilt engine running smoothly in the Bentley,
the next year the couple were off to France again for
another big trip. They stayed in small hotels and guest
... | 1,258 |
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