Hey Jamie-
Be sure to speak reverently when you mention a member of the "Holy Bentley
Trinity" like that.
(Barnato, Birkin, or Benjafield)
Thanks for the info, I'll have to look that article up. Did they mention a
fellow named Jumbo Goddard?
He was an eccentric (any other kind?) Brit who tried for a land speed
record in a Bentley in the 1960's.
(I think that was the time. Ask Phil.) He built a Bentley roadster using
body/chassis from a Speed Six
with a 1930's vintage 6 litre Bentley truck engine, turbocharged. Went
something like 170 mph in it.
WITH MECHANICAL BRAKES! (Yikes!?!?!?!) Cojones the size of cantaloupes,
too...
JD Kemp &
"Lucretia MacEvil" #13 MGB
From: "Jamie Sculerati"
So while Phil wasn't partying with Woolf Barnato,
he didn't quite miss it all.... :)
Jamie
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