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The Blue Train and the Bentley: The Tale of a legendary challenge

Published in "Quest" magazine, Spring 1995

Captain Woolf Barnato, a millionaire sportsman, had a number of swashbuckling Bentleys specially built for him in the 1930s, including a 6 1/2 litre, 3-seater coupe with coachwork by Gurney Nutting. Barnato once put his Speed Six to test, challenging that his car would go faster than the Blue Train express. Continued...

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First published in "Quest" magazine, Spring 1995

Posted here on Dec 20, 2006


	Sep 30, 2020 - Info and photograph received from Simon Hunt for Chassis No. RL3439

	Sep 30, 2020 - Info and photographs received from Dick Clay for Chassis No. 147

	Sep 29, 2020 - Info and photographs received from Ernst Jan Krudop for his Chassis No. AX1651

	Sep 28, 2020 - Info and photographs received from Lars Hedborg for his Chassis No. KL3590

	Sep 25, 2020 - Info and photograph added for Registration No. XV 3207

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