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Is this the fastest Sports Car? |
Published
in "The Motor", November 8, 1938 issue |
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The query as to which is the fastest
sports car in the world, using as a definition a model
which can be run in. say, the T.T. or the Le Mans races,
and yet prove tractable in daily use, opens up an interesting
topic for debate. There are many Continental cars which
could lay claim to the honour, and at least one of them,
shown at Earls Court, was reputed to have a maximum
speed of 140 m.p.h
We have, of course, no British
car in production which will approach this speed but,
on the basis of a measured performance both at Brooklands
and in numerous speed trials, we have one vehicle which
seems capable of worthily upholding our honour. It is
something of a solemn thought to realise that it is
an eight-year-old design. We refer, of course, to Mr.
Forrest Lycett's famous 8-litre sports Bentley. Continued...
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First published
in "The Motor", November 8, 1938 issue |
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Posted here on Feb
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Sep 30, 2020 - Info and photograph received from Simon Hunt for Chassis No. RL3439 |
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Sep 30, 2020 - Info and photographs received from Dick Clay for Chassis No. 147 |
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Sep 29, 2020 - Info and photographs received from Ernst Jan Krudop for his Chassis No. AX1651 |
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Sep 28, 2020 - Info and photographs received from Lars Hedborg
for his Chassis No. KL3590 |
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Sep 25, 2020 - Info and photograph added for Registration No. XV 3207 |
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Sep 24, 2020 - Info and photograph added for Registration No. YM 7165 |
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