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Seventh Biennial Symposium on Connoisseur and
the Collector Car was recently held in Naples,
Florida with Miles Collier presiding. The following
excerpts from the conference dwelled on restoration
and concerns regarding the preservation of important
vintage sports and racing cars. If you find this
of interest, a link below will take you to the
complete article 'Preserve, Protect & Defend'
by Preston Lerner that appears in the July 2013
issue of Automobile. To set the
stage for their concerns, watch this
video.
Michael Shanks, a Stanford archeologist suggests
that the impulse to race a fragile — and
irreplaceable — car is essentially selfish.
"So it's a matter of your arrogance and ego
that you want that experience for yourself."
Nick Mason, a formidable vintage-car racer and
collector, responds, "This is not a symposium
at all. It's a rehab event. My name is Nick, and
I'm a recovering historic racer." The auditorium
erupts into laughter. Then Mason adds: "It's
important to understand that [vintage racing]
used to be cheap racing. You could take two Bentleys
— a three-liter and a four-and-a-half liter,
and you'd put the four-and-a-half in the three-liter
and think you were very clever." The audience
responds with knowing groans. Here at the symposium,
the unnecessary modification of a valuable artifact
is seen as a crime tantamount to slapping aluminum
siding on a Frank Lloyd Wright house or cutting
a majestic Matisse canvas down in size to fit
over a fireplace.
Charlie Nearburg, whose collection ranges from
prewar Millers to Cosworth DFV-era Formula 1 cars,
states, "Value is the biggest detriment to
the appreciation of a car, because it attracts
the wrong interest and it discourages its use.
Everybody here is a serious student of cars in
all of their aspects — performance, design,
engineering, and, to a lesser extent, collectibility.
There's an intellectual curiosity here that reflects
Miles' spirit."
"Stewardship is a responsibility," major-league
collector Bruce McCaw says after the lecture.
"It's easy to say, 'This car looks tatty.
Let's put a new paint job on it.' But you have
to understand what you have. Some cars need to
stay as they are. For them, preserving originality
and history comes before everything else."
Lee Clark, assistant manager of the Barber Vintage
Motorsports Museum, had objected to the notion
that it was irresponsible to risk historic racing
cars on the track. "I'd just like to point
out that, if it weren't for vintage racing, most
of these cars wouldn't be here," he said.
"What good is preserving them if we can't
enjoy them? I'm a gearhead. I want to hear them
running. I'm just worried that everything's going
to be put in a display case."
I would like to thank the
following vintage Bentley enthusiasts for their
contributions in June 2013:
Anthony Barrett, Bob Rippon, Brian Rivett,
Dave Wilkes, David A. Smethurst (Rev), Ernest
Van Arendonk, Greg Porter, Iain Steele, John Skidmore,
Revb'd Fr Herbert John Pitchford, Ken Greenfield,
Lawrence Southward, Max Barraclough, Nigel Catterall,
Paul Marsh, Russell Browne, Steven borg, Stuart
Sheffield, Thomas Mark & Wayne McLaren |
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Robert McLellan, July 3, 2013 |
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'Preserve,
Protect & Defend' by Preston Lerner (photographs
by Martyn Goddard) |
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about the 'Blue Train Bentley' |
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vintage Bentley is the original Blue Train Bentley —
Chassis No. BA2592
or HM2855? |
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Contribution from our reader Wayne
McLaren: "Chassis no. HM2855 is frequently referred
to as the Blue Train Bentley. This is incorrect notwithstanding
it being seen in most paintings inspired by the 'event'.
I accompanied a friend on a visit to Mortimer, an auto
book dealer in England in 1982. We asked him why he
had sold HM2855 — ostensibly the Blue Train Bentley
— which he had bought from a dealer (at that time,
in deplorable condition). He said when he researched
the car prior to restoring it, he found that it was
built after the race, so it could not have been
HM2855 car in the race. He therefore sold it before
restoring it. The real Blue Train Bentley is BA2592."
We would love to hear from our readers on this. Write
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| 8-litre
challenge — help to connect the dots |
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Our register of original 8-litre Bentleys
lists 100 chassis nos. Eight-four 8-liter car pages
are already populated with photographs and/or information.
Information on the following 8-litre vintage Bentley
cars has eluded us so far. We reach out to our readers
for any contributions of historic information or photos
related to the following 8-litre WOs...
Chassis Nos. YF5007,
YF5016,
YR5078,
YR5081,
YR5082,
YR5084,
YR5090,
YR5098,
YM5026,
YM5029,
YM5041,
YM5048,
YM5049,
YX5101,
YX5104
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Article
from 1929
British Victory at Le Mans
Published in "The Motor",
June 18, 1929
 Beautiful
workmanship, magnificent driving and, above all, the
most minute preparation enabled the Bentley team to
pull off the double victory. For this year, not content
with covering the biggest distance in the 4 hours, a
Bentley also won the final of the race on a cylinder-capacity
handicap basis. Moreover, on the score of distance,
three other Bentleys were respectively second, third
and fourth, and they finished together, crossing the
finishing line like a squadron of battleships in "line-ahead."
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Jun 30, 2013
- Information received from Michael Harrison
for his Chassis No. XT3627 |
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Jun 30, 2013
- Information received from Anthony Barrett
for his Chassis No. 346 |
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Jun 29, 2013
- Info and photographs added for Chassis
Nos. DE1219,
34
& 1150 |
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Jun 28, 2013
- Info and photographs added for Chassis
Nos. YR5099,
MS3941,
LB2342,
409,
KD2105
& YX5108 |
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Jun 28, 2013
- Information received from Paul Marsh &
Revb'd Fr Herbert John Pitchford for Chassis
No. 641 |
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Jun 28, 2013
- Information received from Bob Rippon for
Chassis No. MS3936 |
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Jun 27, 2013
- New info and photographs received from
Russell Browne for Chassis Nos. ST3017,
XL3106,
LB2333,
26,
HB3405
& 144 |
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Jun 27, 2013
- New info and photographs added for Chassis
Nos. SM3904,
XT3632,
XL3114,
TW2705,
WK2665,
RT1531
& XR3336 |
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Jun 27, 2013
- Information received from Lawrence Southward
for his Chassis Nos. LR2782
& ST3002 |
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27, 2013 - Info and photographs received
from John Skidmore for 'Unknown'
Bentleys |
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Jun 27, 2013
- Information received from Dave Wilkes
& Stuart Sheffield for Chassis No. 440 |
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Jun 27, 2013
- Information received from Iain Steele
for Chassis No. BH1 |
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27, 2013 - More information added for
this
'Unknown' Bentley |
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Jun 26, 2013
- Info and photographs received from Ernest
van Arendonk for his Chassis No. 889 |
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Jun 26, 2013
- Info and photographs received from David
A. Smethurst for his Chassis No. VA4085 |
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Jun 26, 2013
- New info and photographs received from
John Skidmore for Chassis Nos. RE1393
& XF3520 |
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Jun 25, 2013
- Info and photographs added for Chassis
Nos. MS3941,
YF5005,
YF5002,
YX5115,
YR5080,
YX5112,
YF5013,
YX5122,
YX5121,
YM5047,
YX5125,
YM5050,
LR2783
& LR2785 |
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Jun 24, 2013
- New info and photographs added for Chassis
Nos. PM3259,
RN3028,
FR2639,
AD3651,
YF5008,
VF4009,
103,
HP383,
RE1387,
HB3420,
FR2648,
XF3504,
LM1341,
642,
TB2532,
RN3047,
MF3168,
RL3446,
NT3132
& BR2362
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Jun 17, 2013
- New info and photographs added for Chassis
Nos. 225,
383,
386,
610,
741,
952,
1022,
1068,
HT1642,
RN3029,
PR2321,
365,
1109,
RN3044,
837,
VF4011,
PM3265,
BX2415,
SL3074,
UK3295
& DN1729 |
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Jun 15, 2013
- Info and photographs added for Chassis
Nos. KM3094,
FR2630
& YX5121 |
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13, 2013 - Information received from
Brian Rivett for his Chassis No. AX1661 |
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Jun 13, 2013
- Info and photograph received from Thomas
Mark for Chassis No. BA2592 |
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Jun 13, 2013
- Info and photographs added for Chassis
Nos. 737,
SM3914,
MS3936,
144,
PB3526,
LT1592,
KD2106,
UK3276,
TW2703,
1064,
1190
& SL3051 |
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Jun 13, 2013
- 'Unknown' Bentley identified as Chassis
Nos. ML1522,
AX1661
& BH1
and more information received for this
unidentified vintage Bentley from Russell
Browne |
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Jun 12, 2013
- New info and photographs added for Chassis
Nos. 184,
PB3541,
290,
KL3589,
AP320,
HP388
& AX1652 |
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12, 2013 - Information received from
Greg Porter for 'Unknown' Bentleys [01]
[02] |
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Jun
12, 2013 - Information received from
John Skidmore for this
'Unknown' Bentley |
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Jun
12, 2013 - More photo added for this
'Unknown' Bentley |
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Jun 10, 2013
- New info and photographs added for Chassis
Nos. 1203
& SL3061 |
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Jun 10, 2013
- Info and photographs received from Russell
Browne for Chassis Nos. FA2510,
198,
1129,
DE1220,
BX2409,
PM3255,
NX3466
& PH1463 |
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Jun 08, 2013
- New info and photographs added for Chassis
Nos. 29,
XL3107,
AX1655,
YM5042,
KR2687,
PB3526,
SM3909,
YX5125,
429
& 799 |
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Jun 07, 2013
- New info and photographs added for Chassis
Nos. 922
& SL3069 |
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Jun 06, 2013
- Info and photographs received from Russell
Browne for Chassis Nos. FS3623,
HB3421,
24,
205,
SR1416
& SM3924 |
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Jun 04, 2013
- Article
'Blower Bentley Team Car Featured at 2013
Mille Miglia' |
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Jun 01, 2013
- New info and photographs added for Chassis
Nos. FS3618,
MS3947,
70,
VF4008,
444,
PB3528,
RL3426,
TX3249,
260,
DS3554,
DS3566,
LR2782
& FS3622 |
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