www.VintageBentleys.org N E W S L E T T E R September 2016
 
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First International Bentley 8 Litre Rally: 18-25 June, 2016
 
Day 4 and the sun has finally appeared. The view from our hotel is spectacular. Today is an easier day after the long drive yesterday. We have the most beautiful drive down to the lakeside. We go in convoy down a single track road that passes through woods and fields and just before you descend, it feels as if you are about to tip over the edge and fall down into the water. Our destination is the Renaud-Foundation — a private collection of some of the world’s finest cars. We line up in the grounds of the house and make our way to the garage. It’s a magnificent collection – the resident 8 Litre getting the most attention.
 

Gruppe – Bentley Line-up
 

We stay in Petit-Cortaillod and enjoy an evening boat trip on the Lake. The drive home is a real challenge — it is dark and the cars have to make it back up the mountain. Undaunted we all set off but a few run into problems. Sati and Pam Lall from London have driven their Open Sports Tourer car here from London but now the gear that drives the distributor has failed — Frank, George Klepp and Ralf Storandt get stuck and the following day use the workshop at the Renaud-Foundation to rework the part and fix it. Maurits van Son who is driving a Close-Coupled Drop Head Coupe by Park Ward puts it well: "The Bentley world is a wonderful world, there is such great camaraderie" – never more so, it seems,than when you have problems with your car.

 

Bentley line-up
 
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