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MAY 2016
Highlights
Cover: Art by Stuart Barraclough
Message From Your Host, Robert McLellan
Remembering the BDC founder Gerald Keston Pelmore as the club completes 80 years
What Year is a Vintage Bentley? - Robert McLellan on the model year of your W.O. car.
When my Bentley caught fire - Peter Graham
Retro Reading: The 6-Cylinder Bentley, The Times - May 1931
Gary Cormack's Bentley at RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire
Chassis XR3347: Early history - J. Malcolm Gordon
Woolf Barnato, wicket-keeper with Surrey County Cricket Club
The 'Originality' Debate - John Boothman's views
Rare Vintage Bentley photos - Chassis 210 & Chassis SR1416
Unidentified Bentleys - 1926 Bentley 4½-Litre & 1927 Bentley Speed Six
Vintage Bentley Art by Stuart Barraclough
Brian Rankin's Speed Six - The restoration
Stanley Mann's Memorial at the Fruit Farm
Cars for Sale: 19 Vintage Bentleys up for sale
Upcoming Vintage Bentley Events
Notable Reader Contributions
Instruction Manuals
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APRIL 2016
Highlights
Cover: Art by Bernd Lehmann
Message From Your Host: Learnings from Gibbs Pancheri & Nobby Clarke
BDC Update: Kevin Gibbin has resigned
Ownership History - Chassis LT1589, by Paul Spencer
Retro Reading: Used Cars on the Road, The Autocar, May 1930 article
Article: It's those numbers again! By Christopher Card
Event: First International Bentley 8 Litre Rally - Franco & Kathy Weibel
The 'Originality' Debate: Erik Thomas & Stephen Blakey participate
Maurice Hatley’s Bentley by Christine Gibbins
Vintage Memories, Edward Marston
Rare Photographs
Vintage Bentley Art: Etchings by Bernd Lehmann
Unidentified Bentleys: 1928 3 litre & 1930 4 1/2 litre
Cars for Sale: 21 Vintage Bentleys up for sale
Book: Bentley, The Vintage Years (3rd Edition) by Clare Hay
Upcoming Events: A very busy 2016!
Video: Bentley Girl, Rachel Singer
Notable Reader Contributions - The list grows
Instruction Manuals
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MARCH 2016
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The Syd Lawrence Special: Surprise chassis discovery?
"What's a real Vintage Bentley?" - The question rages on
Retro Reading: "These Cars Made History" - Published in the AutoCar, July 31, 1942
Rare Photos
Unidentified Bentleys: Can anyone identify these cars — two 3-litre and two 4½ litre Vintage Bentleys.
Vintage Bentley video: The 8-Litre Bentley
Vintage Bentley Art: Alan Fearnley's masterpieces - 'Barnato and the Blue Train' and 'Rotten Row - Winter Morning'
Upcoming Events: Look forward to a very packed 2016. The finest events have been scheduled this year in April, May, June, July, August and October-November.
Vintage Bentleys for Sale: At least 15 Vintage Bentleys are on the market as you read this.
Instruction Books: 3 Litre :: 6½ Litre :: 4½ Litre :: 8 Litre :: 4 Litre
Notable Reader Contributions: Over 650 website updates were made in February this year with information and photographs received from our vintage Bentley friends.
Stanley Mann: One of the most prominent faces of the Vintage Bentley world is no more. Stanley Mann passed away on Feb 4, 2016. His website sports this simple message: "Stanley has gone to meet W.O and the Bentley Boys. He has left
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FEBRUARY 2016
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When is a Vintage Bentley a real Vintage Bentley?
HT1650's 3-Litre identity 'cast into the dustbin of history' — John Schieffelin
Chassis 110 owned by Lionel Burrell since 1960
Retro Reading: Empire Reactions to the Sports Car - The Motor, April 1942
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Photos
Bentley Clinic: A question about what people are using to line cone clutches.
Vintage Bentley video
Forthcoming Vintage Bentley event
Vintage
Bentleys for Sale
Unidentified
Bentleys
Notable
reader contributions
Instruction
Books: 3 Litre :: 6½ Litre ::
4½ Litre :: 8 Litre :: 4 Litre
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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
Sep 24, 2020 - Info and photograph added for Registration No. YM 7165
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