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Bentley
4 1/2 Litre (1936) - Bentley
Pacey-Hassan
In 1936 Bill Pacey borrowed
Walter Wally Hassan,
the outstanding automotive engineer,
from Bentley Boy Wolf Banarto,
commissioning him to create
a fast, 4 ½ litre racer
to the latest specification,
Hassan using his experience
to create a low-slung, specially
built chassis mated to a sleek,
narrow body. The new racer made
its debut at the Brooklands
1936 Easter meeting, lapping
at 117.46mph and winning its
race. This success was followed
by a 1st at the Witson Meeting
Gold Star race with
a best speed of 122.53mph, a
speed bettered before the end
of 1936 with 128.03mph! The
Pacey-Hassan is the epitome
of that rare, powerful breed
of Bentleys that dominated Brooklands
during the most fiercely contested
and glamorous period of Brooklands
history.
This car is for sale as of
July 21, 2010
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Source:
RacingDeal
Posted: Jul 21, 2010 |
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December
2008 |
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"It was
Peter Morley that owned the
Pacey. He put it back to original,
not John (his brother). When
Fred Morley (Peters's father)
bought the car originally, it
was lined up with the Barnato
Hassan and Napier Railton, all
for £200 pounds. Peter
campaigned the Pacey very succesfully
for many years before selling
it to concentrate on his Bentley
Napier."
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Source:
Stuart Morley (Peter Morley's
grandson)
Posted: Dec 24, 2008 |
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Bill Pacey,
a Bentley driver of some years
standing (he also owned 'Old
Mother Gun' 4½ Litre
ST 3001 in 1931 and one of the
100 mph 3 Litres Chassis No.
1185), commissioned Wally Hassan
and Wally Saunders to build
him a track car using his old
4½ Litre in 1935. Rubery
Owen built a new frame, an unbraked
front axle was used and a pile
of compression plates under
the block allowing ratios ranging
from around 6:1 to around 12:1!
Pacey took places in all the
four meetings he entered in
1936 thanks to a gradually increasing
compression ratio, with laps
starting at 117.46 mph and finishing
at 129.03 mph. During the 1936
500 Miles Race the engine broke
up and a 3 Litre block was then
used on a Blower 4½ Litre
bottom end (no. MS 3936 ex Chassis
No. MS 3932) with a Zoller supercharger.
However, the Blown 3 Litre version
was no quicker than the AVi
Litre, lapping at 120.01 mph
in the 1937 500 Kilometres Race
(the BRDC had reduced the distance
to encourage more entries) in
which Pacey persevered to finish
8th at 108.9 mph, despite reputedly
using 8 gallons of oil!
Pacey withdrew from racing,
sharing Barnato's disillusionment
with the handicapping system,
and the Pacey-Hassan emerged
post-war, rebuilt as a road
car owned by Geoffrey Kramer,
registered LPA 394. It was subsequently
owned and raced by John Morley
who fitted a replica of the
original body to restore the
original lines, but now, with
hydraulic brakes and fitted
once again with a 4½
Litre engine, the Pacey resides
in Fuad Majzub's collection.
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Source:
Textual information from Michael
Hay, Bentley: The Vintage Years
Posted: Oct 21, 2008 |
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This photograph
is from Motor Sport magazine,
1957.
Accompanying text reads:
E. W. W. Pacey's 4 1/2-litre
Bentley-engined Pacey-Hassan-Special,
which lapped at 129.03 m.p.h.
during 1936. In the 1936 500
Mile Race it finished second,
at 115.96 m.p.h., and is here
seen in the 1937 "500",
in which it finished in eighth
place, lapping at 120.01 m.p.h.
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Source:
Motor Sport magazine, 1957
Posted: Oct 21, 2008 |
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