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Barnato
Hassan Special
Chassis no: BH1
Engine no: BH1
Registration no: MPE 10 |
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"Was in
Brooklands museum for a few
years with its distributor missing,
before Keith Schellenberg bought
it"
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Source:
Iain Steele
Posted: Jun 27, 2013 |
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The Barnato-Hassan,
owned by Woolf Barnato, as it
was in 1938. For additional
information on this car see
Bentley Specials & Special
Bentleys by Ray Roberts.
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Source:
Directory of Historic Racing
Cars by Denis Jenkinson, 1987
Posted:
May 24, 2007 |
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The Barnato in its initial guise
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With Bertram at the wheel, showing
the Lockheed brakes wangled into
Bentley back-plates
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All four wheels off the ground
going over the notorious bumps
on the Brook lands banking (certain
sections of Birkin's 'full Throttle'
will leave the reader in no doubt
as to the unpleasant nature of
these!) - Note the intake for
the carburettor. |
As rebuilt in 1936 without front
wheel brakes and with the steering
centralised. From left to right:
Mrs. Barnato, Oliver Bertram,
Wally Hassan and Woolf Barnato.
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On the banking at Brooklands |
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THE BARNATO-HASSAN
SPECIAL
After the demise of the
Old Company, Wally Hassan worked
for Barnato maintaining and
building his racing cars. The
Bamato-Hassan Special was first
built in 1933 around the 6 1/4
Litre engine of 'Old No. 1'
on a special chassis frame to
Hassan's design, using a variety
of Bentley bits from the Kingsbury
Service Station and new parts,
with outrigged rear springs
and Lockheed brakes. Finished
in 1934 the car was almost invariably
driven by Oliver Bertram, an
up-and-coming barrister, as
Barnato had finally been put
off Brooklands racing by Clive
Dunfee's fatal accident in the
1932 500 Miles Race. The 6 1/2
Litre engine threw a rod in
the 1934 500 Miles Race and
was replaced by a new 8 Litre
engine No. BH 1. In this form
Bertram raised the lap record
to 142.60 mph before Cobb's
Napier-Railton raised it to
143.44 mph, which was never
beaten. Rebuilt in 1936 as a
single-seater with centralised
steering, Bertram's fastest
lap in this form was 143.11
mph in 1938; the all-up weight
having been reduced to 29 cwt
by, among other changes, the
removal of the front brakes.
However, the car was defeated
by the handicappers, and Barnato,
being of the opinion that the
fastest car should win, became
disenchanted. An attitude of
mind doubtless prompted by the
demolishing of a set of Dunlop
Track tyres at every meeting!
Subsequently rebuilt post-war
by Ian Metcalfe, the Barnato
retired in the 1948 Spa 24 Hour
Race with clutch trouble and
crashed at Montlhery in practice
for the 12 Hour Race. Now owned
by Keith Schellcnberg Esq.,
and a frequent VSCC competitor
with the body returned to the
1936-38 guise.
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Source:
Motor Sport magazine, 1957
Posted: Oct 21, 2008 |
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The Barnato Hassan Special driven
by Howe and Froy; rear row, left
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1934 B.R.D.C.
500 Mile Race.
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Source:
Motor Sport magazine, 1957
Posted: Oct 21, 2008 |
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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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