Trailering 53 Bentley to National RROC Meet in Washington State - Page 7

Driving 5,600 mile round trip between Katy, TX and Stevenson, WA & Cascade Locks, Oregon to attend the 2007 National Rolls-Royce Owners' Club Convention

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Sneed Adams > 1929 Springfield Phantom I Brewster Riviera

Sneed Adams > Yellow 2003 Azure drop head coup Bentley.. wow... takes your breath away..

Sneed Adams > 1929 4 1/2 Litre Vanden Plas Tourer Bentley

Sneed Adams > Delightful 1939 4 1/4 L Allweather Vanden Plas Derby Bentley 4 door.

Sneed Adams > 1938 4 1/4 L Park Ward Bentley drophead coup

Sneed Adams > 1927 6 1/2 L HJ Mulliner Bentley

Sneed Adams > The famous Bluetrain Special Bentley. Once upon an enchanted time, a sporty gentleman by the name of Captain Woolf Barnato was guest at a smart 1930's dinner party in Cannes.

Captain Barnato was a businessman of substance, a celebrated racing driver, and a noted bon vivant. No doubt there was fine cuisine and good company at the table that evening, but we might guess that he nevertheless was feeling a little restless. Talk around the table had swung round to the topic of motor cars; in particular to an advertisement by a manufacturer of the day claiming that his machine had gone faster than the famous Blue Train express as it journeyed on its way from Cannes to the French Channel port of Calais.

Barnato smiled. He contended that just to go faster than the Blue Train was of no special merit. Why, at the wheel of his own Speed Six Bentley, he declared, he could arrive in England before The Blue Train reached Calais! That would indeed be a test of man and machine. Would he care to prove it? He would!

The next day, as at 5:45 PM The Blue Train steamed out of the station at Cannes. Captain Barnato, with one of his friends who had gallantly offered to act as a relief driver, took to the mighty Bentley and set off at the double.

From Lyons onwards they had to battle against heavy rain. At 4:20 AM, in Auxerre, they lost time searching for a refueling rendezvous. Through central France they hit fog, then shortly after Paris they had a burst tyre, requiring the use of their one and only spare. And yet, racing non-stop through the night along the bumpy, 1930's Routes Nationales, they reached the coast at 10:30 AM, sailed over to England on the cross-Channel packet, and were neatly parked outside The Conservative Club in St. James's Street, London, by 3:20 PM - four minutes before The Blue Train was to arrive in Calais!

1929 Springfield Phantom I Brewster Riviera

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