2. 2007 RROC PIX

Trailering 53 Bentley to National RROC Meet in Washington State

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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Marque out shines them all. 1953 R Type 1st place in class at RROC National Meet 2002
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Marque out shines them all. 1953 R Type 1st place in class at RROC National Meet 2002

  • 1927 6 1/2 L HJ Mulliner Bentley
  • 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.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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!<br /> <br /> 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. <br /> <br /> 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!
  • Blue Train Special
  • Happiness is your vintage Bentley with a thumping blower coming off the crank shaft. Serious racing form in the late 20s.
  • Mid 20s vintage Bentley 4 1/2 L
  • 1953 R Type Mulliner Continental Coupe
  • Marque out shines them all. 1953 R Type 1st place in class at RROC National Meet 2002
  • 1924 Vintage Bentley 3 Liter
  • Michael Coup and his 1960 Bentley S II
  • 1930 RR Park Ward Phantom II Limousine
  • 1931 RR Barker Phantom II. This is the car which starred in the movie The Yellow Rolls Royce. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Yellow_Rolls-Royce">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Yellow_Rolls-Royce</a>
  • 1913 RR Silver Ghost Tourer
  • 1911 RR Hooper Silver Ghost Limousine
  • John & Evie Grubb
  • Sneed Adams & Bill Pritchard
  • Bill & Jennifer Pritchard
  • Anne & Sneed Adams with Meet Organizers Ann & Dick Tilden
  • Dale & Maria Teresa Clark
  • Doug Handel
  • Sneed and Bill. Texas and Louisiana styles
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