Topic: Puzzle #354 - Solved! 1929 Bentley LeMans

[Otto Puzzell]

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[SeaLion]

MG K-something?

[Otto Puzzell]

Not an MG

[SeaLion]

But british perhaps?

[Otto Puzzell]

Quite.

[GRAYWOLF]

Looks to be rather old...even vintage!

[SeaLion]

(4½ litre) Blower Bentley?

[Otto Puzzell]

1929 Bentley LeMans, to be exact. Nicely done.

[Allan L]

A nitpicker, he say: either it's a blown 4½ or it's 1929!
The Birkin cars were due to appear in 1929 but were not ready so unsupercharged 4½s and 6½s raced.
I'm not enough of a Bentley nut to know which registration numbers were used, but the photo seems to show a comp. no. 5 - but that was a Stutz in 1929 - and the Blown cars were on "UR" (Hertfordshire) registrations.

[Otto Puzzell]

The car pictured is described as follows:

JOEL LAUB'S 1929 BENTLEY LE MANS

Drivetrain
Front engine, rear-wheel drive

Engine
4.5-liter inline four, ohc, dual SU carburetors

Suspension
Semi-elliptic leaf springsfront and rear

Brakes
Drums front and rear

Wheels and Tires
5.5x19 70-spoke wire rims Englebert Comp P 6.5/19 tires

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http://www.europeancarweb.com/features/0512ec_bentley_continetal_gt/index.html

[Allan L]

As I said, not a Blower!
2 SUs mounted on the block as seen in the underbonnet photo.
I wonder why it carries no. 5