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Title: Puzzle #354 - Solved! 1929 Bentley LeMans
Post by: Otto Puzzell on June 13, 2007, 06:27:10 AM

(http://www.autopuzzles.com/PP354.jpg)

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Title: Re: Puzzle #354
Post by: SeaLion on June 13, 2007, 07:25:06 AM

MG K-something?

Title: Re: Puzzle #354
Post by: Otto Puzzell on June 13, 2007, 08:25:57 AM

Not an MG

Title: Re: Puzzle #354
Post by: SeaLion on June 13, 2007, 09:08:05 AM

But british perhaps?

Title: Re: Puzzle #354
Post by: Otto Puzzell on June 13, 2007, 10:33:30 AM

Quite.

Title: Re: Puzzle #354
Post by: GRAYWOLF on June 13, 2007, 11:27:06 AM

Looks to be rather old...even vintage!

Title: Re: Puzzle #354
Post by: SeaLion on June 13, 2007, 12:09:59 PM

(4½ litre) Blower Bentley?

Title: Re: Puzzle #354
Post by: Otto Puzzell on June 14, 2007, 04:44:19 AM

1929 Bentley LeMans, to be exact. Nicely done.

Title: Re: Puzzle #354 - Solved! 1929 Bentley LeMans
Post by: Allan L on June 20, 2007, 06:02:37 AM

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.

Title: Re: Puzzle #354 - Solved! 1929 Bentley LeMans
Post by: Otto Puzzell on June 20, 2007, 06:29:33 AM

The car pictured is described as follows:

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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

Title: Re: Puzzle #354 - Solved! 1929 Bentley LeMans
Post by: Allan L on June 20, 2007, 09:36:29 AM

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