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The W. O. Bentley Memorial Foundation; The Bentley Drivers' Club; Pictures and specifications of W. O. 's cars 1919–1932; Bentley 8-litre coupé, coachwork by J Gurney Nutting; Channel 4 short biography of Bentley; on YouTube; Jay Leno explains and demonstrates W. O.'s racing Lagonda V12; Jay Leno shows his 8-litre Bentley saloon
Back in 1928, Barnato's fellow race-winner, Sir Henry “Tim” Birkin had seen the threat posed by the new supercharged Mercedes and Alfa Romeos to Bentley's dominance of touring car racing. He had approached W. O. Bentley and Barnato about supercharging the green cars. Barnato was not convinced and W.O loathed the idea. [6]
Julien Jean Chassagne (26 July 1881 – 13 April 1947) was a pioneer submariner, aviator, and French racing driver active 1906–1930. Chassagne finished third in the 1913 French Grand Prix; won the 1922 Tourist Trophy and finished second in the 1925 Le Mans Grand Prix d'Endurance - all in Sunbeam motorcars.
Certificates of Death (German: Scheine des Todes) is a 1923 German silent film directed by Lothar Mendes and starring Alfred Abel, Eva May, and Iván Petrovich. [ 1 ] The film's sets were designed by the art director Stefan Lhotka .
Barnato purchased his first Bentley, a 3-litre, in 1925, 12 months before he acquired the business itself. With this car he won numerous Brooklands races. He was a member of a social set of wealthy British motorists known as the "Bentley Boys" who favoured the cars of W. O. Bentley. Many were independently wealthy, often with a background in ...
The three British cars were a 2.4L Healey Elliott saloon driven to and from the race from England, [9] a unique 1938 Bentley sedan originally designed for the Greek tycoon Nico Embiricos, [10] and a brand-new Aston Martin DB2 prototype, with a 2.6L Lagonda engine designed by W.O. Bentley [11] The middle categories (S2000 and S1500) numbered 16 ...
Walter Bentley may refer to: W. O. Bentley (Walter Owen Bentley, 1889–1971), founder of Bentley Motors Walter Bentley (died 1359) , English captain at the 1352 Battle of Mauron
Accordingly, in 1927 he opened Jack Barclay in George Street, Hanover Square as a Rolls-Royce and Bentley dealership, which soon became the pre-eminent Rolls Royce & Bentley dealership worldwide. But he couldn't resist another tilt at motorsport, winning the inaugural Brooklands 500 in 1929 at the wheel of a 4 ½ Litre with works driver Frank ...