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1931 4.5 litre "Blower" Bentley

Cameron_MottCameron_Mott
edited November 2013 in Literary 007 Posts: 53
Isn't this what Bond's first Bentley would be? I didn't realize it had this rake or a boat tail.

[img][/img]1931-45litreblower-bentley-side-view.jpg

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  • Villiers53Villiers53
    Posts: 802
    Looks like it to me.
    Ralph Lauren has one and his son often drives it around the back country near Greenwich CT.
    Hellishly difficult to drive but visually very cool.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
    Posts: 18,281
    The programme 'The Real Casino Royale' (BBC Four, November 2006) had its host drive one of these big beasts of the motor world.
  • 007InVT007InVT Classified
    Posts: 893
    My Kingdom to be able to watch 'The Real Casino Royale' (BBC Four, November 2006).

    Does it exist anywhere on the web?
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
    edited November 2013 Posts: 18,281
    007InVT wrote:
    My Kingdom to be able to watch 'The Real Casino Royale' (BBC Four, November 2006).

    Does it exist anywhere on the web?

    A prelimary search of You Tube shows that it's not on there, as I thought. I have it recorded on tape in my vaults, and very good it is, too. It covers not only the Fleming text and the influences behind it, but also the TV and film adaptations of the work in 1954, 1967 and 2006. It also includes large parts of Fleming's CBC Interview from 1964. Well worth seeing, as it's pretty in-depth as Bond documentaries go.
  • Perilagu_KhanPerilagu_Khan
    Posts: 2,483
    Was it a '31 or a '33? Seems like Ian may have given different indications in different stories/novels.
  • Cameron_MottCameron_Mott
    Posts: 53
    Perilagu_Khan wrote:
    Was it a '31 or a '33? Seems like Ian may have given different indications in different stories/novels.

    As I remember it says it was bought "nearly new", or some such, in 1933 but was among the last of the 4.5 litres and according to Wikipedia 1931 was the last production year for the "Blown" 4.5 Bentley's.

  • Cameron_MottCameron_Mott
    Posts: 53
    I bet Bond didn't get too many passengers wanting to step over that exhaust system. Lots of ruined nylons, trouser legs and skin I bet.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
    Posts: 18,281
    Cameron_Mott wrote:
    Perilagu_Khan wrote:
    Was it a '31 or a '33? Seems like Ian may have given different indications in different stories/novels.

    As I remember it says it was bought "nearly new", or some such, in 1933 but was among the last of the 4.5 litres and according to Wikipedia 1931 was the last production year for the "Blown" 4.5 Bentley's.

    Good point there, @Cameron_Mott.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
    edited November 2013 Posts: 18,281
    Sorry. Double post.
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