Bentley Blue Train
Theyve been reunited by Washington collector Bruce McCaw.
Bentley blue train. 930 Bentley Blue Train Recreation built on 1950 Bentley Mark VI Extended Chassis. In this car Bentley Boy Woolf Barnato raced and beat the famous Train Blue northwards from the Côte dAzur to Calais. A faithful reproduction of the Gurney-Nutting coupe formerly known as the Blue Train Car fitted with beige Connolly leather Wilton carpet and bur elm.
Modeled after the illustrious Gurney Nutting Coupe and built to exacting standards by a renowned coachbuilding firm in the UK Delivery and sorting miles only 180 HP Bentley B80 inline 8-cylinder engine. And while these cars are what Barnato called the Blue Train they are not the type of Bentley that Barnato used. On the 15th of March 1930 the day after the Blue Train run UU5999 was in Bentleys Service Department at Kingsbury North London to have a new starter Bendix fitted.
As one of the original Bentley Boys he became chairman of Bentley Motors and winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans in both 1928 and 1929. The RGE Blue Train Car construction number 1 making its first public outing at Goodwoods 2007 Festival of Speed. A Bentley Blue Train These cars had an interesting 21 coupe design where the back seat had a single seat facing sideways.
Few cars embody the glamour speed and power of the pre-war Bentley era better than the Blue Train Bentley Speed Six. This magnificent Bentley Blue Train was built to the highest quality standards by the firm of Racing Green in the United Kingdom. Colour dark British Racing Green with a brown leather interior and beige carpet.
Few cars embody the glamour speed and power of the pre-war Bentley era better than the Blue Train Bentley Speed Six. His achievement was so. Both Bentley Speed Sixes associated with the Blue Train - the Gurney Nutting coupe that was long believed to be the car in which Barnato made his run and the Mulliner saloon he actually drove - still exist.
The original Blue Train was a 6½-Litre Speed Six delivered to Woolf Barnato well-known playboy millionaire heir to a South African diamond and gold mine and an international sportsman. And there in the Service Record is a small piece of evidence that UU5999 is the Blue Train Bentley. This car has been used by Bentley Motors Europe in 2004 displayed alongside theit new Bentley Continental GT at numerous shows across Europe.
The sumptuous interior features. In this car Bentley Boy Woolf Barnato raced and beat the famous Train Blue northwards from the Côte dAzur to Calais. Over the years Bentleys with the fastback design have been known as the Blue Train Bentley.
Bentley Blue Train year 1950. For decades the car depicted as the Blue Train Bentley in countless newspapers and magazines as well as in a commemorative painting of the race with Le Train Bleu by Terence Cuneo was Barnatos streamlined fastback coupe which had been bodied by Gurney Nutting and. The car is built around a Bentley Mark VI chassis and running gear mated with an 8 cylinder B80 or B81 Bentley engine.
The 180 bhp strong car roared through quiet France but even though he started fairly well you can only have so much luck. The Arnage Blue Train SeriesThe car a product of the Mulliner coachbuilding division features the 450bhp version of Bentleys 675-litre twin-turbocharged V8 engine allied to the chassis and suspension set-up of the Arnage R. In this car Bentley Boy Woolf Barnato.
The bodywork is a mixture of ash timber framing and hand shaped aluminium panels. Few cars embody the glamour speed and power of the pre-war Bentley era better than the Blue Train Bentley Speed Six.
