alsancle Posted June 4, 2023 Share Posted June 4, 2023 The other notable thing about a speed six Bentley is that you can go from 4 miles an hour to 50 miles an hour in third gear without it hesitating. The thing is a locomotive. Before Ed chimes in I will admit he has been saying this for a while. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted June 4, 2023 Share Posted June 4, 2023 For those of you guys like me that love old hotels we stayed at the Wentworth by the Sea in Portsmouth NH. Think the Mount Washington hotel but 1/2 big. Very cool, probably haunted. Spent Saturday driving around with a friend in his Bentley. The weather helped and hurt at the same time. It was 45 degrees and misting which is uncomfortable in a car with no windows. But the good news was little traffic. We went down Rt 1 and 1A through NH and upper MA. We were supposed to drive 120 miles but took some short cuts to get lunch so more like 80. Btw, Bentley guys drive in any condition weather. They don't care. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted June 5, 2023 Share Posted June 5, 2023 I got my first ride in a 20 hp Rolls-Royce today. It was actually pretty cool. It’s a 40 mile an hour car max, but very nimble. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinmass Posted June 5, 2023 Share Posted June 5, 2023 Typical used car parking lot……..I seem to trip over these places fairly often. A Speed Six is in my immediate future…… 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinmass Posted June 5, 2023 Share Posted June 5, 2023 Notice how the true British stuff leaks oil……….if it doesn’t it’s empty. 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimy Posted June 5, 2023 Share Posted June 5, 2023 4 minutes ago, edinmass said: Notice how the true British stuff leaks oil……….if it doesn’t it’s empty. Is the Exxon Valdez on the tour? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted June 5, 2023 Share Posted June 5, 2023 How bad was the rain? It was pouring as I cut through NH this morning not that far from your route. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 In the last couple of days I've done some decent driving, even with the very hot weather. I had my Stearns out yesterday for about an hour. Then our Silver Wraith today for a 30 mile drive. In between I got to drive a friends 34 Super Eight Packard that has been sorted within an inch of its life. Talk about 3 different driving experiences. The pre-1930 stuff is very cool in many ways but requires a lot of work and concentration to drive. I guess that is part of what signed up for. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuickTom87 Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 I wish I would see other classic cars on the road by me . Occasionally a car from the 60s if youre lucky but that’s it . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 Not a Classic but I was driving along RT290 in Massachusetts this morning, a 6 lane 65MPH highway and passed a Model A Ford motoring along at about 55 mph in the right hand lane. I wish I had a picture. I was impressed. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Den41Buick Posted July 15, 2023 Author Share Posted July 15, 2023 On 7/12/2023 at 10:06 PM, alsancle said: Greenville, Rt 44 ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_Mack_CT Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 (edited) An OD equipped A will be capable of cruising at 55, especially a lighter one, but lot's of agility limitations OD doesn't fix. I have done short on/off runs at 50 mph in ours but that is about it.. Edited July 16, 2023 by Steve_Mack_CT (see edit history) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Bloom Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 logged the most miles yet today on my 733 club sedan after waking it up from a 10 year slumber. Each time seems better and my confidence in the car goes up a notch. I was able to pick up my 88 y/o neighbor who lives alone and loves cars and he road shotgun as we ventured on to some new roads with the car. In a fabulous way.......it was uneventful. Planning next steps which likely are draining all coolant (water) and I have five gallons of evaporust ready to go to run in it for the rest of the summer and fall. it seems to run well with the zenith carb but I have the Detroit Lubricator that was in it and I’m considering sending it out for rebuild and going back to it. the engine has probably run a total of three hours now and covered maybe 30 miles. back in the barn 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuickTom87 Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 Beautiful car ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Den41Buick Posted July 18, 2023 Author Share Posted July 18, 2023 (edited) Went out for a short ride to purchase a winning lottery ticket for $2.00, so I could realize my dream of a 20 car garage filled with classics! And maybe one sporty European car too! Edited July 18, 2023 by Den41Buick Pic (see edit history) 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinmass Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 LaSalle? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johan Boltendal Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 12 hours ago, edinmass said: LaSalle? Cadillac by the fenderlamp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinmass Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 1 hour ago, Johan Boltendal said: Cadillac by the fenderlamp Yes……I was just giving him a hard time, driving a V-16 and implying it’s a small 8. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Bloom Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 1 hour ago, edinmass said: Yes……I was just giving him a hard time, driving a V-16 and implying it’s a small 8. We would expect nothing less from you. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 I clearly provided too much detail. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Su8overdrive Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 (edited) Nice work if you can inherit it. Little wonder the CCCA fading, 2,500 members less "associate members," aka wives, in a nation of 350 million, world of 8.1 billion. The paucity of sport cars and that Buick Roadmasters not "Classics" but the same car with fancier interior fittings on longer wheelbase is, Reo Royale 8-35 and 8-52, but not the rarer, more manageable 8-31 underscore sheer s i z e as much CCCA attribute as anything because we all know machine tools ensure consistent quality. Don't look too closely, but the beloved HydraMatic-equipped 1941-47 "Classic" Cadillac golf cart shares every piece of sheet metal with Pontiac. Yet the most heavily posted thread ever on the CCCA forums was about the overblown pushrod ohv Mercedes 500/540K, which that know nothing Ralph Stein dismissed as "fat and heavy, vulgarly curvilinear. I thought at the time if you had draped them with medals, they'd look like dear old Hermann Goering himself. If he had wheels." Perhaps Walter Mitty Fan Club? What LA lawyer/Motor Trend columnist Robert J. Gottlieb unleashed in 1951 coining "classic cars" the white elephants, well wrought fire trucks languishing on the back row of any big city used car lot because they were gas hogs with no source of tires. La-di-da. Out for a cruise. Edited July 22, 2023 by Su8overdrive (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Bloom Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 2 hours ago, alsancle said: 443 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 1 hour ago, John Bloom said: 443 ? Very close. Again too much detail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 It is a 526. I spent time with that and my Stearns today. Talk about two different worlds. The hood on the Stearns is 18" longer. The Packard was very nifty to drive in tight quarters, started and shifted easily. The Stearns is of course a bear in tight spots but does much better on the open road. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Harwood Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 7 minutes ago, alsancle said: Jeeze, even the cowl vent is stupidly complicated. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinmass Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 If you think the cowl vent is complicated, you should try working on the engine. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Harwood Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 6 minutes ago, edinmass said: If you think the cowl vent is complicated, you should try working on the engine. My point exactly. Rolls-Royces are the Rube-Goldberg contraptions of the collector car world. It's flat-out amazing how well they work, but man they're needlessly complex. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 If you want a full length hood and a cowl vent there probably is no other way to do it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinmass Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 Or you could just buy an Individual Custom Dietrich…….. but you would have to pry your wallet open with a crowbar ……….. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 18 minutes ago, edinmass said: Or you could just buy an Individual Custom Dietrich…….. but you would have to pry your wallet open with a crowbar ……….. Which I believe does not have a cowl vent. In fact, the cowl vent on this particular car was special ordered and noted so on the build sheet. Different car, same hood, no vent. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 I stand corrected as there are vents. The full length hood is a 34 Dietrich feature (Brewster had it in 31) and it looks like they tucked cowl vents in. However, not the same as the cowl band is gone but the hood does not go full length like the RR. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K8096 Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K8096 Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 Is that Luca Brasi seated next to you? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimy Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 1 hour ago, K8096 said: Is that Luca Brasi seated next to you? Nope, Luca was much better looking! And kinder, too.... 🙂 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 I am in the backseat. That is Larry and curly in the front seat. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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