kgreen Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 A friend sent me these photos of a surprise gathering of Bentleys on tour. All are drivers, one was completely original and a couple had been Concours winners but now collecting bug spats on their windscreens. 5 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_S_in_Penna Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 10 minutes ago, kgreen said: ... a surprise gathering of Bentleys on tour. I see the English license plates. Probably only in their home country could you get so many vintage Bentleys together on quick notice. A surprise gathering? Do you mean it was a short-notice, impromptu tour? Or perhaps a gathering to honor someone as a surprise party? Regardless, they must have had fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 I think for the most part, ALL Bentleys are drivers. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 About every five to ten years a group of (mostly) vintage Bentleys makes a tour of New Zealand - usually 20 or more cars. I think the first was in 1999. I recall one event from a few years later there were five (out of the 100 built) eight litre cars. That tour coincided with one run by the vintage Vauxhall group from Australia - not often you see a dozen or so 30-98s together. Not an event for the 'impecunious'. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidAU Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 All nice but love the 8 litre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAKerry Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 32 minutes ago, DavidAU said: All nice but love the 8 litre. Not sure of the naming, but I believe its an 8 litre that the Simione Museum has. I was at its 'drive day', incredible car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
60FlatTop Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 Bentleys in a group are referred to as a Pride. I think it is one of the most appropriate terms I have ever heard. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Harwood Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 The Bentley guys drive the heck out of their cars. I like them a lot simply because they don't get needlessly hung up on body swaps and engine changes. They just go out and enjoy the cars as intended. We had them roll through our area a few years ago and I rode along with a friend for a day. The pace the Bentleys keep would leave almost any other Full Classic wheezing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 Every marque has its personality. And the prewar Bentley personality seems to be to beat them into the ground. Matt is correct that body swaps don't seem to have the market stigma that it does with other kinds of cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motoringicons Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 The Pride of Bentleys seen above is in Michigan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketraider Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 6 hours ago, alsancle said: I think for the most part, ALL Bentleys are drivers. As W.O. intended. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58L-Y8 Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 Thanks for posting these images, I would have been delighted to serendipitously discover this Bentley tour, lucky fellow who did. Any photos of that blue postwar convertible? I looks as if it might be a Graber cabriolet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 1 minute ago, 58L-Y8 said: Thanks for posting these images, I would have been delighted to serendipitously discover this Bentley tour, lucky fellow who did. Any photos of that blue postwar convertible? I looks as if it might be a Graber cabriolet. https://rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/am17/amelia-island/lots/r316-1953-bentley-mark-vi-cabriolet-conversion-by-graber/411610 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58L-Y8 Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 Thanks AJ! Coach-built styling and the coachbuilder I particularly like seems to stick with me! On the other hand, I can't tell a Kia from a Hyundai... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne sheldon Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 I don't know what year/model it is? But I love the look of that Bentley saloon! (Actually both of them, but especially the near one!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1935Packard Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 Awesome! A favorite video to add some motion and sound: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M1842 Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 Steed, We're needed!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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