Tuesday, 17 September 2019

Mob of pre-war Bentleys attack Goodwood


I thought you might like to see, and hear, a bunch of pre-war Bentleys going around Goodwood. A really unique experience. The sound is delightful.




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16 comments:

  1. Adrian Ward17 September 2019 at 05:57

    A wonderful sight.

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    1. Cro Magnon17 September 2019 at 06:06

      And all with their hoods up too.

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    2. Adrian Ward18 September 2019 at 06:13

      Only till half time. They have to stop nd stow them for the second half.

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  2. Anonymous17 September 2019 at 07:34

    Not a terrible crash or even a track run off. They do sound rather 'throaty'.

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    1. Cro Magnon17 September 2019 at 08:23

      It's a lovely, almost aircraft-like, sound. Nothing like it.

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  3. Le Pré de la Forge17 September 2019 at 08:12

    I was carting our winter timber to the store on Sunday, when I heard something that wasn't a modern engine note approaching.
    Any excuse to stop the onerous task, I went and leant on the gate.
    And was rewarded mightily... one of these came rolling gently past.... followed by a silver Aston Martin DB4.
    Then, twenty minutes later... the pair came back the other way.... didn't get much of a warning the second time!
    Travelling East>West the road is almost straight for 2 kilometres...and little to cushion the sound.... West>East there is too much in the way that cushions the sound.
    That is fine at times when something with a nice engine note is approaching... but if it is a 50cc motorised wasp with a young rider trying to get faster than 40kph, the sound goes on and on and on... and on...
    Some modern cars have tyres that make an equally obnoxious racket!!

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    1. Cro Magnon17 September 2019 at 08:25

      There was a classic car Tour of France that passed through here recently. I didn't see much of it this year, but previously I've seen some beauties. As for your final sentence, there are some horrible road surfaces too, that make a very nasty noise; one is very near us!

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    2. Rachel Phillips17 September 2019 at 08:35

      Yes, agreed with all that from you and Le Pre.

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  4. Tasker Dunham17 September 2019 at 10:25

    Magnificent. Some skilled cornering there too.

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    1. Cro Magnon17 September 2019 at 11:44

      I don't imagine they're easy to drive either.

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  5. Tom Stephenson17 September 2019 at 10:48

    I was thinking that there could have been a very expensive pile-up, but then I remembered how much formula one cars cost.

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    1. Cro Magnon17 September 2019 at 11:44

      Not many garages carry spares for a pre-war Bentley.

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    2. Tom Stephenson17 September 2019 at 22:31

      Or a 2019 F1.

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    3. Cro Magnon18 September 2019 at 04:25

      I think the F1 teams have several cars in bits inside those huge lorries they travel in.... just in case.

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  6. Joanne Noragon18 September 2019 at 00:31

    That they are top heavy was obvious in some of the cornering. The original high profile vehicles. Or was is the unyielding chassis?

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    1. Cro Magnon18 September 2019 at 04:27

      They look very ungainly with their hoods up. One usually sees them open-topped, when they somehow look far more stable.

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