VINTAGE BENTLEY PICTURE GALLERY
THESE PHOTOS ARE OF TIM HOULDINGS WONDERFUL 1929 4.5 LITRE MOTHER GUN TEAM CAR REPLICA TAKEN AT THE BDC CONCOURSE 2006
FROM THIS SIDEVIEW YOU CAN SEE THE GORGEOUS LINES OF THE BODYWORK, IT LOOKS JUST AS IF IT HAD COME OFF THE BANKING AT BROOKLANDS
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HERE WE HAVE A PARTIAL VIEW OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL IT`S A LABOUR OF LOVE WHERE TIM HAS FULLY RESEARCHED THE ORIGINAL CAR AND SPENT MANY AN HOUR FINDING THE CORRECT ITEMS TO MAKE THE INSTRUMENT PANEL JUST LIKE IT WAS IN 1929.
TIM LOOKED FOR ORIGINAL BENTLEY LEATHERWORK THAT WAS STRIPPED FROM ORIGINAL CARS DURING THEIR "REBUILDS" AND INCORPORATED THESE SCRAP ITEMS INTO THE TRIMMING TO GIVE THE CAR THAT AUTHENTIC LOOK.
THIS IS A VIEW OF THE REPLICA 1929 LE MANS FUEL TANK ON WHICH TIM HAS USED THE CORRECT STYLE FUEL TAPS. MOST OF THE LE MANS TANKS THAT ONE CAN SEE ON CARS HAVE INCORRECT STYLE FUEL TAPS. THIS IS THE CONSEQUENCE OF GOING TO ONE SUPPLIER TO BUY THEM AS THEY ARE ALL WRONG!
ANOTHER VIEW OF THE FUEL TANK, TIM TOLD ME THAT HE HAD SPRAYED WD40 ON THE BODYWORK TO GIVE IT THAT AUTHENTIC PATINA.
THESE PHOTOS SHOW WHAT CAN BE ACHIEVED BY CAREFUL RESEARCH AND ATTENTION TO DETAIL
THESE PHOTOS SHOW WHAT CAN BE ACHIEVED BY CAREFUL RESEARCH AND ATTENTION TO DETAIL