I can just see him at the wheel, leather flying helmet, jacket and goggles ‘n’ all!
https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a29049558/blower-bentley-reproduction-classic-cars/
https://www.caranddriver.com/photos/g29050224/blower-bentley-reproduction-classic-cars-gallery/
😁
A lovely exercise in engineering to 'remake' something like that!
A proper car. Eats Bugattis for breakfast.
All it needs is a rack to mount one's Sunbeam RR... 🙂
minimal hidden changes dictated by modern safety concerns
Airbags, crumple zones, ABS, no sticky out switches, pedestrian safe front end... will be interesting to see how they make such a vehicle road legal in this day and age.
Silverstone Classic 2017. Walk past so many Ferrari’s and Mclaren then see this and get stopped in my tracks. An original 1930.
https://flic.kr/p/X5hrmM
I’m always entertained that this was the first Bond car. A big jump to Alpines and Aston Martins.
https://flic.kr/p/X5hqT2
Airbags, crumple zones, ABS, no sticky out switches, pedestrian safe front end… will be interesting to see how they make such a vehicle road legal in this day and age.
Would it not get grandfathered as an existing model?
I was thinking no asbestos gaskets, lead free solder fire resistant wiring insulation?