[ROVERNET - UK] Re: [ROVERNET - Blue Train Bentley

Thu Apr 3 15:13:33 BST 2008

Hi
 Bentley Blue Train March 1930 ; Rover Blue train January 1930 . Rover stopped at Calais ;. Barnatto and the Bentley were in London 
before the train arrived in Calais . Apparently the Mean machine Bentley is not the Blue Train car ; it was built after the event .
 Chees
 Patrick
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From: "James Dean" <jaguru at bellsouth.net>
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Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2008 2:27 AM
Subject: Re: [ROVERNET - UK] Re: [ROVERNET - Blue Train Bentley


> Which Came first? Barnato's Blue Train Bentley race, or Rover's Light 16 Blue Train race? James
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> From: "phing" <phing at videotron.ca>
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> Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 9:27 PM
> Subject: Re: [ROVERNET - UK] Re: [ROVERNET - Blue Train Bentley
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>> James
>> I Just googled Blue train Bentley . The first hit was  ultimate car page .com which gives several great pictures of the car . 
>> It's a real mean looking British Racing Green machine !
>> Bugatti once said " Monsieur Bentley builds the world's fastest lorries[ trucks ] " these pictures prove the point !
>> Cheers
>> Patrick
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "James Dean" <jaguru at bellsouth.net>
>> To: <rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com>
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 10:45 PM
>> Subject: [ROVERNET - UK] Re: [ROVERNET - Blue Train Bentley
>>
>>
>>> At some future time, I would love to have that"Blue Train Bentley" painting reproduced as a wall mural on a building.Does anyone 
>>> have a link to a good illustration I can print and file away- ?- Also, an article telling the story? I believe it was Wolf 
>>> Barnato racing the blue train from Paris to Calais; probably a drinking bet that has become legend.. Thank you, James Dean---  
>>> Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Glen Wilson" <rovercar at comcast.net>
>>> To: <rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 7:04 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [ROVERNET - UK] Rover Restorations
>>>
>>>
>>>> Reverend Weasel wrote:
>>>>> Glen, that Blue Train Rover was actually a Bentley, you know.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Whoops! I was just going by the advertisement from 1930 reproduced on page 22 in the Daniel Young book on Rover Advertising. 
>>>> It's a Castrol ad. Did the Bentley do it first or something?
>>>>
>>>> I guess the car I would like to buy would be a 1935 Rover Speed 14 Streamline Coupe, and I bet I'd still get lots of change 
>>>> back from my $100k. That was the sort of car that was pictured in my brain. Did the Bentley look like one of these? I can 
>>>> picture another old ad about the Blue Train, but maybe that was a Bentley ad.
>>>>
>>>> Glen
>>>>> On 01/04/2008, Glen Wilson <rovercar at comcast.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Bill,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  I guess that goes beyond "cost is no object" to "please help me launder
>>>>>> this money."
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  Eh? Think the Feds would be interested in this story?     ;-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  I guess I'm out of the mainstream, but I've had $3,000-5,000 cars that I
>>>>>> thought were really nice and lots of fun, to say nothing of having actually
>>>>>> been painted, upholstered and assembled by Rover Company employees. They
>>>>>> also had the patina and character that come from being used.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  If I paid someone a huge amount of money to RESTORE a P6 for me, I'd have
>>>>>> them paint the engine compartment black like Rover did and I'd like nice
>>>>>> leather seating surfaces like the cars that came out of the factory (and I
>>>>>> could probably do without those screws holding the seat backs on).
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  Otherwise, I'd go the RESTOMOD route, slap some flares on it, throw away
>>>>>> the bumpers and add beastly side pipes. That would actually be a lot more
>>>>>> fun.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  But if I was going to spend $100K on Rover stuff, I'd start shopping at the
>>>>>> home of Ian Glass and then maybe see if I could track down the car that
>>>>>> raced the Blue Train. They I'd take the change and set up about twenty
>>>>>> hospitals in someplace like Darfur.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  Glen
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  Robertson wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> While Glen seems surprised by the money spent on the beautiful burgundy
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> one (approx $32,000) i'll up the ante with the ante by a far margin with
>>>>>> this 1967 Rover 2000TC................Completed 2 years ago
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://www.guildclassiccars.com/1967_rover_979/index.html
>>>>>>> I talked to the Guild owner who let me thoroughly examine the car
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> throughout the process ...........He wouldn't give me a final figure on the
>>>>>> restoration obviously but the shop steward let me know it was  over
>>>>>> ............GET READY FOR
>>>>>> IT>>>>>>>>>>.......$100,000............A beauty but still a
>>>>>> whole lot of money..............The car has returned to San Diego to its
>>>>>> loving owner
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Cheers
>>>>>>> Bill Robertson
>>>>>>>
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