Perhaps every legend has its secrets…Barnato was at a dinner party on board a yacht near Cannes in March 1930 when the subject of racing the famous Blue Train came up, as both Rover and Alvis had recently beaten the train from St Raphael to Calais. 1931 Bentley 8 Litre Gurney Nutting Sports Tourer shown by The Honorable Sir Michael KadoorieJoin us for the 70th Pebble Beach Concours d'EleganceThe success of the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance rests in large part on the knowledgeable judges. 1930 Bentley "Blue Train" replica. Analysis Barnato evidently liked this car, because he drove over 16,000 miles in it in just under a year. Classic 1930 Bentley for sale #2386608. And there in the Service Record is a small piece of evidence that UU5999 is the Blue Train Bentley: on the 15th of March 1930, the day after the Blue Train run, UU5999 was in Bentley’s Service Department at Kingsbury, North London, to have a new starter Bendix fitted; its mileage, 13,519.
Modeled after the illustrious Gurney Nutting Coupe and b If you’re looking for a luxury car without the distractions of modern life, look no further. 1930 Bentley Speed Six 'Blue Train Special': 26-shot gallery, full history and specifications This magnificent Bentley ‘Blue Train’ was built to the highest quality standards by the firm of Racing Green in the United Kingdom. And there in the Service Record is a small piece of evidence that UU5999 is the Blue Train Bentley: On the 15th of March 1930, the day after the Blue Train run, UU5999 was in Bentley's Service Department at Kingsbury, North London, to have a new starter Bendix fitted; its mileage, 13,519. The car is undeniably stunning; contrast it with the Part of what makes this run so compelling is how Barnato, in true Bentley Boy fashion, upped the ante.
It continues to inspire Bentley designers and will be celebrated in 2015, the 85th Anniversary of the original race.Read about the Blue Train shown at Techno-Classica 2015.Registered Office: Pyms Lane, Crewe, Cheshire, CW1 3PL, England. The low roofline and 2+1 cockpit with a single ‘side-saddle’ rear seat gives it a lean, low and purposeful profile; this unique design was cited by Bentley’s design team as one of the inspirations for the modern-day Continental GT.Yet there is a mystery about which Speed Six Barnato drove through France for his famous dare. For the first time since 1930, when they were owned by Barnato, both cars are in single ownership, and we are indeed lucky to have both of them on the lawn at the 2001 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance.An Unmatched Tradition of Automotive Excellence for 70 years Our Special Awards, including Elegance Awards, are selected by special committees of Honorary Judges.Relive the memories and get all of the inside scoop of each Pebble Beach Concours through our Programs of past and present.This 1931 Pierce-Arrow was the first classic car to win Best of Show at Pebble Beach. Modeled after Barnato's illustrious Gurney Nutting Coupe and built to exacting standards by a renowned U.K. coachbuilding firm, this 1930 Bentley Blue Train Replica is an arresting sight that impresses in its every detail. Barnato wasn’t impressed, calling the achievement ‘no great shakes’. On Thursday the 13 th of March in 1930, at 6 p.m., Woolf Barnato, Chairman of Bentley Motors, and his secretary, Dale Bourne, left the Carlton Bar in Cannes, and got into Barnato’s Speed Six Bentley to see if they could get to London before the famous Blue Train. Was it the Gurney Nutting, or his Mulliner-bodied saloon? Not exactly, anyway. But the challenge was raised, at least in his mind, and so it had to be met. Far and away the most famous of these runs, however, was done in a Bentley driven by Woolf Barnato, the company's financial savior and then-chairman. Woolf Barnato was the most prominent of the "Bentley Boys", a group of wealthy British car enthusiasts who in the 1920s made Bentley one of the most prominent names in racing. You've probably seen Terence Cuneo's famous depiction, or one like it, before.Except the dramatic scene of Barnato neck and neck with a puffing steam locomotive in an equally dramatic Bentley coupe never happened. Description. Cette dernière connut un palmarès sportif conséquent, en 1926, victorieuse aux 24 Heures du Mans. Two Bentley Speed Sixes became known as the Blue Train Bentleys after their owner Woolf Barnato's involvement in the Blue Train Races of 1930.
Year: Car / Version / Reference: 1930: Bentley 6.5 Litre Gurney Nutting Saloon “Blue Train Special” Minichamps 100-139520: 1939: Bentley Embiricos metallic light blue For one, the car was delivered to Barnato in June 1929.
And then there was the 70-plus-mile drive from the port at Folkestone to London to take into account.Barnato claimed no one would bet against his ability to beat the train, so there was no money on the table.